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Anonymous
02-24-2003, 01:45 AM
Todd McFarlane Toys is now releasing "Twisted Land of Oz" action figures which interpret the Oz story with "a dark gritty twist."

Here are some pics:

DOROTHY:

http://spawn.com/toyfest/catalog/horror/monsters2/dorothy/images/monsters2_dorothy_photo_03_dp.jpg


TOTO:

http://spawn.com/toyfest/catalog/horror/monsters2/toto/images/monsters2_toto_photo_01_dp.jpg


The rest are here:

http://spawn.com/toyfest/catalog/monsters2.aspx
Captain Cookiepants
02-24-2003, 02:21 AM
At exactly what point does it stop being a 'twisted' take on the source material and start being about your own weird-ass fetishes?
Ben Sones
02-24-2003, 04:36 AM
Do you feel the ground rumbling? That's L. Frank Baum rolling in his grave.

Maybe McFarlane will make an action figure to represent that, too.
Dirt
02-24-2003, 09:49 PM
Alice in Wonderland would have been far more fitting.

The Scarecrow, Tinman and Lion are pretty cool. I really don't get Toto or Dorothy though.

The Sould Calibur ones are pretty cool too.
Jason McMaster
02-24-2003, 09:55 PM
Do you feel the ground rumbling? That's L. Frank Baum rolling in his grave.

Maybe McFarlane will make an action figure to represent that, too.

I'd buy that one.

And in defense of McGee, at least the Alice in Wonderland figures WERE pretty cool.

Yeah, ok, so I own a couple. Why are you looking at me like that?
Tom Ohle
02-25-2003, 11:39 AM
Not a big fan of that tinman... Toto's just ridiculous, but the rest are pretty cool.
Jakub
02-25-2003, 06:41 PM
Wow, I guess Dorothy got the Wicked Witch's Magical Gravity Defying Tits when she landed on MacFarlane's desk.
Anonymous
02-25-2003, 07:07 PM
So much for strapless bras...
Anonymous
02-25-2003, 07:08 PM
I'll bet she has a fun time explaining those suntan lines!
wumpus
02-25-2003, 07:56 PM
Just so you know, the "munchkins" have branded Dorothy. You can't see it in the angle pictured, but that branding iron left a mark on her ass/thigh.

Also, me so horny.
Dirt
02-25-2003, 07:59 PM
How can that be Dorothy? Those shoes are neither silver nor ruby. They did a bad job.
Jason McMaster
02-25-2003, 09:12 PM
Just so you know, the "munchkins" have branded Dorothy. You can't see it in the angle pictured, but that branding iron left a mark on her ass/thigh.

Also, me so horny.

Just for you, wumpus:

http://spawn.com/toyfest/catalog/horror/monsters2/dorothy/images/monsters2_dorothy_photo_02_dp.jpg
voltaic
02-27-2003, 12:43 AM
Can't wait for McFarlane's take on American McGee's Vallejo paintings.
JosieNutter
03-11-2003, 09:17 PM
Yeah, I agree. Those platform boots should have been covered (or at least accented) in red glitter.
Anonymous
03-11-2003, 10:04 PM
The red shoes were an invention of the MGM movie version (they were silver in the book), so they can't do red without a license from MGM, which they're not going to get for an S&M free-jazz riff like dis.
Brad Grenz
03-11-2003, 10:13 PM
Those platform boots should have been covered (or at least accented) in red glitter.

First time I read that sentence I thought you said platform boobs.
JosieNutter
03-19-2003, 03:03 PM
Now THAT would be scary!

Grr. Copyrighting is out of control.
Rob_Merritt
03-19-2003, 03:27 PM
The wizard actually isn't too bad. Ofcourse like any of Todd's Toys, it couldn't withstand a fall of a foot.