“Maybe I should just get her something for the kitchen,” You mumble, even as you’re disgust by yourself for thinking it. She’s your mom, not your cook! She deserves more than some unimaginative pot or coffee maker. Besides, you already got her that toaster last year. At the same time, you muse, a new appliance is better than a card and some flowers, right?
Yeah, but not by much – and there isn’t much room in the attic for another gift she won’t use. Continue reading
Wow, are weddings tough things to plan! If you’re going through that, then our hats off to you. We thought running Whoop Ass Enterprises was hard, but that doesn’t hold a candle to planning a wedding.
I mean, there is just so much that you’ve got to decide. There’s the cake, the floral decorations, the location, the wedding list, who sits where (for heaven’s sake, don’t put Aunty Liz next to Stew!) and, of course, all the gifts. Continue reading
An interesting recent article on major league baseball’s continued love affair with the bobblehead. Last season just MLB teams along gave away 2.59 million bobbleheads…that’s insane! By my calculations, those bobbleheads, stacked in a line would reach from Waxahatchie, Texas to Natchitoches, Louisiana. Go ahead,check my math, I dare you.
So we make a lot of custom bobbleheads with beards and mustaches, but this Jayson Werth bobblehead that the Potomac Nationals are giving away brings a new meaning to a hairy bobblehead.
The thing appears to have real hair! Hopefully PETA will not need to investigate.
Imagine our displeasure upon learning that we had missed one of the best bobblehead giveaways in recent memory on May 24th. The Akron RubberDucks gave away bobbleheads of the classic 80s band Devo, wearing yellow hazmat suits and the iconic Devo hat.
A few years back we did some research to see what states and Metro areas “consumed” the most custom bobbleheads in the country.
Who didn’t love the classic baseball movie “Major League”. Hard to believe it was released 25 years ago. To celebrate, a minor league affiliate of the Cleveland Indians is giving away Jobu bobbleheads!
Who knew that the actor who played Jobu’s owner Pedro Cerrano (Dennis Haysbert) would take his bullfrog voice all the way to portraying the President of the US and to AllState commercials!
Here’s a somewhat funny story about a recent Prince Fielder Bobblehead that the Texas Rangers did.
Most of the 15,000 Bobbleheads had “Medical Center Arilington” painted on them instead of “Medical Center Arlington”. I bet the sponsor was not too pleased! Most bobbleheads are made in China, and given that English is not the native language over there, quality control is key. Imagine getting 15,00 of them wrong!
We also make some of our bobbleheads in China and some in Mexico, so we spend lots of time making sure all the details are right. We did spend a year making them in the US in 2010, but the costs turned out to be too high (almost bankrupted us!). And we promise to spell it A-R-L-I-N-G-T-O-N, don’t worry!
I wrote a couple of weeks ago about the 6 giant custom bobbleheads that were commissioned in Detroit to recognize the city’s sports stars. Well, apparently, some disgruntled Redwings fans decided to behead the Jimmy Howard custom bobble head after the Redwings dropped out of the playoffs.
Unfortunately for the perpetrators, the Detroit area police were quick to find him and recover the missing giant head. I’m from Michigan, and all I have to say to Detroiters is, stop acting like a bunch of Philadelphia fans!
I saw that a couple members of the heavy metal band GWAR! were recently immortalized in the form of their own custom bobbleheads. I don’t really think of metal and bobbleheads being in the same genre, but it just goes to show you the bobblehead is some form of universal truth. I was also able to find a Blondie bobblehead, a Devo bobblehead and a Bach bobble head doll…without much looking. But sadly, no Debbie Gibson bobblehead seems to exist.
Perhaps Debbie Gibson will call and order her own custom bobblehead? We’ll be waiting by the phone.
