New Doctor Who 1:6 from Big Chief Studios!

[Sweet Rabbit]

Re: New Doctor Who 1:6 and 1:4 from Big Chief Studios!

Okay, maybe I overdid it with my last post. i wish to apologise to anyone who has been offended. It's just that idiocy makes me angry, but seeing this as an over-reaction is a valid point of view.

ya think?

 

[The Mike]

Re: New Doctor Who 1:6 and 1:4 from Big Chief Studios!

What did I miss?

Do these come signature required?

 

[The Mike]

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Just got email confirmation that mine shipped today

Now the wait.

 

[rishi]

Any US collectors receive this yet? Still waiting for mine.

 

[Niceman]

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Any US collectors receive this yet? Still waiting for mine.

I expect we'll take 2 more weeks. If we get it one week from now we'll be lucky.

 

[JonWes]

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It's (quite literally) on a slow boat from China. That usually takes 4 weeks. Then it's got to get to the distributor and then the retailer. So it could be a while. Some sites are saying the Doctor won't arrive until October.

My understanding is that Diamond is distributing these in the US. They aren't always on the ball.

 

[Calcifer]

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Has anyone recieved their regular edition figure yet? I'm waiting on my two but then I figured they're probably first sending all signature editions out before handling the rest.

I also wanted to mention, I think you can count the email you get when order completed as a shipping notification.

I paid off my Signature edition on Saturday and no email back from them since!

I hope your wrong because I want to be getting this tomorrow morning!

 

[Darth Snoopy]

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ya think?

Just a little I'd say.

 

[sithlord13]

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got mine today

no confirmation or anything but here he is

great figure, great packaging etc
big chief has done well but the price is still too high and that alone will really restrict my purchases from them

edit added a pic

 

[DVD1]

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I just find it strange that it costs more to buy it direct from the manufacturer in the UK than it does to buy it from a retailer in the US because of the stupidly high UK government tax. UK sucks.

 

[Niceman]

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I just find it strange that it costs more to buy it direct from the manufacturer in the UK than it does to buy it from a retailer in the US because of the stupidly high UK government tax. UK sucks.

Even without the UK tax it cost me roughly $35 extra to buy from Big Chief directly. They need to do something about that.

 

[pixletwin]

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Yeah even from the cheapest dealers this thing is pretty over priced. Hopefully BC takes the cost down a bit for future releases.

 

[sithlord13]

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Yeah even from the cheapest dealers this thing is pretty over priced. Hopefully BC takes the cost down a bit for future releases.

Agreed. ESP for the companions. I would like amy but not for 180 quid.

 

[DVD1]

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170 plus near 30 postage so 200 squidlies ($300) to get it. Taking postage and tax out of the equation tho, and it's the same price as a hot toys figure bought out of the shop.
125 ex tax is exactly what I payed for all my ht figures.

 

[JonWes]

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Yeah even from the cheapest dealers this thing is pretty over priced. Hopefully BC takes the cost down a bit for future releases.

It does seem like with an edition size of 2000 they should be a touch cheaper when compared to the rest of the market. I feel like Amy is really going to suffer because of this. If she was $150 or so in comparison to the Doctor I think she'd sell more. I wonder if they are trying to get back the money for the male and female body they developed in these figures alone instead of spreading that cost out for future figures?

 

[pixletwin]

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It does seem like with an edition size of 2000 they should be a touch cheaper when compared to the rest of the market. I feel like Amy is really going to suffer because of this. If she was $150 or so in comparison to the Doctor I think she'd sell more. I wonder if they are trying to get back the money for the male and female body they developed in these figures alone instead of spreading that cost out for future figures?

 

[Ex-Parrot]

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I think the fact that the Amy Pond/Karen Gillan signature edition is still in stock says it all really.

People might be willing to cough up when it comes to The Doctor if they have to, at least when done so well, but you'll have a hell of a time selling companions and other characters at those same kind of prices and the same sort of edition runs.

I mean I'm about as hardcore a Who fan as any, but even I'll be sticking to the various Doctors only and a few absolute favourite companions (if my favourites ever get made) at this kind of price point.

Mind you, that said I couldn't be happier that we have a company like Big Chief finally putting out this kind of quality Who product to begin with. I just hope they're careful with their product choices and pricing so that they can continue to produce more quality Who product for years to come.

 

[Niceman]

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I paid $245. If this was a HT release I'd think it was slightly overpriced. I paid $225 for my Iron Man and that looks more complicated. But I haven't seen the item in hand yet, so I won't judge yet.

 

[JonWes]

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I mean I'm about as hardcore a Who fan as any, but even I'll be sticking to the various Doctors only and a few absolute favourite companions (if my favourites ever get made) at this kind of price point.

Mind you, that said I couldn't be happier that we have a company like Big Chief finally putting out this kind of quality Who product to begin with. I just hope they're careful with their product choices and pricing so that they can continue to produce more quality Who product for years to come.

I feel the same way. I'm a HUGE Who fan. But I just can't justify spending so much on Amy. I think she's a great companion, but it's not for me. Now, if it was Rose, River, Donna or Sarah Jane... or Romana... maybe Leela... okay, there are probably companions I'd be much more tempted by at least. But I don't know if I'd buy that many of THOSE for $200.

But all in all, I'm THRILLED they are making these figures. I really hope the next couple in the pipeline don't take so long to develop. I'm hoping their silence on later figures is just them not wanting to promote them too much because of the long waits for this and not because development has been slowed.

 

[The Mike]

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While I agree that the pricing is a bit high, I have a feeling that much like HT does where they price something higher and it sells through the roof, when they do Tennant and Baker, they'll sell without blinking an eye at that cost.

The thing is companions and other human characters won't and that might hinder the line in general. I really hope though they get to the aliens sooner than later, I'd love to have a BCS Dalek, Cyberman, Weeping Angel, Ood, Silence, amongst a long list of others to go with the good Doctor.