The 11th History of the Dalek set is the first from Tom Baker’s 4th Doctor era and is taken from the iconic Genesis of the Daleks serial from 1975. Like the Summer 2022 releases, the Autumn B&M Dalek Collector sets feature the revised packaging with a blister that has to be torn off the packaging to access the figures. The set is flagged as the 2nd set from Genesis of the Daleks, the first being the Creation of the Daleks set featuring Davros and a Drone.
The History of the Dalek line does its best to line up the figures with the actual props seen in the serial and in this case the 2-pack brings us Dalek B and Dalek C as they were labelled during production. They look fairly identical, but Dalek C features ribbed headlights and a dark ball joint for the plunger arm - whereas Dalek B has the oval design between the gun and plunger, has a silver ball joint for the plunger arm, and uses the stepped headlights.
Paintwork is standard and applied more or less identically on both with a deep grey base colour and black base, hemispheres and grill behind the neck rings. The base is weathered on both to give a worn look; applying dry brushed silver onto the black base section.
Articulation is pretty much what we got on the original props with the Drones having the ability for the dome to swivel a full 360 degrees. The eye stalk is pivoted, while the arms are ball jointed and can move fully with the constraints of the recess. The Daleks continue to feature wheels on the base.
The Genesis era Dalek has been released a handful of times previously, but as the colour scheme is considered one of the more iconic combinations and lasts (with minor variants) through to the end of the 7th Doctor run, the set is a great Army Builder for collectors. The small variations are enough to leave some value with the original releases while making the new set different enough for seasoned collectors to add these figures to their Dalek armies.
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