I believe in the 2003-2005 range, Pepsi One did a set of 33 college mascot bobbleheads. It included both major and minor conference schools. AGP produced the bobbleheads and the detail in them is amazing. That's the reason I decided to collect this set even tho it has nothing to do with Minnesota - well at least the teams don't. Besides that, its a pretty tough collection to put together. At the time, you had to redeem points (from purchasing Pepsi One cans/bottles). I've heard 2 different variations. The first is, so many points got you one bobblehead of your choice. The second, another batch of points got you 3 bobbleheads of your choice. Also, only 1 set of points could be redeemed by the same person. And from the sounds of it, lots of points were needed to get the batch of bobbleheads. Add in the fact that there are 33 pieces to this set, you'd have to come across a lot of friends who drank Pepsi One.
I teased that Minnesota wasn't really involved in the Mascots earlier - which is true. But Minnesota is heavily involved in the story. I've heard the same thing from numerous people, a lot of these Pepsi One Mascots ended up in the Minnesota area. Not sure why that is, but it certainly seems to be true.
Update: The bobbleheads ended up in Minnesota because the redemption company has a warehouse in Maple Plain, Minnesota. All bobbleheads were supposed to be destroyed once the redemption period ended. However, we know that most likely didn't happen.
Here's the set, broken down into 4 pictures. Who's your favorite?
Also - there is one bobblehead missing from these pictures - Kansas State.
Hi. I have 9 of these. Any idea what they are worth individually?
ReplyDeleteColorado State
Colorado
East Carolina
Cincinnati State
Tulsa
Utah State
Northwestern
New Mexico
Arizona
Stanford
Kansas State
Actually have 11 as shown above.
DeleteHey, just friendly heads up.
ReplyDeleteThere r actually 36 in the complete set
Missing Kansas st & then the 3 announcers (fowler, Corso, herbstreit)
Thx
Hi, there is actually 4 more n the complete set.
ReplyDelete1 mascot missing, Kansas st
& also the 3 announcer bobbles (Fowler, Corso & herbstreit). I’m sure u have prob got b4. Just friendly heads up
Thanks. Full mascots is 33 (32 are pictured). 3 announcers.
DeletePlus for those completists, there is an error Oregon State one (says Oregon State on base but its the Duck from Oregon) plus there are an additional 3 announcers, a different version of Corso plus 2 other guys.
I have 34 mascots (2 NCST) and 3 announcers. I have an NC State basketball and an NC State football. Does anyone have an image of the Oregon one with an Oregon State base or a picture of the two different Corsos since I'm still looking for the second one?
DeleteFeel free to share your email and I can send you pictures of the Oregon State and prototype Corso
Deletewsox08 at gmail dot com
Deletecan you post when you send the pics so I can remove my email/know if they went to spam? Thanks
DeleteScott?
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