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" The switch is thrown, his eyes glow and blink red, his hands are loosely connected to his arms, so they shake slightly too. He buzzes and vibrates, causing the figure and chair to move a little to one side. "   - From Toy Description

                              
             Death Row Marv                         A Real Electric Chair Execution                        Death Row Marv again
                                            Death Row Marv images deleted courtesy of McFarlaneGuide.com
  Death Row Marv was released for summer 2000.
                        
DEATH ROW MARV DELUXE BOXED FIGURE WITH SOUND AND MOTION
      From Mc Farlane Toys 2000 Catalog:  http://www.spawn.com/toyfair2000/catalog/deathrowmarv.boxed.html
 
" Any last words?   Good, then throw the switch. Marv, the gritty anti-hero from the Frank Miller Sin City comic series, rides the lightning in this re-creation of the final scene of the original story arc. Marv is 6 1/4 inches tall seated on the electric chair. When you flip the switch, you hear an electric buzz sound, Marv's eyes glow red, he convulses and says, "That the best you can do, you pansies?" He is articulated at the neck, shoulders, waist and wrists, and comes with the chair, wired helmet, floorboards and electrocuting switch."

Contact Todd McFarlane Toys to tell them what you think of Marv...
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   McFarlane Toys:                                              Steve the Victim
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   Collector's Club:                                              Chet, McFToys
   Customer Service:                             customerservice@mcfarlane.com

   Ironically, Death Row Marv's creator Todd McFarlane, is originally from Calgary, Alberta, Canada !

When the switch is thrown, Marv buzzes and shakes, has glowing  red eyes, and says " Is that the best you can do, you pansies ? ! "

 A Real Electric Chair Execution                        Death Row Marv again                                  A Real Electric Chair Execution
                                                   Death Row Marv images deleted courtesy of McFarlaneGuide.com
      The world is aware American kids are encouraged to play with firearms, now they're being encouraged to kill for the state as well !

WASHINGTON - DEATH ROW MARV is sitting on my desk, strapped to an electric chair, staring at me. This "toy," marketed for kids ages 13 years old and up, came from a local comic book store. It's a half-foot-tall replica of a violent character created by surly graphic artist Frank Miller.

I feel sick just looking at this prison-gray chunk of plastic. And I haven't even installed the batteries. These are the times that make you long for the good old days of Cabbage Patch Kids and Betsy Wetsy dolls.

Death Row Marv can move his neck, shoulders, waist and wrists. He comes with "the chair, wired helmet, floorboards and electrocuting switch." For $23.95, you, too, can purchase the "deluxe box set" and share the cheap thrill of executing a murderer: "Feel the burn as the electric buzz fills the room and he starts to shake and convulse," an ad promotion for Death Row Marv beckons. "Experience the pain as the shaking continues and his eyes start to
glow bright red. Enjoy the torment as he utters his famous last words, 'Is that the best you can do, you pansies?' "

TODD MCFARLANE, an action figure entrepreneur based in Arizona, rolled out the macabre novelty item earlier this summer. According to one newspaper account, 65,000 Marv dolls have been produced and sold in the United States. There are waiting lists across the country.

McFarlane says the toy is "cool." Lighten up, Marv fans tell their critics.

I am not interested in seeing Marv toys or comic books banned by government, and of course it is parents' responsibility to monitor what their children buy and read. But have we grown so accustomed to bloodlust marketed as youthful entertainment that nothing is beyond the bounds of good taste?

The National Organization of Parents of Murdered Children is one of the few groups that has objected to Death Row Marv. "Is this the type of toy we want our children playing with?" the group asked in a recent alert. "What will they come up with next -- a rape doll, complete with bottles of 'blood'? How about an incest doll? Why isn't murder just as disgusting as these two
examples?"

Death penalty supporters should be just as sickened by Marv as death penalty opponents. The power of the state to punish is both its greatest and worst power.

Conservative columnist George Will notes that "capital punishment, like the rest of the criminal justice system, is a government program, so skepticism is in order." So, also, is a sense of sobriety and self-restraint. The National Organization of Parents of Murdered Children has a simple request:

"If you are as disgusted with McFarlane Toys as we are, and wish to let them know that murder is not entertainment, you can contact them at: Todd McFarlane Productions, P.O. Box 27228, Tempe, Ariz. 85285-7228."

Help put market pressure on manufacturers to pull the plug on tasteless humor for profit. It's not soft on crime to be tough on those who treat the death penalty as a joke.