TONIGHT! BIF BANG POW DOCTOR WHO RETROSPECTIVE!

Live at 8:30 PM this Evening. We're  launching a new series today "The History of ReMego" speaking about toy lines that tried to rekindle the 8 inch format created by Mego. For our first installment, we've got the president of Bif Bang Pow! Jason Lenzi to talk about their range of Doctor Who action figures. 

 We talk about the inspiration for the line, it's origins, what was released and of course all the things that didn't get made due to its sadly short tenure. 

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The Tease of Morbius

The MegoMuseum blog just posted this shot of a carded sample of the Morbius figure from the oft delayed second wave of Doctor Who ReMego figures from BifBangPow! Certainly gives us hope they'll soon be in our hands.

Order Doctor Who Wave 2 here

Thinkgeek K-9

The Mego Museum did a spotlight on the Thinkgeek Bifbangpow exclusive K-9 figure today. It's the same figure that will come with the Tardis playset but ala cart with a shiny new box.

Check out all the fun here...

Bif Bang Pow Unveils their Dalek

 

In the huge news department, BifBangPow! has put their upcoming  Dalek figure for preorder at Entertainment Earth, this is a Dalek scaled for 8 inch Mego like figures. It's retail? $24.99.

A few things are likely a) BBP will do colour variations of these bad boys and b) I will soon have a Dalek problem in my house. Happy to have such problems.

Preorder the Dalek here from Entertainment Earth!

Doctor Who Toyfair 2012

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Bifbangpow gave Whovians 3 reasons to get excited over this toyfair with the announcement of more villains, more companions and more Doctors for 2012. After the jump we'll go through what makes us giddy...

Doctor Who TARDIS Playset with K-9 Action Figure

Toyfair 2012 brings us a ton of excitement for 2012 starting off with the news of a PLAYSET and companion rolled into one. More pictures after the break....

Bifbangpow Field Major Styre Review

Sontarans are not my favourite Who villains by any stretch but considering they were the third baddy the fourth Doctor faced combined with how amendable they are to the Mego style, Styre was a natural fit. He's also a joy as I'll point out after the jump..

Bifbangpow The Master Photo Review

When the Bifbangpow! Who line was first announced, the one character that fans didn't seem enthusiastic about was the Master. Not that he isn't a great villain, it's probably because more folks prefer it to be the likeness of either actors Roger Delgado or Anthony Ainley.

To defend the character choice, the Peter Pratt version of the Master is the "Mego era" rendition of the character and the one that the Tom Baker Doctor faced the most. 

Fans also worried when the original prototype was shown, however I'm happy to report that  BifBangPow  really poured on the quality here and it's a crazy nice piece.  More photos after the jump:

Bifbangpow Cyber Leader Photo Review

Perhaps the figure I most looked forward to is the Cyber Leader from "Revenge of the Cyberman". You can keep your JNT era look, this has always been the ultimate design for me.

It is a look that has also been somewhat under served in terms of merchandise. Product Enterprises never got their 1/6th scale version to market, so I was overjoyed to see this guy in the second wave of BifBangPow Doctor Who. More photos after the jump:

The Doctor is in.....my house

Less than a week after New York Comic Con my parcel from Entertainment Earth has arrived containing the four figures I most looked forward to in 2011. There will be more photos to follow today but I wanted to dedicate this post to the most important figure, the mego era Doctor himself.

The figure itself is joyous and BBP smartly avoided a grinning Doctor (although I guess that leaves room for a future variant) and instead used the grim visage seen in the show's opening credits. His hair gives the appearance of a large head but it's really show accurate.

 The figure comes with a hat but I'm sad to report it just doesn't work. Mego fans will likely be able to create a work around or use the hat for Indiana Jones customs.

The figure comes with a beautiful rendition of the Sonic screwdriver, harkening back to the Denys Fisher line.

 One thing I noticed from the back of the card is that these puppies are limited to 3,000 each, so if you're sitting on the fence about these this might be a motivator.

Look for more photos of waves 1 and 2 today...

Order Doctor Who Fourth Doctor & Sontaran Styre Action Figures from Entertainment Earth!

LEELA!

Wave 2 will give us Megoheads and Doctor Who Collectors in general something they are generally lacking, figures of the companions starting with Leela.

This is a great throwback to Mego history seeing as Leela was the first Who companion to get an action figure way back in 1977. Could Sarah Jane be far behind? How about a Romana two pack? We live in exciting times Mego-Who-Heads!

Pick up Leela and Sutekh at Entertainment Earth!

Skaroth and Sutekh for Wave Two

Just some shots via Megomuseum from the floor of SDCC as we can see two of the more memorable foes from "Pyramids of Mars" and "City of Death" look phenomenal in Mego format.

Pick up Leela and Sutekh at Entertainment Earth!

The Fourth Doctor

The first Doctor in the Bif Bang Pow series of Doctor Who figures (and hopefully not the last) is fan favourite fourth Doctor, Tom Baker. He comes adorned in his early garb, complete with trademark scarf, sonic screwdriver and fedora.

The Master

The Peter Pratt version of the Master from the "Deadly Asassin" is in the first wave of Bif Bang Pow Doctor Who figures and rightfully so, this version of the Master tangled with the fourth Doctor on two different occasions. Could a Roger Delgado Master be in the works? One can only hope!

Like all of these figures, the final release is subject to change based on licensor approval.

You can pre order the Master at Entertainment Earth right now

Field Major Styre the Sontaran

BifBangPow! has revealed shots of their second figure in the new Doctor Who Series, this being Field Major Styre from the episode "The Sontaran Experiment". The five fingered Styre comes with his blaster and the patented Sontaran Helmet which is of course, removable.

Like all these shots, these figures are subject to change depending on licensor approval.

Styre is available for Pre Order from Entertainment Earth

Cyberleader

Straight out of the fourth Doctor Adventure "Revenge of the Cybermen" comes the Cyber Leader along with the Cyber Mat used to spread the virus at Nerva Beacon. He is now available for pre order at Entertainment Earth

It's a pretty easy guess that we'll be getting a regular Cyberman down the line from BifBangPow, oh the army I'm going to build....

The Doctor and Field Major Styre

Now available for order at Entertainment Earth.

Kitbash Who?: The Second Doctor

Steve (Azrak) has provided us with yet another groovy kit bash recipe to round out your cast of characters, this time it's the cosmic hobo himself, the second Doctor. You'll have to sculpt your own recorder however, more after the jump:

Kitbash Who? : The Brigadier

Another quick and inexpensive recipe by our own Steve Moore to help beef up your cast of characters.With the passing of Nicholas Courtney, it seemed right to jump forward in the Who mythos and assemble the good Brigadier. This is another example of a minimum of skill and just the right pieces. RIP NC

The Brigadier as seen in the 7th season of Doctor Who.

The Recipe after the Jump:

Things we likely won't see from Bif Bang Pow

I have a pretty good feeling that children's underwear with the haunting visage of Tom Baker is not high on the list for 2011 but I could be wrong...