Merchandise That Should Have Been
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DW was so much more British in that era. We could only watch it on PBS and read about it in Starlog.
Figures woulda been cool though.
Figures woulda been cool though.
There were Action Man/GI Joe 12" figures in 77: the Doctor , Leela, Dalek, Cyberman and the Robot, plus K9 a bit later.
Once Star Wars came out they could have rode that smaller figure wave, but who to do? The Doctor, K9, the girl who leaves before she can turn up in the merchandise, and then? This is the era of one-off villains and monsters (from summer 1975 to end of 82, only three stories feature returning monsters, plus one appearance by the Master before he comes back regularly after another five year gap).
Once Star Wars came out they could have rode that smaller figure wave, but who to do? The Doctor, K9, the girl who leaves before she can turn up in the merchandise, and then? This is the era of one-off villains and monsters (from summer 1975 to end of 82, only three stories feature returning monsters, plus one appearance by the Master before he comes back regularly after another five year gap).
Weren't they 7"?
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Just measured the Dalek, and you're right. Though the Doctor etc are a bit taller, closer to 9. And obviously K-9 is a lot shorter!
I wanted more toy spaceships
http://thetoydetectives.com/reviews...-who-micro-universe-spaceship-and-figure.html
http://toyssuperhero.blogspot.com/2013/01/the-toybox-95-character-building-doctor.html
Everything else in resin
http://www.monstersinmotion.com/car...o-cybermen-spaceship-8-long-model-kit-p-19350
http://thetoydetectives.com/reviews...-who-micro-universe-spaceship-and-figure.html
http://toyssuperhero.blogspot.com/2013/01/the-toybox-95-character-building-doctor.html
Everything else in resin
http://www.monstersinmotion.com/car...o-cybermen-spaceship-8-long-model-kit-p-19350
Computer games!
Yes I know we had a few of them in the 80s and early 90s, and also some over the last few years but none of them have felt like a Doctor Who story. Doctor Who isn't a shoot-em-up, the sonic screwdriver isn't a gun, and Doctor Who can do better than Top Trumps as a game.
How about letting Telltale Games have a go. I bet they'd do a cracking Doctor Who game in a similar vein to how they do Walking Dead, Batman and Game of Thrones games.
Yes I know we had a few of them in the 80s and early 90s, and also some over the last few years but none of them have felt like a Doctor Who story. Doctor Who isn't a shoot-em-up, the sonic screwdriver isn't a gun, and Doctor Who can do better than Top Trumps as a game.
How about letting Telltale Games have a go. I bet they'd do a cracking Doctor Who game in a similar vein to how they do Walking Dead, Batman and Game of Thrones games.
I should say that when Weetabix did a series of cardboard figures in 75, I was fascinated by the old monsters even though I'd never seen them, and probably never would. So a massive action figure range of vintage monsters might well have sold.
But the toy companies would have wanted an initial release of six to 10 current figures to prove the market was there.
But the toy companies would have wanted an initial release of six to 10 current figures to prove the market was there.
The Games Workshop Dr. Who boardgame was a lot of fun.
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Yeah, the Doctor's, Masters and Rani's Tardises, Dalek saucers form Planet and Death, Dalek shuttle from Remembrance, vatious Cyber ships, Sontaran sphere, etc
The could have started off with the Fourth Doctor, Romana, K9, the obiligatory Dalek and a few other monsters in the first wave
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