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Time Squad Build-a-Figure Master?

While many of us missed out on the first batch of Doctor Who related Time Squad figures offered by Character Options, a new wave is being offered with a unique twist: collect all the packs and you can assemble your very own version of the Master, straight from the recent End of Time special! Head over to the Rumor Buster Message Board to discuss.

Time Squad Vehicles

Doctor Who Toys has a bit of news about the Doctor Who Time Squad figures (already out overseas, but Entertainment Earth has bumped their expected ship date to August), and apparently three mini-vehicles are being “packed randomly with one of the 15 Time Squad figures” The ships are apparently Captain Jack’s Chula Ship, SS Pentallion, and a Slitheen Cruiser. Great idea, but I think many of are keeping our fingers crossed for a Galactic Heroes sized interior of the Tardis.

Doctor Who Time Squad figures close up

Doctorwhotoys.net has some up-close shots of the upcoming Doctor Who Time Squad figures here. It’s the same 5-pack info as the Toys New International clip, along with a rundown of the 2-packs.

5 Figure Packs

* Pack 1: Cyberman, Black Dalek, Scarecrow, Vashta Nerada & Sontaran
* Pack 2: Bronze Dalek, Sycorax, Natural Ood, Pyrovile & Clockwork Man
* Pack 3: Supreme Dalek, Davros, Doctor, Slitheen & Weeping Angel

2 Figure Packs

* Pack 1: The Doctor & Vashta Nerada
* Pack 2: Scarecrow & Pyrovile
* Pack 3: Supreme Dalek & Clockwork Man
* Pack 4: Sontaran & The Doctor
* Pack 5: Slitheen & Weeping Angel
* Pack 6: Cyberman & Dalek

Now all those aliens are nice, but where are Donna, Martha, Rose, Mickey, Jennie, Captain Jack and the Torchwood Crew, Sarah Jane with a Mr. Smith computer, K-9… where are the good guys? Almost every major alien threat from the past four seasons is represented (minus the Master and Cassandra, among others) but none of the heroes. Don’t even get us started on the classic characters. Hopefully the next wave has some good guys in it.

Time Squad

Well as some of you know, I’m mainly a Super Hero Squad collector. While Combat Heroes, Robot Heroes, all those lines look great, I never have the time, money or opportunity to pick up those lines. I may make an exception though for the Time Squad figures from Character Options shown at Doctorwhotoys.net. Essentially, Doctor Who toys, mostly David Tenant related, done in the Galactic Heroes style. The picture is tiny, but you can definitely make out the tenth Doctor, Dalek Sec and some other Daleks , Ood, Cybermen, a Sontaran, a Clockwork Man, a Slytheen, Davros… all in all it looks like 15 different characters. I can’t find much information on this, other than this post at Tardis and Torchwood Treasures saying

figures confirmed for release are; The Doctor, Davros, a Dalek, the Supreme Dalek, Dalek Sec, a Cyberman, a Weeping Angel, a Clockwork robot, a Sycorax, a Sontaran, a Pyrovile, a Slitheen, an Ood, a Scarecrow and Vashta Nerada. They are expected for release in January and will go on sale in packs of two and five. We are currently unaware how much these packs will cost but more information will be posted as and when it becomes available

Of course, now I’m tempted to pick up the other lines so I can see Darth Vader face down an army of Daleks and have the Doctor use his sonic screwdriver on Optimus Prime. How cool will an Ultron-led army of Cybermen be?