Packaging - ***
If you’ve ever read my reviews before, you know that boxes are nothing more than functional transportation vessels to me. I immediately rip them apart to get at the goodies inside. However, this box does feature great graphics and photos on a window style box. This is a HUGE box that shows the figure fine for those who want to keep their figures in the box. The figure can be removed and returned after undoing a half dozen twist ties for those who’d like to return it.

Sculpting - *** and Paint - **1/2
I’ve lumped these two categories together for this review. When I first heard they were coming out with these figures I was thrilled. After getting several of the 6” figures and seeing the incredible sculpting and paint on them, I figured these babies would be superb (see my past review on the 6” figures here.) After all, McFarlane’s sculptors and painters now were able to operate on twice the scale as before. Don’t get me wrong, the sculpting still got three stars but I wholeheartedly expected ****. The face looks really good but the uniform, shoes and arms all look a little too smooth and “detail-deficient”. I also expected near perfection on the paint job and was disappointed. Again the face was nicely done, including glossy eyes, but the rest was lacking. The stripes on the shirtsleeves and pants all lacked crisp edges and had bleed areas. Sports Picks set the trend with “weathering” of their figures. The players all had mud and other signs of playing the game on their skin and uniforms. The “mud” on the shirt was fairly well done but the “mud” on the pants looks like someone accidentally over sprayed with a can of spray paint.