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Series 1 figures and other merchandise

Character Options are a company that produce high quality, collectable toys and action figures. Between 2007 and 2009, Character released a number of Primeval-related merchandise, with the main characters, and a couple of creatures, from Series One and Two being produced as 5'5" action figures and at least four other toys and devices were also made.

Character Options did not continue to merchandise for Primeval after Series 2, because the sponsors Woolworths went bankrupt. There were some maquettes of Series 3 characters/creatures created that are now in possession of Tim Haines/Impossible Pictures.[1]

Series 1 Action Figures

Professor Nick Cutter and 2 Hesperornis

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Stephen Hart and 3 Giant Arachnids

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Connor Temple and Future Predator

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Abby Maitland with Rex and a Dodo

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James Lester and Future Predator

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Helen Cutter and Claudia Brown with 3 Agnurognathus

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Professor Nick Cutter and Time Anomaly

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Anomaly Incursion Set (Series 1 version)

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Creature Incursion Playset

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Series 2 Action Figures

Connor Temple and Professor Nick Cutter

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Abby Maitland and Smilodon

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Jenny Lewis and James Lester

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Mer Creature

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Raptor

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Giant Scorpion

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Helen Cutter and Future Predator

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Helen Cutter and Professor Nick Cutter

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Connor Temple and Future Predator

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Stephen Hart and Giant Scorpion

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James Lester and Raptor

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Nick Cutter and Anomaly Detector Part 1

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Jenny Lewis and Anomaly Detector Part 2

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Connor Temple and Anomaly Detector Part 3

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Other Toys

Plush Rex

Features:

  • Full scale plush Rex with sound effects.

Flytech Rex

Features:

  • A green remote control.
  • A plastic Rex with wings, able to fly in indoor areas.

Flytech Carnivorous Pterosaur

Features:

  • A remote control.
  • A plastic Anurognathus with wings, able to fly in indoor areas.

Handheld Anomaly Detector

Features:

  • One near-screen accurate handheld Anomaly Detection Device. It was based on the Series 2 version with Series 3 style antennae.
  • Light and sounds.

Unreleased Series 3 Action Figures

Impossible Pictures Twitter posted images of the unreleased Series 3 action figures maquettes on July 2017. The total number of figures were 8 characters and one creature [2] It is likely that the Megopteran and the Artifact were planned as well.

New design figures

Repainted figures

  • Connor Temple (re-painted Series 2 model to look like his Episode 3.1 clothes)
  • Abby Maitland (re-release of Series 2 model)
  • Jenny Lewis (repaint of Claudia Brown model to look like Episode 3.5 clothes)
  • James Lester (repaint of Series 1 model to look like Episode 3.1 clothes
  • Helen Cutter (repaint of Series 2 model to look like her Episode 3.1 - 3.3 clothes)

Prototypes

In December of 2023, a prototype of the Series 1 Abby Maitland figure appeared on eBay. Upon contacting the seller for more information, images of two additional prototypes of the Abby Maitland action figure were uncovered. These images were then posted to the seller's Instagram.

Trivia

  • For the first and second series releases, there was one version of the Future Predator that was entirely grey (like Series 1-3) and another one that was a camouflage-like mixture of beige, dark brown, and black, this colour was never seen in the show. For the second series, a grey Predator with a Neural Clamp on its head was added to the releases.
  • As with most other promotional material and merchandise, Anurognathus was misspelled "Agnurognathus".

Doctor Who association

  • The Primeval sample packaging was different to the actual product packages and it had two Doctor Who action figures, namely a Slitheen and the Tenth Doctor, which were also made by Character Options.[3]
  • In 2018, Character Options released a Doctor Who Bill Potts action figure that reused the legs from the Abby Maitland Series 1 figure and shoes from her Series 2 figure.
  • In early 2020, Character Options released a Doctor Who Graham O'Brian action figure that reused the full body of the Stephen Hart figure, painted blue with a new head sculpt.
  • In mid 2020, Character Options released two Doctor Who action figures that also reused the bodies of Primeval models with new head sculpts:
    • A Ryan Sinclair action figure used the Series 1 Nick Cutter figure, painted black jacket and grey pants.
    • A Yasmin Khan action figure reused the Claudia Brown figure, painted brown jacket and blue pants.
    • A Romana action figure reused the Claudia Brown figure, painted white with pink jacket.

References

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