Custom Bobblehead Blog

Animal lovers love their pets so much that they usually go to such lengths as having clothes made for their pooch or cat, having porcelain figurine replicas of their pets cast and displayed on mantelpieces, having plates painted or engraved with their pets’ faces or entire figures.

But if you would want something more interactive, something with a movable body, you may want to try having a bobblehead of your pet created just for you!
 
Through CustomBobble.com, you can have the likeness of your pet in as soon as two weeks!

At CustomBobble.com, all the bobbleheads are hand-crafted, hand-painted by especially skilled artists who take great care in capturing the likeness of your pet to the very detail of the angle of its fur.

All you need to do is to logon to CustomBobble.com, upload a picture of your pet, and your order will be processed. Once the model bobble for your pet has been created, a picture of the sample bobblehead will be sent to you through email. You can then suggest changes or improvements to the sample bobblehead.

When you’ve approved the sample bobblehead, it will then be set in the oven, much like a setting a clay pot, and then it will be sent to you through FedEx. Simple, right?

CustomBobble.com boasts of a 70% accuracy of its figures. Meaning these bobbleheads that you would order are as similar to the original by as much as 70%. But judging from the picture comparisons between the originals and the bobbleheads on the website, the likeness is actually extraordinary.

Maybe when you’re satisfied with a bobblehead of your favorite pet, you would then want a bobblehead of your children, your favorite American Idol, or even of your special someone or husband!

Bobbleheads are great for cake decoration, for giveaways, as collectibles, or even as playthings for your children.

A quirky suggestion for how you could maximize the use of your bobblehead would be for you to actually use it as a voodoo doll, but then that’s too creepy now, isn’t it?

Bobbleheads are not just for pets, for lovers, CustomBobble.com also has bobblehead figures that feature couples, or even entire families! The prices range from USD $79 for an individual, generic bobblehead, to $119 for a pet bobblehead, to $199 for bobbleheads of a couple, and even $299 for a family of bobbleheads.

Bobbleheads have touched pet owners’ hearts in that some have had their pets “resurrected” through having a bobblehead made of their deceased pets.

Maybe you could have your human loved ones immortalized as bobbleheads, so that when they’re gone you have something to remember them by, but then that would just be too creepy.

Bobbleheads are meant to be souvenirs, mementoes, and milestone reminders. Though it may seem frivolous for some to spend money on a bobblehead, but if the situation is pretty special, like the 15th birthday of your cat, why not, right?

Hop on over to CustomBobble.com to get the likeness of your cat now!

Bobbleheads are those adorable dolls with movable heads that bob up and down. For people who like collecting toys, these are a delight, and these are one of the most-collected kinds of dolls.

There are bobbleheads that are made to look like famous personalities, bobbleheads of animals, but there are also bobbleheads that could be made to… Look like you.

If you have a narcissistic streak and you like the thought that a doll would look like you, then you might want to consider having a fleet of bobbleheads of you and your beloved, made for you to give away on your wedding day! Or you can order just one of yourself and have it displayed on your nightstand.

Bobbleheads are not just good for exercising your narcissistic side, they’re basically fun, collectible items that are such a delight, in general. Kids just love watching their heads bob up and down, and baseball stars and other bobblehead replicas of famous people used to be sought-after as collectors’ items.

Bobbleheads are fun to place on a car’s dashboard. Just seeing a bobblehead’s head bob up and down is sure to evoke giggles from the car’s riders.

The first bobblehead made its appearance in the 1950’s. They were the rage in the 1960’s to the 1970’s, but they lost their appeal in the latter years.

If the thought of collecting, or even just owning a bobbing-head doll that looks eerily like you isn’t a very happy thought, then what about the thought of owning a bobbing-head doll that looks like your loved one? It would still be no less creepy to see a bobblehead version of your boyfriend or girlfriend, but wouldn’t it be nice if you had a doll that reminds you of him or her?

Or what about you and your boyfriend each get a customized bobblehead, and you get the bobblehead that looks like him, and he gets the bobblehead replica of you? Wouldn’t that be a sweet thought? Albeit a creepy-eerie-sweet thought.

You can also have bobbleheads of your entire family created for you. They would be great to display on a coffee table, on the mantel, for you and your family to communicate to your visitors how proud you are of each other. Makes you feel like the Brady Bunch, but it actually could boost the loyalty and solidarity of your family.

On the other hand, if you are a cat lover, you could get a bobblehead replica of your favorite feline. If you have to keep her in a cage because she seems like she’s brainwashed that she’s a wild lynx and you’re choice prey… Or dead meat, then a bobblehead replica of your beloved, but currently insane, feline friend could keep you company while you put your cat in isolation till she calms down.

There is no limit to how you could integrate a customized bobblehead in your life. All it takes is creativity… And CustomBobble.com.

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A custom gift is a gift that you have either assembled yourself or ordered especially from a manufacturer so that the recipient will feel highly valued because you took the time and effort to customize the gift. A custom made gift is different from an off-the-shelf type of gift in that the latter is often mass-produced from the public. To illustrate, my custom made gift could be a bath towel monogrammed with your own nickname in your favorite colors while an off-the-shelf type of gift is simply a white bath towel I picked up at the nearby department store. A custom made gift has more value than an off-the-shelf gift because a custom made gift is one that was assembled or picked out due to its special value to the sender and recipient. We might say you communicate your caring thoughts  about the recipient when you send a custom gift to him or her that you know he or she will appreciate.

Examples of custom gifts could be gift baskets that you yourself assembled, filled with goodies like chocolates, fine wine, and gourmet canned food; pretty plants or fresh flower arrangements that you have ordered from a florist; or corporate giveaways like clocks, watches, writing pen sets, or leather schedule planners embossed with your corporation’s logo. Since custom gifts are basically items that were picked out for a particular occasion (such as because of an illness in the family of the recipient; important family events like the wedding anniversary of the recipient; or corporate anniversaries like the founding day of your company or organization), you should choose custom gifts that seem appropriate for the event.

Take, for instance, leather schedule planners – it is not generally common policy for an organization to send these when a business associate falls sick and is in hospital. Rather, the more common type of custom gifts for convalescence would be a gift basket with flowers, special food that is not offered in hospitals, and maybe balloons (though that would depend on the age of the recipient and his personality.) Some people like to infuse a bit of humor into their custom gifts, like when a marketing tactics speaker used giveaways of mock straightjackets to show his point that marketing can sometimes drive you crazy – and the audience found it funny to have mock straightjackets handed out to them. How many of them still have such wacky custom gifts remains to be seen though.

Practicality comes into play when selecting good custom gifts as well. Corporations do this all the time because they want to be known as organizations you would trust your business to. It is part of the overall corporate image – meaning, a corporation that gives out practical gifts is a responsible organization. You may have received nice watches with the corporation’s logo in the past, or maybe leather-covered data organizers (which are hot stuff with young corporate types on the way up the corporate ladder actually) which all aim to show that the corporation sending these is thinking of the recipient (you) in practical terms.

So what do you do when you receive custom gifts like these? Well, in business it is usually a good idea to send a courteous note thanking the sender. If, however, you feel the custom gifts put you in an unfavorable position, you may always send back the gifts with a polite note saying why you cannot receive the gift. This helps bridge the etiquette gap that may come with the flow of custom gifts between individuals and organizations.

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.

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- M.A Tamburro