Wizard
World Philadelphia Convention To Host The
First Ever ToyFare Hall of Fame Awards!
Toy Superstars Clayburn
Moore, the Four Horsemen and Randy Falk
of NECA Will Be Inducted In The Inaugural
Ceremony!
 Congers,
NY (April 15, 2008) – The Wizard
World comic convention is coming to
Philadelphia from May 30th to June 1st.
The convention will host the 1st Annual
ToyFare Hall of Fame Awards. ToyFare, America’s
leading consumer toy publication, will be
honoring three entities for their significant
contributions and impact on the toy industry.
This year’s inductees are Randy Falk,
Clayburn Moore and the Four Horsemen.
As the Director of Product
Development for NECA, Randy Falk has helped
bring amazingly lifelike sculpts of pop
culture’s most iconic figures to the
masses. With their collector-friendly figures
of Hellraiser, Harry Potter, John Lennon
and the Pirates of the Caribbean, NECA has
shown that toys aren’t just for kids.
“I am an avid toy fan and collector
and I feel very lucky to be working in the
toy business and to be able to make a living
doing something that I truly love,”
Falk said. “To be recognized and honored
for it goes far beyond my expectations.”
The man behind C.S. Moore
Studio, Clayburn Moore, called his inclusion
in the inaugural awards ceremony an “unexpected
and very much appreciated surprise.”
Moore has long been the sculptor of choice
to create breathtaking statues of modern
comic book legends—especially curvaceous
heroines like Fathom and Witchblade. And
through Moore Action Collectibles, he was
a pioneer in bringing figures of many unfairly
overlooked properties to life.
Instead of bringing about
the apocalypse, Four Horsemen Studios have
brought about wildly imaginative sculpts
of He-Man, Batman and the rest of their
respective universes through their work
at Mattel and NECA. Factor in their entirely
fan-decided Seventh Kingdom toy line and
it’s obvious that the Four Horsemen
have the fans in mind. “We’ve
been big fans of ToyFare magazine since
their very first special issues and they
have always been very supportive of everything
we’ve worked on,” said a spokesman
for the group.
The ceremony for the 1st
Annual ToyFare Hall of Fame Awards will
be held on Friday, May 30th at 5 PM in the
ToyFare Theatre. This is one awards show
you’ll want to sit through to the
end! You can purchase your tickets for Wizard
World Philadelphia at www.wizardworld.com.
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