Ever Get A Cool Present Like This????

[Leafsfan1967]

Yesterday started off just like any other day, actually it ended pretty darn good before it started. I worked till about 3am Thursday night (Friday morning), and stopped in my local Walmart. They have went to 24 hours now, so I thought I'd grab a loaf of bread, and check out the toy section. Well, I walked into at least 10+ cases of NHL Legends 6 that was just freshly stocked. There were 5 Canuck Neely's, and five white Bowers just staring at me. :eek: Grabbed up the Bower's one for me, and 4 for some boardie friends who may be looking for one, and I grabbed one Neely for another boardie who is a hugecanucks fan! :D It was hard to leave the other 4 Neely's, but I managed to get through it. I also grabbed a Bower reg for myself. I went home, and went to bed. All is great, so far. :) I wake up at the crack of 2pm :o, go down stairs to check my emails, and I see I have one from my good friend Hersh Borenstein, who is a fellow board member, as well as the president of Frozen Pond, a hockey based memorabilia store here in Toronto. He is also Johnny Bower's agent. :eek: Well not really, but bare with me, it was an inside joke. :o Anyways, the email said Hey Troybert when are you gonna drop by the store I have a present for you (Hersh calls me Troybert)? :p I replied back that I was actually dropping in tonight (Friday) to pick up a signed Jaromir Jagr base for boardie Mikey1. I then called the store to make sure they had the Jagr ready for me as it is a 45 minute drive, and I wanted to be sure. I spoke to Hersh on the phone, and he again told me to come get the present he had for me. So I make the drive to Frozen Pond, not having any idea what he had for me. I thought seeing he was at the Winter Classic game the other day in Buffalo, maybe a program, or souvenir puck, but neither of those were the right guess. It was way better than that. I will keep you in suspense until the second post of this thread. :p

[Leafsfan1967]

My present was this:

























http://i240.photobucket.com/albums/ff289/Leafsfan1967/DSC02914.jpg

[koreapeekay]

Aw man come on,tell us the whole story! :p

EDIT: Awesome gift man!!!

[Leafsfan1967]

Yes, you are seeing correctly. It is a signed, and numbered Johnny Bower figure pulled from a fresh case by the man himself Todd Mcfarlane. It is numbered 7/10. :eek: The figure is still factory sealed, and was pulled from a case direct from the supplier Grosner. I was blown away that Hersh would be so generous, and give me such an awesome surprise. He said he couldn't think of anyone else who would appreciate it more than me, which is why I was picked. :cool: Thanks so much to my dear friend Hersh. You are truly one of the best people I know, and I will always treasure this one. ;)

On a side note, as difficult as this signed figure would be to pull from all the cases that are produced, Frozen Pond pulled a 2nd signed Bower out of 10, as well as a signed Howe out of 10, so 3 rare figures out of their cases. Toronto area dealers check your figures when they arrive. There may be more in the GTA area.

[wilycoyote]

My present was this:



























http://i240.photobucket.com/albums/ff289/Leafsfan1967/DSC02914.jpg

Congratulations and a awesome find and present Troy and couldn't happen to a finer person and kudos to Hersh;):):)

[Leafsfan1967]

I was just thinking, and came to the conclusion that these are actually rarer than the 13 Selanne by 3 figures! :eek::D

http://i240.photobucket.com/albums/ff289/Leafsfan1967/DSC02916.jpg

[Leafsfan1967]

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[molhen]

Nice to see these signed figures made it to canada...but damn they got three of them...are the states even getting any??

very generous for them to givve it away!

[mikey1]

He's rewarding someone who has been a great friend of his store and a great asset to the board.

Congrats. You deserve it and thanks for helping me out on Giguerre, Modano and now Jagr.

[Leafsfan1967]

He's rewarding someone who has been a great friend of his store and a great asset to the board.

Congrats. You deserve it and thanks for helping me out on Giguerre, Modano and now Jagr.


Thanks Mike! I'll package up your Jagr base, and get it out ASAP. It probably won't leave till Monday, as I don't think there is any mail on the weekends.

[meturfman]

Talk about trying to drive case sales.... :)

Awesome Troy!! I don't know if I could have left the Neely figs there....LMK if you find another Bower, I still need one.

See you on the links...Yahoo Golf links that is :)

[avsfan21]

Congrats Troy. You deserve it. Nice job Hersh.

I wonder if we will hear a story behind these signed figures. I mean did anyone know of them until now?

[Leafsfan1967]

Congrats Troy. You deserve it. Nice job Hersh.

I wonder if we will hear a story behind these signed figures. I mean did anyone know of them until now?


Here is the story!

http://www.spawn.com/news/news6.aspx?id=13258

[avsfan21]

Ah thank you. I guess I just dont pay enough attention to the news.

[julio]

congrat Troy

[ogrjmj]

who cares ...is todds sig worth squat? i think not.

[ImessedwithTexas]

the #13 Teemu is still better, but congrats on a rare find!

[brewer fan]

Congrats Troy!

[93leafs]

Cool idea and 'grats..

but they should have got Bower to sign 'em.

[Hordakk]

dude that's awesome! I hate hockey but recognize a super-rare cool piece when I see one. Nice grab! I'm hoping for one of the dragons ones from Todd. But the chances are slim. I'd say a lot of the dragon ones will be opened by accident because most people won't realize what they have till it's opened. He even signed some on the wings etc.

[hockeyfightsguy]

Very cool. Frozen Pond signing thread is one of the best in here.

[glove-save]

Awesome Troy!!! A great gift, for a great guy.

[Yzerman19c]

Congrats Troy and thanks again for helping out with the Bower signing

[quiggle]

wow! :eek:

are you going to get that AFA graded?

[Balco Scientist]

that is cool im not a big hockey sp guy but thats really nice . get that graded asap .

[brew]

nice

[trustno1]

Very nice, Troy. Helluva nice thing for Hersh to do for you!!:)

[donbeebe]

Sweet! Congrats!

[Hockeyfan74]

Nice haul!

I agree though that getting players' autos would be the best.

[rarechaselimitedvariation]

my personal experience has been the signature will only degrade a figure's value

[BIGGZ13]

my personal experience has been the signature will only degrade a figure's value


not when it comes that way from the company, also it being a 1 of 10 makes it more sought after..hopefully he'll do some football and basketball that way too, especially if they get player sigs on them

[Hockeyfan33]

Congrats Troy

[Leafsfan1967]

Cool idea and 'grats..

but they should have got Bower to sign 'em.


Why when you can get one done yourself, or 12? :D ;)


http://i240.photobucket.com/albums/ff289/Leafsfan1967/DSC02893.jpg

[Spawnomite]

On a side note, as difficult as this signed figure would be to pull from all the cases that are produced, Frozen Pond pulled a 2nd signed Bower out of 10, as well as a signed Howe out of 10, so 3 rare figures out of their cases. Toronto area dealers check your figures when they arrive. There may be more in the GTA area.so hopefully the U.S. will get the other 7 signed ones. :rolleyes:

[HollandX]

damn that's awesome!

congrats!

[hugecanucksfan]

no one deserves it more than you troy. that's an awesome gift. congrats troybert. :p
any chance you still have at least one of those bowers? it might look pretty good next to a neely. and thanks again for that one buddy.

[Leafsfan1967]

no one deserves it more than you troy. that's an awesome gift. congrats troybert. :p
any chance you still have at least one of those bowers? it might look pretty good next to a neely. and thanks again for that one buddy.


They have all been committed, but I will look for one for you! Never thought you'd want a Leafs figure! :eek: :p

[artross66]

Congrats! That looks awesome!

[Durstlimpbizkit]

Awesome gift!!!! That's really neat.

[Leafsfan1967]

So it appears we have 5 confirmed found so far. 3 blue Bower's, one white Wings Howe, and one Bruins Neely! :eek:

[matzushocka]

Forgive me if this is a newbie question. Ive been to several stores and according to my math, Ive noticed most if not all stores are getting no variants per case from this series. Ive also seen on this board many Canadian boardies are find numerous variant figs. If this is because the NHL is more popular in Canada that is fantasitc. Is that whats going on? I've never seen so many variant less cases before thats why I ask.

[Mats_44]

So was it only the regs that Todd signed and not any of the chase figures???

[Leafsfan1967]

Thanks again to my pal Hersh! :):cool:

[Leafsfan1967]

So was it only the regs that Todd signed and not any of the chase figures???


I think he signed 10 of each of the 4 inserts, so I'd assume they'd more than likely all be the regs. No chase have been found so far, of the 5 pulled.

[Dirty Mo Posse]

Awesome Bro!!!

Congrats My Friend!!!

:D

Posse

[hugecanucksfan]

They have all been committed, but I will look for one for you! Never thought you'd want a Leafs figure! :eek: :pthanks. i've got all the leafs legends, plus a few other players too. far too many eh? they're hidden in the corner though. ;)

[whoh8sbacon]

Holy crow, Troybert! Seeing this ebay auction below, I'd say someone owes someone a great Christmas present in 2008 in return for the super sweet gift you got!

http://cgi.ebay.ca/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=200189769644

[frozenpond]

Christmas is too far away. How about a great Martin Luther King or Groundhogs Day gift?

:)

[whoh8sbacon]

Christmas is too far away. How about a great Martin Luther King or Groundhogs Day gift?

:)

Or even the new Canadian "Family Day" gift. :D

[Leafsfan1967]

Christmas is too far away. How about a great Martin Luther King or Groundhogs Day gift?

:)


Would a dozen roses, a box of chocolates, and some sexy lingerie for Valentines Day be considered all wrong?? :o If so I'll just give them to Linda!!! :D