Damn, these are back to "Coming Soon October" on ThinkGeek
Ugh. I ordered mine from the BBC store Canada as soon as they opened sales. Then they immediately went to back-order and I've not received any reply or notice of when they expect them. I avoided think geek because their shipping to Canada is horrid and you get dinged extra for duty when it shows up.
The US BBC Shop took down the product page too.
I had to use the blade of an exacto knife to pry the top collar off, but the plastic body did get a wee bit nicked up. Ill post details in another thread when my little project is finished.
I guess most of you have already seen the new trailer for the 50th anniversary episode, in which it seems that David Tennant didn't use his own original sonic screwdriver prop but was given an MFX replica to use instead:
The Day of the Doctor: The Second TV Trailer - Doctor Who 50th Anniversary - BBC One - YouTube
That's obviously a bit disappointing for us, as quite a few of our customers will use the (high-def) footage of this episode as their reference for what the Tennant prop "should" look like, and won't remember what it actually looked like back in Tennant's era. However, I'm a little relieved that he wasn't asked to use a CO toy - then we would have had some serious complaints from the less discerning customers about our product being undersized and over-priced!
I guess most of you have already seen the new trailer for the 50th anniversary episode, in which it seems that David Tennant didn't use his own original sonic screwdriver prop but was given an MFX replica to use instead:
The Day of the Doctor: The Second TV Trailer - Doctor Who 50th Anniversary - BBC One - YouTube
That's obviously a bit disappointing for us, as quite a few of our customers will use the (high-def) footage of this episode as their reference for what the Tennant prop "should" look like, and won't remember what it actually looked like back in Tennant's era. However, I'm a little relieved that he wasn't asked to use a CO toy - then we would have had some serious complaints from the less discerning customers about our product being undersized and over-priced!
I do not think you need to worry. There is a big enough market for all things sonic. Just throw some high res pictures of Tennant and his sonic frmm a few episodes showing it being the one yours is based off of and you will be fine.
Don't worry about it. The vast majority of people won't know the difference, and anyone that has an interest in the props will know what they are looking at.
Yeah, they kinda threw you guys under the bus there, hopefully thought we can all be intelligent enough to know what's what in regards to the "true" prop.
I do not think you need to worry. There is a big enough market for all things sonic.
The one you guys used shows up in "The Lazarus Experiment", "Utopia" or the "Sound of Drums", and I am pretty sure in "Planet of the dead". It pops up all over the place. Plus the match of the damage on the emitter head to the screen cap, there should be no problem showing the pedigree of the source prop.
Damn, these are back to "Coming Soon October" on ThinkGeek
We sent some new stock to ThinkGeek last week and another shipment for them is leaving our Chicago warehouse today, so they should be showing as in-stock again very soon.
I've got to say, I think the BBC are somewhat notorious in their attempts to prevent people from obtaining a screen-accurate prop, we were all happy when we saw MFX prototypes, but then we got completely different end products. Now, we were supposed to get SA props from TWC which we did, but not ones supposedly accurate to the Christmas special. ;( To be honest, this is somewhat of an obvious pattern.I'm more than a little disappointed in the lack of a real prop. It will be the first time this screwdriver has appeared in HD and maybe they thought the original prop would look to 'rough'?
Do we know for sure it's an MFX?
I know it certainly looks like one, but I can't believe the props dept. would just pull it off the shelf and say "this will do". Surely someone there would have recognised that it didn't look like the original prop?
Do you mean the 50th special? Or do you know something I don't...I've got to say, I think the BBC are somewhat notorious in their attempts to prevent people from obtaining a screen-accurate prop, we were all happy when we saw MFX prototypes, but then we got completely different end products. Now, we were supposed to get SA props from TWC which we did, but not ones supposedly accurate to the Christmas special. ;( To be honest, this is somewhat of an obvious pattern.