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2002 World Series MVP
This Troy Glaus action figure is a wonderful symbol of the Angels 2002 World Series Championship. Who better to serve as that symbol than Troy Glaus, the World Series MVP? The attention to detail is amazing. This is a great toy for 50 year old Angel fans like me. If you like Troy Glaus of the Angels, you will love this action figure portraying Glaus just as he is about to take his home run trot. I understand that a Garrett Anderson figure is comming out this summer. Go Angels!

2002 World Series MVP sculpted magnificently
The Anaheim Angels paid attention to all of the important details in their journey to the 2002 World Series Championship title. Mcfarlane toys captures all of the right details of the 2002 World Series MVP. In my area these toys are nowhere to be found on store shelves so it was great to be able to get this product from Toys R Us Online /Amazon. The product is so cool that I've got one for myself as well as my son. Get yours while supplies last! ... Read more

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Gonzo
great figure of a great ballplayer and a all around nice guy ... Read more

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Tired of the Mr. Hamm jokes, Nomar is ready to play ball
There was a MLB Series 2 figure in 2002 of Nomar Garciaparra at the plate, but now that he has married Mia Hamm there is clearly a need for a second figure, showing the Red Sox shortstop in the field. Consequently McFarlane Toys has produced a MLB Series 9 figure in 2004 with Garciaparra about to throw the ball, which he has not done this season to date because he has been injured and not because he was traded to the Los Angeles Dodgers after Boston signed Alex Rodriguez to play shortstop (which is an entirely different story explaining why the MLB Series 8 figure of Rodriguez is wearing the wrong uniform). This 6" figure shows Garciaparra in the road gray Boston Red Sox uniform; there is also a home white uniform variation that looks a lot better, but for some reason McFarlane tends to favor the gray uniforms (maybe you can only find the white in New England area). McFarlane Toys has also out a MLB Two-Pack later in 2004 that has Garciaparra sliding into second base a split second after New York Yankees shortstop Derek Jeter has fired off the ball to second base in a game played at Fenway Park.

The voting for the American League starting shortstop in the All-Star game this summer sure has been interesting so far. Jeter has just gotten his average up over .200, Garciaparra's Achilles tendon is now good enough for him to rehab in the minors,, and Rodriguez now plays third base. This action figure has some limited articulation with the arms and neck, but what you see is basically what you are going to want to go with. Garciaparra is slightly airborne, the figure being attached to the Fenway Park infield by virtue of a small metal pin. The key details of note on this figure are the distinctive facial hair and all those neat creases in on the front left of his jersey where it is tucked into his pants (I always like that sort of detail on the uniform more than the dirt on the pants leg). I like the posture on this one because it captures the shortstop as he is about to fire the ball to first while moving in that direction.

Garciaparra was the American League Rookie of the year in 1997 during which he also made the A.L. All-Star team for the first time, which he has done since in 1999, 2000, 2002 and 2003 (he was injured in 2001). He also won back-to-back American League batting crowns in 1999 and 2000 with .357 and .372 averages (he was injured in 2001). Currently his career batting average is .323, the same as his postseason batting average, while averaging 30 home runs and 117 RBIs over a complete 162 game season, which he has never quite reached. He might be married to Mia Hamm, but his first name is really Anthony (Nomar is his middle name), so life is a tradeoff even at that level. ... Read more

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Great Figures!
All I have to say is that these two toys look awesome. I have never seen better detail on any other action figures. If you're looking to play with these figures, then don't buy these. But then again, WHY WOULD YOU WANT TO PLAY WITH THESE? They look awesome! I have them next to my keyboard and they look slick.

Everyone should get these guys.

nonsence
(...) It just shows he lacks any artistic understanding. These are fabulous toys/sculputers. Exellent interpretetion of the comics, gorgeous colors. When i first got my hands on it i couldn't put it down. Its a beatiful peace of art work, thats what it is. And no, it is not meant for overgrown man who need to manipulate their toys into one form or the other, it is meant to be as is, fabulous sculpture combination and pose and stunning, very correct color.
I hope the McFarlane people make some more, i am so looking forward to adding to my newly found collection.

Good for display, but not much for action
Although they're the first set of Sam & Twitch action figures McFarlane Toys has put out in almost a decade, and their painstakingly crafted likeness are based on some surreally goofy artwork from the cover of one of their books (check it out at www.spawn.com/comics/cover.aspx?bookid=15-22-13-0), I found myself less than impressed by this plasticized incarnation of my fave four-color detectives. For starters, articulation (poseability) is very limited. Sam (the morbidly obese guy sittin' on the stool with three cigarettes in his mouth) can only rotate his right arm just above the elbow, and both feet above the ankles. Twitch can rotate his head, arms at the shoulders, wrists, and feet just above the ankles. Sam can't be put in any kind of meaningful pose, and all Twitch can do is raise an arm to point one of his ludicrously long-barreled revolvers at a perp, a la "Dirty Harry". 'Course, seein' as how these guys were sculpted and produced by McFarlane Toys, a company whose products are geared towards collectors who usually want something to display rather than play with, this lack of limberness is to be expected...

One other problem I have with this pair is the paint job, especially the details on Sam. While both figures were given a sorta sepia-toned paint job to reflect their 'pulp-crime-noir' roots, at least the flesh tones on Twitch's face and hands are somewhat normal. Sam on the other hand looks like he's just come off of his moonlighting job as a chimney sweep! I'm also not too cool with the work they did on Sam's face that was done to imitate the shading effects you see in the artwork. The big guy looks like he's got a huge shiner covering most of his right face around the eye, while the area around the left eye is a ghastly shade of stark white. Personally, I think they shoulda just left his face alone, made his flesh tones similar to that of his partner, and allowed me to provide my own shading & lighting effects (i.e. an incandescent lamp).

Final note: apparently the rumor that the hobby store version of this toy (Sam with three cigarettes hangin' from his mouth) would be slightly different than the one that was to hit the retail shelves (toothpicks substituted for the cigarettes) isn't true. The big guy definitely was puffin' on the coffin nails in the set I saw at a local Toys 'R' Us I visited the other day...

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This action figure is AWESOME!
I'm a big hockey fan, so I love the McFarlane figures. The thing about these is that they aren't some made-up superhero. They are real NHL heroes. This figure in particular, Todd Bertuzzi, is lifelike and a great display piece. I was very impressed by the amount of detail work on the figure. I highly recommend it! ... Read more