Bleacher Creatures Entertainment Line
Bleacher Creatures has added to their sports plush toys with some entertainment licenses. They include characters from The Hobbit, Batman '66, Archer, and Rocky. Each plush stands 10-inches tall and runs $19.99.
Bleacher Creatures announces 2012 NFL Plush Line
Bleacher Creatures has announced their 2012 NFL Player Plush Collection. The 14" tall plush figures are currently available for $21.99 each. This season's lineup includes:
Peyton Manning - Denver Broncos - QB
Jay Cutler - Chicago Bears - QB
Andy Dalton - Cincinnati Bengals - QB
Larry Fitzgerald - Arizona Cardinals - WR
Eli Manning - New York Giants - QB (Second Edition)
Rob Gronkowski - New England Patriots - TE
Brett Keisel - Pittsburgh Steelers - DE
Bleacher Creatures’ NBA Line
I guess it's possible that you won't be watching any NBA games this year. Maybe you'll be watching your favorite players in some Euro League or catching replays on ESPN Classic. Nonetheless, Bleacher Creatures has released six new 14" tall plush NBA superstars.
The six players are as follows (as pictured): Kobe Bryant (Los Angeles Lakers); LeBron James (Miami Heat); Carmelo Anthony (New York Knicks); Derrick Rose (Chicago Bulls); Rajon Rondo (Boston Celtics); Blake Griffin (Los Angeles Clippers). Each of these Bleacher Creatures can be purchased for $21.99.
Bleacher Creatures’ NHL Line
The Bleacher Creatures line has expanded to the National Hockey League. Currently they have representatives from six different teams: Philadelphia Flyers, Detroit Red Wings, Pittsburgh Penguins, Washington Capitals, Chicago Blackhawks, Boston Bruins.
The players you can pick up are (in order of pictured here): James Van Riemsdyck, Danny Briere, Henrik Zetterberg, Sidney Crosby, Evgeni Malkin, Alexander Ovechkin, Patrick Kane, Jonathan Toews, and Tim Thomas. All of these plush figures are available in the 14" tall variety, running $21.99 each.
Bleacher Creatures Wind-Ups
The folks over at Bleacher Creatures have added on to their plush lines with a series of Wind-Up Toys using the National Football League license. They are available in wind-up up Helmets, Jerseys and Footballs for a number of NFL teams. (The jerseys feature specific player names and numbers on them) Packaged in sets of two of the above mentioned wind-ups, these retail for $11.99 for the pair.
REVIEW: Bleacher Creatures – Lee, Utley and Polamalu
Background
Get ready to have that baseball sized hole in your plush heart filled. Bleacher Creatures is a new company that has introduced three lines of officially licensed Major League Baseball and National Football League plush toys. The 7” plush, 14” plush and 10” puppet plush lines feature some of today's most recognizable sports stars.
For purposes of our review, we received a 7” plush Cliff Lee, 14” plush Chase Utley, and a 10” puppet plush Troy Polamalu.
The Facts
Bleacher Creatures
Manufacturer: Bleacher Creatures
Authorized Likeness: Chase Utley, Cliff Lee and Troy Polamalu
Material: Plush
Designs and Dimensions: 14” Plush; 7” Plush; 10” Puppet
Tag
Only the MLB plush characters had a tag attached to them (we received the NFL plush well before the line was released, so I'm assuming that's why it did not have one).
On the front panel, the circular swing tag features an illustrated version of the player, their name and number, and the team logo. Inside, the tag gives you some great information about your player: Name, Number, Date of birth, Hometown, Bats, Throws, Height, Weight, Debut Date.
Our Opinion
If you follow the Plastic and Plush Twitter account, you'll get a good deal of sports talk there (predominantly Philadelphia sports talk). I am glad whenever a new sports inspired toy line is released, especially if they are able to get league licenses. Now only does Bleacher Creatures have the Major League Baseball, National Football League, National Hockey League and National Basketball Association licenses, they also have licenses with the Players Associations.
Bleacher Creatures introduce their NFL Line
Bleacher Creatures is celebrating the end of the NFL lockout and the beginning of training camps by announcing their line of officially licensed Bleacher Creatures plush characters in their team uniforms.
To date, they've released the following NFL players (it's a little QB heavy at this point):
• Tom Brady - New England Patriots
• Drew Brees - New Orleans Saints
• Eli Manning - New York Giants
• Peyton Manning - Indianapolis Colts
• Clay Matthews - Green Bay Packers
• Adrian Peterson - Minnesota Vikings
• Troy Polamalu - Pittsburgh Steelers
• Ben Roethlisberger - Pittsburgh Steelers
• Aaron Rodgers - Green Bay Packers
• Tony Romo - Dallas Cowboys
• Matt Ryan - Atlanta Falcons
• Mark Sanchez - New York Jets
• Brian Urlacher - Chicago Bear
• Michael Vick - Philadelphia Eagles
Like the MLB Bleacher Creatures, the NFL plush characters will be available in 14" tall ($23.99), 7" tall ($11.99) and hand puppet ($23.99) sizes.
