12/17/2004

Todd McFarlane Update

Here are the latest headlines from the News Section of spawn.com, plus contests and much more! We encourage your interest and feedback.

In the News

To read the full text of the stories listed below, please click here: http://spawn.com/news/.

Club Exclusive figure for Spawn Series 27 unveiled
Hanging Spawn from cover of #30 to be sold on spawn.com

We've created a trend with most of our recent in-house action figure lines by offering a special-edition Collector's Club exclusive figure to accompany them. Well, friends and neighbors, we're changing that policy. We kid, we kid...

McFarlane supports Arthritis Foundation
Todd and company design exclusive label for wine auction

Once again this year, Todd McFarlane and the McFarlane Companies have designed an exclusive Spawn wine label for the Arthritis Foundation's annual fund-raiser. On the block are two exclusive Spawn double-magnum wine bottles with Francis Ford Coppola's Diamond Series Black Label Claret 2001.

MLB 11 photography unveiled
Baseball collectors get their first look at upcoming lineup

Major League Baseball kicks off the 2005 season with new champions and a new team in a new city � Spring is the season of rebirth, so it's only right to offer our newest baseball series to our collectors. We present the much-anticipated images for MLB 11, due in stores in April 2005

Exclusive Shannon Sharpe figure is a big hit with collectors
Debut 6-inch NFL Collector's Club Exclusive sells out in hours

On Monday, Dec. 6th McFarlane Toys' Collector's Club opened its doors and offered two versions of a Shannon Sharpe NFL Sports Picks figure. The current Broncos blue jersey and the retro "orange crush" jersey version both sold out inside 48 hours. The current blue jersey version sold out faster than the retro orange version.

Contests, Contests, Contests

The crack team at spawn.com has lots of stuff to give away to our dedicated Web site users. Be sure to enter any of the contests listed on the new Contests Section of spawn.com for your chance to score cool McFarlane prizes. And check back often as this section is updated with new contests periodically. Good luck.

ToyFest 2004

Check out the ToyFest page for the latest news on McFarlane Toys and the 2004 lines.

Spawn.com Message Boards

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Where to Buy and Release Dates

Not sure where to find you favorite McFarlane Toy? Check out the spawn.com Where to Buy page. When can you buy it? Go to the Release Dates chart from our Toys page.

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