Back in 2014, the Minnesota Twins hosted MLB's All Star Game. It was a week long party and plenty of stuff for fans to enjoy and see. Of course there were bobbleheads. 3 mini bobbleheads were given away on 3 different mornings at Fanfest. Joe Mauer, Tony Oliva and TC Bear. TC was only given to kids under 13 (maybe 14) and they were pretty strict about that. 1000 bobbles of each were produced. Mauer and Oliva were gone within 20-30 minutes of Fanfest opening. There were plenty of TC's leftover. And the TCs you found on eBay sold pretty quickly. Ultimately the Twins sold the rest of them at Twinsfest a couple years later.
What is unknown, by many collectors is the full version of TC that was sold during All Star Week. These bobbleheads weren't numbered but I have a feeling that less than 300 were produced, most likely either 144 or 288. I never saw one that week and I went to a few different events, including the ASG itself (thanks to one of my best friends, Matt).
I've meant to show the difference of these 2 bobbles for a while. As I know several people are looking for the full version and usually the mini version comes up. So here is a picture showing both! As you can see they are quite similar, for the most part, the same pose, but a different base and obviously different height. The full version is definitely one of the harder to find TC Bear bobbleheads!
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