Sneak Peek - Jim Thome & Babe the Blue Ox Bobblehead

A few weeks ago the Twins surprised all of us by announcing another bobblehead.  Originally they promoted a celebration of Jim Thome's Hall of Fame career but no giveaway was planned.  I absolutely love the creativity of this bobblehead - perhaps not only the creativity but remembering what a fun and well received commercial they did several years ago when Thome played for the team.  This is only available thru a Theme Night package, which will be quite popular I'm sure! 

Here's the commercial I mentioned earlier!  Such a great idea to make a bobblehead from this!  And the bobblehead looks great too! 

New Addition - Lucette

One of my latest additions, thanks to my buddy Zane, is Lucette.  Lucette is Paul Bunyan's main squeeze.  A 17 foot fiberglass version of her is proudly displayed in the town of Hackensack, MN.  I believe bobbleheads of Paul, Lucette and Babe were promoted several years ago during a town celebration.  I've known about this one for years and am happy to say a well conditioned one is now in my collection!  

New Addition - Paul Bunyan Bobblehead

Here is one of my most recent additions!  A buddy of mine found this for me as he knew I was looking for it.  This Paul Bunyan bobblehead is from a town celebration in Hackensack, MN.  It's part of a set of 3 bobbleheads, of course with Babe the Blue Ox and Paul's girlfriend, Lucette!  I hope to find those bobbleheads sometime soon!

Updated Want List - Part 1 (Minnesota Miscellaneous Bobbleheads)

I'm going to blog about my Want List a little different this time.  Only a few posts, categorical specific and several pictures.  These will also appear in an updated Slideshow, just like my old Want List did.  I think I'm going to move that to the top portion of the blog tho!  These are all miscellaneous Minnesota bobbleheads.

     

 The first 3 are Paul Bunyan and Babe the Blue Ox bobbles

Next comes Big Ole from Alexandria Minnesota

How bout local attorney, Ron Meshbesher?

And finally, local big time music producers, Jimmy Jam & Terry Lewis!

Paul Bunyan & Babe the Blue Ox!

Even Minnesota Icon Paul Bunyan has a bobblehead.  Actually, several bobbleheads!  I'm lucky to have a couple of them, but still looking for others.  Babe also has a couple bobbleheads.  Akeley, Bemidji & Brainard (among other locations outside of Minnesota) claim their towns as Paul Bunyan's birthplace.  These towns have produced various bobbleheads of Paul Bunyan and Babe the Blue Ox. Below are a couple of them!

Want List (Part 4)

I'm going to try to do a mini series within this Want List series of posts.  The next few posts will focus on a bit more random Minnesota bobbleheads.

Below are a couple pictures of the iconic Paul Bunyan and Babe the Blue Ox.  A few different small towns have done bobblehead promotions in effort to raise funds for specific events in their communities.  Paul Bunyan and Babe make great bobbleheads.  I believe both come from northern MN towns, one in the Brainerd area and the other set from Hackensack.  I'm sure there are several bobbleheads out there like this - if you know of some, please email me!