New Doctor Who 1:6 from Big Chief Studios!

[Captain Britain]

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

Well, I don'y know. I don't think anyone buys figures expecting them to go up in value anymore. Those days are long gone I think.

As for the question of possibly 2000 being a large size...I bet It's a darn site less than Loki, Thor, Cap:A, Spidey or any of the other HT or Medicom lines. Loki in particular must be into his third full production run by now and I bet each one is more than 2000. The actual number is really immaterial. In his case (as well as the other AVENGERS) their notion of "Limited Edition" is - as has been stated many times in these threads - actually limited to how many they think that they can continue to successfully sell, as evidenced by the ludicrous situation where Loki's 'remaining stock' number has gone from 60, to 30, to 10, then back up to 30, then 10 again, then back up to 50...now it's down to "...less than 30"

It's actually a very brave move on BCS' part to state the edition size from the word go, too. I wonder when the likes of Medicom or HT actually did this. I know SSC used to, that's why I used them as an exemplar...with figures I own.

But the demand is far less too - much as I'd love Doctor Who to be the world's number 1 franchise it isn't, whereas The Avengers currently is, and Marvel and DC characters are always up there as global icons.

2000 seems about right for me, they'll sell them all sooner or later, but I'd be amazed if it was ever super-scarce, and people have time to think or save or have second thoughts or whatever. Which is, frankly, perfect!

Totally agree that figures are a poor investment... and should be a poor investment, they should be about fun not hoarding and profiting.

 

[DGTWoodward]

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

But the demand is far less too - much as I'd love Doctor Who to be the world's number 1 franchise it isn't, whereas The Avengers currently is, and Marvel and DC characters are always up there as global icons.

2000 seems about right for me, they'll sell them all sooner or later, but I'd be amazed if it was ever super-scarce, and people have time to think or save or have second thoughts or whatever. Which is, frankly, perfect!

Totally agree that figures are a poor investment... and should be a poor investment, they should be about fun not hoarding and profiting.

And with that they were in perfect agreement though you may be slightly under-cooking the worldwide appeal of Doctor Who a little.

 

[SAB]

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

Well, I don'y know. I don't think anyone buys figures expecting them to go up in value anymore. Those days are long gone I think.

I think half this forum still tells themselves it'll only go up when buying....

 

[Captain Britain]

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

I think half this forum still tells themselves it'll only go up when buying....

Best justification ever for treating toys as an investment... that it helps you convince yourself to buy more toys!

I wonder how global Doctor Who is? Sure, there's fans everywhere, but there's not as many Who fans everywhere as there are of, say, Marvel or DC properties. There's never been Who toys at retail anywhere other than Britain. And in the Far East Doctor Who is nothing (waits nervously for deluge of posts proving me wrong).

 

[Niceman]

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

Best justification ever for treating toys as an investment... that it helps you convince yourself to buy more toys!

I wonder how global Doctor Who is? Sure, there's fans everywhere, but there's not as many Who fans everywhere as there are of, say, Marvel or DC properties. There's never been Who toys at retail anywhere other than Britain. And in the Far East Doctor Who is nothing (waits nervously for deluge of posts proving me wrong).

I've seen Who toys at comic shops in the US. I'm sure they're also big in Australia. Surely also NZ, and Canada at a minimum....

 

[JonWes]

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Doctor Who is MUCH bigger in the US than I ever thought it'd be as a little boy of 7 watching the PBS reruns. Back then, the only people who knew about it were 30-something teachers at school.

It was featured on the cover of Entertainment Weekly not long ago. That being said, it's still a cult show. And people who buy this scale at this expense are already a niche market. 2000 is probably a good number. I don't think they'd hang around forever at that price, but I don't see them selling out instantly either.

But, we all might be shocked.

 

[aimeekitty]

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

I got my 11 figure yesterday! Lovely! I live in LA, California, USA. I preordered mine through BC (just FYI) it's the sig edition. I got 101!

here's a quick pic and a few more on my blog.

as for me, after a few moves and reevaluating my "stash", I've gotten a lot more selective about what I buy. I'd rather have a few favorite things that are really cool than "everything made from X series", which is what I used to do.
So, whether it goes up in value is kindof irrelevant to me. There is something, I suppose, validating, about seeing a figure YOU ChOSE to buy go up in value, it makes you feel like, "yeah! I made a good choice!", but it doesn't really matter. Very few of the "chosen few" "toys" that live in my house right now would ever be up for sale anytime soon.

 

[pixletwin]

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Great picture!

 

[SchmittyJames]

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

Got mine in Anaheim today! Such an awesome figure!

Sig number 5! My lucky number!!!

 

[Niceman]

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

Did you guys in the US pay on the first day? I got the email on the Thursday and then paid on the Monday, so maybe I'll get mine this coming Monday?

 

[pixletwin]

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

......... For US folk who ordered direct.

Big Chief Studios Limited
Shipping Update

We have been contacted by several customers from overseas requesting shipping updates for their orders. We have sent tracking numbers to those customers and have tracked the orders. These orders have left the UK within 1-2 days.

Orders shipped to the US, however, are being held up on entering New York, subject to a security and customs checks backlog.

European orders have either been delivered or will be in the next day or so.

We have shipped all orders for which we have received cleared payments.

 

[Niceman]

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

They just announced on FB that the first accessories packs will be announced soon.

 

[pixletwin]

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

Where? I don't see it on their FB page.

 

[Niceman]

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

Where? I don't see it on their FB page.

It was a reply to one of the comments. It's there.

 

[SchmittyJames]

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

Did you guys in the US pay on the first day? I got the email on the Thursday and then paid on the Monday, so maybe I'll get mine this coming Monday?

Got my email thursday and paid same day. I'm sure you get yours by Friday

 

[Niceman]

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

Got my email thursday and paid same day. I'm sure you get yours by Friday

That would rock. I'm getting really excited about this. I want this figure to be awesome!

 

[Captain Britain]

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

Does anyone have the list of accessory packs that BC announced a while ago? I know it's somewhere in this thread but where...

 

[SchmittyJames]

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

Does anyone have the list of accessory packs that BC announced a while ago? I know it's somewhere in this thread but where...

https://www.bigchiefstudios.co.uk/i-wear-a-stetson-now-stetsons-are-cool/

 

[SAB]

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

More pics needed !

 

[SAB]

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

https://www.bigchiefstudios.co.uk/i-wear-a-stetson-now-stetsons-are-cool/

Will be very interesting to see how these are priced considering they've purposely made it that you need to buy 3 seperate packs to get the Doctors 2nd look.