Not in the sense that you can order one from the manufacturer, but if you happen to run into me at a ballgame and you have one with you, I'll be happy to sign it.

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wow the ooo-ribay collection once again... know I got him on moderns but damn I need a lot of vintage :)

Some moderns, with 3 foot Lou Seal

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I really like how you have the nodders displayed; NICE!

Bobbles
 

Here are my Bobbles:

Was handed this cool triple bobblehead on my way in for the Jays-Rays game on August 11. Pays tribute to the "1993 American League Batting Title Top Three" of Alomar, Molitor & Olerud

bobble heads
 

Couldn't reply to each of these great collections... But enjoyed so many.

Here are the most recent acquisitions. And I thought I was the only one with horse racing jockeys and horse bobbles.

I sell more than I can collect.


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I recently picked up a couple of "Catman" Willie Mays nodders (flanking the vintage Willie in the middle). The two outer nodders are also Catman and were limited to 24 pieces each. These were made by a guy in Canda 15-20 years ago. I'm not sure how he made the "realistic" Mayses because they are very close to the vintage but not exact (for example, the hat crest is embossed and not a decal). The white base sold on ebay a few weeks ago for $227 but then the buyer demanded a refund and left negative feedback saying it was "repainted junk." Uh, no...it's a Catman. Dude should have known by the painted chest. I got it the second time around for $100.

There is also a realistic Mays in a NY road uni and a caricature Bonds that was limited to 25 pieces. I am on the lookout for both. I think Jimm has them.

Nice on the Catmans thought that mighta been you. Had never seen the gold base.. there is a Mays with National League All-Star jersey and a red base Mays... Haha probably more. I do have the Bonds

Current vintagehttps://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/201...1e5bd9793f.jpg

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I'm digging these Catman nodders. Here's another Mays variant:

Wonder if they started cranking these out again?

I've got a few hundred (modern) bobbles and have been looking for a way to display them. No room for bookshelves in my "cave", but I don't trust shelves hanging on the wall since I'm worried they'll bobble themselves right off the edge and fall onto the floor. Just bought 14 of these from IKEA, by my calculations they should hold 8-9 standard sized bobbles each and I'll feel like my little guys are safe behind a bar without being obscured.

https://www.ikea.com/us/en/catalog/products/60412300/

Those ought to work well, David. I used Ikea “rails,” turned upside down. Mine don’t have the safety bar feature. :p

Those look good too! Was getting ready to purchase some picture ledges from Target when I found these new IKEA guys. They should arrive today, looking forward to putting them up this weekend.

A better pic (not sure why the other came out so small):

I think I just figured something out....

(from left to right) The first Giants bobbin' head (other than the rubber Buddy Flex) was the orange wood base with no decals; next came the color base with no decals; next came the white base mini's with decals. After those it was the white bases. The white bases with decals are purported to be only 5% of the white base run. The decals are tiny. I'm now thinking they used the mini decals on the first white bases...

Milwaukee Bobble Head Museum
 

You guys should come to Milwaukee to the National Bobble Head Museum. I believe they have over 10,000 different Bobbles.

https://www.bobbleheadhall.com/

Got a feeling it would be a bunch of modern crap. The term “bobblehead” never existed in the glory days of nodders/bobbing heads.

Bobblehead Hall of Fame San Francisco, California
 

Saw a Bobblehead Hall of Fame at private collection in San Francisco. over 400 vintage and promotional nodders dispayed by team.

For my grandkids, the bobble head crap is what the 60’s and 70’s models are to most of us

Newest add

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Here you go Rob... not Catman, a guy in the southwest did these for a while, though no longer I'm told. Had him do the ooo-ribay, later bought the Mays off a friend... seems to me this was an old timers day uni for Willie?https://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/201...c5ad62196f.jpghttps://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/201...f78939a630.jpg

From my Expos collection
 

https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/...25f9828c_z.jpgthumbnail_IMG_1589 by Guy Bourque, on Flickr

Hey Jimm - I just picked up the one in the middle. It came with some sort of "Note of Authenticity." These things are a bit of a mystery. The maker, Matt Hirsch, used to produce limited numbers (25 for the green base Mays). Then he started doing realistic Mayses that were pretty much knock offs of the original, vintage ones. This latest is kind an amalgamation, although neither the body nor head exactly matches the others. I like them, no matter what the story.

What country were the original vintage bobbles or nodders made?

Per John Brey, a big reseller of vintage bobbin' heads and owner of the Nodder Exchange website:

"1960's Bobbing Head dolls were manufactured by Lego, a Swiss firm, and as we all know were put together in Japan. Apparently Lego made an agreement with Sports Specialties of Los Angeles California which gave S.S. the exclusive rights to import and distribute the dolls. Another firm, Bobbie Enterprises,Inc. sold them through mail order."

Thank you ooo ribay for the answer. Is that the same Lego who makes Legos plastic building blocks?

No.

The general feel on the new glossier canada stuff is not suthentic Catman... still cool and very rare though

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SF Giants weirdo bobbleheads
 

Hello everyone. I’m new. And recently inherited 3 Kreiss and Co 1960’s SF Weirdo Giants bobblehead/nodders. I have screw ball, crybaby and the angry face. All in excellent condition. I’m looking for more information on how to get the value of them or where to go to sell them. Any help would be greatly appreciated.

1960’s sf Giants weirdos
 

They are a bit dusty. I’m scared to attempt to clean them when I don’t really know how to properly do it.

Here some of my catman collection.. Might trade for other cool bobble heads etc. I have many more upload later.. If you have questions on catman i know the history well.
Matt Hirsh started making these in the mid 90s.. I actually was the first one to sell a few on ebay in 1997. He actually sold these on ebay from 1999 to around 2005. Matt an artist he hand created his own molds and hand painted them.. So there all kinds of variations. He still makes these in limited quanities. Hope that helps..

DWR, I like your '63 Hall of Fame busts. Those are on my want list of future purchases.

These things are getting out of hand....I bought two Mays from Matt in 2000 for $35 apiece....now, certain ebay sellers think they’re worth $1000+. :eek:

Vintage SF Giants nodders:

https://photos.app.goo.gl/zu8N1xAp1uPpf5di8

Here are my bobbleheads. All Gators!

Here is a different one a Bobble Dobble from Alexander Global Promotions. WA This was part of the 2005 Dodger Blue Crew Fan Club my son was 12 yrs old when he got this and also he met most of the Dodgers in Vero Beach during the 2005 spring training including Tommy Lasorda and Eric Gagne with autographs

This worked out great for me because this "short bat" variety was one of the only Giants mini's I was lacking. I got it relatively cheap, due to the damage. My amateur restoration didn't turn out too bad.

WOW Rob! Looks like the work of a master from your pics, great job. I'm tempted to try an old Tigers Bobblehead repair with far less damage than you started with. What type of paint did you use?

This kind of stuff....

I finally got around to taking a decent pic of all 16 of my KC Ac minis together. All are different in some way, other than the middle two top row.

Awesome collection of the lil' guys!

I love those little guys so much, I've resorted to calling my wife "Moonface".

It's meant as a term of endearment (and the ultimate compliment), but she does not see it that way, haha.

Regardless... Great Chisox collection, Doug! You've really cornered the market on the Minis. :eek:

It’s an A’s collection....I don’t know how the one Chisox snuck in.

edit: Now I see....the Chisox dude snuck in with his KC hat.

Here are some Oriole bobbers...the small one is a little tougher to findhttps://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/202...2e073637dd.jpg

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Those are great. I could be wrong but I think only the Orioles had those uniquely shaped bases.

Yes! Now to find the KC dude with the Chisox hat....

I might be able to call mine "Moonface" one time. But I don't like sleeping on the couch. :D

Ugh.... just more proof of my short-term memory loss. I can remember what I paid for a random pennant in 1993, but couldn't remember the Athletics after the 20 seconds it took to reply. Maybe I had the little White Sox mini subconsciously stuck in my head. :confused:

Which one is not like the others?

It's this guy! In my 30 years of collecting Giants nodders, this is the first I've been able to get with "eyes right." The odd thing is, Doug earlier posted a picture of 16 KC A's mini's and 14 of his 16 (88%) are "eyes right." This is a mystery to me...conventional wisdom is that the dolls were made by Lego, a Swiss company, shipped to Japan for paint and decals and then exported to the States. So, why would "eyes right" be so prevalent with Doug's mini's and so rare with my Giants (1 of 40)? All I can think of is that they went to different painting facilities...

Another mystery....Lou Criscione's bobber book shows only three teams to ever have a bat on the player's left side...KC, Angels and a Cubs black face. Again, if all dolls were shipped from Lego to Japan, wouldn't it stand to reason that the left bat was seen in all (or most) teams? I would have thought Japan would get "raw" dolls and just paint and decal them according to demand.

Although only 50-60 years old, I think nodders are hugely undervalued and underappreciated. They are very fragile and many got blown up with firecrackers (by kids like me). In my mind, they were the coolest things sold at souvenir stands in the past 60 years. In the "Hey, pennant guys" thread, we have dissected pennants (ad nauseum). With our collective knowledge, we have solved many mysteries as to when, where and by who pennants were made. I'd love to expand my nodder knowledge to the same degree.

We need a "Kyle" for Nodders, I suppose...

The best bet might be to get John Brey (All Doll Auction) or Tim Hunter (if he's still around) signed up to net54. I know that John is incredibly well-versed and knowledgeable in every aspect of Bobblehead collecting. Same for Tim, but he seems to have permanently exited the hobby.

It would actually be great to get either of them aboard, as they'd bring a wealth of knowledge to the forum.

I actually emailed John…he was as clueless as me. :p

I need to track down an 80 year old Japanese fella who worked in the factory!

Pretty safe to say the mysteries will always abound. :rolleyes:

As a matter of fact, John Brey has the left bat A’s and black face Cubs in his just opened auction.

Just picked up the last of the 12 Giants mini's I know of (short bat).

https://photos.app.goo.gl/zu8N1xAp1uPpf5di8

Congrats, Rob!!! Post a pic of them all together when you get a chance.

Post #134. ;)

This promo went for over $35k last night. Highest price I’ve ever seen for a nodder. That’s a lot of dough but way cooler than a low grade ‘53 Mantle, IMO.

OMG :eek:

I remember admiring CFL team bobbleheads at Ken's Variety on Wharncliffe Road in London circa 1963. Because of this memory from my formative years, I could be tempted by vintage (pre-1966) CFL bobbleheads although I don't have any at present.

:)

They’re out there!

Whoops

Let's try placing a group order!

Only for resale!

Those promo nodders are amazing!

Just a heads-up that a new TSOG episode just went live….
Bobbleheads!!!

We focus on the original 1960s examples, and tried to be as informative as possible. Rob G. probably could’ve done it a lot better, but feel free too give it a look anyway!

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=LfUNHr...YmxlaGVhZHM%3D

Thanks!

No way. I’m not made for the camera, like you and Bart.

Great Video Mark! Very educational. Learned my gold base Cardinal and Red are from the late 60s.

They sure are... would love to see them both, if you can post a pic. :)

Thanks so much for watching!

Each have their imperfections, but I’m proud of the little collection. The Giants one is probably in the best shape

Its interesting how overtime the body of the nodder can be in excellent shape, but the lettering on the chest or base decides to just fade away. Assuming it has to do with the adhesive they used back then.

Those are beauties! Yup, it's funny how some of the decals held up better than others. Some stayed clear, some toned just a bit, and some turned a legitimate brown color.

Great collection.... thanks for posting!

Even though they’re the last of the vintage dolls, the gold bases are the hardest to find in really good condition. Even in the late 1960’s, the quality of things was deteriorating.

Interesting. Why do you think that is? Inferior paints and adhesives used compared to the previous models?

I’ve put your question to an expert. Stay tuned. It’s always just kind of been a universal opinion that quality fell off with the gold bases. There is an expert restorer who won’t even touch them.