A Bobble what?

One of my latest new additions isn't exactly a bobblehead.  It's of former Twins minor leaguer - Tommy Watkins.  Instead of a bobblehead, its a bobble-butt.  That's right, his butt bobbles.  Watkins was a very popular player in the Twins farm system and this promo was done for the Fort Myers Miracle back in 2003.  Its by far one of the more unique giveaways and certainly fits my bobblehead collection to some degree!

2003 Twins All Star Bobblehead

I've been debating on this one for a while.  I've had 2 in the past, sold them both.  Finally got to a point where I thought it might be nice to add to my collection.  Forever Collectibles released a set of these "logo" bobbleheads for the 2003 All Star Game.  For many collectors its one of the toughest sets to put together.  One bobble per team and a couple "generic" all-star related bobbles.  Quite the set and all of them are pretty rare.  Cool lookin bobble and perfect for today - the start of Twinsfest!

Memory Company Bobblehead - Vikings

Here's another Memory Company bobblehead, this time, its the Vikings edition.  I know there are a couple Twins bobbleheads as well.  This one is from 2001 and I believe there is a second edition from 2003.

Goldy Bobbleheads - Gymnastics

One last Goldy related bobblehead.  This is probably one of the hardest to find and expect to pay big bucks for it when you do find it.  It's the Goldy Gymnastics version.  These were given out at meets in 2003 celebrating 100 years of U of MN Gymnastics.  Quite the bobble.

Leinenkugel's Bobblehead Set!

I've seen these bobbleheads around but never grouped as a set.  One here and there.  At the time I wasn't sure if I wanted to pick up the individuals for one main reason.  They aren't Minnesota related. Close, but not quite.  So I passed.  Until a few weeks ago, when I found a set of them.  I figured...why not.   If you don't know much about Leinies...check out their website.  The bobbleheads feature 3 brothers - Jake, Dick & John (the great-great grandsons of original founder Jacob Leinenkugel).  They were sold in 2003 I believe.  Sets of 3 are pretty rare as I mentioned previously, I've only seen singles of these guys.  Its a cool group of bobbleheads!

Cooperstown Collection Surprise!

Forever Collectibles released a "Cooperstown Collection" back in 2003.  Included in it were former Twins stars, Harmon Killebrew and Rod Carew.  I'm not big on the retail bobbleheads, I certainly have some, but for the most part I like the giveaways.  When I started collecting, I saw these from time to time.  They typically went for between $50 and $100.  At that point, the only way I was going to pick these 2 up for my collection were garage sales or to get lucky.

Well I got lucky at garage sales.  I just picked up the Carew at a garage sale 2 weeks ago and I had gotten the Killebrew at a sale about 5 weeks ago.  Carew didn't come in the original box but Killebrew did.  The box was pristine and looking at the bobblehead, it was even better than that - so I didn't take it out of the box.  In prepping for my blog I had to get pictures of each bobblehead.  I was amazed at what I saw.

Yep, a Killebrew autograph on the back of the bobblehead.  I was absolutely giddy when I saw this.  And it was completely dumb luck on my part.  I was buying it at the garage sale either way so I didn't even take it out of the box!

These were limited to 5000 each and I believe Forever Collectibles named this series Legends of the Park, Cooperstown Collection.  I've heard there were 10 players in this series, not sure of the other 8, but these are the 2 Twins.