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Overview

After a fairly quiet few weeks things have recently taken off again in the figure collecting community. For a number of weeks the top stories have revolved around other ranges casting doubts on the future of our figures and special offers, but in the last few days we’ve had stories of fraud and new pictures gearing up to exciting releases instead!

Very exclusive Doctors

To start with however we had the news that the Forbidden Planet Exclusive Classic Doctor packs (that’s the black and white 1st and 2nd Doctors, each packaged with a black and white classic enemy) are to be a run of just 1250 per set. However these are still available on Forbidden Planet (though the 2nd Doctor is running low apparently).

If you are interested in purchasing these, the colour versions of those sets or the Real Time 6th Doctor figure the best advice is to waste no more time and order now as they could sell out very soon indeed. But before you do…

Forbidden Planet Fraud

A story that is still continuing at the moment (you can find the latest updates on it here) concerns worries over orders placed with Forbidden Planet. Several people who had bought things from Forbidden Planet via. their Credit Card (some people had only spent with Forbidden Planet on their card) started to get strange payments referring to companies such as O2, despite the fact that many people had no past business with them at all.

As the story gained interest, more and more people came forward with similar experiences and over the internet there have now been more than 40 cases reported. Of course many may have gone unnoticed or not been reported as well.

Forbidden Planet are looking into it but for now the best advice is not to buy through Credit Card but pay by cheque (information on how to do that can be found on the link for the latest updates above)

Torchwood Wave 2 Images

The final images approved for production of Ianto, Tosh, Blowfish Man and Captain John, making up the Torchwood Wave 2 team, have been released. Reception has been slightly mixed, but mainly because of the quality of photograph and this has been slightly rectified.

Generally feelings are very positive towards these figures and if you are interested I would advise ordering as soon as you can through www.scificollector.co.uk.

The exact date for release is yet to be confirmed, though Doctor Who Figures Online is hoping to have lots more exciting things coming in the run up!

Conclusion

So quite a major story that has yet to be solved and exciting hints at the future on the menu this time. Another roundup will follow in a few weeks, and I expect we’ll have even more surprises then!

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