Toy Review: McFarlane Toys Doom and Mortal Kombat Variant Figures

By Luke Y. Thompson

McFarlane Toys made the notion of “bloody variants” commonplace some two decades ago. At the time, the notion of toys based on R-rated properties was shocking, and mainstream retailers wouldn’t carry figures sporting painted blood splatter. So specialty stores carried them instead, while Target and similar stores got either clean or “muddy” versions. Nowadays? Nobody cares. But we’ve missed bloody variants. And…

Luke Y. Thompson
Luke Y. Thompson

Luke Y. Thompson has been a professional film critic since 1999, and part of the toy blogging community since the aughts. He was the first blogger to cover Comic-Con panel by panel for a major trade publication, and has several LA Press Club awards and honorable mentions, including one for reviewing fast food. Follow him on most social media sites as lytrules.

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