The International Toy Fair in New York in February 2001 saw the unveiling of a new set of McFarlane figures, or, "objects of veneration"! Packaged as Clive Barker's Tortured Souls, not the 'Toys From Hell' as speculated, the genius of Todd McFarlane for recreating figures from our favourite horror movies has struck again. Teaming up with the seamier side of Clive's imagination, McFarlane have produced six figures in this range: Venal Anatomica, The Scythe Meister, Lucidique, Mongroid, Agonistes and The Fix (aka Talisac). Released in July 2001, each figure is accompanied by a 1,000 - 2,000 word storyline which, when combined with the other five, creates a novella, 'Six Destinies', outlining the origin of the Tortured Souls. Not for the fainthearted, these started some heated discussion around censorship and lawsuits on the Toy Fair message board hosted on McFarlane's site from the very first day they were unveiled. Spawn.com has an impressive section of its site devoted to images of the
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