{"id":60,"date":"2008-05-12T07:00:51","date_gmt":"2008-05-12T11:00:51","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/onceuponageek.com\/2008\/05\/12\/doctor-who-classic-action-figures\/"},"modified":"2008-10-20T23:14:37","modified_gmt":"2008-10-21T03:14:37","slug":"doctor-who-classic-action-figures","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/onceuponageek.com\/wordpress\/2008\/05\/12\/doctor-who-classic-action-figures\/","title":{"rendered":"Doctor Who Classic Action figures"},"content":{"rendered":"<p align=\"justify\">I can&#8217;t wait for the new <a title=\"Doctor Who Classic Figs\" href=\"http:\/\/www.doctorwhotoys.net\/classics.htm\">Doctor Who Classic Series wave of action figures<\/a>! The figures from the current show have been great, but these classic figs really make me feel nostalgic.\u00a0 They are currently scheduled to be released in August.<\/p>\n<p align=\"justify\">Character Options has once again done an outstanding job providing high quality figs that look fantastic.\u00a0 Even my\u00a0eight year old step-son thinks the Character Options figures I have\u00a0are cool and wants to\u00a0play\u00a0with them as often as I&#8217;ll let him.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p align=\"justify\">Here are the classic figs for wave one&#8230;<\/p>\n<p><a title=\"Info on new figures\" href=\"http:\/\/www.doctorwhotoys.net\/classics.htm\"><\/a><a title=\"Doctor Who Classic Figs\" href=\"http:\/\/www.doctorwhotoys.net\/classics.htm\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"http:\/\/onceuponageek.com\/images\/classicwhofigs.jpg\" border=\"0\" alt=\"Classic Who Figs\" width=\"523\" height=\"415\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p align=\"justify\"><a title=\"Doctor Who Classic Figs\" href=\"http:\/\/www.doctorwhotoys.net\/classics.htm\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"http:\/\/onceuponageek.com\/images\/giantrobot.jpg\" border=\"0\" alt=\"Giant Robot\" width=\"300\" height=\"477\" align=\"left\" \/><\/a>Each figure pack comes with a different collectable part of the giant K-1 robot from the fourth Doctor&#8217;s first story in 1974. When all eight packs are collected, the giant robot will be complete.\u00a0 How cool is that?!?!<\/p>\n<p align=\"justify\">They are already starting to plan wave two. Possible figures for wave two include: 7th Doctor Sylvester McCoy, 8th Doctor, Ice Warrior, Morbius Monster, Mummy with Jar, Tenth Planet Cyberman,\u00a0Voc Robot, and an extra figure to assemble (like the Giant Robot).<\/p>\n<p align=\"justify\">I can&#8217;t wait until August!\u00a0 Yay!<\/p>\n<div class=\"sharedaddy sd-sharing-enabled\"><div class=\"robots-nocontent sd-block sd-social sd-social-icon-text sd-sharing\"><h3 class=\"sd-title\">Tell the world about ONCE UPON A GEEK:<\/h3><div class=\"sd-content\"><ul><li class=\"share-twitter\"><a rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\" data-shared=\"sharing-twitter-60\" class=\"share-twitter sd-button share-icon\" href=\"http:\/\/onceuponageek.com\/wordpress\/2008\/05\/12\/doctor-who-classic-action-figures\/?share=twitter\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Click to share on Twitter\"><span>Twitter<\/span><\/a><\/li><li class=\"share-facebook\"><a rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\" data-shared=\"sharing-facebook-60\" class=\"share-facebook sd-button share-icon\" href=\"http:\/\/onceuponageek.com\/wordpress\/2008\/05\/12\/doctor-who-classic-action-figures\/?share=facebook\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Click to share on Facebook\"><span>Facebook<\/span><\/a><\/li><li class=\"share-email\"><a rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\" data-shared=\"\" class=\"share-email sd-button share-icon\" href=\"http:\/\/onceuponageek.com\/wordpress\/2008\/05\/12\/doctor-who-classic-action-figures\/?share=email\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Click to email this to a friend\"><span>Email<\/span><\/a><\/li><li><a href=\"#\" class=\"sharing-anchor sd-button share-more\"><span>More<\/span><\/a><\/li><li class=\"share-end\"><\/li><\/ul><div class=\"sharing-hidden\"><div class=\"inner\" style=\"display: none;\"><ul><li class=\"share-reddit\"><a rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\" data-shared=\"\" class=\"share-reddit sd-button share-icon\" href=\"http:\/\/onceuponageek.com\/wordpress\/2008\/05\/12\/doctor-who-classic-action-figures\/?share=reddit\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Click to share on Reddit\"><span>Reddit<\/span><\/a><\/li><li class=\"share-linkedin\"><a rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\" data-shared=\"sharing-linkedin-60\" class=\"share-linkedin sd-button share-icon\" href=\"http:\/\/onceuponageek.com\/wordpress\/2008\/05\/12\/doctor-who-classic-action-figures\/?share=linkedin\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Click to share on LinkedIn\"><span>LinkedIn<\/span><\/a><\/li><li class=\"share-end\"><\/li><li class=\"share-end\"><\/li><\/ul><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I can&#8217;t wait for the new Doctor Who Classic Series wave of action figures! 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