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Light at the end of the tunnel?

So what does the future in figure collecting hold now? Well Doctor Who Figures Online thinks it holds something very hopeful. Rumours are aplenty of new releases to come this year, and positive things are coming from CO.

The top rumours concern a new 4th Doctor boxset of some description, and Forbidden Planet seem to have confirmed on Twitter that they will have two exclusive 3rd Doctor figures to sell alongside their existing exclusives. This is yet to be confirmed by CO, but it seems highly likely.

With the Torchwood figures coming soon, and with this possibility of more from CO, I think we need to brace ourselves (not to mention our wallets…)

Forbidden Planet Updates

Both Forbidden Planet (.com) and Forbidden Planet International (.co.uk) have released statements to Doctor Who Figures Online. FPI say that any fraud has been third party through their card system, that this is currently under investigation and that it is perfectly safe to order by cheque. They value all customers and wish to solve this soon to ensure customer service is the best it can be.

The .com website reiterated that they were in the clear and that it is perfectly safe to order from them.

Both statements can be found in full here - Forbidden Planet Fraud Updates

Exclusive Torchwood Figures

Ahead of the Torchwood figures Wave 2, exclusive Captain John and Ianto figures were recently released in Wave 1 packaging and individually numbered with only 1000 available each. This makes them highly collectable and the first Torchwood figures to be available outside of a normal wave.

These were available online for a short while and, should more be available after a couple of planned Scificollector events to be held soon, you may be able to get hold of them in Scificollector.co.uk shops.

Character Sales Down

Character Options have announced a loss of 22% in their sales for the six Months up to February 28th compared with the same time last year. Obviously a lot of this is due to the economic crisis and people holding money back, when you’re dealing in millions one range won’t make a particular difference, but what does this mean for Who collectors?

I think there’s nothing to be worried about personally, Character aren’t going to fail from the looks of things – they haven’t got big debts to worry about. Indeed, with rumours now spreading of new figures even this year perhaps they haven’t done as badly as they had feared they might have done? Of course they wouldn’t say that, but I think speculation could fall on that conclusion fairly easily.

For those who understand economics further a full report can be found at http://www.drwhofigures.co.uk/content/view/352/260/

New Micro-Universe Ships

The much-championed Micro-Universe Spaceships have been released again under the guise of Timesquad Spacehips.

They are re-releasing the Slitheen ship and Captain Jack’s Chula War Ship alongside a brand new SS Pentallian Spaceship. Each comes with a random Timesquad figure.

It’s interesting for collectors in another way as well – because CO have always made clear they can’t talk about ideas even if they’ve been decided against in the end because they can make a comeback. I expect they felt the ship range was finished at about this point last year, but now look. It’s a mark of the ever changing world of collecting.

So far these are not available too widely, but they should hit shops Nationwide soon.

Conclusion

There have been a lot of ups and downs recently, but I think overall it’s all looking positive for the future!

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