McFarlane Toys to Do Hanna Barbera

[Tony Coca]

Form Spawn.com

MCFARLANE TOYS ANNOUNCES HANNA-BARBERA PARTNERSHIP
Legendary Cartoon Favorites to Get the McFarlane Touch
January 25, 2006
Copyright 2006 TMP International, Inc.


Warner Bros. Consumer Products has announced its global partnership with McFarlane Toys to introduce an all-new line of action figures based on characters from the hugely successful Hanna-Barbera™ library. This new range of action figures will be available at retail outlets worldwide beginning in the summer and continuing through the fall of 2006.

McFarlane Toys will bring classic Hanna-Barbera characters to life in 3D replicas, capturing many of the favorite legendary and iconic moments from the property's rich history. The suggested retail prices in the United States will be approximately $12.00 for individual pieces and box sets will retail for around $22.00. McFarlane will initially concentrate on such characters as Fred Flintstone, Tom and Jerry and Quickdraw McGraw. More great Hanna-Barbera characters will follow.

"Hanna-Barbera is a legendary animation brand around the world, with classic appeal to both current fans and upcoming generations," says Karen McTier, executive vice president of domestic licensing and worldwide marketing, Warner Bros. Consumer Products. "McFarlane Toys understands the distinctive charm of this property and its characters and will no doubt translate that into a product line that captures a creative essence and imagination."

"I believe the nature of the Hanna-Barbera brand will allow us to bring to life a wonderful new world of action figures, which will be embraced by collectors and fans alike," says Todd McFarlane, CEO and Spawn creator, McFarlane Toys. "We will be utilizing the full range of McFarlane talent for this collection and applying our characteristic style and finesse to the timeless Hanna-Barbera characters."

Hanna-Barbera is the ultimate collection of animated characters under one widely known umbrella brand. This collection has something for everyone * pic-a-nic basket-stealing bears, families of the future, families of the past, theatrical pink lions, cats chasing mice, mice chasing cats, superhero ants, super-spy extraordinaire squirrels * and many more wacky characters.

[Collection King 13]

Cool!

[Wooktroop]

Wahoo!! nice. hopefully we get some herculoids

1950s and 1960s
The Ruff & Reddy Show (1957)
The Huckleberry Hound Show (1958)
Quick Draw McGraw (1959)
Loopy De Loop (Columbia Pictures short subjects, 1959 - 1965)
The Flintstones and various spin-offs (1960)
Top Cat (1961)
The Yogi Bear Show and various spin-offs (1961)
The Jetsons (1962)
The Magilla Gorilla Show (1963)
Jonny Quest (1964)
Hey There, It's Yogi Bear! (Columbia Pictures feature, 1964)
The Atom Ant/Secret Squirrel Show (1965)
Frankenstein Jr. and The Impossibles (1966)
Space Ghost and Dino Boy (1966)
The Man Called Flintstone (Columbia Pictures feature, 1966)
Birdman and the Galaxy Trio (1967)
The Herculoids (1967)
The Banana Splits Adventure Hour (1968; live action/animated)
Wacky Races (1968)
The Perils of Penelope Pitstop (1969)
Scooby-Doo, Where Are You! and various spin-offs (1969)
Dastardly and Muttley in their Flying Machines (1969)

1970s
The Harlem Globetrotters (1970)
Josie and the *****cats (1970)
The Funky Phantom (1971)
Help! It's The Hair Bear Bunch (1971)
Pebbles & Bamm-Bamm (1971)
The Roman Holidays (1972)
Sealab 2020 (1972)
Speed Buggy (1973)
Superfriends and various spin-offs (1973)
Yogi's Gang (1973)
Charlotte's Web (Paramount Pictures feature, 1973)
The Addams Family (the first animated version, 1973)
Hong Kong Phooey (1974)
Wheelie and the Chopper Bunch (1974)
The New Tom & Jerry/Grape Ape Show (1975)
The Scooby-Doo/Dynomutt Hour (1976)
Jabberjaw (1976)
Scooby's All-Star Laff-a-Lympics (1977)

1980s
The Richie Rich/Scooby and Scrappy-Doo Show (1980)
Smurfs (1981)
Space Stars (1981)
The Pac-Man/Little Rascals/Richie Rich Show (1982)
Shirt Tales (1982)
The Snorks (1984)
Challenge of the GoBots (1984)
Pound Puppies (1986)
The Completely Mental Misadventures of Ed Grimley (1988)
Fantastic Max (1988)

1990s
Tom and Jerry Kids (1990)
The Addams Family (the second animated version, 1992)
Two Stupid Dogs (1993)
SWAT Kats: The Radical Squadron (1993)
The What-A-Cartoon! Show (1995)
Dexter's Laboratory (1996)
Johnny Bravo (1997)
Cow and Chicken (1997)
The Powerpuff Girls (1998)
Ed, Edd n Eddy (co-produced with a.k.a. Cartoon, 1999)
Courage the Cowardly Dog (1999)

2000s
Grim and Evil (2001)
Samurai Jack (2001)
Codename: Kids Next Door (2002)
The Powerpuff Girls Movie (Warner Bros feature, 2002)
Foster's Home for Imaginary Friends (2004)
Hi Hi Puffy Ami Yumi (2004)
Camp Lazlo (2005)
The Life and Times of Juniper Lee (2005)
Ben 10 (2005)
My Gym Partner's a Monkey (2005)

[Tony Coca]

Now since Superfriends was done by Hanna Barbera,Will they be able to make toys of these characters.Especially the ones that arent real DC characters.

[nbr3bagshotrow]

Now this is an action figure collection I could get into!











and most likely will.

[Wooktroop]

Originally Posted by Tony Coca

Now since Superfriends was done by Hanna Barbera,Will they be able to make toys of these characters.Especially the ones that arent real DC characters.

that would be sweet, id love a complete set of the legion of doom
with a darth vader helmet swap base playset

[Tony Coca]

Originally Posted by Wooktroop

that would be sweet, id love a complete set of the legion of doom
with a darth vader helmet swap base playset

But could they legally do that.

[Wooktroop]

Originally Posted by Tony Coca

But could they legally do that.

i doubt it
im sure mcfarlane would need a double licence

[Tony Coca]

Originally Posted by Wooktroop

i doubt it
im sure mcfarlane would need a double licence

but what about characters like Apache Cheif,Samuri,Black Vulcan they arent DC characters do you that they will be done.

[Zurbaran1]

Gee, I wonder who might be sculpting some of these.