TEMPE, Ariz., Jan. 18 /PRNewswire/ -- 1999 was McFarlane Toys' most successful year ever, featuring The Beatles' Yellow Submarine, KISS, Ozzy Osbourne, Austin Powers, Sleepy Hollow, Metal Gear Solid and, of course, Spawn. In 2000, McFarlane Toys will release more than 100 figures from the well-known to the obscure, including rock stars, sports figures, movie icons, children's classics, television animation, Japanese animation and more.
McFarlane Toys, which won dozens of awards from industry trades in 1999, including best toys, best paint, best articulation, best likeness, sexiest female, best sculpting and best company beating out powerhouse names like Star Wars and Mattel. The company will be showcasing several lines for 2000 at the American International Toy Fair in New York City, Feb. 13-17. Some highlights include:
-- National Hockey League Players Association (NHLPA) players, including Ray Bourque, Jaromir Jagr, Curtis Joseph, Paul Kariya, Eric Lindros, Mark Messier, Patrick Roy, and Steve Yzerman
-- Samuel L. Jackson and Busta Rhymes from John Singleton's new film "Shaft Returns"
-- "South Park's" Kenny, Cartman, Stan and a few other pals
-- Ultima Online II, the sequel to Ultima Online, the standard bearer of online multiplayer role-playing worlds
-- Movie Maniacs III, featuring classic characters from "The Fly," "Edward Scissorhands," "Army of Darkness," "Escape from L.A. and John Carpenter's "The Thing"
-- Alice Cooper, Rob Zombie, Janis Joplin, KISS
-- The Beatles as "Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band"
-- Characters from two classic horror/fantasy films from the '30s and '70s
-- Austin Powers II
-- "Slap Shot's" hockey thugs The Hanson Brothers from the film classic
-- The McKenzie Brothers, (a.k.a. Rick Moranis and Dave Thomas) from "Strange Brew"
-- figures from Where the Wild Things Are, Maurice Sendak's award-winning classic children's book
-- figures from "Akira," the groundbreaking Japanese sci-fi animation thriller; the television series "Trigun" and the "Tenchi Muyo" empire of video and television series, feature films and comic books
-- three new Spawn lines
Appointments for media tours to see these and more surprises are being set now.
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UPN monkeying around By Mike Schneider and Josef Adalian
HOLLYWOOD (Variety) - Renewing its vows with the Maxim/Details crowd, UPN has a number of testosterone-fueled projects in the works for next season.
Among them is a series tentatively titled ``Gorilla World,'' a new sci-fi take on talking apes from producer-director Todd McFarlane. It will explore a post-apocalyptic world where gorillas have evolved to rule the earth and humans are an endangered species. UPN has ordered a script.
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