Nelson Cruz Star Wars - July 26th (Minnesota Twins)

The next installment in the Star Wars series is none other than Mr Boomstick - Nelson Cruz - Im sure this one will be a hit with the fans!

TC Bear Friends - June 26th (Minnesota Twins)

Here's the Friend's Night bobblehead from the Minnesota Twins - TC Bear with a turkey head!  

Charlie Brown Peanuts - June 13th (Minnesota Twins)

Here's the first of the Twins theme night bobbles - Charlie Brown, decked out in the Twins powder blues!

Justin Morneau Twins HOF - September 25th (Minnesota Twins)

Justin Morneau finally gets into the Twins HOF this season (was originally scheduled for 2020) and of course has a bobblehead created!  Love that the Twins are doing the players who get elected to their HOF as bobbleheads.  It's a fun little subset in the world of collecting.  

 

30 Homer Bomba Squad - July 10th (Minnesota Twins)

The Twins shared pictures of some of the other promotions this morning, and the other 2 bobbleheads, of course, were part of that!  This is the one I've been looking most forward to for the last year...haven't seen a picture until now (and when I get a better res picture, I'll share that).  Members of the 30 Homer Bomba Squad are Miguel Sano, Eddie Rosario, Mitch Garver, Nelson Cruz and Max Kepler!  

Josh Donaldson - July 23rd (Minnesota Twins)

Here's the first picture of the Josh Donaldson, Bringer of Rain bobblehead the Twins are doing this summer!  This one debuts on July 23rd.  Plenty of JD collectors out there so I see this one being pretty popular.  But depending on how the Twins are doing, maybe not too hard to get?  

Brusdar Graterol - June 5th (Fort Myers Mighty Mussels)

The second bobblehead from the Mighty Mussels is former pitcher and current Dodger - Brusdar Graterol.

Mussel Man - May 15th (Fort Myers Mighty Mussels)

And the first from the Fort Myers Mighty Mussels!  

Herb Brooks - May 19th (Saint Pauls Saints)

Here's the next one from the Saints!

Astro the Grouch - May 18th (Saint Pauls Saints)

The Saints are rereleasing some extra bobbleheads from the 2020 season.  This is the first.  

La Tortuga gets a Bobble....shell!

One of the most popular Twins players now has a bobble, ahem, shell.  Not a bobblehead, but a bobble-shell.  Willians Astudillo, aka, La Tortuga, is featured by the Twins former affiliate, the Rochester Red Wings.  They planned to give this one out during the COVID-halted 2020 season.  I was fortunate enough to secure one for my collection.  

Lindsay Whalen Legacy Collection - University of Minnesota Head Coach

The Lindsay Whalen University of Minnesota Head Coach SGA bobblehead was given away on March 1st 2020.  

Lindsay Whalen Legacy Collection - Minnesota Lynx

The Lindsay Whalen Minnesota Lynx SGA bobblehead was given away on February 22nd 2020.  

Lindsay Whalen Legacy Collection - University of Minnesota

The Lindsay Whalen University of Minnesota SGA bobblehead was given away on February 10th 2020.  

Lindsay Whalen Legacy Collection - Hutchinson High School

The Lindsay Whalen Hutchinson High School SGA bobblehead was given away on February 2nd 2020.  

Lindsay Whalen Legacy Collection

I blogged about this set last summer but needed to set it up again and remember what a bobblehead giveaway actually is like.  The Lindsay Whalen Legacy collection.  These are the last 4 bobbleheads that were part of a giveaway in 2020 before the world flipped upside down.  The Gophers sold a bobblehead mini-plan that featured these 4 bobbleheads and tickets to 4 home games in February and March of 2020.  The next 4 blog posts will feature up close pictures of each one.  

David Backes Bobblehead Minnesota State Mankato

 Here's another new addition of mine - former standout David Backes.  The Mavericks gave this out earlier this year and I've been looking for it since.  Mankato bobbleheads are pretty scarce to start with because their fans love to keep the giveaways!  Definitely am pumped to add this one!  

Neal Broten Golden Gophers Bobblehead

 This had been towards the top of my want list for some time.  I always have said the hunt is whats addicting.  The more you hunt, the more you find (crazy, right)!  Having 2 little girls means I'm hunting less and less but try to find new avenues of how to hunt.  And then sometimes they just come to you.  I was able to buy this one from a fellow collector and a very reasonable price.  

As is typical, the more you hunt, the more you strike out too.  But at this point, striking out is irrelevent.  But completely worth it when you find something you've wanted for a while!  From pictures, I knew this one was pretty detailed, but seriously, the detail is amazing!!  

Troy Bell Bobblehead

 In this day and age, typically its not too hard to find a bobblehead that was just given away.  It might be more expensive than one would hope, but they are typically out there.  That was definitely not the case with this one.  The Boston College Eagles gave this out earlier this year.  I've been searching for it since, and finally, with a little luck, I found it.  Fits right into my "Minnesota" theme as he was a stand out high school basketball player at Holy Angels in Richfield.  I'm fortunate to add this one to the collection!  

Lindsay Whalen Set

 Lindsay Whalen is one of Minnesota's most beloved hometown heroes!  The University of Minnesota captured her throughout her years from high school to now.  This was a giveaway set last winter, not many were produced and even less people knew about it.  Definitely a hard set to come by as I haven't seen many of them.  

The set features Whalen wearing her hometown Hutchinson jersey, her Gophers jersey, her Lynx jersey and then her as the coach of the Gophers Women's basketball team!  Definitely a nice set, good detail, well made and of course has the state outline as the base!