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Let us explain first what a wedding caketopper is: it is usually a figurine or set of figurines which are placed on top of the wedding cake and which may be given away as keepsakes to the wedding party guests. However, there are now new types of wedding caketopper designs available because some people want their wedding to be a bit more unique than others.

For instance, the wedding caketopper could be a glass paperweight engraved with the wedding couple’s first names or nicknames. Or it could be a ceramic fantasy castle, for those inclined for such things. You might even have your wedding caketopper made to resemble two elegant swans in a loving embrace to represent the relationship of the couple to be wedded. There is literally no limit to what your wedding caketopper can be made to look like – and if people find your choice of design odd, well, you don’t get married everyday so go for it anyway. At least your wedding caketopper will be unique.

Though most people would still want the traditional bride-and-groom wedding caketopper set, you can depart from the ordinary and create mix-and-match pieces that will bring a smile to the faces of those receiving these as keepsakes. For example, you can have a traditional bride figurine made but the groom could be dressed in a sports uniform such as maybe a football uniform (to reflect his passion for sports.) This means people will definitely give your wedding cake a second look during the wedding reception and maybe even take pictures of the cake and wedding caketopper to remember the event by. It also tells people more about you as a couple.

The more original and unique your wedding caketopper is, the higher the price set for it will probably be because the manufacturer has to either get an artist who can express what you want in your 3-D figurine; use special manufacturing processes and materials to custom-produce your special wedding caketopper; and because it is not very likely your wedding party who will receive the mass produced items will be of sufficient numbers to drive down costs. Think about it: how many weddings do you know that have even 1,000 guests in the wedding party? Not very many right? Yet the more people who will receive the wedding caketopper keepsakes are around, the more the manufacturer can afford to lower or spread around the costs of making the wedding caketopper series you ordered.

You should have a wedding caketopper designed that is in good taste, as much as possible, especially if you will be giving out such keepsakes to a lot of people. This is to avoid any particular guest being offended by your wedding caketopper or feeling puzzled as to why such a design was chosen. For instance, some people like toilet humor for their wedding caketopper theme but for some guests that might be too crude for their taste. It is generally diplomatic to use a wedding caketopper theme that you know fits the values of most if not all of your guests. It helps to avoid issues and hurt feelings from developing.

A bobblehead is basically a toy or collectible image that has an oversized head which wobbles on a spring connected to the torso of the toy or collectible image. Since the head wobbles or “bobbles”, the term used to describe such a toy or collectible image became bobblehead.

Your collectible bobblehead may come in a variety of types – and the world of bobblehead collecting becomes more interesting as new and more unique types of bobblehead collectibles get created every day. For instance, if you are into sports, you might choose a bobblehead collectible representing someone from the NBA player pool, a bobblehead patterned after a US baseball player, and another bobblehead that was designed to look like an NFL football player. On the other hand, if you like TV shows, then you might be amused to get a bobblehead likeness of top businessman Donald Trump who stars in the reality TV show “The Apprentice.”

Star Wars fans will be happy to know that there is now the Darth Vader bobblehead and a host of other bobbleheads which were designed after characters in that same movie series. If you are a religious type, surprise surprise! There are now bobbleheads made to represent key religious figures like Jesus, the Virgin Mary, Pope John Paul II, the current Pope who is Benedict XVI, and the Protestant preacher Billy Graham too. On a more irreverent note, you can also look for companies that will supply you a bobblehead of Homer Simpson, and bobbleheads of Beavis and Butthead.

Politically-inclined people may enjoy collecting a bobblehead of President Dwight Eisenhower, President Harry S. Truman, the Republican Party mascot (which is an Elephant), the Democratic Party mascot (which is a Donkey), Crown Prince William of the UK, President Franklin Delano Roosevelt, the Reverend Jesse Jackson, ex-Mayor Rudy Guliani, President Theodore Roosevelt, and the first President George Bush of the US.

Because a bobblehead is often considered a novelty item, it is not surprising that cartoon and comic-strip characters are made into bobbleheads or that bobblehead collections are often composed of cartoon and comic-strip characters. Futurama fans might want to snatch up their own Doctor Zoidberg bobblehead, Fry bobblehead, or Leela bobblehead so that their Bender bobblehead will not get lonely. Snoopy of the Peanuts comic strip has a loyal following, and so do the other Peanuts characters such as Woodstock, Lucy, and Charlie Brown. If you like the Looney Tunes characters a lot, then you could try collecting a bobblehead of Marvin the Martian, Yosemite Sam, Tweety Bird, Elmer Fudd, and of course the biggest cartoon hero there is – Bugs Bunny.

Celebrities have a special place in the hearts of both bobblehead makers and bobblehead collectors. You can aim to have the biggest collection of bobbleheads in your neighborhood simply by setting aside $15 per month for your next bobblehead purchase. Now, the choice of which celebrity bobblehead to buy depends on which celebrity you like. Some might aim to get a Marilyn Monroe bobblehead while others might want a James Dean bobblehead instead.

So long as there are creative bobblehead designers and manufacturers, and so long as people still like collecting bobbleheads, there will probably still be a market for new and unique bobbleheads in the near future.

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Let us explain first what a wedding caketopper is: it is usually a figurine or set of figurines which are placed on top of the wedding cake and which may be given away as keepsakes to the wedding party guests. However, there are now new types of wedding caketopper designs available because some people want their wedding to be a bit more unique than others.

For instance, the wedding caketopper could be a glass paperweight engraved with the wedding couple’s first names or nicknames. Or it could be a ceramic fantasy castle, for those inclined for such things. You might even have your wedding caketopper made to resemble two elegant swans in a loving embrace to represent the relationship of the couple to be wedded. There is literally no limit to what your wedding caketopper can be made to look like – and if people find your choice of design odd, well, you don’t get married everyday so go for it anyway. At least your wedding caketopper will be unique.

Though most people would still want the traditional bride-and-groom wedding caketopper set, you can depart from the ordinary and create mix-and-match pieces that will bring a smile to the faces of those receiving these as keepsakes. For example, you can have a traditional bride figurine made but the groom could be dressed in a sports uniform such as maybe a football uniform (to reflect his passion for sports.) This means people will definitely give your wedding cake a second look during the wedding reception and maybe even take pictures of the cake and wedding caketopper to remember the event by. It also tells people more about you as a couple.

The more original and unique your wedding caketopper is, the higher the price set for it will probably be because the manufacturer has to either get an artist who can express what you want in your 3-D figurine; use special manufacturing processes and materials to custom-produce your special wedding caketopper; and because it is not very likely your wedding party who will receive the mass produced items will be of sufficient numbers to drive down costs. Think about it: how many weddings do you know that have even 1,000 guests in the wedding party? Not very many right? Yet the more people who will receive the wedding caketopper keepsakes are around, the more the manufacturer can afford to lower or spread around the costs of making the wedding caketopper series you ordered.

You should have a wedding caketopper designed that is in good taste, as much as possible, especially if you will be giving out such keepsakes to a lot of people. This is to avoid any particular guest being offended by your wedding caketopper or feeling puzzled as to why such a design was chosen. For instance, some people like toilet humor for their wedding caketopper theme but for some guests that might be too crude for their taste. It is generally diplomatic to use a wedding caketopper theme that you know fits the values of most if not all of your guests. It helps to avoid issues and hurt feelings from developing.

Looking for something to celebrate their special day in a special way?  Custom-made lookalike Bobbleheads are a unique gift that a newlywed couple will treasure forever.  You can duplicate the bride and groom for placement on the top of their wedding cake or for use as table toppers.  When the husband and wife take the Bobbleheads home, they can always see each other nodding “Yes, I do.”

The company’s team of expert artists can customize the Bobbleheads to remind the newlyweds where they first met, for example, or to conjure up images of their first date or to never let them forget any other memontous occasion.

Bobbleheads make a great present for any special occasion.  They’re ideal for Monther’s Day, as a gift to the university graduate in your family, or for congratulating the victorious athlete in the househod.

For more information visit www.custombobble.com

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Wednesday, March 26, 2008  ~ BRIDAL GUIDE

First of all, let us define what a wedding caketopper is – a wedding caketopper can be a figurine or something that is used as a keepsake of the wedding that has been or will be culminated.  You may need to be specific as to how big you want your wedding caketopper to be – meaning, you should not expect that all wedding caketopper figurines are like all the others in the market. One source says her wedding caketopper products are approximately six inches to 7.5 inches high, so that should give you an idea how big your own wedding caketopper ought to be.

Some wedding caketopper manufacturers have pre-established models of the types of wedding caketopper they are known to make and all you have to do is specify which model you want to use. Others may allow you to specify your own design, but you should insist on seeing a prototype before you have mass production of that design done for you.

One thing is for sure, wedding caketopper figurines come in a wide variety of categories now. You may have culture sensitive wedding caketopper figurines where you can specify if the figurines are of some ethnic culture (like maybe African American, or Caucasian.) Pricing may depend on how many figures are in the final version, the size of the entire figurine, and how much shipping of the product may be for your area.

For instance, one source says a two-figure wedding caketopper (such as that which commonly features a bride and groom in various poses) may be priced at least $2500 (exlusive of shipping costs.) If you ask for more figures to be added to those basic two figures on the same wedding caketopper, you may have to pay $1250 per additional figure. If, on the other hand, you just want a single-figure wedding caketopper, it may cost you $1250 only. A small animal wedding caketopper could be priced $500 each. Bigger animal figures would probably cost much more.

You need to insist on seeing a prototype because the real thing may differ very much from what you expected, based on proportions used by the artist, the way it was interpreted by the artist, and the actual size of the wedding caketopper. This helps eliminate any possible misunderstandings about what the final product should really wind up being and looking like. Some couples may want to have the wedding caketopper look exactly like them (being the bride and groom of that wedding) then get disappointed that the wedding caketopper figures do not look much like them, particularly with regards to the faces. The reason for this is that it is very hard to copy faces of clients accurately using the manufacturing process for making the wedding caketopper and the raw materials for that manufacturing process. A working prototype is helpful for explaining this distinction to a puzzled client.

You might also want copyrighted characters of some organizations used for your wedding caketopper, but you have to be cautious lest you violate some intellectual property laws this way. The real owner of the copyright might ruin the mood of the occasion by insisting on compensation for use of his logo, symbol or character whose copyright or trademark he owns.

What would it be like to have a bobblehead of Steve Jobs?

Or Jonathan Ive?

Or maybe Salma Hayek? Angelina Jolie? Brad Pitt? A bobblehead of anyone and everyone?

At CustomBobble.com, bobblehead creation is their specialty. In as little as 2 weeks, you can have a bobblehead of your own, for as little as $79 USD. These are hand-crafted to your taste, and your pre-approval is required before they finally cast the bobblehead into the oven for solidification. These bobbleheads are hand-crafted by highly skilled artisans who stop at no less than 70% accuracy of your order’s likeness, as based on the photo or photos that you will send.

CustomBobble.com is also into security and convenience. They ship with no less than FedEx, and they allow payments through Visa, Mastercard, and even PayPal. Because of this, you can be assured that you’ll get your bobblehead in perfect condition, and you can pay for it through the most convenient means possible, for you.

Bobbleheads used to be collectors’ items in the 1970s because they were figurines of baseball stars. Later, they came with cereal boxes, and they were kids’ favorite collectibles.

But CustomBobble’s bobbleheads are so far from these commercially manufactured bobbleheads! Because great care and artistry was employed in the creation of every single bobblehead, every bobblehead would be sure to amaze you: the likeness between the photo you send and the resulting bobblehead is just beyond remarkable!

So be sure to line up for a custom bobblehead of your favorite star, your favorite tech icon, your pet, your wife, your husband, or even of yourself!

The process for a bobblehead order is simple:

1) Place your order for a bobblehead. You will then be asked to upload a picture for the basis of the bobblehead.

2) The artist assigned to your order would then create a face based on the picture.

3) The sample bobblehead’s picture will be sent back to you by email.

4) You can suggest changes and modifications when you receive the picture, or you can approve it then and there.

5) Upon your approval, the bobblehead is then cast in the oven for solidification.

6) The artist assigned to your bobblehead would then hand-paint the figure in the most lifelike color palette possible.

7) The finished bobblehead will then be packed in a custom-made box and sent to you through FedEx.

You can then get your beloved bobblehead in as little as two to three weeks.

Amazing, eh?

The process is not just simple, it’s also very convenient, and all that you needed to do was to place the order, upload the photo, approve the sample bobblehead, or suggest changes, wait, and voila! You now have your bobblehead of either Steve Jobs, Salma Hayek, Angelina Jolie, or your beloved cat, dog, hubby or wifey!

Diamonds are forever, they say. But we say, “Bobbleheads are forever.” When your pet is long gone, or when you want an immortalized figure of John Lennon, you would still have them close to your heart: in the form of a bobblehead parked by your bedside at night.

There are bobbleheads and then there are Bobbleheads from CustomBobble.com.

If you happen to think of bobbleheads as those cute little plastic figurines with heads that bob up and down that you get from your favorite cereal box, then those are not what we’re talking about. They are cute, true, but nowhere near the artistry of the bobbleheads in CustomBobble.com.

CustomBobble.com is not just a factory of bobbleheads. It is a company made up of a team of artisans who take great care in assuring at least a 70% accuracy for the bobbleheads they create. Instead of those, well, cheap figures in cereal boxes, CustomBobble.com is a company that makes sure that every detail in the photos that their customers send would be captured in the bobbleheads that they create.

If you think that $79 USD is too much for a figurine, then you haven’t seen the amazing accuracy and artistry of a single bobblehead from CustomBobble.com. These figurines are great for mementoes, collections, giveaways, and for quirky gift exchanges between lovers and friends.

You could also create a business opportunity for yourself through CustomBobble.com’s services. Since you can order in bulk, and have discounts for those, you can create designs for yourself or send in pictures of your friends and family, modify them digitally, send them in to CustomBobble.com and resell them for a dollar or two higher than what you paid for. If your mini-business of bobbleheads catches on, it’s a pretty penny for you, and for CustomBobble.com.

Bobbleheads have a high appeal for collectors and for pet owners. Collectors always want to have one more figurine of what they are collecting, while some pet owners are just so rabid to have the likeness of their pets captured everywhere. From plates to keychains, to bobbleheads, these guys would surely snap up another likeness of their idols or pets. What would stop you from selling to them what they would want, even if it’s in the form of a bobblehead?

Bobbleheads are not just for kids. With the artistry and the care put into the bobbleheads of CustomBobble.com, you would be sure to get only the best and the most detailed and artistic bobbleheads from these sculptors. Each bobblehead you order would have a picture of its sample sent to you before it’s finally cast and solidified by oven. You can have some modifications made, some changes here and there, before you finally approve of it and they send you the finished product by FedEx.

All this is done within two to three weeks, so there is no worry for you not to get your bobblehead by Christmas, if you ordered one as a gift. You can pre-order a month or two before Christmas, and you can have these beautiful bobbleheads under your tree by Christmas Eve.

Bobbleheads are filled with such possibilities. In fact, it’s so full of promise, that if you don’t want to pay through credit card, you can pay through Paypal.com!

So what are you waiting for? Have a bobblehead made for only you now!

CustomBobble.com positions its bobbleheads as keepsakes, mementoes and ways to remember loved ones and beloved pets by. But if you’re a geek, would you think that you have some use for a bobblehead, after all?

For Star Wars freaks, you may want a replica of Luke Skywalker. Or Darth Vader. Or Chewbacca. Or Yoda. Or maybe you’re not a Star Wars freak, you’re a Lord of the Rings freak, and you would love a replica of Gandalf, Aragorn, Legolas, Gimli, Frodo, or even… Sam Gamgee.

If you are not a geek, you may go “What?! What would you need a bobblehead of Yoda for?!” Well, the principle is simple. If you are one of those who are just squirrels for collecting the likenesses of your favorite characters, it’s not so inconceivable to actually have a shelf filled of Yoda’s in all shapes and forms.

If you are one of those who had been waiting for a certain figurine of your favorite character, but was unfortunate to have found out that the stores ran out of stock of those and those were of the limited edition, should you panic? No! All you need to do is hop on over to CustomBobble.com and submit a picture of that figurine, and have their expert artisans craft a remarkable replica of that hard-to-find item that you had been dying to get.

CustomBobble.com’s bobbleheads are more than the usual dolls and replicas. These bobbleheads are hand-crafted by expert artisans who want nothing less than a 70% accurate likeness of the photos you send them. So if it’s Yoda you’re asking to be crafted, it’ll be Yoda you’ll get. Not Darth Maul.

For those who had been wanting, needing, salivating over that certain replica of their favorite characters, this is somewhat of a “new lease on life,” so to speak. If you didn’t win that Ebay auction of Darth Vader’s 10-inch figurine by a matter of 50 cents, then it’s your chance to get back at that bad person who snatched up the object of your obsessions. You weren’t able to have that one on Ebay? Then get one made specifically for you through CustomBobble.com! Besides, that one on Ebay may have been a used item! This one will be lovingly created just for you.

If you want to take geekiness to a different level, you could also have replicas of your favorite tech industry icon created just for you. Maybe you want a bobblehead of you being hugged or kissed by Steve Jobs. If you’re a girl and you like Steve Jobs that much, ain’t that a great thought? If you’re a guy… That’s just gross. Or maybe you would want a replica of Steve Jobs’ main man and über-designer Jonathan Ive. If you can’t steal him from his wife, at least you have a bobblehead of him on your nightstand.

As a geek, you won’t run out of ideas for new bobbleheads to be ordered. If you are on a quest to have that one collectible you missed getting, or you so desperately want a figurine of Steve Jobs or Jonathan Ive, Linus Torvalds of Linux, Mark Shuttleworth of Ubuntu Linux, or even of Bill Gates or, heaven forbid, Steve Ballmer, then hop on over to CustomBobble.com and feed your inner geek’s hunger. You won’t lack for ideas on what else to order.

If you order in bulk, there are special discounts! So complete the entire Star Wars or Lord of the Rings cast and crew, or you could go for the complete lineup of today’s tech greats! Hop on over to CustomBobble.com now!

One way you can get a custom bobblehead toy or collection made for you is by contacting a bobblehead manufacturer and use a picture as a model. This means whether you want the bobblehead to resemble someone you know (like even you yourself, maybe) or a well-known personality (like the President of the United States or a famous actor) that is now very possible. The quality of the custom bobblehead may depend on which custom bobblehead manufacturer you contact though, the types of material used for manufacturing, and how skilled the artisan was at copying the image you supplied.

One drawback of manufacturing a custom bobblehead using a two-dimensional picture is, the artisan may have a hard time interpreting the same image in three-dimensional terms. This is why public personas like actors are often easier to customize than just ordinary people from pictures – public personas are often shown on video and TV shows so the artist can get a better idea of what the proportions of their face are and how they express themselves through non-verbal cues like facial expressions and body language. Though familiarity may breed contempt, familiarity is crucial to creating an uncanny resemblance to the person being honored by becoming a model for a custom bobblehead.

Where are custom bobblehead toys usually placed once they have been made and sold to someone? Some people like to put them on vehicles like automobiles and motorcycles so that they can be amused as they drive or draw the attention of passengers and drivers in other cars. Some keep them in the office, also to draw small talk from people dropping by the office cubicle. Still others like to keep them at home where the bobblehead may be displayed conspicuously for visitors to spot and then ask questions about.

This leads us to one appeal of custom bobblehead toys – they bring attention to the manufacturer  that made the, the individual or organization using the custom bobblehead toys for promotional purposes, and of course, the person or entity who has been immortalized by having his or her likeness become a bobblehead. A custom bobblehead may amuse, irritate, or remind us of the person being spoofed but certainly they are always attention-grabbing objects. That is their main purpose for being anway.

If you do decided to have a custom bobblehead toy or collection made, you may need to specify certain details like type of material to be used for the bobblehead, how soon you need the custom bobblehead toy or collection to be delivered, and who is the manufacturer has to copy as the custom bobblehead character. Upon such details rests the pricing for your custom bobblehead product package.

The custom bobblehead maker may have some past work done for previous public personas that you may want to take a look at. This could prove helpful for you so that you can specify just minor changes so that you can come up with a unique new version of the bobblehead personality you are copying. This can save time for you hunting down good photos of the personality being copied, time for the developer to give their interpretation of the figure, and time to make the actual dolls themselves.

Custombobble.com is a site that allows you to create funny and life like bobblehead versions of you and your Special lady or lad. While the Bobblehead (Celebrities, Athletes, Comic Book heroes) has been around since the 1950’s this site is unique in that regular folks can create thier own mini-me for any Special occasion.

“One of our most popular items is our bobblehead wedding cake topper,” says the companies spokesman Miles Chu.

“We take a photo of the bride and groom-to-be, then create a small bobblehead wedding cake topper in their image. You can imagine the looks on the faces of the bride and groom when they go to cut the cake and see their little heads bouncing around on top of it.” Chu went on to say custombobble.com doesn’t just specialize in wedding themed bobbleheads, they can customize one for any occasion.

During April, Custombobble.com is running a special on all wedding themed bobbleheads.

News: http://thespecial.ca/ts/2008/04/custom-bobbleheads-nod-i-do.html

- M.A Tamburro