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McFarlane Toys MLB Sports Picks Series 18 Action Figure Mariano Rivera 2 (New York Yankees) |  | Brand: McFarlane
Category: Toy
Buy New: $14.99
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Rating:  1 reviews
Sales Rank: 104119
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.7
Dimensions (in): 9.3 x 6 x 2.6
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UPC: 787926712544
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ASIN: B000RUK5I0
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| • | COMES WITH SPECIAL ADDITION DISPLAY COMPLETE WITH GLOVE AS HE JPGS OUT TO THE MOUND MLB NUMBERED AND APPROVED TO PROVE AUTHENTICITY |
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WITH GLOVE AS HE JOGS OUT TO THE MOUND MLB NUMBERED AND APPROVED TO PROVE AUTHENTICITY
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"Enter Sandman": Mariano Rivera steps out of the bullpen at Yankee Stadium July 6, 2007
Lawrance M. Bernabo (The Zenith City, Duluth, Minnesota)
2 out of 2 found this review helpful
There are only four relief pitchers in the Hall of Fame: Hoyt Wilhelm, Rollie Fingers, Dennis Eckersley, and Bruce Sutter. Lee Smith was the all-time save leader until Trevor Hoffman passed that record on his way to 500+ career saves this season. Smith is considered a long shot for Cooperstown but Hoffman seems to be building momentum towards enshrinement. However, Mariano Rivera is considered a lock for the Hall of Fame. "Mo" is currently has the third most regular season saves in Major League history (and the American League's career leader), and while winning four World Series titles with the New York Yankees holds the all-time postseason records for saves and E.R.A. That would explain why McFarlane has put out its second Mariano Rivera action figure for its MLB Series 18.
This figure is usually from what we have seen from McFarlane in the past in that it shows Rivera trotting through the door that open in right field at Yankee Stadium when he comes into a game and trots to the mound (with Metallica's "Enter Sandman" blaring over the loudspeakers). You get a bit more than a inch wide segment of the outfield wall and the Plexiglas. You get a bit less than half of the "O" and the "M" in the "YOMURI" sign in front of the Yankee bullpen. Rivera has just stepped onto the warning track, holding his black glove in his right hand (held in place by those tiny plastic straps McFarlane loves so much). The first Rivea figure was back in MLB Series 9 and showed the reliever in the Yankees road uniform about to release what I assume is his patented cut fastball towards the plate where it is probably going to break yet another bat. The skin tone is a tad lighter this time around and I would swear the 6-inch figure is slightly bigger as well, but the only real cause for complaint is that I find his face to be a bit fuller than what I see on television. There is the barest articulation with this figure: you can move the head ever so slightly at the neck.
One of the things that is most impressive of this figure is that the pin holding it to the base is in the toe of Rivera's left foot and easily 90% of the figure comes in front of that vertical line. That probably explains why the base, which has the warning track in the front and then tile behind the line of the outfield wall, is so wide: just to keep the figure standing upright. Rivera is wearing a blue sweatshirt underneath his Yankee jersey, which you can take to mean another save opportunity in the cool air of October in the Bronx. The pinstripes on these Yankee figures have been getting much better in recent years and they are doing some nice fine details on the jersey buttons and the caps. The details on his shoes include both his uniform number and his nickname "Mo." Rivera is wearing #42, the last major leaguer to do so since he was grand-fathered in when they retired Jackie Robinson's number in 1997. But the Yankees already retired #8 twice, for Bill Dickey and Yogi Berra, so retiring #42 twice down the road will not be a headache.
McFarlane has been exploring having parts of the stadium show up with these figures. In this years Cooperstown collection Johnny Bench is diving over a stadium railing to catch a foul ball and later this year Johnny Damon will be taking a curtain call in front of the Yankee Stadium dugout. The other five figures in MLB Series 18 all try to offer a different look as well but with everybody in their home uniforms. Also getting his second figure is David Ortiz of the Boston Red Sox, shown rounding a base with his right index finger raised in celebration after one of his home runs at Fenway Park. Third baseman David Wright of the New York Mets is fielding a ball barehanded, Ryan Howard of the Philadelphia Phillies is holding is bat out in front of him with just his right hand as he gets ready for the next pitch, Arizona Diamondbacks pitcher Brandon Webb is peering in for the sign, and the right arm of Justin Verlander of the Detroit Tigers has come full across his body after releasing his pitch. So on balance this is one of he most distinctive MLB Series that McFarlane has put out to date.
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