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Bobblehead Shrine Help!

Ok Folks, it is that time of year again. The new season is upon us, the winter trades are complete (I hope!), and my bobblehead shrine is in desperate need of dusting!!

There have been so many trades over the course of the last year that my shrine is in need of a major overhaul!

So I am turning to AN for help with this. I could really use some ideas as to how I should display these!

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This is my current shrine:

POV 1:

POV 2:

Close up of Bobbleheads:

So AN, I am leaving this in your very capable hands. I need your help! As you can see in the last photo, I only have 5 "active" bobbleheads. I still want to display all my bobbleheads, but I only want the "active" ones as the focus. And I need to make room for the 2008 bobbleheads.

I know I am not the only one with such a collection. So I would really appreciate the help of others who are finding creative ways to display their treasures.

And I would love to see photos of other shrines out there in the AN community. Even if you don't have an idea how to help me, I think it would still be fun to see how people show their devotion to their team.

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I have no suggestions

But that's an impressive shrine! :)

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by Kelly on Jan 25, 2008 5:23 AM PST reply actions   0 recs

Yeah, what Kelly said!

But I'm a little worried about those photo albums -- or whatever they are, perched only half on the top shelf -- falling down and crushing BobbleShrine...

"It is almost impossible to exaggerate the complete unimportance of almost everything."

by Poppy on Jan 25, 2008 6:51 AM PST reply actions   0 recs

I agree about the photo albums

Those are my many scrapbooks. I use to have them on a lower set of shelves, then when I moved, the wall shelves made the most sense. When I moved my shrine over to that corner of the room, I moved the albums up a shelf so I could use the lower shelf.

I fear those albums falling all the time. They are rather secure up there considering. But that brings little comfort.

We want our Swisher Back!!

by BobbyCrosbysGirl on Jan 25, 2008 2:24 PM PST up reply actions   0 recs

Keep in mind I have an OCD.

I put the boxes in storage, well, because I didn't need to display those and they take up shelf space.

I put my bobbleheads on two bookshelves. I decoupaged the outside with with A's photos and left the inside black. They have off-setting shelves like this:

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One bookshelf contains former A's (it's getting cramped),"other" bobbleheads, and "other" memorabilia such as two non-A's signed balls and the Zito and Mulder McFarlane figures.

I haven't moved most of the A's traded this offseason yet, so the other, strictly A's bobbleheads and memorabilia, looks like this:

Top of the case - a photo of Rich Harden and a display of grass I "borrowed" from the Coliseum

First shelf - Green jersey wearing A's

Second shelf - a framed photos of Chavy and a yellow vase

Third shelf - White jersey wearing A's (pitchers and infielders)

Fourth - White jersey wearing A's (outfielders)

Fifth- "Small" items: Chavy nesting dolls, Hallmark baseball ornament

Sixth - Signed photo of Crosby, signed balls, and a photo box.

Above the two bookshelves I have framed photos:

  • Every ticket from every game I've attended, plus other paper products (pocket schedules, post cards, etc) in a  frame
  • The signed MaEl birthday card Poppy sent me last year
  • My favorite photos from San Francisco

by Jennifer on Jan 25, 2008 7:46 AM PST reply actions   0 recs

Lookin' good

I'd personally find a way to just display the bobbles for a cleaner look, no boxes.  Funny thing, I bought my first house a few months back and one of the first things I did was install a couple nice shelves so I can display all my bobbleheads by my PC.  Gets quite a few comments, I have every single A's and Brewers giveaway bobblehead, each team with their own shelf.  Reminds me I need to fix my Swisher since his legs were broke in the move.

Gas to Chicago- $23.87 A's/White Sox Tix- $28 Watching the A's whipping the Sox in July 05'- Priceless

by WiscoFan on Jan 25, 2008 8:24 AM PST reply actions   0 recs

BoCrogirl

That shrine is a beautiful thing!

I love you, k^2. -Poppy*

by kaweahkaweah on Jan 25, 2008 9:08 AM PST reply actions   0 recs

Get some shelves

Clear out the stuff on your selves and display them there.  Go to IKEA and get a couple of very stable shelves.  Ones that won't rip out from the wall once the bobbleheads get heavier and heavier. I would get rid of the boxes.  Maybe paint the shelves you have or paint some new shelves green.  Or get creative and take a pic or find a picture of the inside of the coliseum.  Maybe take a picture from the second desk behind home plate, showing the field and outfield bleachers.  Blow up the picture to a really big size and that can be the background for your bobbleheads instead of the boxes.  Stagger your bobbleheads and put the active players in the front.  

I have all the bobbleheads from the very fist one Giambi to Mark Ellis. I just put them in the order they came out.  I don't have the Dave Stewart or Bill King bobblehead.  Anyone got one they wanna trade or sell.  

by What Would Rickey Do on Jan 25, 2008 10:02 AM PST reply actions   0 recs

I like the picture idea

A little too involved for my small, not perminant space. Maybe when I have a place of my own.

I may give the shelves a try. I have been debating whether or not to get rid of the boxes. I kinda liked them at first and they made it easy to display them when I had only a few, but now they are a little too much.

Thanks for the ideas!

We want our Swisher Back!!

by BobbyCrosbysGirl on Jan 25, 2008 2:14 PM PST up reply actions   0 recs

damn

i'll try to get some pictures of my room, but your shrine kills mine, mine's kinda just a tall bookshelf, and not all a's stuff, but about 90% is.

my room is a different story. it's painted like the coliseum. used to have astroturf for the carpet, but it got too annoying to clean so it's hardwood now. totally not the same but still cool.

President of the Joey Devine fan club as of 1/15/08. Accepting applications for other positions. "He has no equivalent." -Paul DePodesta on Jeremy Brown

by flipgatey3 on Jan 25, 2008 11:31 AM PST reply actions   0 recs

As long as you didn't have...

real grass on the floor, and then invite the Raiders to come over and trample it every fall.

"It is almost impossible to exaggerate the complete unimportance of almost everything."

by Poppy on Jan 25, 2008 11:45 AM PST up reply actions   0 recs

i don't think

a better reply to my comment is possible. nice one poppy.

President of the Joey Devine fan club as of 1/15/08. Accepting applications for other positions. "He has no equivalent." -Paul DePodesta on Jeremy Brown

by flipgatey3 on Jan 25, 2008 4:59 PM PST up reply actions   0 recs

more like get trampled on
"Baseball- like movies, newspapers, and magazines- has fallen into the hands of rich, vulgar people who neither love or understand it." - Hal Crowther

by 67MARQUEZ on Jan 25, 2008 6:20 PM PST up reply actions   0 recs

Nice ! !

I have a similar shrine, but will have to post a picture later.  I've gotten them in a smaller space, and was wondering what I was going to do this year.  I've got all the bobbles starting with the short fat Giambi and Tejada, but I've also added Stomper (from the Kid's club, don't ask!)  My dad has the Bill King and Dave Stewart bobbles, but they will eventually be passed down to me (the longer it takes the better!) He (my dad) also has an A's shrine and even has a couple of the early bobbles that weren't player specific.  I think I have pictures of that too.  I'll try to find time to post them tonight.

Fremont is more than just a parking lot!

by Midori1967 on Jan 25, 2008 2:07 PM PST reply actions   0 recs

You're going to need tons of more room...

for Bonds' bobblehead.  I mean do the math, with a real head that big...

What are they going to do...send you to baseball jail?

by methodrampage on Jan 25, 2008 3:22 PM PST reply actions   0 recs

Geez,

Now I'm sad.  I've given most of mine away to people that I've talked into being A's fans.  But it's a new year, and hopefully I can get a nice setup like you.  Whatever you do, BCG, keep the white shelves as the gold and green show best against the white.
Also, if there is a Bond's bobblehead in the future, then you are really going to need to think about putting those empty boxes in storage to fit his massive head!  You might even need a crane to haul that one in....

"Schilling is an A-hole. The End." Amnesiac727

by LilAnnieOaktown on Jan 25, 2008 6:38 PM PST reply actions   0 recs

A shame...

I must have missed the pill-form-steroid give away.  Nice touch to the collection though!

"You may glory in a team triumphant, but you fall in love with a team in defeat."--The Boys of Summer

by alox on Jan 26, 2008 9:36 AM PST reply actions   0 recs

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