Toy Biz purchased the toy license from Capcom USA in early 1997 ahead of the release of Resident Evil 2, and was announced at a licensing show in New York in June 1997 as covered in ToyFare magazine. Its license only allowed for figures from the first two games, of which three series of action figures were released.[1] The license ran out in 1999 and were picked-up by Palisades, with Toy Biz's PR agency, Bender confirming their end of production in January 2000.[2]
Products[]
Most of Toy Biz's Resident Evil products were sold as two-figure sets. Figures sold together are listed below as the same product for convenience.
Series 1 (June 1998)
Chris Redfield/Cerberus
Jill Valentine/Web Spinner
Maggot Zombie/Forrest Speyer
Hunter/Chimera
Tyrant
Series 2
Licker/Leon S. Kennedy
Zombie/Claire Redfield
William G-4 / William G-3
Series 3
Ada/Ivy
Zombie/Hunk
Sherry/William
Tyrant/Mr. X
Further notes[]
Toy Biz's products twice made the "Warped Toys" list published in Connecticut from 1986, part of a highly-publicised evangelical campaign against violent and sexually-suggestive toys. The Zombie/Claire Redfield boxset made it to the 1999 list for the grotesque appearance of the zombie police officer model.[3] The Sherry/William set made it to the 2001 list owing to a description on the back cover which was perceived to be an endorsement of incest rape.[4]
