Today I’m pressing on with Wave 2 of Character Options’ 3 ¾” scale Doctor Who figures and we’re looking at Daleks! Yes, today I’m doing TWO figures because these Daleks are just very minor variants of the ones released in Wave 1 and I doubt even I could pad out the feature enough to give them each their own spotlight. In fact, this shouldn’t take long at all. But don’t think that speaks badly about them because these figures are fantastic! Army building the little Daleks has been the best thing about this line so far and these two new pepperpots are every bit as cool.

The packages are mostly the same as the ones we saw with the 12^th Doctor figure. The big difference here is the addition of the “Heritage Line” on the bubble insert. It seems to be a sub-line that will draw material from earlier periods of NuWho, as both of these Daleks come from stories that pre-date Matt Smith’s tenure. I would presume that the 10^th Doctor and Amy Pond figures that were shown off at Toy Fair may be released under this moniker. The only other thing worth pointing out here is that the Daleks do not include stands, but they certainly don’t need them.

If you haven’t clicked back to my review of the Wave 1 Dalek, just imagine that CO took their excellent 5-inch scale Daleks and shrank them down to this smaller scale. Nothing is lost in the translation as they are superbly painted and detailed and everything I could want in a tiny Dalek. Stand one of these next to the 11^th Doctor figure in the same scale and there’s such a wide chasm of quality between the two they feel like they come from two totally different lines. And I don’t have to spell out how awesome it is to have Daleks roughly in scale with Star Wars or GI Joe figures, do I? Anyway, let’s press on to what makes these little containers of hate different from the regular Daleks.

Both of these variants come from the 9^th Doctor episode “Parting of the Ways.” First up we have the Assault Dalek. This figure is your basic regular Dalek with his plunger arm replaced by a claw arm that can double as a cutting beam. This was the Dalek that tried to cut the bulkhead to get to “Lynda with a Y” before one of his chums blew out the window to space and robbed him of the kill. That’s it! That’s really the only difference. There’s nothing else to say about this one except he’s awesome.

Next up, we have the Imperial Guard Dalek. This little fellow’s plunger arm is replaced with a big sphere arm. It’s called a sensor arm, although I don’t think it was ever established in the episode what it was used for. The other notable difference is the repainted black dome. I honestly didn’t even know these Daleks existed until I re-watched the episode to specifically look for them. He’s an interesting variant, but I don’t dig him as much as the Assault Dalek.

And that’s all I got on this pair. I told you today would be brief! Obviously these figures were pretty quick and dirty tweaks, but that doesn’t make me appreciate them any less. I’ve got a nice little army of Daleks building up in this scale so I’m happy to pad out their ranks with a couple of unique models. I’ll likely be picking up some more of the Assault Dalek and maybe one more of the Imperial Guard. Next week, I’ll wrap up my look at the figures I bought from this wave with the one I was anticipating the most… The Zygon!