6 Faces of Madness
Encyclopedia
McFarlane's Monsters III: 6 Faces of Madness is an action figure
series released by McFarlane Toys
in June 2004 as part of McFarlane Monsters Series.
2) Billy the Kid
3) Elizabeth Báthory
4) Jack the Ripper
5) Rasputin
6) Vlad the Impaler
McFarlane also released an accessory pack for 6 Faces of Madness for Collector's Club. This accessory pack features more than a dozen items that can be used with all the figures in the Six Faces of Madness line except for Attila the Hun. Larger items include a custom base for Elizabeth Bathory, several weapons for Billy the Kid, a lamp post for Jack the Ripper, several potion bottles and tubes for Rasputin and torso on stake for Vlad the Impaler.
Action figure
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series released by McFarlane Toys
McFarlane Toys
McFarlane Toys, a subsidiary of Todd McFarlane Productions, Inc., is a company started by Todd McFarlane that makes highly detailed models of characters from movies, comics, musicians, video games, and sport figures...
in June 2004 as part of McFarlane Monsters Series.
Features
6 Faces of Madness focuses on a historical look at some of the human race's most notorious blood-letters and miscreants. It includes:- 1) Attila the HunAttila the HunAttila , more frequently referred to as Attila the Hun, was the ruler of the Huns from 434 until his death in 453. He was leader of the Hunnic Empire, which stretched from the Ural River to the Rhine River and from the Danube River to the Baltic Sea. During his reign he was one of the most feared...
- Fifth century king of the HunsHunsThe Huns were a group of nomadic people who, appearing from east of the Volga River, migrated into Europe c. AD 370 and established the vast Hunnic Empire there. Since de Guignes linked them with the Xiongnu, who had been northern neighbours of China 300 years prior to the emergence of the Huns,...
. - 2) Billy the KidBilly the KidWilliam H. Bonney William H. Bonney William H. Bonney (born William Henry McCarty, Jr. est. November 23, 1859 – c. July 14, 1881, better known as Billy the Kid but also known as Henry Antrim, was a 19th-century American gunman who participated in the Lincoln County War and became a frontier...
- Nineteenth century American frontier outlaw and murderer. - 3) Elizabeth BáthoryElizabeth BáthoryCountess Elizabeth Báthory de Ecsed was a countess from the renowned Báthory family of Hungarian nobility. Although in modern times she has been labelled the most prolific serial killer in history, the number of murders has been debated...
- Sixteenth Century Countess of HungaryHungaryHungary , officially the Republic of Hungary , is a landlocked country in Central Europe. It is situated in the Carpathian Basin and is bordered by Slovakia to the north, Ukraine and Romania to the east, Serbia and Croatia to the south, Slovenia to the southwest and Austria to the west. The...
. - 4) Jack the RipperJack the Ripper"Jack the Ripper" is the best-known name given to an unidentified serial killer who was active in the largely impoverished areas in and around the Whitechapel district of London in 1888. The name originated in a letter, written by someone claiming to be the murderer, that was disseminated in the...
- Nineteenth Century English serial killer. - 5) Rasputin - Twentieth Century Russian Priest.
- 6) Vlad the Impaler - Fifteenth century prince of WallachiaWallachiaWallachia or Walachia is a historical and geographical region of Romania. It is situated north of the Danube and south of the Southern Carpathians...
(now RomaniaRomaniaRomania is a country located at the crossroads of Central and Southeastern Europe, on the Lower Danube, within and outside the Carpathian arch, bordering on the Black Sea...
).
Details
1) Attila the HunAttila the Hun
Attila , more frequently referred to as Attila the Hun, was the ruler of the Huns from 434 until his death in 453. He was leader of the Hunnic Empire, which stretched from the Ural River to the Rhine River and from the Danube River to the Baltic Sea. During his reign he was one of the most feared...
- Paint: original paint
- Scale: 6-inch
- Format: action figure
- Packaging: clamshell
- Infamous leader of the bloodthirsty HunsHunsThe Huns were a group of nomadic people who, appearing from east of the Volga River, migrated into Europe c. AD 370 and established the vast Hunnic Empire there. Since de Guignes linked them with the Xiongnu, who had been northern neighbours of China 300 years prior to the emergence of the Huns,...
, fifth-century inhabitants in modern-day HungaryHungaryHungary , officially the Republic of Hungary , is a landlocked country in Central Europe. It is situated in the Carpathian Basin and is bordered by Slovakia to the north, Ukraine and Romania to the east, Serbia and Croatia to the south, Slovenia to the southwest and Austria to the west. The...
, who led devastating plundering raids into western Europe. Known as the Scourge of God, Attila led a vast and merciless mounted army, which left a swath of devastation and death across much of Europe. Attila is said to have died of a nasal hemorrhage on his wedding night.
2) Billy the Kid
Billy the Kid
William H. Bonney William H. Bonney William H. Bonney (born William Henry McCarty, Jr. est. November 23, 1859 – c. July 14, 1881, better known as Billy the Kid but also known as Henry Antrim, was a 19th-century American gunman who participated in the Lincoln County War and became a frontier...
- Paint: original paint
- Scale: 6-inch
- Format: action figure
- Packaging: clamshell
- One of the most noted gunfighters of the American Wild West, Billy the Kid is described as both a cold-blooded murderer and a modern-day Robin HoodRobin HoodRobin Hood was a heroic outlaw in English folklore. A highly skilled archer and swordsman, he is known for "robbing from the rich and giving to the poor", assisted by a group of fellow outlaws known as his "Merry Men". Traditionally, Robin Hood and his men are depicted wearing Lincoln green clothes....
. Billy was at the center of the New MexicoNew MexicoNew Mexico is a state located in the southwest and western regions of the United States. New Mexico is also usually considered one of the Mountain States. With a population density of 16 per square mile, New Mexico is the sixth-most sparsely inhabited U.S...
-based cattle wars and saw a lifetime of violence before his own demise at age 22. Some historians speculate that Billy the Kid actually lived through the attack that was thought to have killed him however, this has never been proven. He's said to have killed more than 20 men in his short life.
3) Elizabeth Báthory
Elizabeth Báthory
Countess Elizabeth Báthory de Ecsed was a countess from the renowned Báthory family of Hungarian nobility. Although in modern times she has been labelled the most prolific serial killer in history, the number of murders has been debated...
- Paint: original paint
- Scale: 6-inch
- Format: action figure
- Packaging: clamshell
- The Blood Countess of Hungary, who struck terror throughout that region in the late 16th and early 17th centuries, and is said to have killed more than 600 young women. A member of the ruling class, Bathory tortured servants throughout her life. Modern legend holds that she began bathing in the blood of slaughtered young girls as a perverse form of a fountain of youth.
4) Jack the Ripper
Jack the Ripper
"Jack the Ripper" is the best-known name given to an unidentified serial killer who was active in the largely impoverished areas in and around the Whitechapel district of London in 1888. The name originated in a letter, written by someone claiming to be the murderer, that was disseminated in the...
- Paint: original paint
- Scale: 6-inch
- Format: action figure
- Packaging: clamshell
- One of the world's most notorious serial killers, noted more for the mystery surrounding his identity than his body count. Brutally killed and mutilated at least five prostitutes with a straight razor on the dark, foggy, dangerous streets of 1888 LondonLondonLondon is the capital city of :England and the :United Kingdom, the largest metropolitan area in the United Kingdom, and the largest urban zone in the European Union by most measures. Located on the River Thames, London has been a major settlement for two millennia, its history going back to its...
. Although it's the subject of much speculation, to this day, Jack the Ripper's true identity remains unknown.
5) Rasputin
- Paint: original paint
- Scale: 6-inch
- Format: action figure
- Packaging: clamshell
- A debauched, illiterate Siberian peasant who turned his sinful life into that of a quasi-religious faith healer and fortune-teller in 19th-century Russia. By "curing" Tsar Nicholas II's son of hemophilia, the "mad monk" became a powerful political and social force in Saint PetersburgSaint PetersburgSaint Petersburg is a city and a federal subject of Russia located on the Neva River at the head of the Gulf of Finland on the Baltic Sea...
. This led to assassination attempts in which Rasputin was poisoned, shot, beaten and eventually drowned. Rasputin ingested enough poison to kill 10 men, shot 3 times, beaten several times and did not completely drown but only partly. Recent evidence release by Russian authorities’ show that Rasputin may have died of hypothermia.
6) Vlad the Impaler
- Paint: original paint
- Scale: 6-inch
- Format: action figure
- Packaging: clamshell
- The true Prince Dracula, known as Vlad Dracula (translated as Son of the Dragon), Vlad Ţepeş and Vlad the Impaler. An important figure in 15th-century Romanian history, Vlad Dracula is known as a patriot, but he was also bloodthirsty, slaughtering around 40,000 of his subjects and around 100,000 Turks. Though Vlad the Impaler is to have thought to have impaled countless victims, this has recently been proven not to be true nor was his "blood lusting." While he did impale victims, those that were impaled were usually those of some rank and used as examples for other. Impaling people was a long and costly process, which is why Vlad reserved it only for certain people.
McFarlane also released an accessory pack for 6 Faces of Madness for Collector's Club. This accessory pack features more than a dozen items that can be used with all the figures in the Six Faces of Madness line except for Attila the Hun. Larger items include a custom base for Elizabeth Bathory, several weapons for Billy the Kid, a lamp post for Jack the Ripper, several potion bottles and tubes for Rasputin and torso on stake for Vlad the Impaler.