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Hey! Remember when Alex Rodriguez played for the Rangers?
Alex Rodriguez played in his first spring training game today, in which he went 0 for 2, and he was not wearing the blue home jersey of the Texas Rangers. My connection says that McFarlane Toys will be coming out with an update version of this figure in a New York Yankee figure, but I will believe that when I see it. Ironically, one of the other MLB Series 8 Figures is Alfonso Soriano, so you have both of the players in the biggest trade of the off-season in their old uniforms. Yankee fans can also get Kevin Brown in his old Dodger uniform and Hideki Matsui as an actual Yankee in a Yankee uniform. Note: Andy Pettite and Roger Clemens in their Houston Astros uniforms will both be in McFarlane's MLB Series 10 out this summer, as will the second Derek Jeter figure (will he still be the Yankee shortstop when that happens? Stay tuned, America).

As always with the McFarlane figures the details are quite impressive. You can just about read the printing on the baseball, which is suspended off of the infield dirt, and I especially liked the back of A-Rod's jersey is starting to come out from the uniform pants. His autograph appears on the glove and his index finger is sticking out, just like it is supposed to be. Even the cleats on the bottom of his A*Rod shoes are there. In terms of articulation you can move the figure's head slightly and his right arm swivels most of the way around; it actually looks good in several positions, so take your pick. The figure is attached to the base plate, which is right at the edge of the outfield grass, by a metal peg on the left leg and a clear peg on the right (so that the toe is not touching the ground).

I do not know if the trade makes the MLB Series 8 Figure: Alex Rodriguez with Blue Rangers Jersey (Home) an instant collector's item, but with this and the Soriano figure coming out at the same time I just had to pick up both and put them side by side on the bookshelf. The blue jersey is a nice shade of blue and they do seem to be reducing the amount of dirt on the pant legs in this series (someone at McFarlane really loves to have dirt on the uniforms; nobody is every playing in the first inning apparently). ... Read more

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Alexander Mogilny figure
This is a great toy that is modeled after a great player, Mogilny. This toy makes boys understand how girls have so much fun with barbie. He can circle and do different body positions. It is a great toy for any young Toronto Maple Leafs fan. ... Read more

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series 4 candyman
so i would like to start off by saying that i never used to like the movie maniacs. but when i started my horror collection i had stuff from neca and sideshow the 18 inch jason,18inch pinhead and my 7 inch freddy vs jason figures along with my sleepy hollow figures from mcfarlane.the neca figures made me want to check out the movie maniac line so i got the terminator series 4 and i really loved that figure then i started looking at the candyman figure. now i dont really like the candyman movies but i love tony todd as actor i think he is awesome and actually i think this candyman figure is really good his face looks awesome and he has some really good stances and he looks awesome next to my terminator and freddy vs jason figures.

Candyman
Any toy that features an exposed ribcage is far more than all right in my book! I would give this to my fiance instead of a ring if she wouldn't kill me for it!

aj review
I own many mcfarlane collectibles and am very fond of them all. They are very intricately detailed.

"Tony Todd in Toy Form? That's Terrifyingly Terrific!"
That's right, McFarlane finally gets the license to do Candyman [albeit from the direct-to-video Candyman 3, starring Baywatch babe Donna D'errico] As far as Clive Barker movie properties go, McFarlane hasn't had much luck with them, but here he succeeds with a decent head sculpt for Todd, and nails the whole exposed rib cage look under the trenchcoat. If you're a fan it doesn't get much better, if you're just a pick and choose collector rather than a completist, I'd pass. ... Read more

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Hey! Remember when Alfonso Soriano played for the Yankees?
There are three New York Yankees in the MLB Series 8 Figures from McFarlane Toys, but Alfonso Soriano is not one of them. There is Hideki Matsui in the Yankees gray road jersey, but then Kevin Brown is still wearing number 27 for the Los Angeles Dodgers and Alex Rodriguez, who was traded for Soriano, is still decked out in the road uniform of the Texas Rangers. You have to appreciate the great irony here that Soriano and Rodriguez would both come out in the same action figure series just after they were traded for each other (there are no action figures planned for either the player to be named later or the money paid by the Rangers to the Yankees).

This is the second McFarlane figure of Soriano and is a great improvement over the previous figure, which had Soriano suspended in mid-air to avoid being taken out by an unseen runner having just made the throw to first base in an attempt to turn the double play. Soriano does have one of the more distinctive batting stances and follow throughs, and it is the latter that is captured this time around. I was thinking that Soriano's bat, one of the heaviest in baseball today, was not as big as it should be, but that really depends on the angle. In terms of details you have not only Soriano's name on his bat, but "12 AS" on the back of his shoes, "AS 12" his batting gloves, and a "12" on the shin protector, the wrist band, and the batting helmet (which is made of plastic, a nice touch).

The only points of articulation is Soriano's right forearm, which you can position as you want (ideally it should be parallel to the square of his shoulders), and his head, which should be aligned with the center of his body as the ball is deposited into deep left center field (at the stadium in Arlington for all we know). Both of the metal posts easily fit into the batter's box base plate and the figure has no problems standing upright. This figure is right up there with the Bernie Williams action figure as the best of the bunch for the New York Yankees; too bad he no longer plays for the team that plays in the big ballpark in the Bronx.

One thing I want to emphasize is that now that we are up to Series 8 one of the great improvements McFarlane has made is the knob of Soriano's bat comes off so that you can slide the bat handle into position and then put the knob back on. The same thing holds true for the Matsui figure, so it must apply to the Jeff Bagwell one as well. This is a vast improvement over the older figures, where you had to cut open Jason Giambi's hands to get him to grip the bat. Final Note: Jeff Bagwell, Richie Sexton and John Smoltz are the other figures in MLB 8. Yankee fans can look forward to Mariano Rivera in MLB 9. ... Read more

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Little tiny figures of Randy Johnson and Alfonso Soriano
I am not really sure about the value of McFaralane Toys introducing 3" scale figures based on their 6", although I suppose they allow you to have your favorite players on your desk at work and you can reenact Gulliver amongst the Lilliputians using them. In this particular set we have a miniature versions of the second Randy Johnson and the first Alfonso Soriano figures.

Johnson, the multi-Cy Young Award winning pitcher of the Arizona Diamondbacks, made headlines against this year when he became the oldest (and tallest) pitcher in baseball history to pitch a perfect game. Ironically this is a more horizontal figure of Johnson than you would get if the 6' 10" pitcher were standing straight up on the mound. However, if you compare this figure to the rest of the McFarlane pitchers and you will notice that his front leg is a lot farther down the pitching mound than any other.

Soriano, who saw his second figure as a New York Yankee come out after he had been traded to the Texas Rangers, is shown leaping up in the air to try and complete the double play with a throw to first. I have to admit I am less than thrilled by this pose, because it looks strange for Soriano to be suspend in the air by the little stand like this when there is no base runner underneath him (cf. the MLB Two-Pack figure of Nomar Garciaparra sliding into Derek Jeter)

McFarlane has released six sets of the 3" scale figures. In addition to this pair there is Jim Thome and Ichiro 2, Alex Rodriguez and Eric Gagne, Sama Sosa 2 and Chipper Jones, Barry Zito and Derek Jeter, and Mark Prior and Ivan Rodriguez. The idea here is to provide something for collectors who enjoy extreme detail in a small scale. They are also coming out with 12" figures of Nolan Ryan and Sammy Sosa around World Series time to market the other end of the spectrum as well. I am rather happy with my collection of 6" New York Yankees figures on top of my television set (it is a big television set). ... Read more