With the new Doctor Who series seemingly going from strength-to-strength, I thought, last month, it was time to start investigating the growing "action figure" range.And what delights I uncovered! Inspired by Arnie and Marjorie's passion for Star Wars figure collecting over on The Star Wars Action News Podcast, I grasped the nettle and plunged into Doctor Who figure collecting without barely a second thought for the fact that I'm still unable to work, am getting married in less than two weeks, am hoping to buy a new house with Rachel sooner rather than later, and probably have enough toys as it is for a 40-year-old man!
I've ruled out Star Wars figure collecting because there are simply too many out there now for a completist like me (with a very limited budget) to ever have a hope of catching up on. I have quite a number of the nice Buffy action figures, but the problem - for me - with that range is that most are just variants of the main characters. Just how many Spike or Angels do you really need?
Sure, with the Doctor Who figures you get a Doctor variant each year - and in a number of the larger, multi-figure packs - but they also do a fine line in aliens and supporting characters, more akin to the Star Wars line ethos. And at least with the Who figures, although I might not have been in from the start, at least - thanks to the very helpful guides at www.doctorwhotoys.net - I was quickly able to get a handle on what was out there, what was about to come out and which figures were already rare enough to be out of my price range.
The 5" sculpts from Chapter Options are superb, the range is already varied enough to be interesting and some of the figures (such as the cybermen) are still cheap enough that it's feasible to invest in several for "unit building" either for dioramas or large-scale wargames!
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