Series: McFarlane's Sports Picks, NHL Hockey, 6

Craftsmanship: 8.5 / 10

- Excellent figure detail

- Awesome now that they have the proper jerseys

- Some minor painting errors

- Netting was a little messed up

Playability: 2.0 / 10

- Not a whole lot of playing to be found here

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When Omni informed me that he was sending me some action figures, my first response was to ask how desperate he was to ask me to handle the task. Some crying later, here I am writing this review. The three figures in question are: Patrick Roy, Teemu Selanne, and Niklas Lidstrom all of whom look absolutely fab.

Nicklas Lidstrom

First to the perennial Norris Trophy holder Niklas Lidstrom. ‘Nik looks downright defensive in his figure with his Easton gear in high profile and a facial expression that screams “I hear someone behind me!” This figure just looks great but only has 5 articulation points – each knee, each wrist, and the neck. Some minor color transfers were apparent under close scrutiny – but then the bulk of the figure is white so it’s not that big a deal. With the set post on the figure, his balance is excellent and couldn’t fall over despite my best efforts.

Teemu Selanne

Next to one of Colorado’s big free agent pickups: Finnish superstar Teemu Selanne. The detail on this figure is good, with a few color transfers appearing on the white of the jersey. I must admit, this figure is my favorite of the three with the visor looking just plain cool especially with the slight distortion effect that you see when staring at the face directly. Teemu has six points of articulation: both knees, both wrists, the neck, and his left shoulder (which seems to serve no discernable purpose with the left hand being sealed). Despite the different stance, Teemu is sturdy and although easier to tip he’s downright stoic and won’t fall down unless really poorly placed.

Patrick Roy

Finally, the recently retired Patrick Roy who looks downright saintly between the pipes. The painting on Saint Patrick is perfect with no transfer errors and an especially cool scuffing of the tape on the stick blade. Patrick features 3 points of articulation: both knees and left wrist (catching glove).  That said, Patrick is more likely to fall over than either Teemu or Niklas… but all times that he fell over he still managed to hold onto the puck in his catching glove (a sign of a good goaltender). The net with Patrick had a few minor issues. The edges of the net were sticking out in places, so I was forced to use clippers and glue to fix its appearance. The net also has a tendency to disassemble when moved, but that’s nothing a little CA glue couldn’t fix.

Playability of the three figures is downright ‘nil unless done by someone intoxicated, imaginative, or a combination of those; however, they do make excellent desk ornaments and cool paperweights. Once again, nice work by the McFarlane group.

- Tazman

(January 18, 2004)