Ebay Oddities follow up BROTHER!!!

Well, what a cool little story we have for you today. A while back Jeremy posted an Ebay oddity on the Hulk Hogan Puppet Kooler. I have an update on that story.

A couple days ago, I was checking out a collector's Star Wars merchandise he had for sale. While rummaging in his basement, what do you think I see?Yes!! There it is!!! A Hulk Hogan Puppet Kooler. There was no way I was leaving without that. One quick offer and $5 later I had this bad boy in my possession.

 

Pretty sweet! It came with the straps I just tucked them into the cup for display.

And look!! Hogan even signed it!!! What a find (ha).

Nice sculpt job on the face, great caricature.

Come little brother, you can do it! Move your legs, that's it! You will walk again, dude!!!

As an added bonus to this story, the husband of the lady that sculpted these puppet koolers, his name is Kenny, found Jeremy's original post on this item and left a couple comments. You all should check out what he had to say, it is very interesting. Maybe he'll send in some pictures of other koolers for us to see, who knows. Anyway it was great to read those comments, thanks Kenny. Check them out, here's the link again.

eBay Oddities

Every Wednesday is "eBay Oddities" here on Unpunched.

Amidst our random searches on eBay we often stumble upon weird and wonderful treasures.

This week I present to you: Puppet Kooler Hogan

The great thing about posting oddities from eBay is that you get to find and research stuff that you'd previously never known existed before. Many items unfortunately don't have a back story (and are just plain weird). This little eBay gem is a bit different in a way. It's kind of mysterious.

Puppet Koolers seem to be an idea that didn't really catch on, even with a bunch of popular licenses (various sports stars, Mario, Hulk Hogan, Micheal Jackson.) it didn't take wings and fly.

I couldn't really find much information on this oddity, all I could piece together was this:

- They were made in 1989

- You can use it at a can cooler, to hold a drinking cup or as a pencil or toothbrush holder
- It includes a drinking cup that sits inside the Kooler.
- This toy was sold through Bloomingdale's of New York City and also by mail order.
- Every puppet Kooler came with a certificate of authenticity.

It's interesting that the company "Puppet Kooler Industries" and the product itself was not documented in anyway, shape or form. I was expecting at least a Wikipedia page or something.

Here is a video of the Micheal Jackson Puppet Kooler being unboxed:


Let us know if you owned one of these things before! Maybe you have some more information!