⌚ 12 inch Dr. Who Figures ⌚

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Here's my collection of Dr.Who figures ... mostly baddies as they always seem to be the coolest looking!

I have to clarify a tad here, I am a fan of Dr. Who but my favourite Dr.'s are William Hartnell,  Patrick Troughton. Tom Baker, John Pertwee and at a push Peter Davidson, although I have to say I also loved Christopher Eccleston in that role, he brings a kind of school boy naivity to the role that none of the other Dr.s possessed .

 I found David Tennant's Dr. a bit hit and miss, mainly due to poor supporting actors, silly story lines and ridiculous villains, he's good as the Doctor though, and in other roles I have seen him in, and I love how he doesn't take himself too seriously too, so my issue with the series in which he plays that role, are not really a reflection on him .

It must also be said that I loved the character of  Captain Jack Harkness played by John Barrowman.

As for the new 11th Dr. played by Matt Smith, I've seen a few episodes and all I can say is it's just terrible!

My jewels of my collection... If I could lay my hands on them, would be a shedful of Daleks especially 1970s / 1980s ones, but I'll happily take modern day ones too and man, a life sized Dalek would be awesome, although gawd knows where I'd put it!!

Oo oo I really like those remote control Darleks too, I think I'd like a couple of them too, oh and those little "Wooden dolls that accompany the "Toy soldier things with the big giant heads" I want them as well, and a spinning Tardis, a talking K9 and Grandma Connolly and The Wire ... wow so many more!

Still never mind all that, here's my 12 inch "Dr." toys, in no particular order...

Clockwork Man, 12 inch Figure:

 From Episode 4, series 2 "The Girl in the Fireplace", first broadcast on 6 May 2006 with David Tennant as The 10th Doctor.

Figure Details: Fully poseable action figure with 14 points of articulation and removable head showing details of clockwork inside transparent dome.

Cyber Men, 12 inch figures:

From episode 5, series 2, "Rise of the Cybermen",  first broadcast on 13 May 2006. Starring David Tennant as the Doctor.

The figure on the right is the Cyberman Leader... 

Novice Hame, 12 inch figure:

 From Episode 1 Series 2, "New Earth" broadcast on 15th April 2006, starring David Tennant as The Doctor and also appearing in  Episode 3, Series 3 "Gridlock" first broadcast on 14 April 2007, again with David Tennant as The Doctor.

Figure Details: 14 points of articulation sadly, she didn't come to me with her removable weapon though.

Dalek Sec Hybrid

From Episodes 5 & 6, Series 3. The Dalek Sec appears in a two-part story which introduces The Cult of Sakro, an elite order of Daleks. Sec is their leader.

12" Oods.

The Oods first appeared in series 2, they were used by humans as a slave race and had a hive mind, some however formed a rebellion.

Although both mine are 12 inch dolls, they appear to have a few differences. I've customised them both as I wanted them to look more "lifelike". If you're interested in seeing how they turned out, you can check them out here: https://heresherbie.blogspot.co.uk/2014/12/dr-who-12-inch-figures-or-ood-makeovers.html

I also have a David Tennant as the 10th Doctor doll, but at present he is in storage and I don't have any photographs of him on my laptop, so I'll have to update this post when I get it sorted.

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👣 The Bigfoot Board Game By Waddingtons - 1987 👣

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I'm not sure if I ever mentioned this, but as I'm sure by now you all know how much of a geek I am, so I guess it will come as no surprise to learn that I've always had a soft spot in my heart for the legendary creature known in some parts of the World as Bigfoot.

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Ever since I was a small child, I've loved the thought of this big beasties living as part of our World, but apart from the Human Race, I read all the books I could on the subject, watched as many documentaries as I could and so when Harry and The Henderson's came out in 1987, I was well up for watching that too!

To be honest with you I can't remember much about that T.V. Show, but I do remember "Harry" and how innocent he was, the expressions on his face which conveyed so much emotionally and how I so wanted to find my own Bigfoot to love!!

In later years, I of course realised this would never happen, not least because of geography but also the elusive nature of these beasties, which adds so much to their lure.

Still I did manage to get myself a posable Bigfoot Action Figure and yay, also a board game, which comes with an adorable mini Bigfoot who lives on top of a mountain!

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As my game is currently in storage and the only photo of the board I could find on my laptop was far too fuzzy to show much detail, I had to use one of the board which I found on Ebay.uk, which is a much better photo as it not only shows the Explorers and Bigfoot better but it also shows how cool the artwork is on the box and how it not only is useful for storing the game but also becomes part of the game itself when the board is taken out and placed on top of the bottom section.

The game box itself is decorated around the edges with images of mountain scenes, the board itself can be taken out of the box to play but I think it's better played inside the box, that way, you'll never lose any of the parts, as those boulders have a tendency to roll off into hard to reach places!

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 You play as one of 4 coloured teams of 3 very happy looking Explorers, who are following Bigfoot's trail, marked by footprints around the board and eventually up the side of the mountain in order to find Bigfoot.

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This is obviously making Bigfoot very angry so at the same time that the Explorers are tracking him, Bigfoot is trying to keep them away by hurling (Subbuteo style kicking) boulders at you as you travel in an attempt to either scare you off his scent or make your Explorers fall off the side of the mountain as they climb closer towards him.

Bigfoot rotates throughout the game as he throws his boulders, so it isn't possible to stay behind him and try to hide from the falling boulders as they come tumbling downwards.

To win you must get each of your 3 Explorers to the top of the mountain, .

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🐵 Donkey Kong Board Game by Milton Bradley - 1982 🐵

Growing up in the 80s and frequenting Arcades as we all did in those days, it was impossible not to have heard of the platform game Donkey Kong.

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When home consoles became available it gave us all the ability to play our favourite Arcade games and even some of the most popular Arcade games which we always wanted to try but could never get a go on in the Arcade, without the need to have a load of coins to feed the machine with.

For those without access to Games Arcades or Home Consoles or just geeks like me, Milton Bradley had it covered when they launched a board game version of the Arcade hit!

I've already posted about my other Milton Bradley board game versions of popular Arcade games - Frogger from 1981 and Pac man from 1982. It seems like a weird concept at first, after all much of the Arcade games or even Home Console versions of these games comes from the difficulty, sense of achievement, sounds, music and speed in with the games move, but they oddly translate pretty well; this may of course depend on how big a Nerd you are, but meh I'm a pretty big one, and I like these versions for different reasons to why I like the Video Game versions but in some ways, just the same!

Anyway, on to game play and contents... The board is set out like the Video Game with the different levels and girders between each, for your Jumpman / Mario character counter to move up the board in an attempt to rescue The Lady / Pauline from the clutches of Donkey Kong. 

In keeping with the Video Game Donkey Kong throws Barrels and fireballs (once the barrels land at the bottom of the board)  in an attempt to hit and kill you.

The game features a large and quite dominating looking stand alone Donkey Kong, with a movable arm into which you place individual barrels which he then "throws" down the board. These barrels rolls are determined by throwing the "Donkey Die" which gives options for throwing barrels, or Donkey Kong taking a rest, so more more barrels or fireballs enter play until the next throw.

The game is for up to 4 players, each one has a different colour in order to differentiate while all the tokens are on the board. At the start of the game each player chooses one of the 4 Jumpman characters and is then dealt 3 cards before the game can begin.

The cards give players the ability to Jump or Smash the barrels with a hammer as you approach then, they also give the number of points you score when performing these acts as you move along and up the board. 

There are also opportunities to avoid obstacles on the board, again these opportunities are played with the use of cards. It is also possible to loose points accrued by not having enough cards in play during your turn and your opponent also has the opportunity to take a card off you at various points in the game. This of course makes the game harder than if it was just a case of getting to the top of the board to win.

 The winner is the player who scores the most points while travelling across and up the board.

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KOJAK Detective Board Game by Arrow Games Ltd - 1975

Growing up in the 80's there were a load of great cop shows to watch on T.V. one of my favourites was Kojak, it was gritty, and unlike our British cop shows, American Detectives had guns! 

While I enjoyed the punch ups our T.V crime fighters dished out on a variety of villains, there was something so alluring about the idea of living in a big city like New York and going on wild car chases, waving guns and saying things like "Book 'em Daddio", "say it to the judge" or in the case of Kojak "Who loves ya baby" while taking them "Down Town to get Booked" that found it's way into our pretend games far easier than anything The Sweeney or Body & Doyle from The Professionals had to offer.

The best thing was if you wanted to play at being Kojak all you needed was a plastic gun, a pair of sunglasses (optional) and a lollipop!

A few years back I found another way to play Kojak, when I happened upon a board game version of the series from 1975. Of course, I just had to get my hands on it and give it a go!!

The game is for 2 to 4 players who play the role of a Detective in the Manhattan South Precinct. The Detective counters take the form of two colour coded cars; choose from Red, Yellow, Green or Blue, which you move around the board as you hunt one of the 4 Criminal counters; also coloured Red, Blue, Yellow and Green. 

The idea is that 4 serious crimes have been committed and a file for each has been opened at the precinct; these are also colour coded: The Red File concerns a Bank Raid, The Yellow File a Political Corruption case, The Blue File a string of scams by a team of Confidence Tricksters and The Green File is a case of a Gangland Killing.

To set up the board to begin the game, each of the the 4 Criminal Counters (also colour coded) are placed on one of the areas of the board marked Bank, Club House, City Hall and Hotel on the sections of that area denoted by a black dot.

The Detective cars are placed in the Down Town Car Park in the centre of the board at the start of the game, the person with the highest number on the dice begins the game by travelling in a clockwise direction around the board until they reach the Contact Card Room, this is where you collect your assignment. 

After you receive your assignment you are able to draw Trap cards which will assist you in catching the Criminal you have been assigned to arrest. You will also need a Warrant card to do this. 

Once you have the correct cards to capture your Criminal you can proceed around the board until you get to one of the 4 buildings in which your Criminal is hiding. When you get there you Stake Out the building while the Criminal moves to a position in the building denoted by the red area in which you are able to arrest them.

Once your Criminal is caught you return to the Down Town Car Park and start again, until all the Criminals are captured. The winner is the Detective who makes the most number of arrests.

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🐸 Frogger Board Game by Milton Bradley - 1981 🐸

Another of my favourite games growing up was Frogger, which I'd play for hours on my Commodore 64 and oddly every time I went to an arcade too, I have no idea why I didn't try other games while there considering the amount of games to choose from, but for me, for a while Frogger was where it was at...

Just look at those graphics, is it any wonder that I was obsessed with getting my frog across that road?

This game still holds a special place in my heart, so my recent discovery of the existence of a Frogger Board Game was pretty mind blowing and once I had that knowledge I just had to get my hands on it, and yay I did too!

Anyone who's played the video game will not be surprised to learn that the object of the board game is to get your frog counter across the road to the safety area at the other side of the board.

Just like it's video game counterpart you have to avoid the cars that are moving across the road at the same time as your frog is attempting to cross.

Just like the video game both sides of the board have lily padded areas ( The Swamps) which are the safety areas, the black areas are Highways on which the cars you have to evade run, and the blue area in the centre of the board is the River which is where you place the coloured logs (red and yellow) where your frog can rest or leap from one to another to aid his journey across the board to safety.

At the time of purchase I'd stopped this game on Ebay and of course decided I had to have it, I hadn't seen another listing for this game and so decided I had to snap it up while I had the chance.

Unfortunately the listing stated that the cars were missing from the game, but they had been replaced with vintage matchbox cars instead, which I think adds to the appeal, as much as I would have loved to have found this game in it's entirety, little metal cars will do me just as well and definitely add to it's kitchness!

I did some research on this board game and discovered the section dedicated to this game on Board Game Geek  according to that site,  this is the second version of the game....

I found this cute close up of the frog counters on that site and had to share it as the photo's I've uploaded don't show the frogs in detail and as you can see from their photo, they are so darn cute!

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At times during the game you are able to move not only your frog counter but all the frog counters in play, this is determined by a throw of the die. The frog symbol on the die will bring this movement into effect. At any other time in the game you move only your counter. You have the ability to hinder an opponent's passage across the board, one way to do this is to move either a log or a car across the board using part or all of the number of moves dictated by your dice throw.

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Another photograph I found on that site, is a close up of the "logs" as you can see from the picture below, they are reversible with a fly symbol in the centre of each, on one side only. Like the video game, landing on the fly will give you a bonus - 2 extra spaces in which to move. The logs can be moved across the board or turned over to take a bonus (fly) out of play for a period of time.

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The image above shows the car pieces with which you can "squash" your opponent's frog, just like the cars in the video game. 

There is of course much more to game play than I've written about here but like all board games playing them is much more fun than reading or writing about them, plus if I was to tell you very nuance of play here, I'd totally spoil it for you when you play the game yourself! 

.•:*¨¨*:•. Mini Trollz & Ooak Custom Troll .•:*¨¨*:•.

Several years ago I got my hands on a Mini Trollz dolls and Pod set - I can't remember where from but anyway, the Trollz have interchangeable heads and came with a Pod (house) with bed, telephone and  TV... 

 I really love the geometric shapes of the pod, but to be honest, I didn't really have much use of it and while I like the Trollz faces, their bodies just don't have that "chunky feel" to them that I expect from a Troll, so I started wondering what I could do with them, other than selling them of course.

Hasbro Mini Trollz with Pod

That second body had a head too but as you'll see in the photograph below, I stole it as I got an idea in my head I just couldn't shake and so ...

Ooak Troll child

I whipped off Shelly's head and replaced it ... yay now I have a beautiful new little girl...loads cuter than either of the original dolls I stole the parts from too!

A week in the life of a Doll Addict...

Seeing as it's Spring I thought it's about time for a Hoggie... Did I ever mention I adore these little creatures?   Well I do, so without further ado...

Even with Monday's Bank Holiday it's still been a pretty good postal week doll wise, although quite a burden for poor little Kev' the Postman...

Tuesday's delivery was a Moshi Monster Furry Cuddly Toy, a Pedigree Sindy Horse, tack and trophy, a joblot of Barbie and Bratz household sundries, a Vintage Petite Lockstitch Sewing Machine, Transforming Triplets Set from the Brave Film and the obligatory bin fodder from the Labour and Conservative Parties...

Wednesday was the deadline date to collect my Monster High Social Spots Playset from my local Tesco Direct store so I had to go and collect it and buy groceries like a proper adult - but not before Kev' had brought me my Little Miss Matched Doll from America, Vintage Barbie Grand Piano and Gym equipment - yay!

Yesterday my Lamily Rocking London Outfit.Arrived, also from America, a 1965 Mohaired Dam Troll, 3D printed set of 3 pairs of Makie Doll Glasses, as well as my Limited Edition Juniper Makie and Rainy Daze Makie Dolls, 

This Morning I received "Aranya" - My Lamily Doll, another loose First Wave Operetta Doll, Coffin Bean Playset, Boxed Voltageous Frankie Stein Doll,  Pedigree Sindy Clothes, Horse Riding Outfit included, joblot of  Vintage and contemporary clothes, shoes and other Barbie sundries, boxed "Princess Catherine" Engagement Doll and my mini Wanda The Wonder Frog and Ponda Pond also arrived from Japan!

And the week's not even done yet!

Anyhoo, the extra Operetta is because the one I already had has really unruly hair that for the life of me I'm unable to restyle into it's original shape and her outfit was incomplete, this one came with everything even her ring - No Memphis or diary though but that's ok as I have them already. 

The other reason is for a long time I have wanted to do a more "serious" customisation on an Operetta than I did on my first attempt at her - I've been torn as I wanted to do a different kind of scar on her face but I love how my first Operetta custom came out and as I love First Wave Operetta's look and want to keep her as is,  the only option really was to get hold of another so I can "Give it a Go"! 

The Coffin Bean Set is also a duplicate but as my first was incomplete and I'm going to combine them both with my Diener and Bratz Diner Sets and make a 1950's hang out for "Retro Lil'" which I'll be showing off once it's completed.

The Triplets I got for two reasons, the first being when I first saw them one word sprang to mind and I was compelled to get hold of them to act on it, as it stands it's 1 down and 2 to go so you won't have to feel teased by my cryptic explanation for long as I will be blogging about their "transformation" in a couple of days!

The other reason is those bear suits are way too cute not to do something with... 

Hope you're having a good week too!

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Dr. Who 12 inch Dolls aka "The Ood Makeovers"!

I recently got my hands on two 12 inch Oods from Dr. Who (10th Doctor (David Tennant) Era)  and was absolutely amazed by the amount of detail they possess.

If you have no idea who or what an Ood is, you can find information about them by clicking this link:  http://tardis.wikia.com/wiki/Ood or check out these episodes of Dr. Who ( each of these titles provide links to the episode's Wiki page, so if you don't want to watch it you can read about it instead!): 

Series 2 (2006)
The Impossible Planet

The Satan Pit

Series 4 (2008)
Planet of the Ood

Specials (2009–10)
The Waters of Mars

The End of Time

Series 6 (2011)
The Doctor's Wife

Death is the Only Answer

Series 7 (2012)
Pond Life[5]

That said, I'll get to the point of this post now...

As they were both very dusty - having been displayed by their previous owners - I set about cleaning them, while doing so I began to feel the urge to "breathe a little life into them" as one of them in particular was very dull looking, having been painted in a hazy kind of way. 

I guess that doesn't really make sense to anyone else but I can't really find the words to sum up what was wrong, except maybe if you imagine viewing him through a sheet of voile, it was kind of like that - definitely in need of a "paint-job" that's for sure. 

The other one I decided I wasn't going to touch as he's paint was a lot fresher looking.

For the purposes of explaining the pictures, I'll refer to them as Ood #1 and Ood #2...

Ood #1 will refer to the "Dull & Hazy" little man, and of course Ood #2 will therefore refer to "Fresh Paint" Ood-dude, that said, I guess it's picture time now then...

Sale picture of Ood #1

The poor little guy was also covered in cobwebs, bless 'im!

Second sale picture of Ood #1

I decided I'd use him as a dummy for some "pastel practice" so that's what I did, sealing after each application of course before adding a final matt coat of sealer and additional applications of diamond glaze to give some areas a "wet look" as I felt his mouth parts, inner ears and nostrils should probably have some form of moisture within them.

Here's the before and after pic's,...  Btw, I should probably have already warned you by now that this post is going to be pretty pic' heavy, still moving on...

Ood #1 Before

Ood #1 After

Ood #1 Before

Ood #1 After

Ood #1 Before

Ood #1 After

Ood #1 Before

Ood #1 After

I have to admit, I was pretty proud of how good he looked, so I decided to compare him against Ood #2, bad move as it turned out as I realised that against "new & improved" Ood #1, he now looked really dull in comparison, so, lol, guess what? Yep that's right, I decided to give him the "make over" treatment too, below is a comparison photo, so you can see just how bad Ood #2 was now looking!

As bought Ood #2 and repainted Ood #1

So here we go again with the before and after photo's, the first one is of Ood #2 as purchased, no sale photo to use this time...

Ood #2 Before

Ood #2 After

Ood #2 Before

Ood #2 After

Ood #2 Before

Ood #2 After

Ood #2 Before

Ood #2 After

While I was customising this pair I noticed that there are slight differences between the two figures. Ood #2 is much darker in certain areas of his face, and his face shape is slightly different, it's only a subtle difference, but if you've been staring intently whilst customising any type of toy, you tend to notice and then it's all you see when you look at that particular toy, unless of course you choose to do something about it! 

I like the fact they have differences,  I guess it's probably due to one being a re-release but even so they would have used the same mould surely? 

Anyhoo, whatever the reason, I think it gives them more character and in a way a more lifelike aspect.

And here they both are side by side, so you can see the variations in colour and mould shapes...

Ood #2 came without his jacket but that's ok because it turns out he prefers to wear a kaftan anyway ... and a bandana?! 

He's also found his soul mate in "Creeping Stink Flesh", well there's no accounting for taste!

What's worse is since he is no longer enslaved and has found love, he's gone all New Age and is planning to start a commune on a farm with his beloved...

Yeah, that's really sensible, she'll most likely eat all the animals and everyone else in the commune!

The other problem I've found with him is he no longer wants to be known as Ood #2, as he informs me his name is "Delta" or "Just call me Del' as he puts it...

Gawd what a total arse he's becoming!

You'll be pleased to know Ood #1 or "Upsilon" is happy enough to be known by whatever name you wish to call him, at least that's one Ood I don't have to worry about!