May 4, 2002

Welcome to the latest edition of the Todd McFarlane Update. If you've never received an update before, please read on for the latest news from the world of Todd McFarlane: information about Todd, company events, product news, the latest highlights from the McFarlane group of companies and our Web site, Spawn.com (http://www.spawn.com).

SPAWN.COM NEWS UPDATES FOR MAY 4, 2002:
All the news can be found at http://spawn.com/news.

SPIDEY CONTEST ON SPAWN.COM
http://spawn.com/news/news020502a.html

CANADA GETS MORE EXCLUSIVE PRODUCT
http://spawn.com/news/news020503a.html

HONG KONG MINI-FEATURE GOES LIVE
http://spawn.com/news/news020503b.html

SPECIAL SIGNED ANGUS YOUNG FIGURES
http://spawn.com/news/news020503c.html

KISS ALIVE BOXED SET ANNOUNCED
http://spawn.com/news/news020503d.html

SPIDEY CONTEST ON SPAWN.COM
HUNT DOWN THE SPIDER, WIN SIGNED SWAG
As most of you likely know, the long-awaited Spider-Man film opens nationwide on Friday, May 3. Considering the typhoon of hype that's accompanying the movie - starring Tobey Maguire, Willem Dafoe and Kirsten Dunst, and directed by Sam Raimi - some of the powerful breeze is blowing on Todd McFarlane. Though he obviously didn't create the character, his work on The Amazing Spider-Man was an important step in the hero's legacy.

To read the full story and find out about the contest, please go to http://spawn.com/news/news020502a.html.

CANADA GETS MORE EXCLUSIVE PRODUCT
SEVERAL LIMITED-EDITION SETS SCHEDULED FOR 2002
In a stunning reversal of fortune from the accepted norm, the Great White North has the lead in exclusive products from McFarlane Toys. Details available at: http://spawn.com/news/news020503a.html.

MCFARLANE STAFFERS ARE WORLDWIDE
RACK UP TRAVEL MILES ON HONG KONG TRIP
Several McFarlane Toys employees, including Todd himself, recently visited our factories and employees in Hong Kong. We were able to document most of the trip in photos and video, which we've assembled into a special spawn.com mini-feature that went live today at
http://spawn.com/news/news020503b.html.

TODD SIGNS ANGUS YOUNG FIGURES
17 SPECIAL PACKAGES HEADED FOR STORES
While Todd and several McFarlane staffers were visiting Hong Kong, McFarlane happened across the production line on which a small shipment of Angus Young figures were being finished and packaged.

Because the initial production of the AC/DC guitarist sold out so quickly, we agreed to make a few more, mostly for international markets, but some for the United States as well.

For more details on this amazing opportunity, as well as video of Todd signing these toy insert cards go to
http://spawn.com/news/news020503c.html.

KISS ALIVE BOXED SET EXCLUSIVE
COMING TO SPECIALTY RETAILERS IN AUGUST
That's right, KISS Army, the ever-popular KISS Alive figures - originally released as individual carded figures by McFarlane Toys in 2000 - are being re-released as a deluxe boxed edition. The rock-n-roll details are at http://spawn.com/news/news020503d.html.

INTERVIEW UPDATES
Todd has been active on the media front lately, with Spider-man, sports stuff and more. Here are a few places where you can catch Todd in the coming days:

ENTERTAINMENT WEEKLY.COM � MONDAY, MAY 6
http://www.ew.com - Entertainment Weekly's Adam Duerson interviewed Todd about Spider-man recently. That interview is scheduled to post Monday, May 6.

ESPN.COM � WEDNESDAY, MAY 8
http://espn.go.com/sportsbusiness/index.html). ESPN.com's sports business writer Darren Rovell talks to Todd about how McFarlane Toys handles professional athlete trades, and how trades effect McFarlane's SportsPicks™ figures. Look for it on Wednesday on ESPN.com.

MLB RADIO.COM � WEDNESDAY, MAY 8
http://mlb.mlb.com/NASApp/mlb/mlb/radio/mlb_radio_index.jsp - May 8, 2002 @ 2 PM Eastern. MLB Radio's Curveballs, Changeups and Sliders with Billy Sample is a baseball magazine show that broadcasts exclusively on the home of Major League Baseball, MLB.com." Todd will be there talking baseball, of course. Plus, listen in to win some cool McFarlane action figures.

ALSO ON SPAWN.COM
TOP 10 LISTS
http://www.spawn.com/news.html (check out the link on the left side of the News section for box office news, video and CD sales, humorous e-mails and more.)

QUOTABLES BY TODD MCFARLANE... commenting on useful powers for a
modern-day superhero to have, as told to 'The Arizona Republic's' Scott Craven in an article published May 2, 2002.

"If I could be in two places at the same time, I'd get so much more done. One of me would be tied up in rush hour; the other would have left earlier and would be home by now."

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