McFarlane reveals '09 baseball figs
By Staff -- Playthings, 7/14/2008 1:39:00 PM
TEMPE, Ariz.—Never mind that Major League Baseball’s current season is barely half through, McFarlane Toys is already thinking ahead to next year by announcing its planned starting lineup of MLB Sports Picks figures for 2009.
Scheduled to debut exclusively at Toys 'R' Us in February, the assortment will comprise a six-figure series alongside a pair of 3-packs.
The big leaguers under contract for the series are: Dustin Pedroia (Boston Red Sox); Chipper Jones (version 2, Atlanta Braves); Miguel Cabrera (Detroit Tigers), Melky Cabrera (New York Yankees), Carlos Zambrano (Chicago Cubs) and Justin Upton (Arizona Diamondbacks).
In addition to the single-carded figures, Toys 'R' Us will offer a pair of 3-packs: a New York Yankees defensive 3-pack featuring Derek Jeter, Alex Rodriguez (version 2) and Jorge Posada (version 3); and a Jackie Robinson Day tribute 3-pack featuring likenesses of Jackie Robinson (in Brooklyn Dodgers white), Ken Griffey Jr. (version 3, in Cincinnati uniform) and Robinson Cano in Yankees attire, all sporting Robinson’s famed No. 42.
Concurrent with those figures’ release, McFarlane will unveil the Series 6 assortment of its Coopertown line.
