The Catman Is Coming On Strong

It’s time for another Catman update. Matt Hirsch, aka The Catman, continued to narrow his scope as January drew to a close and February opened with a bevy of one 1 of 1 bobbin’ heads featuring hockey, basketball, baseball, football and soccer. There are several incredible hockey one-of-a-kinds, including a large group of goalies from

Connor And The Catman

Connor Bedard, the consensus top pick in the 2023 NHL Draft, continued his domination of the IIHF World Junior Championship in Canada’s 6-2 victory over the United States on Wednesday. He had a goal and an assist and leads all scorers in the tournament with 23 points [nine goals]. Heading into Thursday’s final against the

Happy New Year From The Catman

It’s a new year and that means some new creations from The Catman. Matt Hirsch, who is The Catman, released a slew of stellar hockey pieces this week featuring some old AHL/defunct squads as well as some nifty ones representing the present-day NHL. Included in the latter are a Bruins and Penguins player highlighting the

Happy Halloween From The Catman

The Catman is back in time for Halloween, creating a pair of Universal Studio monsters that will serve up some holiday scares. Matt Hirsch, a.k.a. The Catman, took a break recently from creating sports bobbin’ heads to work on bobbin’ heads associated with his other interests, one being old-time horror movies. The result of this

You Can Bank On The Catman

We have a Catman sighting. Matt Hirsch, the talented Canadian artist known as The Catman, recently introduced his latest creations and they are exceptional. Hirsch, who lives just outside Vancouver, began a series of bobbing head coin banks, starting off with Babe Ruth, Willie Mays and Mickey Mantle. Each of the three are one of

The Catman Goes Bleu Blanc et Rouge

It’s been a while since we had a Catman update so here it goes. Matt “The Catman” Hirsch just finished up a prototype of Hall-of-Famer Ken Dryden for his NHL/WHA goalies of the 70s collection. It’s nine inches tall and features the Montreal netminder in the familiar pose of leaning on his stick while wearing

The New Year Brings Some New Catman Bobbin’ Heads

While the pandemic is continuing to bog down much of the United States and Canada it hasn’t done much to slow down Matt “The Catman” Hirsch. Hirsch is continuing to come out with new bobbin’ heads and this week he revealed a Michael Jordan figurine that he created. Starting with the bobbin’ heads he has

The Catman And The G.O.A.T

The beginning of the NBA season is days away and The Catman, Matt Hirsch, unveiled his latest creations that should have basketball fans salivating. Hirsch will be issuing a new, four-piece Michael Jordan Series, the prototypes of which he revealed last week on Instagram [catmansports]. The pieces include Jordan as a Chicago Bull, Jordan as

Weinbrenner, Kobe and The G.O.A.T

Nick Weinbrenner was almost chameleon-like when it came to collecting bobble heads. The direction in which Weinbrenner took his collection was always changing, morphing into something different based on what his interests and priorities were at the time. There was basketball, there was baseball, there were bobble heads and there were figurines. While it took

Mike Perricone Combines Collecting and Charity

Mike Perricone loves his bobbleheads. Of that there is no doubt. However, the Brampton, Ontario resident also believes that collecting, in and of itself, can be a bit of a selfish hobby because the collector focuses largely on his or her own wants and needs. Perricone, 37, who has been collecting bobbleheads of Toronto-based teams