Ladies and Gentlemen, Start Your Engines!

Historical Fact of the Day. On August 19, 1909, the first automobile race was held at the Indianapolis Motor Speedway. Originally built for motor vehicle testing by Indianapolis businessmen, "The Brickyard" is now home of the most distinguished race, the Indianapolis 500. Race fans of all ages have enjoyed being “Back Home Again in Indiana”. Get race-day-ready with our pro style racing flame design cap embroidered with your logo - the only way to stay on the hot streak!

It’s Jersday everyone!! A new episode of Jersey Shore airs tonight on MTV, and some of us here at ThrowThings are pumped (fist-pumped rather) to see what this week’s episode has to offer! Last week we were thrilled to learn about Deena’s new marionette the housemates have dubbed “Pierre”. We’re looking forward to seeing what adventures Deena & Pierre get into during the series fourth season! While you’re finishing up your GTL, check out our full line of puppets, marionettes & ventriloquist dummies available!

Deena with Pierre, her marionette



Monkey Business

Lost Stuffed Monkey Returned To His Heartbroken Family
Last week in New York, a couples’ beloved “Bongo” – a stuffed monkey doll, disappeared while they were dining at El Gran Castillo de Jagua in Manhattan. The couple had been in possession of the doll for over ten years and was rarely seen without him. Bonni Marcus and Jack Zinzi treated Bongo like a child and offered a $500.00 reward for this safe return. Last Monday, Luis Barreto found Bongo sitting on top of a parking meter and took him in. Although he had fallen for the little guy he did ultimately returned the beanie monkey to his family.

We here at ThrowThings.com don't claim to understand the thought process of a little monkey doll but it just seems reasonable that if he had some company of his own kind that he might be less likely to leave home. Bonni & Jack might want to take a look at Bongo’s close relatives, our Deluxe Gorilla Puppet and our Deluxe Chimp Puppet! We bet Bongo would like a little simian companionship and that the whole gang would enjoy a night out on the town - returning to El Gran Castillo de Jagua for dinner and then catching the early showing of ‘Rise of the Planet of the Apes’!

Deluxe Chimp Puppet

Deluxe Gorilla Puppet

Snooki Gets The Boot

How Walter Walrus Could Have Helped Snooki
Thursday the fourth season of Jersey Shore premiered with the cast “Situated” in Italy. “Snooki” (Nicole Polizzi) mentioned her unfamiliarity with the geographic location of Italy, stating “But I know what shape it is, and it’s, like, a boot.” Maybe someone should have given Snooki one of our Around the World with Walter Walrus coloring books when she was a kid. (Walter spins the globe and visits some of his favorite places like London, Paris and Venice.) This is just one of our great promotional coloring books that can be customized with your logo or message. They're a great educational promotion to consider as schools get back into gear.

Welcome Sarah!

ThrowThings.com welcomes Sarah Fay to our team!
Sarah has experience in customer service, sales, marketing, and graphic design. Having  recently moved close to our headquarters, Sarah is eager to get in with the mix here at ThrowThings.com! She has extensive training in new products and how to market them and has worked in multiple areas of the promotional products industry including running her own company and handling national accounts. Her past clients include the Beverly Hills Hotel & J.D Byrider franchises among many others. When she’s not here working with the the ThrowThings team she enjoys spending time with family, friends, her boyfriend Ronnie, and their two dogs Molson & Duke. Sarah is also extremely creative, so feel free to contact her with any new interesting projects!

Sarah J. Fay

 

Dummies On TV

ThrowThings.com Ventriloquist Dummy on The Daily Show with Jon Stewart
If you didn't catch it last night, one of our Basic ventriloquist dummies was used on The Daily Show with Jon Stewart. Jon Oliver interviewed Representative Dennis Kucinich from Ohio who showed off his ventriloquism talents...

New Czech Marionettes Are In!

New Czech Marionettes Are In!

We just received a new shipment of Czech marionettes and they are just AMAZING! The marionettes that we sell are hand made by Marionettes Rici. Rici's workshop is located in the center of Prague in the Czech Republic and we have the marionettes flown in to us in the U.S. 

Richard "Rici" Kuklík is truly a modern day version of the great artisans of old. His design ability and skills shine through in each piece that do honor to the great Czech marionette tradition. The pictures make the marionettes look nice but you really won't know how wonderful they are until you see them in person. There is just something about their character that can't be captured in a picture.

Buying these marionettes through ThrowThings not only give you the oportunity to add them to your collection (or start a collection) with great prices, but because we have already have brought them in we can get them to you in the U.S. faster and cheaper than if you ordered from a company based in the Czech Republic. Plus you won't have to worry about any Customs issues (such as duties or customs clearing charges) or foreign transaction fees or additional credit card processing fees.

In addition to those that we have offered in the past we have added many more of Rici's Czech Marionettes to our site. You can see all of them at http://www.throwthings.com/gallery3.asp?search=69