1/6 is here and it is a BIG market this may be a doll but is not for the kids
SIDESHOW MEDICOM heck even NECCA are doing 1/4 scale hi end pieces now, Big Chief wants to play with the big boys
bring it on im looking forward to it i want the 1/6 C Reeve Superman as well
so for years we here of talk of Doctor Who getting 1/6 dolls we had a good cheap line by CO that was brilliant for its price point but then Big Chief said yeah were going to do high end 1/6 collectable who line along came Matt very good
and a host of goodies to boot like his sonic extra hands etc jacket is a little iffy but we will come to clothes shortly but that’s nothing like matt’s jacket in color (Orange?), design and texture, CO who do the smaller toys did a figure with the same jacket pattern in same colors
David Tennants doll was even better
that my friend is awesome the suit clothing may be off there a tad chunky and lot thicker but look good quality we got a coat and whole host of extras but what about classics ?
now if you build up enough bodies to use and re use well that means only new heads and clothes have to be made By using standard parts, they could have pushed out another 3 figures, by my estimation, quadrupling their financial income, thus funding future developments in further dolls like other companies do a small medium large body and thats it but there not seeming to do this for some reason its all a bit slow
But at last we get Tom “THE DOCTOR” Baker ,well im in for that xmas list save whatever
The Doctor’s new costume, designed by James Acheson (yes the one now winning awards in Hollywood but ill leave judgement on his spiderman costume ) was inspired by a French poster advertising Aristide Bruant at the Ambassadeurs nightclub in Paris, 1892.
and scarf accident by bergodia pope resulted in every ball of wall used and a scarf of some length
original sketch
season 13
right off the bat er what gives with the boggle eye look ?,why isn’t he just neutral ? but ok so far so good (coats a bit chunky but ok) i can work with that then we get more pictures
facial details, skins tones, and texture im looking for as well as a decent expression , an example is this
Yes thats a doll not the actress i find that simply scary awe inspiring ,and some kind of voodoo magic
more here Black Widow
Then not so long ago i managed to see this Tom in hand at my local FP , and ill just say AGHH,ooook
I really want a tom doll in 1/6 and around £200 is a going rate for these things, but hears the rub
I was lucky enough to know several people in the store and this was a loose figure on a new series stand on there shelf,apparently the new series base for a classic Dr had the new circles these circles spelt 4 , nope this don’t work its to new style design old style clash , its like lime green and lemon yellow together it jars it needs a natural black one and a stand like his environment. eg Superman has a chunk of the fortress Batman has chunk of the cave etc , BUT we get a nice picture of the console room no idea the season 18 at a guess so put that behind him i looked for many angles to shiny so reflects light and is a picture and as my good friend said “cheapens the figure” its just a bit of shiny cardboard so stand is right out ,not a problem ,i can work with that as well
Tom was famous for carrying over mixing up elements of his costume over his tenure right up to S18 with his brown adventure boots
The boggle eyes as i feared is a problem,the zombie look ,or i have to agree with my friend in recreating the famous brooding head down Pyramids Of Mars look he looks like he is crying like he’s going to burst into tears. The expression is all wrong, going for a expression was a big mistake why when every one else they did is neutral ? so i tried and you have to capture a moment him doing something and Tom used this as measure of a surprise part of his acting to a line so you got to play about to try to make it work he cant just stand on the shelf sadly,or maybe it’s sold as Tom Baker at the pub after filming Coming out the Coach & Horses with Francis Bacon in soho around 2am.
And the coat is to light darker thankfully than bright red prototype but to light to thick and clunky but can be made to work but its all off including the lack of details 
The actual coat sold at auction for Bonhams
A Victorian style double-breasted frock coat,
of burgundy colored cut velvet, with matching buttons, having darned patches applied, giving the impression of age, lined with brown colored silk effect fabric, with large interior pockets, labelled inside “Morris Angel & Son Ltd, 117-119 Shaftesbury Ave, WC2” inscribed in an unknown hand in black marker pen “TOM BAKER, 41”
Costume Designer, June Hudson
this coat there using for this doll is this, and was used a lot by tom season 13 first and again for deadly assassin ,lots of stories different scarfs different looks
as you can see to light button holes missing from lapel all easy to see and research so why is it missed ? ,trousers very Denis Fisher doll like and like the whole figure needs dressing and putting right this can be fixed but what can not be fixed is …………………
The Scarf a printed piece of cotton like a t shirt with a design on it its cheap nasty and don’t work a chap called Malcolm once found ribbed fabric that works and another person has used this to make new scarfs the scarf IS the costume for Tom
Now that’s more like it now this person chose to change the waistcoat i wouldn’t the pattern is to big its 1/1 for use so needs scaling down but the scarf is right again waistcoat is just a printed picture on plain cotton a thicker (dare i say it) piece of material that was wool like would of been better to print on
The beard of five o clock shadow docent suit this is varying degrees on each doll of one day to whole week of not shaving and the hair is supposed to be brown not black with brown highlights the skin is little to white and no texture this with odd expression lets the head sculpt down
as they’re still fledgling small company with a lot yet to learn I’m still cutting them some slack, but I do find it annoying that these figures still seem to be loosing ‘something’ when they go through the manufacturing process, and in the case of Tom an awful lot seems to be lost.
which for me is a shame best picture i have seen of tom has taken some modifications to it
Bottom line nice idea nice attempt ,i wouldn’t buy it personally £200 it has to be spot on perfect but as a present it would be awesome and id set out buying new items of clothing strait away and repainting the whole head as this pic shows ,it has tons of potential
these owners are a clever lot this is off sideshow forum
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