New Addition - Mr Shucks

I love mascots, especially when they are Minnesota mascots or mascots of Minnesota affiliated teams.  Here's one of the favorites - Mr Shucks from the Cedar Rapids Kernels!  He is part of a book club for kids and a promo for the club is a Mr Shucks bobblehead, I'm sure there aren't a ton of these but luckily I was able to add one to the collection recently! 

Twins Top 10 List - #9

Herb Carneal's only bobblehead is number 9 on my Twins Top 10 list.  I don't know a ton about this bobble, but I believe it was a "Make a Wish" charity/promotional bobblehead in the mid 2000s. Originally these came with a COA, but very rarely do you find them with the bobblehead, especially one of this rarity.  

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!

US Bank Bobblehead

Here's a random Minnesota based bobblehead - US Bank.  It's a very cool bobble and a recent new addition to the collection.  I have no idea where it came from but Im guessing it was a promotional item in the early 2000s that US Bank gave to customers for opening up a bank account or something. I hadn't seen this one before, but glad its part of my collection!

RCTC Yellowjackets Bobblehead

This is a pretty rare bobble and one that I was excited to add to my collection.  Didn't know much about it when I found it but its a Yellowjackets bobblehead from Rochester Community and Technical College.  I'm thinking it was a promo item in the early to mid 2000s (just my hunch based off how it's built - which is nice and solid)!

Fairborne - Minnesota State Fair Mascot!!

I got lucky on this one.  I had never seen this bobblehead before, but picked it up in a lot I purchased. I dug quite a bit on this one and learned little.  Read about the State Fair and it's mascots here! Fairborne is the nephew of the original MN State Fair mascot, Fairchild. This bobblehead idea was "born" in 2006 I believe and I think it was either sold or was some type of giveaway at the fair in 2007 or 2008. There aren't many around, I know that as this is the only one I've ever seen and even when digging I couldn't find more!

Mankato Mavericks Bobblehead

I picked up this bobblehead a few months ago.  This is Stomper, the Mavericks Mascot.  I believe this was a giveaway or promotional bobblehead by the Mankato Hoops Club.  This was given out to Hoops Club members in the early 2000s.  Pretty cool bobblehead and a fairly rare one too as not many of these were made.  The Hoops Club, as you may have guessed, is all about Maverick basketball.  Check out the link above to learn more about the Hoops Club!

Rochester Honkers - Slider Bobbleheads

This isn't a typo and you don't have double vision...well at least I'm guessing you don't.  From what I've been able to tell, many Northwoods League teams do 2 very similar bobbleheads.  This is one of them from the Rochester Honkers and their mascot Slider.  I believe the Slider on the left (in the box) was a retail version.  Usually the giveaways or promotional bobbleheads have some sort of sponsor, which you can see the one on the right has 2 plaques - KROC & Midwest Wireless.  I'm guessing they sponsored the giveaway.  Other than that, its the same exact bobblehead.