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anybody have an extra Thor bobblehead for sale?

Vic Sage Jul 26 2017 02:32 PM

I'm willing to make a deal!

d'Kong76 Jul 26 2017 02:51 PM Re: anybody have an extra Thor bobblehead for sale?

There's a bunch on eBay... ~$50-110 at quick glance.

Lefty Specialist Jul 26 2017 03:58 PM Re: anybody have an extra Thor bobblehead for sale?

Some friends went that night and it was a shitshow. People were lined up hours in advance of the gates opening. Naturally, they didn't get one. Limiting these things to 15,000 is ridiculous. The sponsor is paying for them, not the Mets; why not give one to everybody who attends?

41Forever Jul 26 2017 04:34 PM Re: anybody have an extra Thor bobblehead for sale?

Lefty Specialist wrote: Some friends went that night and it was a shitshow. People were lined up hours in advance of the gates opening. Naturally, they didn't get one. Limiting these things to 15,000 is ridiculous. The sponsor is paying for them, not the Mets; why not give one to everybody who attends? One of the QBC podcasts included people from the promotions department and they talked about the why there are limits. If I heard it correctly, a sponsor helps defray the cost, but doesn't cover all of it. They talked about how they are forced to choose between doing a lot of promotional giveaways with limited numbers of bobbleheads (or caps or whatever,) or a fewer promotional days with larger number of bobbleheads distributed. They made it seem like there was a science to determining what's a fair number to distribute. A challenge for a popular one like this is you get people buying 10 tickets and showing up with 10 people just to get the bobblehead just to throw them on eBay.

Ceetar Jul 26 2017 05:39 PM Re: anybody have an extra Thor bobblehead for sale?

41Forever wrote: Lefty Specialist wrote: Some friends went that night and it was a shitshow. People were lined up hours in advance of the gates opening. Naturally, they didn't get one. Limiting these things to 15,000 is ridiculous. The sponsor is paying for them, not the Mets; why not give one to everybody who attends? One of the QBC podcasts included people from the promotions department and they talked about the why there are limits. If I heard it correctly, a sponsor helps defray the cost, but doesn't cover all of it. They talked about how they are forced to choose between doing a lot of promotional giveaways with limited numbers of bobbleheads (or caps or whatever,) or a fewer promotional days with larger number of bobbleheads distributed. They made it seem like there was a science to determining what's a fair number to distribute. A challenge for a popular one like this is you get people buying 10 tickets and showing up with 10 people just to get the bobblehead just to throw them on eBay. Mark Fine probably. it's all bs spin. Like they're not charging those sponsors significantly more here in 2017 than they did in 2015 off two playoff berths? They ABSOLUTELY are. I'm sure they could manufacture a million child-labored bobbleheads for just the increase in the revenue they get from the sponsorship. Yes, demanding the sponsorship deal be for 40k instead of 15 is going to be a little more expensive, and negotiated in that contract and probably costs the Mets some sort of pennies. The goodwill produced just from the ease of entry for the big-ticket items is so worth it. Hell, it probably would drive more ticket sales. They have to know about last-minute walk-up crowds, and those people are almost by definition people that were wavering on whether or not to go. Bobblehead wouldn't factor in because they know it'd be gone, but if they knew there were 40k or 42k? might swing them. A couple going to the game instead of not going to the game is certainly revenue gained back too.

seawolf17 Jul 26 2017 06:25 PM Re: anybody have an extra Thor bobblehead for sale?

I can get you one of these.

Benjamin Grimm Jul 26 2017 07:56 PM Re: anybody have an extra Thor bobblehead for sale?

A bobblehead of a bubblehead.

41Forever Jul 26 2017 08:12 PM Re: anybody have an extra Thor bobblehead for sale?

Ceetar wrote: 41Forever wrote: Lefty Specialist wrote: Some friends went that night and it was a shitshow. People were lined up hours in advance of the gates opening. Naturally, they didn't get one. Limiting these things to 15,000 is ridiculous. The sponsor is paying for them, not the Mets; why not give one to everybody who attends? One of the QBC podcasts included people from the promotions department and they talked about the why there are limits. If I heard it correctly, a sponsor helps defray the cost, but doesn't cover all of it. They talked about how they are forced to choose between doing a lot of promotional giveaways with limited numbers of bobbleheads (or caps or whatever,) or a fewer promotional days with larger number of bobbleheads distributed. They made it seem like there was a science to determining what's a fair number to distribute. A challenge for a popular one like this is you get people buying 10 tickets and showing up with 10 people just to get the bobblehead just to throw them on eBay. Mark Fine probably. it's all bs spin. Like they're not charging those sponsors significantly more here in 2017 than they did in 2015 off two playoff berths? They ABSOLUTELY are. I'm sure they could manufacture a million child-labored bobbleheads for just the increase in the revenue they get from the sponsorship. Yes, demanding the sponsorship deal be for 40k instead of 15 is going to be a little more expensive, and negotiated in that contract and probably costs the Mets some sort of pennies. The goodwill produced just from the ease of entry for the big-ticket items is so worth it. Hell, it probably would drive more ticket sales. They have to know about last-minute walk-up crowds, and those people are almost by definition people that were wavering on whether or not to go. Bobble head wouldn't factor in because they know it'd be gone, but if they knew there were 40k or 42k? might swing them. A couple going to the game instead of not going to the game is certainly revenue gained back too. I'm not going to presume I know what the Mets charge for sponsoring one of these things or how much the price has risen. I do suspect the team likes it when you arrive early to get your bobble head because then you are inside the stadium buying hot dogs, beer and other things. I think on the podcast they said that the goal is to have enough of any giveaway to be able to keep giving them out from the moment the gates open to about the time of the first pitch. I'll have to go back and listen again. I went to see the Reds earlier this year on a bobble head day, and there did seem to be plenty. Heck, we went to the Reds Hall of Fame before the game and they were giving out bobble heads there -- different ones, they give out a bobble of a Reds HOF member each weekend -- and then you could spin a prize wheel for $10 and get bobbles from previous weeks. I think I left with four different bobble heads. It was fun.

d'Kong76 Jul 26 2017 08:18 PM Re: anybody have an extra Thor bobblehead for sale?

I'm not into bobbles; I have three - Seaver, Kiner/Murphy, and Mr. Met. I mean really that's an all-star-bobble lineup right there!

seawolf17 Jul 26 2017 08:22 PM Re: anybody have an extra Thor bobblehead for sale?

I like bobbles in moderation; I have a shelf in our basement with a handful. Off the top of my head, I've got Mr. Met, the Cyclones Keith Hernandez/Seinfeld one, a Pete Harnisch from the Reds, Spikes from the Rochester Red Wings, a Ducks Buddy Harrelson, and the Kiner/Murphy one. Maybe one or two more. Plus I have two Stony Brook ones in my office. (And a third on the way with the Koehler.)

Ceetar Jul 26 2017 08:26 PM Re: anybody have an extra Thor bobblehead for sale?

41Forever wrote: I'm not going to presume I know what the Mets charge for sponsoring one of these things or how much the price has risen. I do suspect the team likes it when you arrive early to get your bobble head because then you are inside the stadium buying hot dogs, beer and other things. I think on the podcast they said that the goal is to have enough of any giveaway to be able to keep giving them out from the moment the gates open to about the time of the first pitch. I'll have to go back and listen again. Sure they do. Hell, let's go full Black Friday and only have 100. Get people to camp out. Waiting on line is a thing these days! You can sell merch and soda to the line all day! They came nowhere near first pitch. I got there on Father's Day at around 12:50 and didn't get a cap. I'm usually roll my eyes and figure the Mets are a private business and can do what they want, but to so blatantly do the bare minimum is just dumb. The ROI even just on fan goodwill is huge. I'm not personally a huge bobblehead guy. There are just so many and so little space. (Still working on setting up the space in my basement for this sorta stuff)