I picked up this bobblehead recently. Hermann the German is a staple in New Ulm, MN. Back in 2012, the New Ulm Convention & Visitor Bureau came up with an ad campaign featuring Hermann the German. Part of it was to make bobbleheads of his likeness and sell them. I believe between 500 and 1000 were produced and they sold out pretty quickly.
I've seen these on eBay now and then but never pulled the trigger. Glad I didn't as I got it for less than eBay prices. It's a pretty cool bobblehead and of course I wanted to add it to my collection since it has Minnesota ties! Even better - I mentioned this as a goal of mine in my Goals Addition blog!
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Thursday, August 21, 2014
2014 Goals - Additions
Been meaning to write an update to my 2014 goals post from earlier this year. Here's the original post I did back in January.
As I said in that post, I'll review my goals at the end of 2014 to see what I've accomplished. I'd like to add a few more goals to the list. I've been collecting for about 2 years now and about 9 months into this blog thing. I know a ton more today than I did 6 months ago, even more than I did 12 months ago. Part of that comes through collecting and part of that comes from conversations I've had with blog readers and other collectors.
I sincerely love interacting with my readers, I can genuinely say I look forward to it. It's fun to hear stories and learn more about bobbleheads in general! So please - leave more comments!
Let's get to the goal additions!
11. Previously I mentioned Minnesota celebrities...now I'd like to learn more about other random and miscellaneous Minnesota bobbleheads. For example, Hermann the German from New Ulm, or Mrs. Farmfest from Morgan. I didn't know about either of these until I either saw them in a picture somewhere or in a friend's collection.
12. Collect all Lynx bobbleheads. They have given away several, so its a nice little collection so far.
13. Learn even more about the Pepsi One bobbleheads and find the 3 announcers - Lee Corso, Kirk Herbstreit and Chris Fowler.
14. Been pondering trying to get a couple email interviews from a variety of people. Perhaps someone at AGP (or formerly worked there). Maybe some of my readers - let me know if you are interested. And maybe someone with the Twins. It'd be fun to see a start to finish process of how a bobblehead is chosen and then created and produced.
15. Much like #10 to keep having fun, but this time its more about the blog than the collecting. I've had a lot of fun blogging about bobbleheads and really want to continue that trend!
As I said in that post, I'll review my goals at the end of 2014 to see what I've accomplished. I'd like to add a few more goals to the list. I've been collecting for about 2 years now and about 9 months into this blog thing. I know a ton more today than I did 6 months ago, even more than I did 12 months ago. Part of that comes through collecting and part of that comes from conversations I've had with blog readers and other collectors.
I sincerely love interacting with my readers, I can genuinely say I look forward to it. It's fun to hear stories and learn more about bobbleheads in general! So please - leave more comments!
Let's get to the goal additions!
11. Previously I mentioned Minnesota celebrities...now I'd like to learn more about other random and miscellaneous Minnesota bobbleheads. For example, Hermann the German from New Ulm, or Mrs. Farmfest from Morgan. I didn't know about either of these until I either saw them in a picture somewhere or in a friend's collection.
12. Collect all Lynx bobbleheads. They have given away several, so its a nice little collection so far.
13. Learn even more about the Pepsi One bobbleheads and find the 3 announcers - Lee Corso, Kirk Herbstreit and Chris Fowler.
14. Been pondering trying to get a couple email interviews from a variety of people. Perhaps someone at AGP (or formerly worked there). Maybe some of my readers - let me know if you are interested. And maybe someone with the Twins. It'd be fun to see a start to finish process of how a bobblehead is chosen and then created and produced.
15. Much like #10 to keep having fun, but this time its more about the blog than the collecting. I've had a lot of fun blogging about bobbleheads and really want to continue that trend!
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