Better than the last wave yet still not perfection. Most of them are re-releases of the last wave; Clara, Weeping angel, both Daleks and the eleventh doctor (except with tweed jacket) so technically we only have 2 completely new figures, which is disappointing. But the re-releases have all been updated and improved in some way so lets have a look at each one in detail. The twelfth doctor. Probably the one I was most excited about, showing Peter Capaldi as he appeared after regenerating in 'The Time Of The Doctor' It's a good figure but basically it's still just the eleventh doctor's costume from the last wave, but it at least doesn't have the bow tie on it therefore it is screen accurate. So the body (below the head) all looks fine, the jacket sticks out a little reminding me of McDonalds toys but it's still good with correct colours. The head is the special feature, it could do with a little more greying in the hair but it's still undeniably Peter Capaldi. So overall a good figure with the head being it's biggest asset. 7/10 The eleventh doctor. The opposite way round this time, we've got the same head but a different body, this is a good idea as now we have both variants of the eleventh doctor. I personally think the last eleventh doctor figure in series 7B costume was better but this one still isn't bad, it just makes him look a little thin and the proportions just seem a little wrong. I'm pretty sure it's the same legs then the tweed jacket is patterned well but the bow tie isn't as good. So the body is kind of screen accurate. The head as I've said is basically just the same. Finally (and I'm gonna have to knock some points off for this), I opened it up to find the arm had been placed the wrong way, meaning the arm could only bend backwards. This is very poor quality control. 5/10 Clara. What episode is this figure from? I hear you ask. Well it isn't even from an episode. It's yet another re-release of her in her 'Hide' episode costume, this time in red. If they want us to like these figure's they're gonna have to make a new body sculpt sometime for her. But it's not all bad. The red dress kind of looks like the dress she wore in the 50th anniversary, but she had a jacket on then. So overall the body isn't screen accurate at all (not even been on screen) but the head has been noticeably changed, the hair is a little neater and the face a little thinner so for that... 7/10 Weeping angel. Not different really at all from the previous release except there is a few subtle cracks which gives it a nice texture therefore it's slightly better that the last one. Weeping angels are known to weep therefore you would have though a figure of the weeping angels would do this... well no. you can kind of pull the arms up but that just makes them look like Dracula, and the material is so weak you can bend the wings to touch the dress (so much for stone then) and the sculpting is another let down. Overall one of the worst figures in the wave but the texturing kind of saves it. 6/10 Zygon. This is easily the best figure in the wave, it's also the only figure in the wave to be completely new. The colours used are perfect with just the right amount of black and orange to also give it a kind of texture. It does of course have the classic suckers covering around the head and body and I just love the detail on it. For nearly the first time in the entire history of 3.75" figures they've made an almost perfect figure. The only fault it movement is a little restricted but this is only a small problem that should be expected. 9/10 Assault Dalek and Imperial Guard Dalek. I've put these two together because when it comes down to it, they are the exact same figure with a small difference. These are also different from all the other figures above because these are from the heritage line, which are figures pre-series 7. The Imperial guard Dalek is the one with the black dome and this one's probably the most different because of, well, the black dome. We've already had a figure with a black dome as well as Dalek Sec (both limited wave 1 figures) therefore the only new thing with the Imperial is the gun, which looks much too big for the Dalek but is still quite detailed. With the Assault Dalek, like the Imperial Dalek the only new thing is the gun arm. This one is better than the other as I think it just looks better and more detail and colours. It is also shaped like a claw which is a nice idea. Overall, there just is hardly anything new here so just seems pointless. 7/10 Packaging. We've had two types of packaging in this wave 2. We've had the normal packaging which is the same as the last wave but with 'wave 2' in yellow at the top (see pic one below, left) and the other says 'Heritage line' at the bottom with a classic logo (see pic two below right). Conclusion. Re-release, Re-release, Re-release, that's all we've had really. I hope that the next wave we get more figures like the Zygon and less like Clara (unless she get's a new costume). This wave overall gets a respectable 41/60.
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