Larry Culpepper Bobblehead

This one has nothing to do with Minnesota or 99% of my collection.  However, its a new addition and a pretty cool bobblehead.  Dr. Pepper made a bunch (I say a bunch because the production number isn't known, but they aren't super hard to find) of these Larry Culpepper bobbleheads.  I believe only given to Twitter followers (through giveaways) and fans at specific college football games.

New Addition - Tyler Graovac

One of my latest additions to the collection is that of Tyler Graovac!  I won a bobble contest that the Iowa Wild did on Twitter.  On top of the bobblehead, it happens to be autographed too!  Lucky that I won and even better that its a bobble!

President Anne Blackhurst - Minnesota State University Moorhead

I love this bobblehead!  It fits perfectly into my "Minnesota" themed collection and I was excited to get it.  A buddy of mine had told me about it and after a few emails it was on its way to me.  I've had it for several months now but finally got around to taking some pictures of "recent" (yes, I use that term extremely lightly) additions.  Usually when I get new bobbleheads for my collection, they go straight into a storage tote.  Unfortunately most of my collection isn't currently displayed.  This one is on the smaller side and I think I forgot to grab pictures of it when going through this tote a few months ago.  I follow President Blackhurst on Twitter and I saw a few of her posts which made me realize I hadn't blogged about this specific bobblehead yet!  Read more about Anne here!  She's pretty awesome.

Sneak Peek - Minnesota Twins 2016 Bobblehead

So the Twins are tweeting pictures (well, you have to retweet to see the actual picture) of promotional items that are giveaways this season.  Today was the first bobblehead picture.  It's another vintage one, but this year, its "bobble-girl."  I'm guessing it'll be similar to last years version of the "bobble-boy."

My hunch is this won't draw a ton of fanfare, similar to last years version.  Most Twins fans and bobblehead collectors are looking for popular player bobbles.  Hopefully we'll see Buxton and Sano bobbleheads this season!!  But on July 31st, you'll see people lining up for this one!

Twinsfest 2016

Twinsfest 2016 has come and gone.  I wasn't nearly as fortunate as I was last year or even the year prior (it's first year at Target Field).  It was still fun and I took advantage of a few decent deals.  I went into it thinking about different things I'd do, but the major focus of Twinsfest is the autograph seekers, the lines they stand in and the areas the players sit in, ready to scribble their name hundreds of times.

I have to think, even tho the Twins would love to keep Twinsfest at Target Field for several more years, the whole 3 day event would be much better served at a larger venue.  I think US Bank Stadium would be a great fit.  I've been fortunate enough to see detailed plans and maps of how the Vikings plan to draw larger events like Twinfest and it almost makes too much sense.  Everything is so clustered at Target Field, since the Twins can only truly use the space behind the dugouts and the Club level as everything else is outside.  And moving this event to a bigger space such as the Vikings stadium would help solve several issues.

Twitter & Facebook lit up with pictures and posts from the weekend and it was fun to see a lot of baseball related stuff in January!