Post by David J Howe on Apr 7, 2007 10:05:56 GMT 1
With the 12 inch remote controlled gold Dalek being the must-have toy for last Christmas, it’s no real surprise to see this gorgeous jet-black variant being released this year. As with the original model, it’s an incredible toy. The movement and styling is sleek and the whole package is impressive. The gun and plunger arm are articulated and the centre section can be manually spun around to attack enemies coming from behind – why did it take them 40 years to think of that idea?!
Ever since we first saw the black Dalek named Sec emerge from the void ship in Army of Ghosts (although there was an early sneaky-peek at the Dalek during the televised BAFTA awards earlier in the year) people have wanted their very own Dalek Sec. It doesn’t disappoint. As with all the remote control toys it comes in two frequencies so you can battle the Dalek against the gold one, or even against K9 – though the sight of a 12 inch Dalek fighting either a tiny 5 inch scale K9 or a giant 14 inch version is bound to raise a smile. Certainly our house has been full of the cries of ‘Exterminate’ and the gentle hum of wheels against wooden flooring.
Typical of Character Options’ attention to detail, the voice has been changed for this model, being a slightly lower toned grating version – still supplied by the booming vocal talents of television’s voice of the Daleks, Nicholas Briggs – and the phrases are in line with the seniority of Dalek Sec with statements like: ‘No other warning will be given’ and ‘Multiple spectrum scanning now engaged’; even the extermination sound effect has been slightly enhanced. In a nice touch of detail, the model has the little ‘Dalek Sec’ marker under the eyestalk.
With several other neat variants of the remote control Dalek now available (there’s an Assault Dalek with a flamethrower arm and an Imperial Guard with a black dome, gold livery and a gun-like appendage instead of the plunger arm) I want to see a whole army of Daleks advancing across the floor, all controlled by a single remote, and all bellowing ‘Exterminate’ at the tops of their tinny voices. Well a fanboy can dream…
Ever since we first saw the black Dalek named Sec emerge from the void ship in Army of Ghosts (although there was an early sneaky-peek at the Dalek during the televised BAFTA awards earlier in the year) people have wanted their very own Dalek Sec. It doesn’t disappoint. As with all the remote control toys it comes in two frequencies so you can battle the Dalek against the gold one, or even against K9 – though the sight of a 12 inch Dalek fighting either a tiny 5 inch scale K9 or a giant 14 inch version is bound to raise a smile. Certainly our house has been full of the cries of ‘Exterminate’ and the gentle hum of wheels against wooden flooring.
Typical of Character Options’ attention to detail, the voice has been changed for this model, being a slightly lower toned grating version – still supplied by the booming vocal talents of television’s voice of the Daleks, Nicholas Briggs – and the phrases are in line with the seniority of Dalek Sec with statements like: ‘No other warning will be given’ and ‘Multiple spectrum scanning now engaged’; even the extermination sound effect has been slightly enhanced. In a nice touch of detail, the model has the little ‘Dalek Sec’ marker under the eyestalk.
With several other neat variants of the remote control Dalek now available (there’s an Assault Dalek with a flamethrower arm and an Imperial Guard with a black dome, gold livery and a gun-like appendage instead of the plunger arm) I want to see a whole army of Daleks advancing across the floor, all controlled by a single remote, and all bellowing ‘Exterminate’ at the tops of their tinny voices. Well a fanboy can dream…