Charlie (In)Action Figure

Even though you know they aren’t going to be very posable, McFarlane Toys’ upcoming “LOST” figures are going to sell like mad. Especially coming off a season finale like last night’s - man, talk about leaving viewers with a freaking cliffhanger that, as the cliché goes, is bound to leave them talking for months to come! Either way, with figures that look as nice as this, a fanbase that’s becoming more and more rabid for quality tie-in crapola, plus an article in USA Today, Todd’s got himself another licensing goldmine, methinks.

“Ideally, we want to have multiple series,” McFarlane says. “But you want to get out of the gate strong. You’ve got to have the top two — Kate and Jack — but then I don’t want to burn off all the top people. I’ll probably do Sawyer with his shirt off for Series 2.”

Some cast members were more excited about the prospect of becoming toys than others. “You have those that get it and those that don’t,” says McFarlane, who spent an hour with each actor. “Jorge Garcia (Hurley), Daniel Dae Kim (Jin), Dominic Monaghan (Charlie) and Michelle Rodriguez (Ana Lucia) were real geeks who got it.”

The one who didn’t get it: Terry O’Quinn (Locke).

“He has that kind of anti-commercial thing,” McFarlane says.

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