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McFarlane Toys Bringing Back Movie Maniacs and Tortured Souls

Posted on October 8, 2018 at 12:59 pm by Joe Moore under Horror Toy News

In an interview with IGN, Todd McFarlane revealed that McFarlane Toys will be returning to its roots in a big way. It was announced that McFarlane Toys will be reviving two of its most iconic brands in Movie Maniacs and Tortured Souls. They will also be producing new figures in their Spawn and Twisted Fairy Tales lines. From the article:

“So we’re gonna go back to our origins and we’re gonna go, hey, for all you people who like Tortured Souls? There’s gonna be more. For all you people who like some of the Movie Maniacs? There’s gonna be more. But even the new — the stuff we just created, like Dragons? More. Spawn? More. Twisted Tales? More.”

Movie Maniacs was born out of the numerous monster liens that McFarlane was producing in the early 1990’s. Instead of crafting original creatures, McFarlane Toys began to license some of the most iconic characters from horror and sci-fi. By combining legendary and modern horror icons with some of the best sculptors in the business, McFalrane crafted a long running, dedicated line, where every figure could be displayed together as a cohesive collection. The line started in 1998 with characters such as Freddy Krueger, Jason Voorhees, and Leatherface. This also allowed McFarlane to license newer films, and run them concurrently with Movie Maniacs with the same scale and craft fans had come to expect. The line eventually ended in 2004 after series 7 of the main line, as well as numerous 12″ and 18″ figures. NECA’s own Cult Classics were spun out of this line, after multiple employees, including Randy Falk, migrated from McFalrane Toys to NECA in 2002.

Tortured Souls was done in a similar vein to Movie Maniacs, however it focused on the creations of iconic horror master Clive Barker. This series focused on original creations from Barker that looked like they were ripped from the Hellraiser films. Each figure came packaged with a novelette, giving the figures their own world. That line ran for 6 figures in 2001.

Along with these announcements, he revealed that McFarlane will begin selling direct to consumer, in order to more effectively compete against the ever changing retail landscape. As the dedicated toy store becomes more difficult to maintain, and with toy aisles becoming more and more competitive, it only makes sense for a company of McFarlane’s scale to finally offer items direct. From the article:

“Unfortunately, the stores we were selling to at that point, like Tower Records and Suncoast and Babbage’s and KB Toys, and all these other ones, they’ve all fallen to the wayside.

So we end up having to follow the game plan of the Fortune 500 companies and having to do big brands. But we’re gonna just start selling more just direct to the consumer.”

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  1. Joe Moore's Avatar Joe Moore says

    10-08-2018, 09:59 AM

    McFarlane Toys Bringing Back Movie Maniacs and Tortured Souls

  2. Black Arbor's Avatar Black Arbor says

    10-08-2018, 10:06 AM

    I for one think we need Movie Maniacs back. NECA is great at what they do but they really shy away from niche licenses which I think Todd really excelled at, even if the articulation was lacking.

  3. Dmar1994's Avatar Dmar1994 says

    10-08-2018, 10:07 AM

    Hopefully too they all have actual articulation and not just be statues since that's the only way McFarlane Toys can be more competitive with other figure lines.

  4. SpasticPlastic's Avatar SpasticPlastic says

    10-08-2018, 10:09 AM

    This is fantastic news! Tortured Souls are what started my addiction.

  5. Joe Moore's Avatar Joe Moore says

    10-08-2018, 10:26 AM

    I'm actually curious to the approach they'll have here. Movie Maniacs was more than just a figure. It was a mini statue, complete with dio elements that was meant as a complete display. Are they going back to that? Will they be going to their current articulation style (such as Star Trek and Stranger Things)?

  6. WastelandAngel's Avatar WastelandAngel says

    10-08-2018, 10:46 AM

    Wow this is a pleasant surprise, I loved the tortured souls line back in the day, in fact I was just thinking the other day that I need to re-aquire the line, and movie maniacs were always one of my favorite lines and one of the few lines I don't mind lacking articulation, because as Joe stated, they came with detailed bases/dios (not always ofcourse), hmm maybe we can convince Todd to produce new John Carpenters The Thing figures.
    Also I have to commend them for going the direct to consumer route, which should allow them to produce more niche products.

  7. Tony_Bacala's Avatar Tony_Bacala says

    10-08-2018, 10:52 AM

    Personally, unless articulation is like 100% in like Figuarts and Mafex style, I'd rather they not bother. Just do the Staction Figures and own it. Do the best damn Staction Figure it can be. 90% of the time it's in a single pose after I mess with it so if we can get better sculpt and paint, accessories and dios out of it, then skip it.

    That being said, if we had McFarlane / Neca sculpt and paint, mixed with Figuarts articulation, then that would be utter perfection.

  8. Harbinger's Avatar Harbinger says

    10-08-2018, 11:08 AM

    Quote:
    Originally Posted by Tony_Bacala View Post
    Personally, unless articulation is like 100% in like Figuarts and Mafex style, I'd rather they not bother. Just do the Staction Figures and own it. Do the best damn Staction Figure it can be. 90% of the time it's in a single pose after I mess with it so if it we can get better sculpt and paint, accessories and dios out of it, then skip it.

    That being said, if we had McFarlane / Neca sculpt and paint, mixed with Figuarts articulation, then that would be utter perfection.
    Amen...though id love to see a poseable, neca-esque escape from new york snake plissken

  9. Satam's Avatar Satam says

    10-08-2018, 11:39 AM

    Quote:
    Originally Posted by Nitelife View Post
    Amen...though id love to see a poseable, neca-esque escape from new york snake plissken
    I was so disappointed that NECA did that MEGO Snake and never followed up with a 7" version.

  10. Penguino's Avatar Penguino says

    10-08-2018, 11:52 AM

    As someone who has every McFarlane Dragon this is definitely fantastic news to me! Articulated dragons would be a dream come true but even if it's just like the original line with minimal articulation I'm down.

    Hopefully we get the cancelled Cursed Dragon finally.

    I just hope the sculpting and paint are as good as they were 12 years ago.

  11. VashTS has no avatar! VashTS says

    10-08-2018, 11:52 AM

    I don't curse but I though fuk yeah!!!!!

    I want competition. I want companies to challenge NECA in terms of horror. I want some 12 inch figures that are sculpted. I am hoping they will do this. I am excited. LOVE HORROR!!!

    Anyone ever see the Terrifier...that needs a figure. Great news!!!!!

  12. WastelandAngel's Avatar WastelandAngel says

    10-08-2018, 11:56 AM

    Quote:
    Originally Posted by VashTS View Post
    I don't curse but I though fuk yeah!!!!!

    I want competition. I want companies to challenge NECA in terms of horror. I want some 12 inch figures that are sculpted. I am hoping they will do this. I am excited. LOVE HORROR!!!

    Anyone ever see the Terrifier...that needs a figure. Great news!!!!!
    Haven't seen it yet, I've heard good and bad about it, but the character design of that clown is on point.

  13. VashTS has no avatar! VashTS says

    10-08-2018, 11:58 AM

    Quote:
    Originally Posted by Black Arbor View Post
    I for one think we need Movie Maniacs back. NECA is great at what they do but they really shy away from niche licenses which I think Todd really excelled at, even if the articulation was lacking.
    Agreed. I love Randy but NECA does noting outside the box,in terms of Horror any more. They do not do more niche horrors. Give me some Basket Case, Return Living Dead, Lost Boys, Christopher Lee, the Fly, Reanimator, Howling, Poltergeist, Werewolf London, Sleepaway Camp....ect...

  14. VashTS has no avatar! VashTS says

    10-08-2018, 11:59 AM

    Quote:
    Originally Posted by WastelandAngel View Post
    Haven't seen it yet, I've heard good and bad about it, but the character design of that clown is on point.
    I cannot tell you what to like...everyone has different reasons for liking/hating things. I was genuinely shocked and that's why I liked it.

  15. Wonderful Toys's Avatar Wonderful Toys says

    10-08-2018, 12:02 PM

    I'd love to see more Tortured Souls, especially if they go back to the more cenobite-style designs of the originals.

  16. kollekxon has no avatar! kollekxon says

    10-08-2018, 12:09 PM

    Quote:
    Originally Posted by Tony_Bacala View Post
    Personally, unless articulation is like 100% in like Figuarts and Mafex style, I'd rather they not bother. Just do the Staction Figures and own it. Do the best damn Staction Figure it can be. 90% of the time it's in a single pose after I mess with it so if we can get better sculpt and paint, accessories and dios out of it, then skip it.

    That being said, if we had McFarlane / Neca sculpt and paint, mixed with Figuarts articulation, then that would be utter perfection.
    I doubt it’ll be more than a re release of the old figures.
    It would be great if they mimicked SHF or Figma style articulation but theres no reason to think they will.

  17. Dolemite's Avatar Dolemite says

    10-08-2018, 12:31 PM

    Since NECA is pussing out on giving us The Thing figures, maybe McFarlane will man up and do it. However, it's a bummer knowing they wouldn't be able to touch NECA's quality...McFarlane's paint, sculpts, and articulation are all behind the times, even with the improvements they've implemented recently.

    Quote:
    Originally Posted by Penguino View Post
    I just hope the sculpting and paint are as good as they were 12 years ago.
    I think you're wearing rose-colored glasses. Go and look at those figures again...the sculpts were amazing back in the day, but many don't even remotely hold up these days.

    One exception is their The Thing figures...the Blairmonster and Norris spider-thingy both still look pretty fucking good.

    Quote:
    Originally Posted by WastelandAngel View Post
    Haven't seen it yet, I've heard good and bad about it, but the character design of that clown is on point.
    I heard the movie is okay, but that the gore is on-point and that it has a potential Top-10 Of All Time kill in it. I'll have to check it out, even if killer clowns are WAYYY played out at this point.

    Quote:
    Originally Posted by Satam View Post
    I was so disappointed that NECA did that MEGO Snake and never followed up with a 7" version.
    Major bummer, yeah, but I heard the sales of the MEGO Snake wasn't good enough to justify a 7" version, which is a silly way to gauge interest on NECA's part. I loved the MEGO Snake, but there's a lot of collector's that don't like that style of figure but that would have bought the shit out of a standard 7" Snake.

    NECA really needs to do an entire Kurt Russell line- Snake, MacReady, and Jack Burton. They'd sell.

  18. Black Arbor's Avatar Black Arbor says

    10-08-2018, 12:50 PM

    I'm really glad that most of the comments here seem to positive!

  19. Penguino's Avatar Penguino says

    10-08-2018, 12:54 PM

    Quote:
    Originally Posted by Dolemite View Post
    I think you're wearing rose-colored glasses. Go and look at those figures again...the sculpts were amazing back in the day, but many don't even remotely hold up these days.
    I'm speaking strictly about the dragons. Have you ever seen any of those in person? Topping the sculpt on those would be very difficult, honestly don't think I've been more impressed with a sculpting since that line.

  20. Wonderful Toys's Avatar Wonderful Toys says

    10-08-2018, 12:58 PM

    I'm pretty happy with the sculpting and articulation of McFarlane figures the way they are now. Hopefully they get the Hellraiser license if NECA isn't interested.

  21. Black Arbor's Avatar Black Arbor says

    10-08-2018, 01:13 PM

    Quote:
    Originally Posted by Wonderful Toys View Post
    I'm pretty happy with the sculpting and articulation of McFarlane figures the way they are now. Hopefully they get the Hellraiser license if NECA isn't interested.
    I think NECA has been dropping hints about an ultimate Pinhead actually!

  22. Wonderful Toys's Avatar Wonderful Toys says

    10-08-2018, 01:23 PM

    Quote:
    Originally Posted by Black Arbor View Post
    I think NECA has been dropping hints about an ultimate Pinhead actually!
    Yeah I saw that too, hopefully it isn't just a big tease and something is really in the works. I'd love to have a fully-articulated Pinhead as well as the other four original cenobites(Channard included) at the very least.

  23. jpizzow has no avatar! jpizzow says

    10-08-2018, 01:49 PM

    I have been wanting new Spawn figures for years. (Not those "rehashes" from a couple years ago) Still one of my all time favorite lines. Those things are works of art. And I hope they don't add articulation to the Spawn series. Those were meant to be staction figures. Just concentrate on giving us a good pose (comic covers??) on an awesome base with good sculpts and paint apps and I will be a happy man.

  24. Dolemite's Avatar Dolemite says

    10-08-2018, 02:12 PM

    Quote:
    Originally Posted by Penguino View Post
    I'm speaking strictly about the dragons. Have you ever seen any of those in person? Topping the sculpt on those would be very difficult, honestly don't think I've been more impressed with a sculpting since that line.
    Actually, I'm not really familiar with McFarlane's dragons, so I just took a look on Google and yeah...they ARE really nice-looking!

  25. Straker has no avatar! Straker says

    10-08-2018, 03:08 PM

    If they include articulation like they did with the Picard and Kirk figures then I'm for it!NECA needs some competition to help them move faster with some licenses, lol.

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