In Reagan's account, McFarlane told Reagan that the Iranians, to demonstrate their seriousness, offered to persuade the Hezbollah terrorists to release the seven U. S. hostages.

For the release of Halo 3, McFarlane was enlisted to design a series of action figures.

In 2001, following the success of the first series, and with the release of Metal Gear Solid 2: Sons of Liberty, McFarlane Toys and Konami combined their efforts to produce a line of action figures depicting Sons of Libertys main characters.

An exclusive video for " Hit The Game " was shot by the BBC for their television programme The Music Show and aired following the year, but plans to release the EP were scrapped by McFarlane who was not happy with the material and there has yet to be an official release.

McFarlane planned to release series 3 in January 2008, which would have included Sayid, Desmond, Claire, and Henry Gale ( Benjamin Linus ) as well as the box set, Oceanic Flight 815 Crash Site.

In a press release, McFarlane stated, " We choose to work with people who convey a particular attitude and this video is a tribute to that attitude ," while Pearl Jam stated, " As artists we are challenged to expand the meaning of our work and by utilizing this visual medium and working with a visionary like Todd, we were able to further explore some of the themes we depicted in the song " Do the Evolution ".

This issue features many examples of the editorial crew's tongue-in-cheek black humour: in its editorial, an apology for the delayment of the publication of Batman / Darkness due to Marc Silvestris " lazyness ", and a statement that Todd McFarlane spends most of his time in his garage, playing with action figures and talking for them in changed voices.

In 2005, McFarlane acquired the rights ( previously held by rival manufacturer Playmates Toys ) to produce figures based on the popular Fox TV series The Simpsons.

On June 23, 2006, McFarlane announced the first line of actual Simpsons action figures, rather than statuettes or boxed sets, which would be released in 2007.

He was the third member of his family to attend the Academy, after his uncle Robert McFarlane ( 1925 ) and his brother Bill ( 1949 ).

McFarlane resigned on December 5, 1985, citing that he wanted to spend more time with his family ; he was replaced by Admiral John Poindexter.

McFarlane also found through the help of his great friend Dr. Helena Wright and her family a home and a family of sorts.

Heavy metal band Iced Earth, released their 1996 album The Dark Saga which is based upon the comic book character Spawn, created by Todd McFarlane.

Australian music historian Ian McFarlane described their style as " concentrated on a bright, uptempo sound, although they were too pop to be considered strictly folk and too folk to be rock.

Australian music historian, Ian McFarlane described their style as " concentrated on a bright, uptempo sound, although they were too pop to be considered strictly folk and too folk to be rock.

On July 21, 2011 at San Diego Comic-Con International, McFarlane and Stan Lee debuted their new comic, Blood Red Dragon.

Todd McFarlane is also the cartoonist responsible for the cover art of the albums Ten Thousand Fists, released in September 2005 and Indestructible, released June 2008 by metal band Disturbed, and the art in their single " Land of Confusion ", as well as that of metal band Iced Earth's 1996 Spawn-based concept album The Dark Saga and Korn's third studio album Follow the Leader, which was released in 1998.

Historian Richard A. McFarlane has called Rhodes " as integral a participant in southern African and British imperial history as George Washington or Abraham Lincoln are in their respective eras in United States history .... ost histories of South Africa covering the last decades of the nineteenth century are contributions to the historiography of Cecil Rhodes.

This type of packaging is popular today and can be seen being used by McFarlane Toys for their Movie Maniacs line of action figures beginning with Series V. Other companies that utilize this type of packaging are NECA / Reel Toys ( National Entertainment Collectibles Association ) with their Cult Classics and Pirates of the Caribbean line of figures, and Toy Biz with its Marvel Legends action figures, which included a comic book placed between the two PVC segments.

According to Australian rock historian, Ian McFarlane, they had developed their " own distinctive sound as defined by Kuepper's frenetic, whirlwind guitar style and Bailey's arrogant snarl ".

Unlike many other Syndicate ghostwriters, McFarlane was regarded highly enough by the Syndicate that he was frequently given advances of $ 25 or $ 50, and during the Depression, when fees were lowered, he was paid $ 85 for each Hardy Boys book when other Syndicate ghostwriters were receiving only $ 75 for their productions.

The early volumes, largely written by Leslie McFarlane, have been praised for their atmosphere and writing style, qualities often considered lacking in juvenile series books.

As late as 1862 the Wurundjeri were " often seen in their possum skin coats, armed with spears, and retreating mainly to the unsold hill north of Collingwood where they camped with their dogs, played football with a possum-skin ball and fought with other Aborigines ", according to researchers McFarlane and Roberts, reported on in the Herald Sun.

A 6-inch figure of " Brundlefly " was created by McFarlane Toys for their Movie Maniacs line in 2000.

According to rock music historian, Ian McFarlane, their " tasteful, jangly brand of country-tinged folk rock was at odds with prevailing trends on Sydney's early 1980s, Detroit-besotted independent scene.

In 1999, the Hamersley Reference Group was formed to advise then-Federal Member for Stirling Jann McFarlane MHR on issues related to the ABC radio transmission towers and their effect on local residents.

Additionally, most merchandising for T2 and T3-both at the time of their original releases and retroactively-( e. g. Action Masters miniatures, Cinemaquette statues, Sideshow Collectables replicas, Hollywood Collectibles statuettes, ArtFX kits, Medicom figures, Hot Toys, and McFarlane Toys ) have all used the T-800 and T-850 nomenclature, contributing to this designation having arguably the most popular and widely disseminated usage, especially in direct juxtaposition to the explicitly named T-600s and T-1000.

In 1997, action figures were part of an overall marketing deal between McFarlane Toys and the rock band KISS, with both toys and comic books based on their album Psycho Circus.

The second musical property that McFarlane released was based on the immensely popular pop-culture icons, The Beatles, featuring figures of Paul McCartney, John Lennon, George Harrison, and Ringo Starr as they appeared in their 1968 animated movie " Yellow Submarine.

While McFarlane is known for producing many variations on their figures, particularly when re-releasing them, the rare variants are initially shipped along with the more common variant and are considered more valuable by collectors because of their relatively low quantity in relation to the common variant as well as the other figures in the series.

After that, the Syndicate focused on mystery series aimed again at its younger base: the Hardy Boys, which first appeared in 1927, ghostwritten by Leslie McFarlane and others, and Nancy Drew, which first appeared in 1930, ghostwritten by Mildred Wirt Benson, Walter Karig, and others.

Salicrup offered McFarlane a new Spider-Man book, prompting the launch of a new monthly title simply called Spider-Man, which McFarlane both wrote and illustrated.

McFarlane wrote and illustrated Spider-Mans first 14 issues, as well as # 16 ; many issues of which were crossovers with characters such as Wolverine, X-Force, and Ghost Rider.

McFarlane then left Marvel with six other popular artists to form Image Comics, an umbrella company under which each owned a publishing house.

In 2006 McFarlane announced plans for Spawn / Batman with artist Greg Capullo, which McFarlane wrote and inked, which paid tribute to Jack Kirby.

McFarlane increasingly concentrated his own personal attention to those other ventures, which resulted in irregular work as an illustrator.

It also produced the animated series Todd McFarlane ’ s Spawn, ( featuring voice work by actor Keith David ) which aired on HBO from 1997 until 1999.

McFarlane was one of several artists to illustrate a variant cover for Kirkman's The Walking Dead # 100, which was released July 11, 2012 at the San Diego Comic-Con.

( McGwire's 61st was the ball which tied Roger Maris ' then-record, while McGwire's 70th, bought by McFarlane at auction for US $ 3 million, set a new record at the time — broken in 2001 by Barry Bonds.

McFarlane, who is a former minority owner of the Edmonton Oilers, designed the logo used on the team's alternate third jersey, which debuted in 2001.

In January 2005, McFarlane announced that he was set to produce a half-hour anthology television series for Fox called Twisted Tales, based on the Bruce Jones ' comic book to which McFarlane had purchased the rights.

The first was a 2002 suit in which McFarlane contested with writer Neil Gaiman over the rights to some supporting Spawn characters created by Gaiman in issue # 9 of the Spawn series and over payment for later works featuring those characters.

In 1997 the two signed a deal in which Gaiman would give his share of characters Angela, Medieval Spawn and Cogliostro to McFarlane in exchange of McFarlane's share of British superhero Marvelman ( in reality, what McFarlane actually owned were two trademarks for Miracleman logos, not the character, which would become clear only after the lawsuit concluded ).

However, this deal was broken by McFarlane, which motivated Neil Gaiman to start the lawsuit.