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…
It’s beginning to be that time of year for toys. But you never know how annoying it might get to…
