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Spectre Studios is a Colorado toy company headed by David Johnson.

Johnson gained controversy in 2002 for making a line of serial killer action figures that were featured on the Nation Enquirer, including an action figure of Jeffrey Dahmer.^[1]

The "Serial Killer" line included Jeffrey Dahmer, Ted Bundy, Ed Gein, Pogo the Clown, Lizzie Borden, and Charles Manson, and O. J. Simpson.

The company also made a line of winged women with the characters Gabrielle, Dorcha, Salleene, and Frist.

David Johnson retired Spectre Studios in 2010 but has since come out of retirement with a new rebooted line of serial killers and website.

References

^ Mason, Paul (2012). Criminal Visions. Routledge. p. 320. ISBN 978-1135990909. Retrieved 22 June 2015.

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[1] Mason, Paul (2012). Criminal Visions. Routledge. p. 320. ISBN 978-1135990909. Retrieved 22 June 2015.

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+'''Spectre Studios''' is a Colorado toy company headed by David Johnson.
+Johnson gained controversy in 2002 for making a line of serial killer action figures that were featured on the Nation Enquirer, including an action figure of [[Jeffrey Dahmer]].<ref>{{cite book|last1=Mason|first1=Paul|title=Criminal Visions|date=2012|publisher=Routledge|isbn=978-1135990909|pages=320|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=xyRLiXTuwToC&dq=%22dahmer+doll%22&pg=PT147|accessdate=22 June 2015}}</ref>
+The "Serial Killer" line included [[Jeffrey Dahmer]], [[Ted Bundy]], [[Ed Gein]], [[Pogo the Clown]], [[Lizzie Borden]], and [[Charles Manson]], and [[O. J. Simpson]].
+The company also made a line of winged women with the characters Gabrielle, Dorcha, Salleene, and Frist.
+David Johnson retired Spectre Studios in 2010 but has since come out of retirement with a new rebooted line of serial killers and website.
+==References==
-'''Spectre Studios''' is a Colorado toy company headed by David Johnson and operating on the Internet that has gained controversy in 2002 for making an action figure of [[Jeffrey Dahmer]]. At the time of the controversy, the figure cost $24.99, and although the action figure is no longer on the website, the other figures in the line are now $99.99. Their "Serial Killer" line also includes Ted Bundy, Ed Gein, Pogo the Clown, Lizzie Borden and Charles Manson. The company also makes a line of winged women with the characters Gabrielle, Dorcha, Salleene, and Frist. A figure called "The Heisman Hacker" was also made based on [[If I Did It]], [[Pamela Rogers Turner|Pamela Rogers]], [[Mark Foley]], [[Britney Spears|Bald Britney]], [[Lisa Nowak]].
+{{reflist}}
 ==External links==
-*[http://www.spectre-studios.com Spectre Studios]
+*[https://www.spectrestudios.wtf/ Spectre Studios]
-*[http://www.10news.com/news/1337576/detail.html Dahmer Action Figures Are Hot Items]
+*[https://web.archive.org/web/20070927201454/http://www.10news.com/news/1337576/detail.html Dahmer Action Figures Are Hot Items]
 [[Category:Toy companies of the United States]]
 [[Category:Companies based in Colorado]]
+[[Category:Toy controversies]]
+[[Category:Obscenity controversies in art]]
+[[Category:Cultural depictions of serial killers]]
+[[Category:Cultural depictions of John Wayne Gacy]]
+[[Category:Cultural depictions of Ted Bundy]]
+[[Category:Cultural depictions of Charles Manson]]
+[[Category:Cultural depictions of O. J. Simpson]]
+[[Category:Cultural depictions of Ed Gein]]
+[[Category:Cultural depictions of Lizzie Borden]]