Re: New Doctor Who Figures?
im guessing you mean the 7ft badass sontaran's like from 'the two doctors' not the 4ft angry midgets of nu-who?
Nope, I mean Linx from "The Time Warrior" or Styre from "The Sontaran Experiment". The Classic ones after that looked crappy.
I agree with WST that the basic design of the Nu-Who Sontarans is good, but the following IMO made them yet another villain of yesteryear that RTD took a giant dump on,
Powder blue armor
( May be acceptable to patrons of establishments like the Blue Oyster Bar but for a militaristic race like the Sontarans it looks bloody ridiculous. )
Due to their size the Sontarans would need to utilise a degree of psychological warfare and that shade of blue does in no way say "bad ass" or "be afraid, be very afraid"
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"Sontar-Ha!"
( Like the "Delete!,Delete!" nonsense with the Cybusmen this was obviously another attempt at creating a catchphrase to put on merchandise in the hope it would catch on like the Daleks immortal "Exterminate!"............. not a bad idea in itself but combined with the silly dance it made them look like a group of extremist Oompa Loompas as opposed to a lean, mean fighting machine. )
The overuse of humor about their appearance
( A single line would have done but in true RTD fashion he chose to batter us over the head with it. )
Apparently Steven Moffat likes the Sontarans as they're "perfect bloodthirsty aliens" so if they return beyond their appearance in this years finale maybe they'll get a similar reboot to the Daleks.
PrincipleMajesty,
That Sontaran sculpt appears to be based on Linx and that would be my prime choice for a CO figure.
Just wish he was wearing the black suit from Logopolis. At least we're finally getting a Peter Davison with the cricket hat.
