Who Wants Kids to Play with Him
Posted at 3:01 PM Jan 06, 2009
Doctor Who, that is (or should I say "The Doctor," as I have found out today that his full name isn't Dr. Engelbert P. Who, as I had originally thought. My apologies). Underground Toys, owners of the Doctor Who figure license, will release Time Squad, yet another line in the vein of Hasbro's Superhero Squad/Combat Heroes/Robot Heroes/etc. There's only one pack with "The Doctor," and that's shown above, and includes the Supreme Dalek, Davros, the Slitheen, and Weeping Angel. The second pack includes Cyberman, Black Dalek, Scarecrow, Vashta Nerada, and Sontaran, while the third has a Bronze Dalek, Sycorax, Natural Ood, Pyrovile, and Clockwork Man, which you can see here.
One can only hope that the bisexual adventurers of Torchwood might make it into the line later, which could really open the door for children's toys of adult properties. I'm crossing my fingers I'll be able to buy a Rocky Horror Picture Show Transvestite Heroes toyline before I die.
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Those are so cute! When and where can they be found? I'm rather fond of the Slitheen and Natural Ood, so will more than likely be getting them all.
And a "Rocky Horror Picture Show Transvestite Heroes toyline" would be terrifying.
And awesome. But mostly terrifying. I'd end up getting a set of those as well :/
Posted 01/06/2009 at 12:11:23 PMi must have them
Posted 01/06/2009 at 12:36:33 PMWhen will these be available? Because. Um. Awesome.
Posted 01/06/2009 at 01:11:35 PMThat's pretty much amazing.
Although...all those baddies and no Simm!Master? For shame!
...I still want every single one.
Posted 01/06/2009 at 03:02:49 PMAnd thank you for correcting yourself on his name :p
Posted 01/06/2009 at 03:05:20 PMNo rhino-headed Judoon? He could totally have hung out with my Battle Beasts.
I bet Torchwood's Special Friends" line would have had a Captain Jack in every two-pack, to represent the fact that he's hooked up with pretty much everybody. I'd bet they'd "fit together," too, like that famous MUSCLE Man whose head plugged into the other guy's back. Hot!
Posted 01/06/2009 at 03:22:56 PM(sigh) My 8-year-old daughter is obsessed with Marvel Super Hero Squad, but she's also a pretty big Who fan, too. Looks like I'll have to get her some of these or I fail as a geek dad.
Posted 01/06/2009 at 03:29:14 PMWhy is it that all toys of things I love (Hellboy, Marvel) are going the direction of the cheap soft plastic toys we used to get from McDonald's? I almost feel like I should open my new Hellboy figures when they arrive via mail from plastic baggies retrieved from the bottom of my happy meal, slippery with french fry grease and covered in a warning about choking hazards. Maybe I'm just bitching but someone as cool as "The Doctor" should be immortalized by Todd Macfarlane's group of plastic sculpting geniuses. Otherwise I'd drive down to the local Micky-D's and stand in line behind all of the obese children and their wheezing parents to get my action figure.
Posted 01/06/2009 at 03:57:36 PMWill the Vashta Nerada look like a skeleton in an astronaut suit or is the joke on us?
Posted 01/06/2009 at 06:04:50 PMI definitely bought a Frank-N-Furter action figure from KB for my sister one Christmas, but it wasn't part of a Transvestite Heroes pack.
Posted 01/07/2009 at 07:11:09 AMThis might be confusing to us U.S. fans who consider Who a Battlstar-level sci-fi nerd domain, but in Britain Who is totally a kids' show. Which is insane, because it's occasionally terrifying as fuck. But that helps explain these figures, and the occasional awesome Dalek voice changer helmet.
Posted 01/07/2009 at 09:26:10 AM@Justin
Technically it's 'family entertainment' but I totally know what you mean. 'Blink' was scary as hell.
Posted 01/07/2009 at 03:12:47 PMDoes anyone remember "Time Squad"? It was a show on Cartoon Network starring Mark Hammil as a british robot about Abraham Lincoln turning evil and shit.
Posted 01/07/2009 at 07:59:56 PMOne can only hope that the bisexual adventurers of Torchwood might make it into the line later, which could really open the door for children's toys of adult properties. I'm crossing my fingers I'll be able to buy a Rocky Horror Picture Show Transvestite Heroes toyline before I die.
I wouldn't count on it...
Posted 01/08/2009 at 06:06:05 AM