HalifaxDrunk
11-24-2004, 10:52 AM
Waterfowl News Release
There is something bigger in sports these days. Not very big, really. Weighing in at a little more than a pound and standing just shy of a foot, they can fill arenas faster than a Zamphere "Master of the Pan Flute" concert.
The first 13,000 fans to tonight's game between the Capitals and the Ducks will receive a free limited special edition edition GM Halifax Drunk Bobblehead. President and CEO of Bobble Inc. discussed the future collectable item. "What makes this bobblehead special is that its not his head that bobbles".
If the game sells out and they've got 15,000 dolls for the first 15,000 people, if you're not there at six in the morning, you don't get one,"says Finnegan Dressup, president of Casey & Finnegan Global Promotions in Sackville, Nova Scotia.
Bobbleheads aren't new, they've been around since the 1950s. But when Finnegan's company was asked in 1999 to create a John Kordic bobblehead for a Toronto Maple Leafs fan giveaway, a craze was created and a trend reborn.
What do the athletes and coaches who serve as models for the bobbleheads think of their dolls? "We've had players try to modify the dolls, who like their butt raised, and bubbled a bit," Finnegan says.
GM Drunk "I can't complain, it appears to be totally proportional, they did have to use stronger springs as the bobbling part was a bit too heavy."
There is something bigger in sports these days. Not very big, really. Weighing in at a little more than a pound and standing just shy of a foot, they can fill arenas faster than a Zamphere "Master of the Pan Flute" concert.
The first 13,000 fans to tonight's game between the Capitals and the Ducks will receive a free limited special edition edition GM Halifax Drunk Bobblehead. President and CEO of Bobble Inc. discussed the future collectable item. "What makes this bobblehead special is that its not his head that bobbles".
If the game sells out and they've got 15,000 dolls for the first 15,000 people, if you're not there at six in the morning, you don't get one,"says Finnegan Dressup, president of Casey & Finnegan Global Promotions in Sackville, Nova Scotia.
Bobbleheads aren't new, they've been around since the 1950s. But when Finnegan's company was asked in 1999 to create a John Kordic bobblehead for a Toronto Maple Leafs fan giveaway, a craze was created and a trend reborn.
What do the athletes and coaches who serve as models for the bobbleheads think of their dolls? "We've had players try to modify the dolls, who like their butt raised, and bubbled a bit," Finnegan says.
GM Drunk "I can't complain, it appears to be totally proportional, they did have to use stronger springs as the bobbling part was a bit too heavy."