U of MN Bobbles - Whalen & McCarville

Since I was doing a Goldy mini series, I figured I'd add a couple more bobbleheads related to the Gophers and the University of Minnesota.  I believe these were either given away or sold at Gopher women's basketball games.  Obviously 2 of the biggest stars to come thru the U.  Janel McCarville and Lindsay Whalen.  I find it quite odd that Lindsay is taller than Janel when comparing the bobbles, since she's definitely shorter than Janel in real life.  Still - 2 awesome bobbleheads.

What a month!

I've had wonderful luck over the past month or so.  Easily the best month of my extremely short collecting career.  I've also been able to replenish a dwindling stock of bobbleheads to sell - gotta pay for the collecting side somehow, right?  I've blogged about a few of the bobbleheads I've picked up.  I plan on blogging about a couple others in the very near future.  A quick estimate would say I've added nearly 50 bobbleheads to my collection over the last several weeks while I've added about 60 bobbleheads to sell.  Obviously my hope is that I can sell the 60 for enough to pay for themselves as well as the almost 50 bobbleheads I'm keeping!  Ideal, but ideal doesn't always work.  And sometimes it takes months and months to sell everything.  So we'll see how things go!

Here are a couple pictures of a few I've blogged about recently.  More to come soon!  Also an updated want list!  

Former Gopher Greats!

Local sports heroes, Lindsay Whalen (Hutchinson, MN) and Janel McCarville (Stevens Point, WI) turned the Gopher Womens hoops team around a little over 10 years ago.  They were the main pieces in a 2004 Final Four run.  Roughly 5 years ago the team decided to sell Whalen (and a year later) McCarville bobbleheads.  I believe only 1000 of each were produced.  I've been looking for each of these for a while and finally found them this weekend.  And after a couple nights ago, they each have Gopher as well as Lynx bobbleheads!

My only question (and I'm sure Janel is curious about this too), why is Lindsay taller than Janel?  Enjoy!

Janel McCarville Bobblehead Night!

Tonight is/was Janel McCarville Bobblehead Night at the Target Center!  I posted a blog about this a couple weeks ago about this - read it here.  It's a good lookin' bobblehead and another solid one from the Lynx. They won the game too, their 11th win in a row.  And McCarville was her usual self with a nice all-around game.  Check out the bobblehead.

Minnesota Lynx Bobblehead Giveaway - Janel McCarville

I recently learned that the Lynx are doing a bobblehead giveaway this season.  Janel McCarville will get the nod (pun intended) in August.  The Lynx have done a great job the past several years with their bobblehead giveaways.  I figured McCarville would be a good option in 2014, but there was one small lingering issue - she was a free agent.  Once the Lynx resigned her I had a feeling she might get a bobblehead.  Being a former fan favorite as a Gopher and a new fan favorite with the Lynx it made perfect sense.

Luckily I was able to track down a picture (thanks to some great people within the Lynx organization) as I feel pictures are always important to add to my blog posts!  So...if you are a Lynx fan, a McCarville fan, or a bobblehead fan, mark August 7th on your calendars and get to the Target Center to pick up your Janel McCarville bobblehead!  Here's a link for tickets!