Go figure: losties turn up as toys.(McFarlane Toys, Touchstone Television Inc.)

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Go figure: losties turn up as toys.(McFarlane Toys, Touchstone Television Inc.)

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May 23, 2006 | Schneider, Michael | Copyright

Honey, they shrunk the Hurley. Disney/ABC's Touchstone TV has partnered with McFarlane Toys to create a line of action figures based oil characters from the hit skein "Lost."

The toys will be released this fall, timed to "Lost's" third-season bow. First batch of six-inch figures include Jack (Matthew Fox). Kate (Evangeline Lilly), Hurley (Jorge Garcia). Locke (Terry O'Quinn). Charlie (Dominic Monaghan) and Shannon (Maggie Grace).

Each toy will include a full-scale prop that jibes with the character. Kate's figure will include the toy lead plane the character chased down in season one: Hurley will come with a lottery ticket.

And for the "Lost" fall who has time to spare--when not chasing down the latest wild Dharma Initiative/Hanso Foundation piece of speculation floating through the blogosphere--McFarlane will sell deluxe boxed sets that include dioramas of "Lost" locations (think the hatch or the beach) and also re-create famous scenes from the show. …

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