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Toys : Doctor Who - Radio Control 10" K9
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Rating: 
- Bitter disappointment
My seven year old chose this with his grandparents who bought it as a special combined birthday and Christmas present. He was thrilled and could not believe his good fortune.
When we got back to their house, the first hurdle was extracting K9 from the very complicated packaging, which took about 45 minutes. The next obstacle was finding the necessary battery for the remote control, which we had to borrow temporarily from the grandparents' smoke alarm in order to give K9 a trial run.
Initially my son was delighted with ear movements, variety of phrases, rotating ears, extending laser etc. This quickly turned to frustration as he found it impossible to persuade K9 to move across the (fairly smooth) carpet. On moving to a flat surface in the kitchen, this at first appeared easier for K9 to trundle across, although he soon ran out of steam.
We decided that a fresh battery was required, restored the smoke alarm battery, and purchased a replacement on the way home. Once this was installed, K9 was put through his paces again, Once again, my son was at first very excited; this quickly turned to disappointment as again K9 refused to respond to the radio control (apart from the variety of phrases). We decided that this K9 was malfunctioning, and exchanged it - the seven year old by now muttering darkly that he would have preferred the Dalek like his friend's, because at least it worked...
The second K9 proved even more difficult to extract from the box; in fact, after an hour of struggling, it transpired that the screws fixing the base into the cardboard and plastic had lost their thread, and it was impossible to get him out at all. We were ready to take this K9 back, when luckily a hulking six foot male came to the rescue and managed to pry K9 from the packaging. We installed completely new batteries and prepared to put this K9 through his paces. Within minutes it became clear that although he could recite his repertoire of phrases, flash his lights and twiddle his ears, this replacement too was incapable of travelling across the flattest, smoothest surface available.
The seven year old was now in tears of disappointment. The adults were exhausted after the energy expended upon extricating this model from the box and at the prospect of returning it a second time.
The seven year old had lost patience and instead of exchanging again, wisely chose three toys to the same value, all of which have been a great success and are still providing entertainment.
Conclusion: Appearance 9/10 Play value: nil Value for money: nil
Rating:
- I absolutely love this
What is it about K9? What is it about the stupid tin dog that just drives me crazy? Like the rest of the populace I fell in love with him as a wee child in the late 70s and as an adult, I re-fell in love with him all over again in 2006.
This K9 is just great - fantastic detail, great control, superb speech with flashing eyes... And his laser cannon comes out too!
If you (or your kids) don't fall in love with him, you must have been upgraded to a Cyberman.
Rating:
- Nice toy
This was a lovely toy but sadly a little too small for my son. It would have been better if it had been slightly larger than the small model.
Rating: - Affirmative, master!
Quite possibly the best Doctor Who toy ever, and the one fans of K9 have been waiting for!
As a fan of the original series - and K9- I always wanted a decent remote control K9. The nearest to this was the PalitToy "Talking K9" of the late 1970's - but that wasn't remote controlled or animated.
Firstly the detail on this toy is stunning. The proportions are exact and everything is just as it should be - although the bluey silver paint is more reminiscent of K9 MK1 and not the later models most are familiar with. He has antennae silver ears and his famous tartan collar. On his right he has his K9 removable panel, underneath which are his inner "workings" (as seen in his recent story) and his power switch.
You start K9 by opening his side panel (just as in his recent story - School Reunion). His power switch is located underneath his side panel and for this reason I have dropped one star of the rating - I can see the retaining catches for the panel becoming broken or snapped off easily as this panel must be removed to power on K9 every time.
On switching him on - he lights up: three blue lights under his control panel, his eye (sadly only one bulb and not two as in the original) and his outer control panel (although these are lit constantly, rather than twinkling as in the original). He then says: "System re-starting. All primary drives functioning" as in his recent story.
As for the action it is superb. He trundles along with poor traction and makes a lot of noise - just like the original. His ears turn 45 degrees as he moves. He can be made to say a number of selected phrases from the controller:
"The master rebuilt me. My systems are much improved with new undetectable hyperlink facilities"
"Confirmation of analysis"
"Affirmative master"
"Master?"
"Maximum defence mode"
"Power supply failing"
"Capacity for one shot master, for maximum impact I must be stationed directly besides the vat"
The nose laser can also be extended - via remote control- at which point K9 remains stationary and then the nose laser blaster sound effect can be sounded. Once you retract the nose laser, he is free to move again.
This is a must have for a fan of K9 or the series, and I suspect this will be a much in-demand toy in the run up to Christmas. My only criticisms are minor although I suspect with younger children it will not prove to be robust, as his ears, control panel and tail all seem quite fragile.
Rating: - A LARGE REMOTE K-9 AT LONG LAST !!
Growing up in the late 1970's I used to be glued to the TV when K-9 was with Tom Baker as the Doctor. So to see him come back in the new Dr Who series with the 10th Doctor was a real treat. And this Remote controlled K-9 looks 'fantastic' and so much better, than the talking 'palitoy' toy of the 1970's. This is a must buy for the Dr Who fan new to the series or of old. I like the removable side panel and the various other functions, Such as movable ears and a retracting nose gun. On the minus side is the odd blue colour which isn't like the TV prop. And the ugly body fixing lugs to the right side of the model. It has skid steer front wheel drive just like the real Prop making the same sounds. But just like the 'Real' thing it has very poor traction so it won't run anything but the smoothest of carpets. And don't pull the nose gun out or it will break as i have accidently found out !.However it just shows how technology has moved on.
- Bitter disappointmentMy seven year old chose this with his grandparents who bought it as a special combined birthday and Christmas present. He was thrilled and could not believe his good fortune.
When we got back to their house, the first hurdle was extracting K9 from the very complicated packaging, which took about 45 minutes. The next obstacle was finding the necessary battery for the remote control, which we had to borrow temporarily from the grandparents' smoke alarm in order to give K9 a trial run.
Initially my son was delighted with ear movements, variety of phrases, rotating ears, extending laser etc. This quickly turned to frustration as he found it impossible to persuade K9 to move across the (fairly smooth) carpet. On moving to a flat surface in the kitchen, this at first appeared easier for K9 to trundle across, although he soon ran out of steam.
We decided that a fresh battery was required, restored the smoke alarm battery, and purchased a replacement on the way home. Once this was installed, K9 was put through his paces again, Once again, my son was at first very excited; this quickly turned to disappointment as again K9 refused to respond to the radio control (apart from the variety of phrases). We decided that this K9 was malfunctioning, and exchanged it - the seven year old by now muttering darkly that he would have preferred the Dalek like his friend's, because at least it worked...
The second K9 proved even more difficult to extract from the box; in fact, after an hour of struggling, it transpired that the screws fixing the base into the cardboard and plastic had lost their thread, and it was impossible to get him out at all. We were ready to take this K9 back, when luckily a hulking six foot male came to the rescue and managed to pry K9 from the packaging. We installed completely new batteries and prepared to put this K9 through his paces. Within minutes it became clear that although he could recite his repertoire of phrases, flash his lights and twiddle his ears, this replacement too was incapable of travelling across the flattest, smoothest surface available.
The seven year old was now in tears of disappointment. The adults were exhausted after the energy expended upon extricating this model from the box and at the prospect of returning it a second time.
The seven year old had lost patience and instead of exchanging again, wisely chose three toys to the same value, all of which have been a great success and are still providing entertainment.
Conclusion: Appearance 9/10 Play value: nil Value for money: nil
Rating:
- I absolutely love thisWhat is it about K9? What is it about the stupid tin dog that just drives me crazy? Like the rest of the populace I fell in love with him as a wee child in the late 70s and as an adult, I re-fell in love with him all over again in 2006.
This K9 is just great - fantastic detail, great control, superb speech with flashing eyes... And his laser cannon comes out too!
If you (or your kids) don't fall in love with him, you must have been upgraded to a Cyberman.
Rating:
- Nice toyThis was a lovely toy but sadly a little too small for my son. It would have been better if it had been slightly larger than the small model.
Rating:
- Affirmative, master!Quite possibly the best Doctor Who toy ever, and the one fans of K9 have been waiting for!
As a fan of the original series - and K9- I always wanted a decent remote control K9. The nearest to this was the PalitToy "Talking K9" of the late 1970's - but that wasn't remote controlled or animated.
Firstly the detail on this toy is stunning. The proportions are exact and everything is just as it should be - although the bluey silver paint is more reminiscent of K9 MK1 and not the later models most are familiar with. He has antennae silver ears and his famous tartan collar. On his right he has his K9 removable panel, underneath which are his inner "workings" (as seen in his recent story) and his power switch.
You start K9 by opening his side panel (just as in his recent story - School Reunion). His power switch is located underneath his side panel and for this reason I have dropped one star of the rating - I can see the retaining catches for the panel becoming broken or snapped off easily as this panel must be removed to power on K9 every time.
On switching him on - he lights up: three blue lights under his control panel, his eye (sadly only one bulb and not two as in the original) and his outer control panel (although these are lit constantly, rather than twinkling as in the original). He then says: "System re-starting. All primary drives functioning" as in his recent story.
As for the action it is superb. He trundles along with poor traction and makes a lot of noise - just like the original. His ears turn 45 degrees as he moves. He can be made to say a number of selected phrases from the controller:
"The master rebuilt me. My systems are much improved with new undetectable hyperlink facilities"
"Confirmation of analysis"
"Affirmative master"
"Master?"
"Maximum defence mode"
"Power supply failing"
"Capacity for one shot master, for maximum impact I must be stationed directly besides the vat"
The nose laser can also be extended - via remote control- at which point K9 remains stationary and then the nose laser blaster sound effect can be sounded. Once you retract the nose laser, he is free to move again.
This is a must have for a fan of K9 or the series, and I suspect this will be a much in-demand toy in the run up to Christmas. My only criticisms are minor although I suspect with younger children it will not prove to be robust, as his ears, control panel and tail all seem quite fragile.
Rating:
- A LARGE REMOTE K-9 AT LONG LAST !!Growing up in the late 1970's I used to be glued to the TV when K-9 was with Tom Baker as the Doctor. So to see him come back in the new Dr Who series with the 10th Doctor was a real treat. And this Remote controlled K-9 looks 'fantastic' and so much better, than the talking 'palitoy' toy of the 1970's. This is a must buy for the Dr Who fan new to the series or of old. I like the removable side panel and the various other functions, Such as movable ears and a retracting nose gun. On the minus side is the odd blue colour which isn't like the TV prop. And the ugly body fixing lugs to the right side of the model. It has skid steer front wheel drive just like the real Prop making the same sounds. But just like the 'Real' thing it has very poor traction so it won't run anything but the smoothest of carpets. And don't pull the nose gun out or it will break as i have accidently found out !.However it just shows how technology has moved on.