Dusty Ayres
Commodore
I'd buy it (I've already got Barbie and Skipper as Wonder Woman and Velma Dinkley) and I want to see Ken & Barbie as The Doctor and Amy Pond; it's about time, Mattel! What does anybody else think?
Why isn't there a Barbie & ken set of Doctor Who dolls?
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Probably for the same reason LEGO hasn't licensed Doctor Who -- in the major market, namely the United States, Doctor Who is pretty niche.
Which is a pity. I would LOVE to buy LEGO Doctor Who sets.
Because maybe there really is a God?
So I'm guessing they don't have LEGO's in the UK?
Dusty Ayres
Commodore
Because maybe there really is a God?
OK, smarty pants, who should make them, then, if not Mattel?
Of course we do. We do, however, just call it Lego.
We also have Mega Bloks. We do, however, just call them shite.
Because maybe there really is a God?
OK, smarty pants, who should make them, then, if not Mattel?
Ok, ok, I'm sorry. I do give the Barbie people credit for doing a good job with their theme dolls. Most movie/tv show fashion dolls from other companies are pretty horrible.
As for LEGO, I don't see why they couldn't produce a UK exclusive DW set.
Why do people seem to like toys so much around here?
I can't speak for anyone other than myself of course, but for me... I think it's payback for not really being allowed to have many when I was a kid. Mind you, the DW figures are the only toys/figures I've ever collected so this second adolescence of mine is at least somewhat contained.
Because they're fun? Is there something wrong with that?
Some of us just like to have things like this on our shelves to look at. Like expensive pottery or fine works of art.
I understand the emotional impulse behind it, and I understand that some people want to buy things to have on their shelves to look at, which is perfectly natural. What I don't understand is why someone would rather look at a Doctor Who action figure than an expensive pottery or fine works of art.
Some of us are more refined than others I guess. 
To me, its because DW figures bring on an emotional reaction and its somethign I'm familiar with. Its similar to why I'm so fond of film soundtracks. Listening to a certain piece of music evokes an emotional reaction from recalling a certain scene (or a similar scene in your imagination.
Traditional art is just a pretty picture or a skillfully rendered object.
Plus its hard to get proper art for $15.95.
(pardon me if the above doesn't make sense. It's 6AM here)
To me, its because DW figures bring on an emotional reaction and its somethign I'm familiar with. Its similar to why I'm so fond of film soundtracks. Listening to a certain piece of music evokes an emotional reaction from recalling a certain scene (or a similar scene in your imagination.
Traditional art is just a pretty picture or a skillfully rendered object.
Plus its hard to get proper art for $15.95.
(pardon me if the above doesn't make sense. It's 6AM here)
It makes perfect sense, actually. I'm not nostalgic at all, so that might explain why I can't quite see the point in collecting toys. Maybe I'm just not wired like most people.
Another company, the Tonner Doll Company, beat Mattel to it, but they're expensive as hell, though.
http://www.tonnerdoll.com/doctorwho.htm
http://www.tonnerdoll.com/doctorwho.htm
Dusty Ayres
Commodore
^^^And that's why I mentioned Mattel in the first place; a doll set from them wouldn't cost so much as these dolls from Tonner do.
^^^
Don't be so sure of that. The only way Mattel can make these figures at a substantially lower price is if they think there's a fairly big audience for them in the U.S. and can produce them in large numbers (thus driving the price of individual units down). Tonner is charging big bucks for their figures because they think--perhaps correctly so--that Doctor Who still has a relatively small fanbase in the U.S. and only produced a fairly small number of these figures, making them more rare (i.e., expensive) collector items...
Don't be so sure of that. The only way Mattel can make these figures at a substantially lower price is if they think there's a fairly big audience for them in the U.S. and can produce them in large numbers (thus driving the price of individual units down). Tonner is charging big bucks for their figures because they think--perhaps correctly so--that Doctor Who still has a relatively small fanbase in the U.S. and only produced a fairly small number of these figures, making them more rare (i.e., expensive) collector items...
