Showing posts with label 2000. Show all posts
Showing posts with label 2000. Show all posts
Sunday, September 27, 2015
St Paul Saints Vintage Bobblehead
Here's a vintage version of a St Paul Saints bobblehead that I picked up at a garage sale recently. I think this is the first one the Saints gave away in 2000. It isn't in the best condition, but I hadn't seen one for a while and I got it for a really good price.
Monday, November 17, 2014
Want List (Part 2)
My second post in this series revolves around the Saint Paul Saints. The Saints have definitely had some interesting giveaways in the past and their bobbleheads have been a big part of that. I believe I'm missing 2 from having a complete set. The first is Duke Snider and the 2nd is a Vintage Saints nodder. I think the Vintage nodder is from the 2000 season and I'm unsure when the Duke Snider bobblehead came out. Neither are super rare or valuable, but definitely would like to add them to my collection!
Tuesday, October 7, 2014
Minnesota Twins - 1st Edition SGAs vs 1st Edition STHs
I've had several people ask me about the difference between SGAs and STHs. For the most part its super easy to tell, green base bobbleheads are the giveaways while red base bobbleheads were given to season ticket holders. However, one major hurdle is the 1st Edition of each set, as they both had green bases.
Harmon Killebrew, Kent Hrbek, Tony Oliva and Kirby Puckett make up each set. The SGA set was given out in 2000 while the STH set was given out the following year. There are a couple great features with both sets. This is by far the best quality set the Twins did, both in terms of the quality of the bobblehead specifically as well as the uniqueness of each one. Each player has different jerseys (where as most of the more recent sets - the same jerseys appear with the only difference being a red base vs. a green base).
The hard thing is remembering the exact jersey of each player to tell if its a SGA or STH. There is a much easier way to tell the difference of each. The base of the SGA says "Mountain Dew" (they sponsored the set) while the base of the STH says the last name of each player. THAT is the best way to tell which edition of bobblehead you are viewing. Below is a comparison picture, on the top is the SGA set while the STH set on the bottom.
Harmon Killebrew, Kent Hrbek, Tony Oliva and Kirby Puckett make up each set. The SGA set was given out in 2000 while the STH set was given out the following year. There are a couple great features with both sets. This is by far the best quality set the Twins did, both in terms of the quality of the bobblehead specifically as well as the uniqueness of each one. Each player has different jerseys (where as most of the more recent sets - the same jerseys appear with the only difference being a red base vs. a green base).
The hard thing is remembering the exact jersey of each player to tell if its a SGA or STH. There is a much easier way to tell the difference of each. The base of the SGA says "Mountain Dew" (they sponsored the set) while the base of the STH says the last name of each player. THAT is the best way to tell which edition of bobblehead you are viewing. Below is a comparison picture, on the top is the SGA set while the STH set on the bottom.
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