Nothing To Report, So Here’s This…Thing

By: Abby | July 24th, 2008

There’s nothing going on. Nothing. Nothing worth reporting, at least- some more nonsense about transfers that may or may not happen, that may or may not be dragging on way past my ability to get angry at it. Some ex-players may or may not have said stupid things (c’mon now, does anyone really expect tact or nuance from Alexander Hleb?). But I don’t even want to acknowledge any of that, because it’s so dull.

Instead, I’m going to show you one of my favorite random pieces of Arsenal-related memorabilia that I own.

I collect weird memorabilia, and am particularly thrilled when it’s football-related. So when I was in Prague last summer, I had to pick up this.

They are Arsenal nesting dolls. Oddly-featured Arsenal nesting dolls. I fell in love the moment I saw them- they might even out-odd my Ronaldinho caganer. They came from one of the tourist stores lining the streets around the old part of Prague, a store filled with them, for every team I could possibly think of and some I never would have (like Grimsby Town, or Motherwell, or oddly enough, the Denver Nuggets). As a collector of the odd memorabilia, I did need them.

The best part? They don’t really look like any particular player, do they? Guess who’s which! The backs are after the jump…

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I guess Lehmann’s a bit obvious, since he’s the only one in a different shirt, and since it is from Prague Rosicky would have to be there…but did anyone guess the others? Be honest.

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• Corey |  July 25th, 2008 at 4:49 am

  
  
  

  I swear to god that was a Barrack Obama face on the dolls. Which is what made it even more strange.

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• rojaynegra |  July 25th, 2008 at 11:46 am

  
  
  

  I thought it was Obama too (yikes!)

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• Rob |  July 25th, 2008 at 3:08 pm

  
  
  

  Why is Gallas so small!?

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• Hayley |  July 25th, 2008 at 8:04 pm

  
  
  

  These are awesome! I wondered how they decided which ones got to be the “big” ones… poor Gallas.

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• Abby |  July 25th, 2008 at 11:41 pm

  
  
  

  I bought them (and took those pictures, actually) last year, before people in Czech tourist traps would want to make Obama nesting dolls, which makes it even odder.

  I think my favorite part about tiny Gallas is that they didn’t bother painting the rest of him, only his face…c’mon, you can’t paint the rest of that tiny head brown?

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• jess |  July 26th, 2008 at 6:08 am

  
  
  

  Why do all their noses look the same? And so crooked. I would be afraid that they would start moving around at night. You are a brave girl Abby

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