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HELPING YOU TAKE CARE OF YOUR FIGURE(S)! Gordie Howe and Johnny Bower Battle on Ice
 Imagine the scene, Gordie Howe is racing down the rink, Toronto's two time Vezina Trophy winner and star Goaltender crouches low in front of his goal, like a coiled serpent waiting for its prey. His trusty stick glints off the cold ice like an ancient sword ready to strike. The echo of the crowds thunder resonates round the rink. His face is set, hard, fierce and determined But still six times MVP Award winner Gordie Howe races on, no pause, no hesitation, no fear. His face also set and determined Shards of ice shoot through the air as skates cut sure and clean through the ice Speeding onwards, his eyes forward, never straying or wavering from their target The air is charged, sparks fly as these two greats get closer The crowd roars, hungry for battle Mr Hockey's stick comes back in a quick, sure, blurring strike The puck rises off the ice, shooting through the air like a bullet from a gun speeding towards its target But the China Wall stands his ground, unmoving, unpenetrable as the puck races towards him Will Howe manage to chip the Wall, break his defences and score? Or will the China Wall remain unbreaking, unmoving before the shots? This Wal-Mart Exclusive features two of the games greatest Legends in this special two pack set of McFarlanes NHL Sports Picks action figures. Gordie Howe, Mr Hockey, is featured in Detroit's red jersey for the first time whilst Jonny Bower wears Toronto's white jersey. This figure was originally featured as a chase figure in the Legends Series 6 line-up. Featured on a McFarlanes Classic Goal base this is one Clash of the Titans where only you can decide the outcome. 
 Figure Stats Due October, 2008 ONLY available in Wal-Mart Canada
Gordie Howe Gordie Howe is referred to as simply ""Mr. Hockey". World War II had just ended when he first entered the National Hockey League and when he played his final NHL season 33 years later Wayne Gretzky was playing his first. Howe was selected to 21 NHL All-Star squads 12 times to the First Team. Six times he led the NHL in scoring to capture the Art Ross Trophy and six times he won the Hart as the league's most valuable player. His Detroit teams won the Stanley Cup four times. Gordie Howe has hand signed this Model Stick and wrote the inscription ""Mr. Hockey". When Gordie Howe broke the National Hockey League (NHL) scoring record of Maurice "Rocket" Richard, the debate among hockey buffs was whether Richard or Howe was the best player of all time. Years later when Wayne Gretzky broke Howe's record, the debate was renewed, this time Gretzky versus Howe. Read more about Gordie Howe
Johnny Bower He didn't make it to the NHL until he was nearly twenty-nine years old, yet Bower played in the league for seventeen seasons, most of them with the Toronto Maple Leafs. As a goalie, he was nicknamed "the Great Wall of China." Bower won the Vezina Trophy as the league's best goalie in 1961. Four years later, he and Terry Sawchuk alternated in goal for the Maple Leafs and became the first teammates to share the award. Bower entered the league with the New York Rangers in 1953. He went to Toronto in 1958 and stayed with the Maple Leafs through the 1969-70 season. In 534 regular season games, he had 37 shutouts and a goals-against average of 2.53. He had 5 shutouts and an average of 2.58 goals-against in 72 playoff games. He was finally picked up by the New York Rangers of the NHL for the 1953-54 season, but was sent back down to the minor leagues the season following. Bower would toil in the minors four more years in Providence (Reds 1945-1946, 1955-1956 and 1956-1957), Vancouver (Canucks 1954-1955), Cleveland (Barons 1945-1953 and 1957-1958) and then again with the Rangers in 1954-1955, before being claimed by the Toronto Maple Leafs in the 1958 Inter-League Draft. He would play eleven full seasons in all with the Leafs, the remainder of his career. Read more about Johnny Bower
McFarlanes Hockey Action Figures
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NHL WAVE 1- IN STORES MARCH 2009
McFarlane's Collectors Edition and Exclusives Wal-Mart NHL Gordie Howe vs Johnny Bower 2 Pack Exclusive Grosnor Exclusive Canadian NHL Action Figures McFarlanes NHL 17 lineup features a trio of Sports Picks debuts, the second figure for one of the league's top players, and two retro figures celebrating vintage jerseys on current players.
Our late-season series is geared toward our diehard Canadian hockey collectors, and features four players all sculpted in the new RBK EDGE uniforms, as well as two yet-to-be-named players in retro Canadian jerseys.
Our NHL 19 lineup features our first-ever mix of hockey legends alongside current players. Our second Don Cherry figure is also our first Sports Picks figure for a coach.
McFarlanes have been busy tweaking their NHL Series for this seasons line-up to ensure their Canadian fans have plenty to collect. As a result Dion Phanuef has now been added to the NHL Series 20 release in the Clagary white uniform for the first time.
3-inch NHL Series 6 (due in stores September 2008) The 3-inch NHL Series 6 lineup includes Stanley Cup-winning goalie Jean-Sebastien Giguere, as well as fellow netminders Cristobal Huet and Ray Emery. Jason Blake, Sheldon Souray and Ryan Smyth are all appearing in the jerseys of their new teams.
NHL Legends Series 7 (due in stores October 2008) Our seventh series of NHL Legends figures features captains from the original six hockey teams. For 25 years the "Original Six" teams (Rangers, Maple Leafs, Canadiens, Bruins, Blackhawks and Red Wings) competed for Lord Stanley's Cup, and NHL Legends 7 offers one captain from each team's storied history. The Legends Series 7 has now had a slight adjust with Terry O'Reilly being withdrawn from this line-up and postphoned until 2009. His slot will now be taken up with an Edmonton Oilers version of Mark Messiers. The Mark Messiers and Doug Gilmour action figures will have an equal number of each of their two teams produced.
McFarlanes NHL Series 15
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