Grant Fuhr (left)l; Mike Bossy (middle); Wayne Gretzky (right)

Series 02 of the NHL Legends run continues with the gorgeous figures of Grant Fuhr, Mike Bossy, and Wayne Gretzky in his Los Angeles jersey. Unlike the 3 previously reviewed figures, these 3 were of better quality and showed improved detail.

Grant Fuhr

The only goalie that I know of who used to like getting 40-50 pucks a night of work, and in the Edmonton system of the 80’s he saw a lot of rubber at high velocity.

Besides being one hell of a nice guy, his figure shows Grant in a nice kick-save on a floating puck. With Grant in his old school “psychopath” face protector, it definitely brings back some great memories. Very nice use of the puck on this figure, but this display was the biggest headache to set up with the net that just didn’t want to fit

together. Taking an embarrassing 18 minutes to assemble, this was not my favorite net to put together to date. Also, my “ice base” had a nasty series of color transfer smears that blemish an otherwise cool piece.

Mike Bossy

The rookie goal scoring champion (until Teemu Selanne came along) and one hell of a dangerous sniper on the ice is the next figure. Mike is circling with his arm and stick raised in triumph and his eyes up in the rafters. Detail is nice, one knee was a little loose, but a touch of epoxy fixed that. Good figure, but I’m sure that I won’t be allowed to show this figure in case any of my Vancouver Canuck friends come by… they still hate him for the Cup win in ’82.

Wayne Gretzky #5

The Great One in his royal white and black home jersey. Circling like a bird of prey, he has his eyes up-ice for a chance to jump into the play once again. Right hand pose is a little awkward looking and the white jersey shows up a series of black paint transfers all over the figure; nothing serious, but definitely noticeable under close or direct scrutiny.

All in all, these three figures were definitely better than the other three in the series, but still not as good as previous McFarlane releases. Worth having for the serious collector.

- Tazman

(August 25, 2005)

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