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Originally Posted by Tomax

wow, interesting story. i never knew the backstory of mcfarlane and what he did to figure collecting.
im not young in age but i am young to the collecting world.

OH, and I should also mention McFarlane's contribution to the horror/taboo toys category. Before McFarlane, toy companies made toys for kids, so they shy away from controversial subjects and questionable accessories. Even R rated movies like Robocop, Aliens and Rambo, they made toys from the kiddy cartoons only. McFarlane came in as a small company, he wasn't afraid to include a severed head or a bloody axe as an accessory. As a matter of fact, their 1 per case Malebolgia figure was quite literally a figure of "Satan" that you can buy for your kids! They proudly make the list of "worst toys for Christmas" every year for quite a few years. Their Movie Maniacs gave collectors their first decent action figures of a lot of famous movie monsters and villains, and their in-house design lines like Tortured Souls gave rise to what we know as "crowd funding" toys today, as people create and sell their own creations regardless of subject matter.


Thank you Tony Bacala for this post. What a great trip down memory lane. I still have a lot of my Spawn figures on display.