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NEW TIM BURTON ORIGINAL ITEMS ARRIVE FROM DARK HORSE DELUXE!

DARK HORSE UNVEILS THE NEXT WAVE OF TRAGIC TOYS, INCLUDING 6” VINYLS, TWO NEW
JOURNALS,

HEAT-SENSITIVE COFFEE MUGS, AND MORE!



The fertile imagination of Tim Burton is one of the most interesting creative
resources in pop culture today. While his many films are stamped with his unique
vision, cinema is an inherently collaborative process. It was therefore with
great excitement and pride that Dark Horse Deluxe brought forward a merchandise
program based on Burton’s most personal work – the delightfully twisted
characters who populate his book The Melancholy Death of Oyster Boy and Other
Stories.

Springing from Burton’s sketchpads and notebooks, these charming little
characters have taken on a life of their own. They are his strange little
children, and although some have described them as twisted or odd, as Burton
himself has observed: “One person’s craziness is another person’s reality.”

Dark Horse has collaborated closely with Burton in making many of these
characters “real,” most notably in a series of faithfully sculpted miniature
figures sold in boxed sets. After finding wide acceptance in the specialty
market, these have been perennial sellers over the last several years.

Dark Horse Deluxe now proudly introduces large-size vinyl versions of these
characters for the collector market. While the same faithful attention to detail
is present, this new 6” and larger size brings forward the special nuance of
each individual creation, and fits very nicely into the ever-growing popularity
of “designer vinyl” collectible toys. Three releases are planned for the end of
2009: Oyster Boy, Stain Boy, and Toxic Boy.

In conjunction with this, Dark Horse is refreshing the packaging of the original
boxed sets, giving the packaging a new graphic-design look and, in a reluctant
bow to the increased cost of just about everything, a new suggested retail
price.

The Tim Burton program is also bring updated with a variety of other new
releases, including two heat-sensitive coffee mugs, a pull-tab journal that
animates a Burton watercolor scene, a new light-up journal, playing cards,
T-shirts and note cards in light-up boxes.

“Dark Horse Deluxe has been privileged to work with many of today’s
popular-culture giants,” VP of Product Development David Scroggy remarked, “but
there is no one who we get excited about more than Tim Burton. These characters
are almost like his little children, and we are grateful that he trusts us with
them. We have always told Tim that our mission with this program is to bring
forward his artistic vision, and we take that responsibility seriously. The new
items are a step forward on that journey, and while we don’t know exactly where
it will lead us, we are certainly having some fun along the way.”

As a capstone to a storied, ongoing career, Tim Burton is to be recognized with
a career retrospective show at the Museum of Modern Art in New York. The exhibit
will run from November 2009 through March 2010. Dark Horse Deluxe products will
be available at the museum, and the original sculpture maquettes for the figures
will be a part of the installation. With previously unseen characters being
exhibited, it is likely that selected pieces will find their way into the
merchandise line as Burton deems appropriate.


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