FOCO Celebrates The 800-Goal Club

Forever Collectibles [FOCO] added a nifty NHL Mini-Bobblehead Scene to its hockey collection with Wednesday’s release of the 800-Goal Club Bobble featuring Wayne Gretzky, Gordie Howe and Alex Ovechkin. The nodder, which is numbered to 360, depicts Gretzky in the Edmonton blue sweater, Howe in the Detroit red sweater and Ovechkin in the Washington red

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

A FOCO Wish List

I’ve always been a sports history guy. I love reading and writing about it as well as doing research on players from years gone by, particularly baseball. If you read any of my stiff at BallNine.com you’ll know how much I love writing about it. However, looking at what FOCO has done with its NBA

A Kick Save And A Beauty By The Catman

The Catman is returning to his hockey roots. Matt Hirsch, a.k.a. The Catman, is putting the finishing touches on a series of goalie bobbing heads, many of which were inspired by the netminders he saw as a youngster while watching the NHL and WHA. The nearly two dozen goalies featured include Jacques Plante, Bernie Parent,

A Q&A With The Catman

We detailed earlier this week how Matt Hirsch, a.k.a. The Catman, has made his way back from a devastating car accident nearly a dozen years ago, one that not only almost cost him his career, it almost ended his life. Now, in the second part of the series, we’ll take a bit more of an