How About Mego Dr. Who?

[bobws]

We were talking to the BBC for months about it, and they could not
get out of their own red tape. We did everything we could to make
them - met every request of the BBC - and we still could not get
a definitive answer.

I expect to hear from them in six months when the Mego resurgence is
in full swing and someone at the BBC gets the idea "we should make
Dr. Who megos" and start the process all over again.

Thank You doc for trying already! YES!!!!
I hope they do get thier act together as i would buy every one that comes out. I want every Doctor, every Companion and enemies from each's time as well. This is one series that could make over 100 figures easily!

[Tothiro]

We were talking to the BBC for months about it, and they could not
get out of their own red tape. We did everything we could to make
them - met every request of the BBC - and we still could not get
a definitive answer.

I expect to hear from them in six months when the Mego resurgence is
in full swing and someone at the BBC gets the idea "we should make
Dr. Who megos" and start the process all over again.

Hmm... interesting. I was briefly talked to last year for prototype sculpting on some BBC Latin America projects in development, and similarly it never went anywhere.

8" DW would still rock no matter what country it's released in

[SlipperyLilSuckers]

I would buy one for sure it has always bugged me that he was 9".

[JediJaida]

I would KILL to get my greedy paws on Dr. Who figures! I remember back when they were being run in the USA for the first time, when I was about twelve or so.

I got a kick out of Louise Jameson's portrayal of Leela. She was the Xena of the 1970's, and to me, was a lot more fun than Xena herself.

I'd love to see Daleks, Cybermen, Sontarans, K-9, Leela, Romana #1, Dr. #3, 4, 6, 8, 9, and 10.

Rose is a definite must.

Too bad that the BBC can't get out of the red tape, the figures would probably sell real well at DragonCon, where I saw more Whovians than Trekkies, Trekkers, etc.

[bobws]

I forgot to mention i was figuring out with my nephew how they should be released and i was thinking the should start with the first doctor, susan, dalek and extra villian. 4 in a set and be released 1 a week, next month next set , next doctor,companion and 2 villians, and just keep going until all doctors with outfit variants , all companions and about 70 villians are made. you could keep this going for 3 years! i would buy 1 a week easy, even if i had to skip other figures. i was just going to start making Who Customs so they better not wait too long.

[Gremlin517]

We were talking to the BBC for months about it, and they could not
get out of their own red tape. We did everything we could to make
them - met every request of the BBC - and we still could not get
a definitive answer.

I expect to hear from them in six months when the Mego resurgence is
in full swing and someone at the BBC gets the idea "we should make
Dr. Who megos" and start the process all over again.

I had heard this before about the BBC. However, you give us hope!

Grem-

[YANOULI]

I never understood why character didn't make a 12" Rose.

They made Martha but in my opinion Rose was more popular.

[william shatners toupee]

Just wanted to pipe in, (not to not make a redundant thread post so sorry!) and say over in this post: Mego scale Doctor Who Troughton head interest? - Mego Talk I'm talking about the possibility of making some 1:6 Doctor Who heads I've commissioned from an artist making them digitally on the computer (which allows him to make them in different sizes) and also making the heads in Mego scale for you guys if there is enough interest here. Please go there and let me know!

Pics of the initial 1:6 Troughton heads printed out, awaiting sanding and cleaning up before being cast-

[Gremlin517]

These are very nice, but I would actually want them in the 1:6 (G.I. Joe) size.

[william shatners toupee]

These are very nice, but I would actually want them in the 1:6 (G.I. Joe) size.

Ha ha. Well hey, Cool beans! (laugh).

The 1:6 thread for them is here:
Sideshow Freaks - Patrick Troughton commission by Sean Dabbs

and a list of other 1:6 Who heads already available is here:
Sideshow Freaks - List of which sculptors have which head available?
-Rick

[Captain]

We were talking to the BBC for months about it, and they could not
get out of their own red tape. We did everything we could to make
them - met every request of the BBC - and we still could not get
a definitive answer.

I expect to hear from them in six months when the Mego resurgence is
in full swing and someone at the BBC gets the idea "we should make
Dr. Who megos" and start the process all over again.

Have you tried sub-licensing under Character Options Who license Paul?

[Gremlin517]

Ha ha. Well hey, Cool beans! (laugh).

The 1:6 thread for them is here:
Sideshow Freaks - Patrick Troughton commission by Sean Dabbs

and a list of other 1:6 Who heads already available is here:
Sideshow Freaks - List of which sculptors have which head available?
-Rick

How much do you charge to make customs? I have a few of my paintings that I would like to make into toys.

Grem--

[william shatners toupee]

How much do you charge to make customs? I have a few of my paintings that I would like to make into toys.

Grem--

It gets very pricey to commission a professional sculptor. Particularly if it's a one-off item he's not going to see any future sales off of. Sean is a professional toy sculptor who's worked for Character Options and other toy companies to make things for them. You can always PM Sean (sdabbs) at Sideshow Forums and ask him directly if he's available, interested, and what he'd charge.

[Gremlin517]

Good to know!

[PNGwynne]

I would love to see these, even as a small set of specialty (Diamond-type)
figures. I do understand your licensing challenges, though. Look at5 what happened with an even bigger property like POTA...

It'd be terrific to have a couple of most popular Doctors & companions, a Dalek, Cyberman, and the Master, maybe a Siluran or Davros: you could do 2 or three nice waves that way.

I'm most biased towards Baker & Pertwee...