Third Pertwee pack confirmed!

It's official. You can now pre-order the third John Pertwee figure pack from Forbidden Planet. Order it here. They are expected on Monday 19th of October.

UNIT is called in after a miner from the Welsh village of Llanfairfach is found dead, his skin glowing bright green. Jo joins forces with a local environmental group, led by Professor Clifford Jones, while the Doctor investigates the nearby plant of a company called Global Chemicals.

They discover that the mine workings are full of giant maggots and green slime - both lethal to touch - that have been produced by chemical waste pumped from the Global plant.

Oh, and it's £24.99 + £2.50 postage again...

Discuss the Third Doctor figure packs on:

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Tesco 3 Packs - Recalled!

Terrible news!
The new Tesco 3 Packs have been temporarily RECALLED!

Here is a collection of posts made on different forums explaining all:

Has anybody had any problems buying the Tesco exclusive triple-packs? Other than actually finding them that is.

I found all of them in Warrington Tesco Extra last night after someone on another forum said they'd bought some there. When I took them to the tills they all came up as "Emergency - product withdrawn" and so they obviously couldn't sell them to me. I said there were several more on the shelves and a member of staff told me they would have to be removed.

I popped back today and the shelves had been restocked, not emptied. I took them to the tills again and the same thing happened!

I presume this is a mistake as other I've not heard of anyone else having this problem - perhaps they're not supposed to be on sale yet?

Anyway, I'm done with trailing round the Tescos - eBay may cost more but I'm not wasting any more money on petrol!

(yes - I am impatient and yes - they are only lumps of plastic)

Thanks pooky1969
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Tried to purchase a 3 pack at Tesco home plus in Preston this evening but the till wouldn't allow it.

The supervisor called over said the code it displayed meant there was a problem with the product and they would be being cleared from the shelves?

anyone else had this or did I just get a dodgy store???

Thanks mcbain
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I went back to the Tesco where I bought my sets and surprise.... they had disappeared from the shelves and replaced by some other product.

I asked the guy who was taking care of the toy aisle (a good coincidence) and he explained that the packs had been recalled. He also mentioned that those had been supposed to come out in August (something I had heard this summer from another contact in Tesco).
He said he wasn't sure why they had been recalled, but that it probably had to do with the price as they shouldn't have gone on the shelves with the 50% off stickers, which are part of the special xmas promo.

He said they will probably be back on the shelves, along with the rest of their Xmas promos.

Now that's what I've been told, he could have been telling me porkies...

Thanks parisclub
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So it would seem that the sets are not meant to be out yet and some Tesco`s have made the mistake of putting them up for sale already.

Don`t worry though - although it is a shame that this has happened, it would seem that they will be back within a month and still for the price of 10 pounds!

I emailed Tesco about the set`s a few days ago and when I got home from school the other day, I found a note from my Mum saying:

Dave, had a phone call from Tesco's today before I went to work regarding the email you sent about Dr Who figures.

Although they are not in either (of my local) store yet. they will be getting them as the stores are big enough to carry the stock, but not until they start getting Christmas stuff which will be mid to end of October and they will still be at the promotional price of 10 pounds.

So we can expect them to be back anytime from mid to late October.

It is a shame though but atleast we`ll still be getting them and still at the great price offer.

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Also regarding the new sets, before they were recalled someone managed to get the two sets we hadn`t yet seen and took a photo:



Thanks Glunark!

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And I`d just like to apologise for the lack of posts over the last few days. I have been unbelievably busy with homework and for some strange reason, Blogger wasn`t letting me post. All fixed now though! :D
I`ll be catching up with news over this weekend.
Thanks

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New Figures!

Hi everyone,
Sorry about there being no posts lately, I haven`t had an internet connection.

I`m back now though and will be catching up on news over the next few days.
So, to kick things off, here is some very exciting figure news:

Four exciting new Doctor Who figure sets have been spotted in Tesco stores.
These previously unannouned sets contain three figures and are in all new packaging.

The contents are as follows:
Series One Figure Set: The Ninth Doctor, Jabe and Sycorax Warrior
Series Two Figure Set: The Tenth Doctor with ghost triangulation gear, Hoix and Cyber Controller
Series Three Figure Set: Uncoated Captain Jack, Time Lord and Korwin
Cyberman Figure Set: "Tenth Planet" Cyberman, "Tomb of the Cybermen" Cybermen and "Invasion" Cyberman

So whilst the Series One and Two set's are just re-releases, the Series Three set (finally) includes the mysterious Korwin and uncoated Jack.
We also have a great set for army-building the brilliant classic Cybermen!

The sets have been seen as of Monday 14th September and so far have only been spotted in Tesco stores and therefore there are rumours that these sets are exclusive to Tesco. However, this is not confirmed and if they were, one would imagine that Tesco would be mentioning it or it would be on the packaging. Besides, back in January, Argos got the new figures in before anyone else so this may be a similar case.

The RRP of the sets is £19.99 but unbelievebly, they are on sale for just ten pounds!
That's a great deal!

However, this is slightly bad news for some. Many people have spent small fortune's on Korwin and uncoated Jack figures because of the worry of them never being released.

No need to worry if you're Tesco doesn't have the sets in, Tesco staff have told some people that some Tesco's may be yet to recieve their deliveries. As well as that, there is the chance that other shops will be selling them.

Apparently, excluding the Pertwee figures next month, these are the last figures of the year and for a year which was supposed to be quiet for figures, we've done very well.
We've had:
The Vespiform Wave
The Gelth Wave
The Cyber Wave
The First Doctor pack (In colour and black and white)
The Second Doctor pack (In colour and black and white)
Real Time Sixth Doctor
Regeneration Sixth Doctor
Fourth Doctor Adventure Set
Dalek Collectors Set #2
Two John Pertwee pack's

Not bad at all.

And who knows (If you'll excuse the pun) what's in store for next year...

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