Scare: Randy, Thank you for your reply and be reassured I plan to add  
a lot of your items to the site in the next update.  

Randy: Keep up the good work.   

Scare: I hope you can answer these questions for us at The  Hellbound 
Web. I appreciate is you are unable to fully  answer some of them but 
whatever you can say is  gratefully excepted.   

1. First of all, when did you first see Hellraiser and  what effect did 
it have on you? 

Randy: I first saw Hellraiser back in 1987 and was blown away. I was a 
big fan of Halloween, Friday the 13th, and Elm Street of course and then 
Hellraiser came along and I was just awe-struck. I mean the image of 
Pinhead alone was incredible and then all the sexual and religious themes 
mixed in made it unforgettable.   

2. How did you come to be at NECA? 

Randy: I worked for 2 years at McFarlane Toys in the area of Research and 
Development. I learned a lot there and met some very talented people. I 
have great respect for what McFarlane has done to elevate the level of 
sculpting and detail in the Action Figure industry. After a couple of 
years I needed a change and decided to join NECA and build a team of top 
notch sculptors, designers, and painters. We spent 2002 establishing the 
foundation and now people are beginning to see what we are capable of.   

3. How did you go about getting the Hellraiser license? 

Randy: I had some history with it due to my previous experience at 
McFarlane Toys. There was always this misconception that the Hellraiser 
license was not obtainable and I learned over time that was not entirely 
true. When I came to NECA I presented NECA CEO Joel Weinshanker with a list 
of "dream licenses" essentially projects I have always wanted to work on 
that I knew had a strong and loyal fan base. Joel took my advice and put 
the Hellraiser deal together.   

4. What exactly does your licence cover you to  produce? 

Randy: Just about everything. We have the rights to just about anything you 
can think of....   

5. Will you be able to produce figures of Cenobites  from the upcoming two 
films? 

Randy: Yes, we will have the rights for parts 7 and 8.   

6. Any plans for models of the human figures or  entities such as Skinless 
Frank? 

Randy: Of course! We want to produce a well rounded line from the Hellraiser 
universe, not just Cenobites. We also want at least 1 character in each series 
that is visually different then the black leather clad Cenobites. In Series I 
we had Chatter Beast. In Series II we have... you will have to wait and see.   

7. Will we see any original Cenobite designs or  designs from the EPIC Comic 
range? 

Randy: At this time we do not have any plans for original or Epic Comic 
designs. I think we enough great material and designs to pull from the various 
films for some time.   

8. How aware do you feel you are of fan reactions and  of what they want to 
see? 

Randy: Very Aware! First and foremost we are all fans ourselves that is why 
we wanted to produce a Hellraiser Series so bad. We know how fans feel about 
the line so far and I think we have a pretty good idea of what they want. It 
is obvious that every wants the original 4 Cenobites but from a business 
standpoint it makes no sense to put the 4 most popular in the first series. 
We want Hellraiser to last and provide a variety of different characters over 
time.   

9. What do think of the future of the "Hellraiser"  franchise as a whole? 

Randy: I hope that all this merchandise and the action figures will help 
strengthen Hellraiser as a brand. I mean Hellraiser went unlicensed for so long 
it is unreal. Almost every horror fan wanted a Pinhead to stand with their Jason, 
Freddy, and Leatherface. We have made that possible and that makes me very happy. 
I hope that with the success of movies like The Ring, Wrong Turn, and the 
upcoming Freddy vs Jason that a revival takes place and movies like Hellraiser are 
given bigger budgets and are brought back to the big screen.   

10. Out of your products what are you post proud of? 

Randy: The 18" Pinhead with Motion Activated Sound. I think everything on this 
figure from sculpt, detail, paint, packaging, selection of dialogue, everything is 
top notch. We are all very proud of this item.   

Scare: Thank you for taking the time to answer these questions. 

Randy: My pleasure, please visit the official site www.hellraiserthemovie.com and 
watch for News in the coming weeks about Series II which should be out in time for 
Halloween.

(c)2003 The Hellbound Web (c)2003 Mark Adams