Chase Figures
To increase the figures' appeal among collectors, McFarlane Toys issues rare alternately-painted versions of most figures, officially called Chases. Differences between the standard figure and the chase figure usually (but do not always) involve a change in the player's jersey color. Usually, this is a change from a home to an away jersey, or vice versa. A 'retro' chase, depicting a player in the colors of a team he formerly played for, are also sometimes released. Common figure versions are pictured on the back of the figure's packaging, while chase are not. This excludes the NHL Series 2 Joe Thornton and Dominik Hasek as well as NFL Series 6 Rich Gannon and Series 11 Julius Jones.
Chase figures are shipped randomly in factory cases. Buyers looking to purchase specific chases (without having to sift through all of the figures on primary retail store shelves) can usually find them in select hobby stores, on eBay or at collectors' websites. Depending on the figure and the rarity of the chase (i.e., the number of units produced), some can fetch up to ten times the retail price of the common figure.
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Famous quotes containing the words chase and/or figures:
“The New York action painters want their pictures to jump off the walls and chase you down the street.”
—Mason Cooley (b. 1927)
“The figures of the past go cloaked.
They walk in mist and rain and snow
And go, go slowly, but they go.”
—Wallace Stevens (1879–1955)