New Addition - Torii Hunter Gold Glove

I've been looking for this Torii bobblehead for quite some time!  About a year ago I thought I had a lead on it, it quickly faded and I kept looking.  A few other collectors knew I was looking for it and luckily was able to get it thru one of them.  I don't know a ton about it, there is a "gold glove" set that Forever Collectibles did - I believe the set consists of 9 or 10 bobbleheads total, but the one I really wanted was Torii.  It's about 9 inches tall and the detail is amazing!!  Happy to finally add this one to the collection!

Torii Hunter Bobblehead Day

The Twins are giving away 10,000 Torii Hunter Hall of Fame bobbleheads today!  Torii is a big time fan favorite and I'm guessing people will be down at Target Field a bit early today.  This one will be especially collectible for a variety of reasons.  Let's start with the obvious - it's Torii.  People love him.  Second, its known as a "wall catch" bobblehead.  Plenty of collectors of subsets in their collection for specific types of bobbleheads, the "wall catch" bobbles fit that subset.  Another subset that some collectors love is a the "hall of fame" aspect.  Even tho its just the Twins Hall of Fame, it's still an HOF and other collectors will want it for this.  A third subset category is the "Gold Glove" touch.  Hunter was a wonderful defensive center fielder and won 9 consecutive Gold Glove awards and several collectors love their "Gold Glove" subset!  Lastly, Torii has been a fan favorite everywhere he's went, so he has plenty of fans outside of Minnesota.  I think the Twins did a really good job with this bobble!

2016 Twins Bobblehead Rundown!

Here's the complete rundown of all 2016 Twins SGA bobbleheads!

Sneak Peek - Torii Hunter

If you've checked out the slideshow on the top right of the blog, you've probably already seen this bobblehead, but if not, here's a quick Sneak Peek at the Torii Hunter bobble the Twins are giving out on July 16th, get your tickets here!  It'll be a "Twins Hall of Fame" bobble, of course with Torii making one of his "routine" wall catches.  It also appears that he's wearing a Gold Glove too!

Minnesota Twins SGA Bobblehead Set (Part 7 - Year 2006)

In 2006 the Twins released 4 bobbleheads.  Torii Hunter, Brad Radke, Billy Martin, and Jack Morris. The interesting thing about this set is Torii is depicted with his Gold Glove award.  The problem with that...apparently when these were shipping, many were damaged in the process.  Because of that, the Twins exchanged damaged Hunters for new ones.  The difference with the new ones, the Gold Glove award is magnetic (along with his hands).  Therefore the award was not attached to the bobblehead during shipping.  The other problem I've seen with this Torii bobblehead...no matter if its the original or the replacement, unfortunately many of the gold glove awards have been lost and/or damaged.