Ironhide and Ratchet get heads!

Sorry about the bad pic. I'm still having flash photography issues...

Last year I picked up the Encore reissues of Ironhide and Ratchet which included a cardboard piece that could be slotted in to give them heads. It was a nice idea but could have been taken a bit further. Now behold! Best Toys have produced heads for them which I was able to obtain off ebay. The heads add a substantial amount of cartoon accuracy to the toys and really transform them into something special.

Dapol Dalek vs Character Options Dalek

Thats the classic series Dalek from Genesis of the Daleks there. The size difference is smaller than I would have imagined.

Dapol Red Dalek

As with the Cyberman the sculpt is pretty good but something about it bugs me. The Dapol Dalek was available in many color schemes and the ones actually used in the show are more expensive and harder to get. This color scheme is technically meant to be one that appeared in the Dalek movies starring Peter Cushing but I'm not particularly enthused about it. He does have a pull back motor which is a nice touch and he has a front wheel that can turn which in theory should allow one to be able to get it to go in circles. Attempting this on the table it resolutely goes in a straight line. Frustrating. Still, no regrets in getting him. He is a cool piece of Doctor Who history

Fast Blast Viper

Terrible name for a really nice figure. I really like the red color scheme and the combination of the range viper body with Undertow's head. He doesn't come packed with bazooka shells so the fins on his ankles are now useless although that is a gimmick I don't miss. I've given him a regular rifle, I can't recall who it came with. This guy was only availible in an 8 pack with various other repainted classic figures and stupid and frankly inappropriate sound attack weapons.

Dapol Cyberman

The Dapol Cyberman. I think its a decent sculpt but something seems not quite right to my eye. It could also use a coat of paint to make it more silvery (It actually looks more grey in person).

Update: I drilled some holes in his feet so he would accept a G.I.Joe stand. Here is a height comparison with the Inferno B.A.T. figure. I think it is kind of appropriate that he towers over normal figures.

Zygon

Zygon from the classic Doctor Who series. It isn't explicitly a particular charcter but I choose to believe that it is Broton. He comes with a tiny accessory and the head for the build a figure K1 robot from the first Tom Baker story Robot.

A303 Blue Star

Original Acroyear, accept no substitutes. Note the die cast chest which gives him a nice heft when you hold him.

He also has a very strange vehicle mode where you take off his lover legs, stick a wheel between his knees and attach alternate arms that end in wheels.

One of these days I'm going to hunt down some of the other color variants of him. I'd love to get the convention exclusive "Birth of Acroyear" set which features a green translucent Microman and Acroyear.