Official BLOG of CelebriDucks

Wearing a pink dress with white gloves, the new Marilyn duck embodies the epitome of elegance in the tub.

After all, in any economy, diamonds are still a duck’s best friend. Bruce Lee, complete with weaponry, is guaranteed to protect one’s tub from any financial turbulence with his classic pose from “Enter the Dragon.”

CelebriDucks president, Craig Wolfe, remarked, “In hard times, we need some real heavy hitters in our bath to lighten things up.

To have two such classic icons added to our line really gives people some very cool gifts that anyone can afford.”

The company is best known for their line of celebrity ducks including The Wizard of Oz, Elvis Presley, Bill Clinton, Larry the Cable Guy, and KISS among hundreds of others.

The company created a Tropical Parrot, complete with Hawaiian shirt and shades, for The Jimmy Buffet Margaritaville Cafés, and successfully sell their Blues Brother’s ducks at all House of Blues venues nationwide.

They also recently broke new ground by creating the world’s first ever floating Pink Flamingo rubber duck which debuted at The Flamingo Hotel in Las Vegas.

CelebriDucks has produced ducks for the NBA, Major League Baseball, the NHL, Collegiate Mascots, and NASCAR. The company has pioneered a whole new collectible and to date their ducks have appeared on numerous TV shows including The Tonight Show with Jay Leno, CBS Evening Magazine, and Late Night with Conan O’Brien.

CelebriDucks were voted one of the top 100 gifts by Entertainment Weekly.

Their work can be viewed at www.celebriducks.com

High resolution photos available upon request

February 2007 Newsletter

Time for a quick CelebriDuck update… finally, after being out of stock for way too long…

Gene Simmons of KISS returns and is now in stock.  This time, we did Gene by himself in his own box, Demon graphics included.

Buy your Gene Simmons Celebrity Rubber Duck before he flys the coop by clicking here

 Also, we  really love our new Felix the Cat rubber duck celebrity who came out far better than I ever imagined.  He comes complete with his yellow bag of tricks and should be a big hit for both Felix collectors and  cat and lovers alike! 

Felix the Cat is still in stock, click here to get your very own

We just completed a custom promotional item job for the
Queen of Mean, Lisa Lampanelli.

 
You may know her from her many appearances on Comedy Central, The Tonight Show, Howard Stern, and many others.

She’s also been part of the celebrity roasts of such people as Jeff Foxworthy and Pamela Anderson.  Her new comedy album is coming out on Warner Brothers this month and on her tour and website she will have the ducks for her fans. 

 This special custom rubber duck will also be getting lots of nice attention as it travels with with her on her national television appearances.

You can purchase this unique promotional Lisa Lampanelli rubber duck by clicking here

Entertainment Weekly Magazine called us the a few weeks ago when they found out we had completed and release the first ever floating emperor penguin. 

With the Warner Brother’s film, Happy Feet, getting nominated for an Academy Award, they wanted us to send them a penguin for a photo shoot of penguin products on the market.  Thus in the Oscar issue which hits newsstands on February 9th, our custom rubber duck will be featured. 

Bath of the Penguins Rubber Duck is still available and can be purchased by clicking here

Along with lovers of great music everywhere, we were  very sorry to hear of the loss of James Brown. He was one of the first CelebriDucks in our line and a real joy to work with.

We are very pleased to tell you that our ducks are becoming more and more collectible. Laurel & Hardy and the Three Stooges are now completely sold out and retired.

  Available in very limited quantities and soon to be retired are the Lone Ranger, Beethoven, Carmen Miranda, Charlie Chaplin and Mae West. 

If you are a collector and like to visit other collectible websites, one of the best is Bobbles and More. They even post interviews with numerous manufacturers of collectibles (yes, we are in there, too.

Their web site is one of the most viewed collectible sites on the net with lots of really good information for collectors. In fact, their chat site is ranked the #1 collectible chat site for good conversation and collecting advice so you may want to have a look.

We’re working on some new releases for the future, such as a fireman, policeman, and even hope to add Snow White complete with dwarf this year. I will keep you posted when there is some fun news to report. Stay warm…

CELEBRIDUCKS ECOLLECTORS - Winter Issue 2005

You can call it “Ducky,” but collectors take note, a
Celebriduck is floating in a tub near you! Celebriducks,
Inc. is the original creator of the first ever collectible
celebrity rubber duck.The ducks were first developed in 1998 as
a fun project of the art business “Name That Toon,” by owner
Craig Wolfe and daughter Rebecca.

According to Wolfe when the Philadelphia 76ers read about
Celebriducks, “They asked us if we could create a duck of superstar
Allen Iverson complete with cornrows, tattoos, and earring.

It would be used for a stadium give-a-way.” NASCAR, NHL, NBA, MLB and college sport fans have
flocked to similar stadium give-a-ways ever since.To date, over
200 different Celebriducks have pioneered a whole new collectible.

Celebriducks include: Elvis Presley, Bill Clinton,The
Gorton Fisherman, James Brown,The Blues Brothers,
Shakespeare, Moses and more. New lines include Cheese
Quaker for the Wisconsin Cheeseheads and Bubbles, the cow
mascot for Canada’s Cow Ice Cream Co.Wolfe’s goal is to
always be adding new ducks and retiring others to enhance the
collectibility.“

Each rubber duck comes in its own individual container,” says
Wolfe. “And, all new ducks since 2005 have our new Hollywood
themed box to beautifully show off our little creations.We seal
up the bottom of each duck and actually put in an internal
squeaker. It’s costly, but it makes for a much better product. All
ducks have the edition number written on the bottom and since
2005 are individually numbered,” he adds.

A recent look on eBay found 91 Celebriducks including Betty
Boop Biker, University of Iowa Hawkeye, Sheryl Swoopes of the
WNBA, Elvis, and The Three Stooges. Bids ranged from 99 cents
for a collegiate mascot to $19.98 for a three-piece celebrity set.
California-based Celebriducks, Inc. has an active Web site
where collectors can view the ducks, read about them, subscribe
to the newsletter, or make a purchase. Prices vary. Check out
www.celebriducks.com.
What could be more fun to collect. And, they float!

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