August 21, 2023 – Tempe, Arizona– Today, The Toy Foundation announced its finalists for their Toy of the Year awards.

McFarlane Toys was honored with THREE nominations in THREE separate categories:

Action Figure of the Year – Gunslinger Spawn with Horse

Grown-Up Toy of the Year – The Riddler Puzzle Box by Edward Nygma – Detective Mode 

Vehicle of the Year – Radio Controlled Akula (Avatar: The Way of Water) 

The category winners will be determined by votes from Toy Association winners, media, retailers, and consumers. The voting window closes midnight on September 8, and winners will be announced at the TOTY Awards on September 29, 2023 in New York City.

Based off Todd McFarlane’s Spawn Comic Series, Gunslinger Spawn with Horse is an incredibly detailed 7″ figure designed with ultra-articulation and up to 22 moving parts for posing and play. Gunslinger Spawn includes a fully articulated horse, a gatling gun, two pistols, a rifle, and base.

The Akula swims through the water with the highly realistic agile movement and control of a real shark! The Akula includes a 2.4 GHZ full function remote control allowing for forward, backward, left, and right movement, two auto teaching modes, variable speed controllers for subtle life-like movements, battery run time of up to 40 minutes per use, and glow-in-the-dark feature.

The Riddler Puzzle Box: Detective Mode includes 4 awesome and challenging puzzles that can only be solved with the use of black light. Every puzzle will put your Batman knowledge to the test to earn the ultimate payoff prize, a 1:1 scale metal batarang.