Ideas #011: 21304 - Doctor Who

[exciter1]

12 minutes ago, CNH1974 said:

Difference between this and the Exo-Suit is that it has a fandom built in.

 

A fandom about 1/4 as large as Big Bang Theory.

[Guest]

Wait, so this one is already a bust? It's been out like 16 hours. Exo suit wasn't even exo suit until a few months after release.

Edited December 1, 2015 by MarxMarvelous

[brickolodon]

I have never seen an episode of Dr. Who. So if you ask me who Dr. Who is I would respond: "Dr. Who???"

But just look at the box-design. Just take a look at the figs. Simply look at the phone booth. The beautiful blue colour they used. I love it!!!!

Thats me for sure...keep selling @89.50 with good pace.

[Darth_Raichu]

1 hour ago, exciter1 said:

We need a flooding the market thread.

Why? We have the bubble thread for that.. all threads lead you to bubble thread  

[zak001]

40 minutes ago, exciter1 said:

A fandom about 1/4 as large as Big Bang Theory.

Probably the inverse, seriously, and also doesn't take into account the difference between casual viewership and engaged fandom.

[feed]

Guarantee that part of the licence agreement with the BBC, will be to have this set everywhere.  There was never any chance it was going to be limited or Lego only.  Maybe a short window if the supplies don’t reach stores in volume before the holidays, but after that it will be everywhere and around for some time.  Doubt there is much in the way of flipping opportunity.  

[Loghamel]

40 minutes ago, feed said:

Guarantee that part of the licence agreement with the BBC, will be to have this set everywhere.  There was never any chance it was going to be limited or Lego only. 

Based on?

[thoroakenfelder]

I think that more than likely, it is an experiment to see how well it does, and then if it does well, EOL and create new sets.

[brad4815]

Just tried my local TRU. Didn't see any out on the shelves yet. 

Edited December 1, 2015 by brad4815

[nolanfan34]

2 hours ago, exciter1 said:

A fandom about 1/4 as large as Big Bang Theory.

Data? Curious if you are basing that on something specific.

[nolanfan34]

Amazon's listing doesn't seem to have 3rd party sellers listed. Is it "protected" like some of the star wars stuff? I only see duplicate listings for the 3rd party selling.

[exciter1]

2 hours ago, exciter1 said: A fandom about 1/4 as large as Big Bang Theory.

Data? Curious if you are basing that on something specific.

Stand outside your grocery store, take a poll.

[nolanfan34]

4 minutes ago, exciter1 said:

Stand outside your grocery store, take a poll.

When I do that they only ask if I am selling Girl Scout cookies, and ask that I "move away from the building".

[KShine]

Dr Who = Cash Money

[dcdfan]

43 minutes ago, Loghamel said:

Based on?

the voices in his head...

Edited December 1, 2015 by dcdfan

[nolanfan34]

In all seriousness while I don't "get" the show at all and have tried to watch a few times, I believe there is a broad fan base for it. The best flipping opp is probably going to be right after Christmas and to international folks if you are in the US IMO. 

[scuttfarkas]

Dr. Who is a cultural icon. Big Bang Theory is a nerdy Friends or How I Met Your Mother rip off.  I like both shows....but in the culture of geekdom and marketability (of merchandise).....Dr. Who is The Nature Boy Ric Flair......BBT is The Nature Boy Buddy Landel. 

[Alpinemaps]

*sigh*

It's DOCTOR WHO.  Not Dr. Who.

The viewship number for TBBT is probably bigger than DW.  However, the fandom for DW is probably much larger than TBBT.  This fandom will keep this set making serious coin for years to come.

Edited December 1, 2015 by Alpinemaps

[cladner]

4 hours ago, Ciglione said:

I have never seen an episode of Dr. Who. So if you ask me who Dr. Who is I would respond: "Dr. Who???"

But just look at the box-design. Just take a look at the figs. Simply look at the phone booth. The beautiful blue colour they used. I love it!!!!

this set casts a larger swath of generational interest with appeal to older or mature if you need be politically correct AFOLs.  by older I mean a say born before 1973.  that makes me older by more than a few years.  i remember watching this on a black and white tv in 1973 .  watched it only for the daleks.  exterminate - ROBOTS!!!!...  my parents for some reason let me watch this, and PBS was one of the few channels that came in on the rabbit ears (pre-cable).  i haven't since it i was like 8.  after Star Wars came out when I was 8 this show looked like someone's home movie/future youtube video.  never got into the later iterations.

Doctor Who for whatever reason has a cult like following. sort of like The Simpsons-ish - you have to be a true believer in your gut.  I'm not going to compare with ecto-1 or BTTF or wall-e because those are/were much less risky than a set based on an obscure TV show for future 80s geeks and subsequent geeky scifi echo's but the show has an enduring international fan base over several decades.

Edited December 2, 2015 by cladner

[exciter1]

For the record, I've never watched an episode of either. I'd just swing towards the most fandom being on the "Friends" nerd craze over the Dr. In the scarf or the Dr. Who looks like he has a finger in the outlet.

[dcdfan]

10 minutes ago, scuttfarkas said:

Dr. Who is a cultural icon. Big Bang Theory is a nerdy Friends or How I Met Your Mother rip off.  I like both shows....but in the culture of geekdom and marketability (of merchandise).....Dr. Who is The Nature Boy Ric Flair......BBT is The Nature Boy Buddy Landel. 

How I Met Your Mother should never, ever be in the same sentence as BBT or Friends. It was terribly lame, the other two ruled in ratings...

[Ciglione]

8 minutes ago, cladner said:

this is an older or mature if you need be politically correct AFOL thing.  by older I mean a say born before 1973.  that makes me older by more than a few years.  i remember watching this on a black and white tv in 1973 .  watched it only for the daleks.  exterminate - ROBOTS!!!!...  my parents for some reason let me watch this, and PBS was one of the few channels that came in on the rabbit ears (pre-cable).  i haven't since it i was like 8.  after Star Wars came out when I was 8 this show looked like someone's home movie/future youtube video.  never got into the later iterations.

Doctor Who for whatever reason has a cult like following. sort of like The Simpsons-ish - you have to be a true believer in your gut.  I'm not going to compare with ecto-1 or BTTF or wall-e because those are/were much less risky than a set based on an obscure TV show for future 80s geeks and subsequent geeky scifi echo's but the show has an enduring international fan base over several decades.

So... does this make me young or make you old?

[scuttfarkas]

11 minutes ago, exciter1 said:

For the record, I've never watched an episode of either. I'd just swing towards the most fandom being on the "Friends" nerd craze over the Dr. In the scarf or the Dr. Who looks like he has a finger in the outlet.

Speaking specifically on the LEGO sets ( but also generally on merchandise generated by their respective shows)....I'd imagine the fans of Dr. Who are much more willing to shell out 59.99 (and up) on a LEGO set of the Dr. as opposed to fans of BBT shelling out 59.99 on a LEGO set of that show.

 

I like both shows.....but I think there's a great underestimating of the icon status of the good Dr.  To me, the big mistake TLC did was not including a Tom Baker Dr. figure. 

[Fcbarcelona101]

Got one early this morning as a present and another one just to get a Gingerbread House. Happy that I got them as I definitely need at least one before Christmas!

[marcandre]

16 minutes ago, dcdfan said:

How I Met Your Mother should never, ever be in the same sentence as BBT or Friends. It was terribly lame, the other two ruled in ratings...

All three of those shows are pretty freaking lame.