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(More customer reviews)McFarlane's MLB Series 13 is made up of Extended Edition Figures because the idea was to include baseball players who switched teams for the 2005 season. Thus we have the third figure of Randy Johnson, now as a New York Yankee, second figures of Pedro Martinez as a New York Met and Larry Walker as a St. Louis Cardinal (that last one got out right before Walker played what may well be his final game since his retirement this winter is anticipated). Then there is the first figure of Moises Alou, who played this past season for the San Francisco Giants. However, the seasons before that Alou played for the Chicago Cubs and I find it ironic that the figure is shown catching the ball on the warning track at Wrigley Field in front of the ivy covered left field wall.
Virtually all of the baseball figures that McFarlane has released to date have been free-standing figures. If they are wearing the team's white home jersey then you know which baseball park they are playing out, but with the grey road jerseys such things are open to interpretation. But there is no doubt with this one and you have to think that they were planning on having Alou as a Cub for either Series 11 or 12 released earlier this year when the trade changed the figure's uniform but not the backdrop. Then again, maybe the people at McFarlane Toys just have a wicked sense of humor and maybe we can look forward to seeing Derek Jeter dive into the stands at Yankee Stadium or Manny Ramierez in front of the Green Monster.
Notice that Alou is using both hands to catch the ball, thereby showing appropriate technique and adding to the educational value of this toy. You can also tell he plays hard because whoever paints the dirt on these figures has gone to town with Alou. It is nice to see that Alou has finally received a figure because I always think of him as having suffered one of the most bizarre injuries in baseball history near the end of the 1993 season. In a game at St. Louis after hitting a ball into the outfield Alou rounded first base and then turned to retreat back to the back. His spikes caught in the AstroTurf and he suffered a dislocated left ankle and compound fracture of the leg. The injury ended his season and threatened his career, but now we are a dozen years down the road and Alou is playing for his father Felipe in San Francisco, where the elder Alou and his brothers Matty and Jesus all played for the Giants (sometimes in the outfield at the same time, which meant sitting down Willie Mays to accomplish). Moises Alou has a career batting average of .301, has 297 career home runs, and has driven in 100 or more runs in five seasons and was brought to the Bay Area to bat behind Barry Bonds, who, ironically, was injured almost the entire season.
McFarlane has already announced its figures for the 2006 pre-season, with MLB Series 14 consisting of Mark Mulder of the Cardinals, Bobby Abreu of the Philadelphia Phillies, Aramis Ramirez of the Cubs, Jeff Kent finally getting his first figure as a Los Angeles Dodger, Jason Veritek of the Boston Red Sox getting his second, and American League MVP Alex Rodriguez getting his fourth figure and second in two years as a New York Yankee. But the biggest news could well be the Cooperstown Series 3 which has Mickey Mantle and Don Mattingly of the Yankees, Roberto Clemente of the Pittsburgh Pirates, a second figure of Nolan Ryan as a California Angel, Carlton Fisk (either a Red Sox or a White Sox, maybe both, they have not yet said), and Jackie Robinson. So far I have only been collecting the retired Yankees, but Jackie's #42 has been retired by everybody so I am planning on picking that one up as well. These figures are all due for a February release, so plan ahead baseball fans.
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Feel a part of the Major League Baseball action with collector figures that are finely crafted with superb detail. Moises Alou is ready for the game in his Giants uniform. Figure includes a handsome display stand and measures 6" tall.
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