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    Museum Robot
    • May 9, 2007
    • 5952

    Bif Bang Pow Announces Doctor Who Action Figures and products



    The news was broken today at the Toyfare blog that Bif Bang Pow! had secured the rights to the classic BBC series "Doctor Who" and would be bringing forth a series of Mego style action figures in 2011. An official press release is slated for later and we probably won't see photos until Toy fair but the mind reels as to the possibilities now present.

    For every mego fan who has stared longingly at the Denys Fisher Doctor Who figures wondered why they weren't 8 inch figures, this is for you. Below is the original toyfare article:

    TOYFARE EXCLUSIVE: “Doctor Who” will finally be getting 8-inch cloth costumed figures, thanks to the retro wizards at Bif Bang Pow! (makers of similar figures for “Venture Bros.,” “Twilight Zone” and more).

    It might be a shock, but despite being an icon of countless ’70s childhoods, “Doctor Who” never got a Mego figure. Oh sure, a line was developed by Mego and released in the U.K. by Denys Fisher, but those figures were in a 10-inch scale, and not compatible with the 8-inch Mego figures from Marvel, DC, Star Trek and more. And modern figures from Character Options are 5 inches and plastic.


    Now a great injustice is about to be righted. Bif Bang Pow!, makers of Mego-esque retro figures for properties like “The Venture Bros.” and “Twilight Zone” will be releasing a range of products featuring classic and modern “Doctor Who”—including 8-inch retro cloth-costumed figures!


    “When I first saw the show, I wondered, ‘Where are the toys?’” says Jason Lenzi CEO of BBP!. “[As a child] I went to England and figured the toys would be everywhere, but there was nothing. So it’s a thrill to be working on these toys.”


    Although BBP!’s license includes modern and classic versions of the show (as well as ancillary items like bobbleheads, tins, glassware and journals), first out of the gate will be the greatest Doctor of the ’70s, and the first exposure most Americans born before 1995 had to the series: Fourth Doctor Tom Baker. Prototypes for Baker and three other figures, all drawn from the Baker era of the show, will premiere at next month’s International Toy Fair in New York, with a planned launch for sale at this year’s San Diego Comic-Con in July (along with one or two SDCC-exclusive variants).


    Depending on reaction from retailers and fans, subsequent series might draw on the current eleventh incarnation of the Doctor, starring Matt Smith, as well as his companions and enemies. Either way, according to Lenzi, there are plans to make all of the Doctors, eventually.


    Now if only BBP! could figure out how to time-travel back to the ’70s, they’d make a lot of kids back then happy.


    For our wishlist of who we want to see in BBP!’s line, pick up ToyFare #163, on sale 1/19 in comic shops.


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  • Hulk
    Mayor of Megoville
    • May 10, 2003
    • 16007

    #2
    Wow, now I've seen it all. Great to hear BBP is continuing to stretch the Mego world so deep, while coming full circle at the same time.


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    • vulcan2074
      Live Long and Prosper
      • Mar 23, 2008
      • 7817

      #3
      Wow! Thats great news.
      Sammy

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      • palitoy
        live. laugh. lisa needs braces
        • Jun 16, 2001
        • 59794

        #4
        Been holding this news in since last year, feels good to see it out there. I've been lucky enough to see some of the prelim stuff for this line and it's fan-freaking-tastic.

        This is not a case of a toy company not understanding the license, Jason Lenzi from BBP is as old school as a who fan can get, he's got his 1984 liquid crystal fan club badge firmly attached to his heart.

        Today is a really, really good day for megoheads and who fans alike.
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        • galaxyexplorer42
          Monsters,Creatures,Aliens
          • Mar 3, 2010
          • 780

          #5
          Oh YEA!!!!! Great new Re-Mego news continues! 2010 was a great year for Mego collectors, and 2011 is gonna be even better! I'll be getting these!
          Galaxy Explorer

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          • rche
            channeling Bob Wills
            • Mar 26, 2008
            • 7391

            #6
            oh yes
            uh huh
            allllllright!!!!!
            it just keeps getting better. the anticipation is killing me - I hope it will last.

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            • jwyblejr
              galactic yo-yo
              • Apr 6, 2006
              • 11147

              #7
              Yahoooooo!!!!!!!!

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              • The Toyroom
                The Packaging King
                • Dec 31, 2004
                • 16653

                #8
                Looking forward to this..if these are as good as the Twilight Zone figures from BBP, then I'm in. If they're Lost-like...then no. Tom Baker is the most logical starting point for this line. I'm hoping the other 3 figures mentioned are The Master, Romana (II) and Sarah Jane Smith
                Think OUTSIDE the Box! For the BEST in Repro & Custom Packaging!

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                • Nostalgiabuff
                  Muddling through
                  • Oct 4, 2008
                  • 11423

                  #9
                  sweet. can't wait to see the prototypes. Great job BBP

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                  • Timothy2251
                    Jerks beef with Ten Bears
                    • Mar 15, 2008
                    • 1960

                    #10
                    Man, just as I was getting going on my own custom 4th Doctor figure, BBP does this.

                    Well played, Bif Bang Pow. Well played indeed, and I'm absolutely buying a set!
                    "It's sad that governments are chiefed by the double tongues. There is iron in your words of death for all Comanche to see, and so there is iron in your words of life. No signed paper can hold the iron. It must come from men. The words of Ten Bears carries the same iron of life and death. It is good that warriors such as we meet in the struggle of life... or death. It shall be life."

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                    • UnderdogDJLSW
                      To Fear is Not Logical...
                      • Feb 17, 2008
                      • 4895

                      #11
                      I'm going to have to get a second job with all that is coming out. Can't wait to see what the prototypes look like!
                      It's all good!

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                      • THE FALCON
                        Career Member
                        • Jan 2, 2011
                        • 634

                        #12
                        Bloody awesome news! Tom Baker is my all time favorite Dr. Who. Can't wait for this!

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                        • Doctor Flarb
                          New Member
                          • Jul 26, 2009
                          • 33

                          #13
                          Man, a Chris Eccleston figure would be sweet.

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                          • bobws
                            Permanent Member
                            • Feb 13, 2008
                            • 3479

                            #14
                            PLEASE Plan on Making not just all the Doctor's but ALL THE COMPANIONS TOO. I will so support this line BIG TIME BABY!!!!!!!!!! Now i don't have to customize 50 characters i was thinking of making!THis is a good Day YES!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
                            "Hang on Lady... We go for a RIDE!" - Shorty to Willie Scott.Best movie line from Indiana Jones & the Temple Of Doom

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                            • johnmiic
                              Adrift
                              • Sep 6, 2002
                              • 8427

                              #15
                              What?!? WHAT!?!? AAAAAAAAAAAAAAaaaaahhhhhaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa!!!!!!

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