Round 5 figurines ‘Series 3′ drops this week featuring Mir, Arlovski, McCarthy and Nogueira
By: Press Release
MARKHAM, Ontario, Canada, June 11, 2009 – Round 5 figurines for Andrei “The Pit Bull” Arlovski, “Big John” McCarthy, Frank Mir and Antonio Rodrigo “Minotauro” Nogueira, comprising Series 3 of the popular mixed martial arts collectibles, are now available at retail, it was announced today by Round 5 C.E.O. Barron Lau and President Damon Lau. They join the first two Round 5 Series which can be purchased in outlets throughout North America and online at www.Round5MMA.com.
“We are extremely pleased with the final products for Series 3,” said Damon Lau. “Each of the athletes had extensive input into their development, and I know that fans will enjoy the ’small touches’ that make Round 5 figurines unique.”
Round 5 also confirmed today that Series 4, scheduled for late July/Early August release, will now feature five athletes, Gina Carano, Dan Henderson, Cung Le, Mauricio “Shogun” Rua and Matt Serra. The Fedor Emelianenko figurine, originally intended to be issued as part of Series 4, is going through an additional redesign and will instead appear as part of a future Series.
“We continue to work closely with Fedor and his team on making his figurine as accurate and true to his persona as possible,” added Lau. “Consumers appreciate Round 5’s commitment to producing collectibles that capture each athlete’s individual style, and we look forward to completing the Fedor figurine with that goal in mind.”
Round 5 is also preparing for its large presence at the UFC Fan Expo in Las Vegas in July, where near-complete prototypes of Series 4 will be on display.
In addition to this week’s release of Series 3, Round 5 has issued two Series of four athletes each: Randy Couture, Matt Hughes, Quinton ‘Rampage’ Jackson and Tito Ortiz comprised Series 1 while Rich Franklin, Sean Sherk, Anderson Silva and Wanderlei Silva were released in Series 2.
Round 5 plans to release collectibles of two additional series of athletes later in 2009, one during each quarter. Athletes to be represented in those series are yet to be announced.
Round 5 collectible figures may be purchased at leading retailers such as Walmart (Canada), Toys ‘R’ Us, FYE, Century Martial Arts, Sunrise Records, The Treadmill Factory and Hatashita International. Other retailers can be found at www.round5mma.com/wheretobuy.php.
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As if Nogueira has ever looked that ripped.
It it me, or does it look like Mir’s figure needs to take a nervous dump..?
Big John looks like he’s about to throw a right hook and knock someone the F*ck out!
nah thats the famous al bundy pose, he scored 4 touchdowns on one game you know.
Who buys this crap any way?
Dolls are for chicks.
mma nerds, there out there. guys who masterd the game, watch all the shows, own tapout, affliction shirts/ shorts, talk like they know every thing about the sport, post on the net all day every day, and never once set foot in a gym to actualy train. oh and they collect dolls, if this sounds like you, your a mma nerd.
dana needs to get his head out of his ass and bring back BIG JOHN for UFC 100.
Not only is JOhn, iCONIC but the man is the best ref in the business..if I were a fighter I know I would want big JOhn as the ref because he will ensure a fair fight, and always makes sure the fighters are safe and dont take more damage then they need to.
Dana’s stupid little grudge, is costing the overall quality of main events. Big JOhn should ref every last main event that the UFC puts together..For about 15 reason’s that I dont feel li8ke mentioning!
Thats the first thing that came to mind when I saw it too.
That was his look before the nog’s fight.
These things are realistic…If you walk by the Arlovski doll too quickly…he’ll get knocked over from the breeze.
Does the Arlovski glass jaw attachment come with it, or is it sold separately?
Haha, very nice Buster!
Apparently the Mir doll talks. Constantly. Amazingly, it does this without batteries of any kind.
Which one,would be the most annoying dolls(if talking)?
Miur
Cannoli Dwarf
Florini
Shammo
Tito
Torres
Tito and Frank the SHAM-rock® would be neck and neck, with Tito pulling ahead for the home stretch.
Arlovski’s chin looks a like its made out of glass.
“Big” John McCarthy looks like Dwayne “The Rock” Johnson.
Needs whiter teeth, but yeah.
Dammit ha. I was gonna say the same thing but made sure to read all the comments first. I was so close to an original joke. Your killing me Sean.
I’d like these if they were true to scale, but they are all over the place. From the looks of it Nogueira is bigger then all of them, even big john
i like big john as much as anyone, but who in the hell is gonna buy a doll of a referee?
(on a side note, i’m calling it now that they make gina’s boobs bigger than her head)
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