Almost although some cosmic force was at work at pretty much 4pm on the dot there was a knock at the door and there stood the DHL driver with my 4th Doctor, so here's a quick review out of 10
Packaging: For me packaging is packaging, mostly not much to write home about it's usually collector friendly, which this is, then it goes in the loft never to be seen again but Big Chief saw fit to take a leaf from DiD's Chicago Gangster and make the box front open out to reveal a character specific back drop, the Tardis interior in this case, which is an altogether superb idea and should be immediately adopted by every company out there and gets a 10/10 from me.
Sculpt: The sculpt is Tom Baker, I don't think anyone could mistake that however it's not as good as the prototype, and does look a little like a knock off or resculpt of the real thing some of the details seem to have been lost in the production process which is a shame so for me compared to the prototype I’d go 7/10
Paint: Oops...not so good, what’s with the 5 O'clock shadow? The prototype doesn't have it, I’ve looked at 100's of pictures of Tom Bakers Dr Who online and they don't have it, so what gives, why is it there? It just not an accurate look. The rest of the paint is OK, the eyes are excellent and on the whole a decent attempt, but still that shadow 6.5/10.
Articulation: I haven't dis-robed him to look closely but all the usual joints appear to be there and are tight, he can adopt nice natural poses, not top quality but not bad either 7.5/10
Costume: The costume is excellent, nicely tailored, lays well on the figure, colours and textures are great and very accurate to the source material. There have been some who have said the coat and scarf are off colour but they look just fine to my eye. 8/10
Accessories: A decent amount of these with hands to hold them all, quality of the hands and accessories is excellent the stand is very nice and the light up feature a little bonus. 10/10
Value for money: At 1p short of £170.00 he’s not cheap, had the sculpt and paint been up to the prototypes standard I would probably have gone 8.5 to 9/10 as it stands it's a 7/10.
Overall: Despite some imperfections it's a great figure and to be honest under the right lighting the slight paint flaws can be overlooked and are not so obvious and if your a Doctor Who fan who's been waiting many years for a quality 1/6 figure of one of the most iconic Doctor's ever then the imperfections are even less noticeable, so in conclusion a figure worth getting. 8.5/10
