Spectre Toys to Haunt Dark Shadows Festival & 2010 San Diego Comic-Con

Los Angeles, CA – July 10, 2010 - Spectre Toys is proud to announce their participation in two upcoming consumer shows: the 2010 Dark Shadows Festival and the 2010 San Diego Comic-Con. Spectre will be attending both shows and has announced details concerning their fan favorite “Dark Shadows” line of figures.

The Dark Shadows Festival (July 16, 17, &18th at the Burbank Marriott Hotel, Burbank, CA.) will be the first stop for Spectre Toys convention tour this year. There will be a very limited supply of pre release Barnabas & Angelique figures available for sale, as well as several prototypes of upcoming “Dark Shadows” figures. These upcoming figures were based on fan recommendations and polls via the Spectre Toys website (www.spectretoy.com). Make certain to stop by and see which figures will be released next! For more information on the Dark Shadows Festival, visit: http://www.darkshadowsfestival.com/page02.htm

Spectre’s next stop will be the 2010 San Diego Comic-Con. Spectre will be located at the Entertainment Earth Booth # 2342 and will have available a special “Dark Shadows”, San Diego Comic-Con Exclusive, the Chris Jennings Werewolf. This figure features Chris Jennings as the Werewolf in his tattered clothing and menacing snarl, and comes in special SDCC packaging. Also available will be a limited supply of Barnabas Collins and Angelique Bouchard figures.

Also at San Diego Comic-Con, Spectre Toys will be making a few announcements regarding further “Dark Shadows” and Spectre Toys releases and will have available the upcoming “Dark Shadows” figures prototypes. Plus, attendees will meet a special guest from “Dark Shadows”. Lara Parker, who played the illustrious witch Angelique Bouchard, will be on hand to meet fans and to sign autographs! Make certain to stop by and have Lara sign her first ever Angelique action figure! Lara will be signing on Saturday afternoon from 3 to 4 PM.

Look for Spectre Toys in the Entertainment Earth Booth # 2343.
For more information on San Diego Comic-Con, visit:
http://www.comic-con.org/cci/

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Spectre Toys Announces Dark Shadows

SPECTRE OF THINGS TO COME AND
A COUPLE OF BLASTS FROM THE PAST:
INTRODUCING SPECTRE TOYS

Los Angeles, CA – April 9, 2010 - On July 1st, SPECTRE TOYS will unleash its first products to awaiting collectors. Although a new company, its roots are firmly planted in a storied past. Spectre Toys is led by Rick Phares, the brains behind Majestic Studios, which was known for its innovative and eclectic toy output, such as the 12-inch “Battlestar Galactica” Cylon and the Zuni Fetish Warrior Replica from “Trilogy of Terror.”

Out of the past, Spectre’s first release is a series of 8-inch action figures from the original 1966-71 ABC-TV gothic horror serial, DARK SHADOWS, which was named one of TV Guide’s “Top 25 Cult Shows Ever.” Phares said, “The brilliance of the show sprung from its legendary creator-producer-director Dan Curtis. The first scene of the show came to him in a dream and he applied a dreamlike quality to the entire series.”

“In keeping with our retro theme,” Phares continued, “our ‘Dark Shadows’ line will be sculpted and clothed in the ‘70s MEGO style. They will look exactly how 8-inch articulated figures of the day would have looked during ‘Dark Shadows’ initial TV run, but with just a few extra modern technical touches. We‘ve come a long way in manufacturing since then.”

Spectre Toys has partnered with EMCE Toys, the company that brought back the 8-inch classic MEGO format. Founded by pop culture entrepreneur Joe Sena and renowned expert Paul “Dr. Mego” Clarke, EMCE has “MEGO-ized” multiple classic properties such as DC Comics superheroes, “Star Trek”, “The Venture Bros.” and many others.

Card art for the series will be done by legendary Mego Packagaing Artist Harold Shull

“The resurgence of ‘Dark Shadows’ and 70s style figures have come together at the right time,” Phares added. “It’s been widely reported that a new ‘Dark Shadows’ theatrical film will be shot this fall by director Tim Burton and starring Johnny Depp as Barnabas Collins.”

Spectre’s first “Dark Shadows” release will include the brooding, 175 year old vampire Barnabas Collins and the woman who put the vampiric curse upon him - the beautiful but deadly witch Angelique. Each figure will be limited to a 3,000 piece run. The prototype for Barnabas is available for viewing now at the Spectre Toys website (www.spectretoy.com)

Soon the comic book and pop culture convention season will be in full swing. As Majestic Studios did in the past, Spectre will have a convention-exclusive figure premiering at the San Diego Comic Con, July 21st to 25th. Only 500 pieces will be available at the ‘Entertainment Earth’ booth at San Diego.

That exclusive will be the shape-shifting werewolf Chris Jennings, a descendant of Quentin Collins from the 1890s who was likewise afflicted with lycanthropy. (Yes, Quentin was cured and later time traveled and appeared in modern times, but that’s a story for another day – or better yet, go watch the DVDs from mpihomevideo.com)

At the San Diego Comic Con, Spectre Toys will be making a few announcements regarding further “Dark Shadows” and Spectre Toys releases. Plus, attendees will meet a special surprise guest from “Dark Shadows!” Remember; make a note to look for Spectre Toys at the ‘Entertainment Earth’ booth. Representatives will be there to answer questions and take fan suggestions for future figures.

Samples of some of the original 1970s figures can be viewed at the Mego Museum website (www.megomuseum.com).

For more information about where to purchase Spectre Toys releases, go to www.spectretoy.com

Barnabus is available for PreOrder from Entertainment Earth

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