>>6323837That's a good point you bring up about losing retail presence, and it's an easy one to forget for folks that rarely went to malls or video/movie stores. I don't remember if Todd ever commented on this stuff at the time it was happening. I do recall the Spawn forums becoming less about Spawn toys and more about other lines (maybe because the McFarlane stuff was going up in price but the toys were becoming lackluster, I forget). I do recall McFarlane taking down the forums, using those same reasons so many other sites use when they no longer want the hassle of on-site discussion.
"The second reason for this post is to announce some news. As some of you might remember, back when we started the Spawn Boards, social media wasn't nearly the giant force it is today. And while we continue to have a very active, but small community on these boards, we feel that there are better ways to provide social outlets for our fans in a wider arena."
"With that in mind, we've decided that as of Friday, October 14, the Spawn message boards will permanently be removed from the
spawn.com website. Besides announcing this news, we also wanted to allow this transition enough time for everyone to collect any contact info they might need before the boards are officially taken down."
>>6322590Yeah, I'll never get rid of my McFarlane toys from their golden years. Especially the in-house lines like Total Chaos and Techno Spawn. Was in my early 20's when this stuff was on shelves around 1998. I'd had GI Joes as a kid so I knew these weren't the best articulated but I didn't care. The size and sculpt were better than almost anything else on the shelf, especially for the price they were going for. Still don't think many things today match McFarlane's best years.
