I log on to MFX website and it says order pending, the email I got said confirmned. As long as I get a sonic I'm happy.
Is the price more than I had hoped for? Yes.
Is it worth it? Yes! That is of course, my opinion.
I can get a lightsaber a tricorder a phaser, etc. from MR, but MR did not make the original! Thay are all replicas, from a replica team. Now I know MFX did not make the original sonic, but they DO make all of the insanely cool aliens and etc. that I watch each week. To have a sonic in my hands, made by THEM is worth the extra money to me! Having it made in China by someone who says "What is this? Make 10,000!" is not as special to me.
I'll not be going to the UK anytime in the future. I'll never be invited to Neill's shop, but he's sending a little bit of his shop to me!
I am so very thankful that they are making these! Now $430.00 for a flashlight? Sounds insane. That is why my wife will NEVER know how much I spent on it! :lol (Seperate credit card connected to my play money and not family funds) But as I reflect on all the things I do toss my money on. Lieterally I would spend about $75.00 a month on sushi (Going twice a month) $50.00 on Starbucks a month (Mon-Fri on the way to work.) And about $60.00 a month on lunch at work. When I do the math that's just under three months of 'savings' and I'll have a sonic in my hands!
All that I get for the above mentiond items is, well, a trip to the 'loo' 12 hours later! :lol
Also, how much does a good quality Tom Baker replica sonic go for? Russ makes the best one around (Again, only my opinion, no offense to others who make them) but before the group run (Which I'm in on) they would go for $250.00 each. And it had no sound either!
A few months back I thought that the MFX sonic was falling through and tried to source one. The machine shop I brought it to (Who would do it, as many just plain said no) wanted about $300.00 just to turn the metal and give me all the pieces in kit form. I would still need to source the plastic, custom cut the the lense and neck to make sure that they were all level and perfect cuts, get the LED's, make a battery holder, get batteries, do the electronics in the head, run the wires down the neck, figure out how to NOT bind the wires up as the neck extends and retracts, paint, assemble and ship, so it would have run up to $350.00 completed. This is not too far off, and again, made by the real guys. Not to mention a prototype would be $1,500.00 just to show what we would have.
Okay, why am I rambling on about this? Well, I'm now thinking back to when I was 12 years old living in Minneapolis MN. I would run home from school every day to be in front of the TV by 4:00 pm tuned into PBS to watch Tom Baker fighting any sort of monsters. Then at 4:30 promptly, I would put on my jacket, throw my scarf around my neck and go out to some distant snow covered planet with an invisible Sara Jane and Harry in tow and a sonic screwdriver (Or horribly carved wooden dowel) in hand and battle them myself all afternoon!
What It really comes down to is capturing "The Magic" that is Doctor Who.
Neill, if you are reading this, you have delivered that magic! And I am eternally grateful.
Thank You!
Now, on to designing a custom stand for this....
