It's been a pretty slow offseason so far, so I figured I'd start a harmless little discussion thread. What is the strangest piece of Rockets merchandise you've shelled out money for? I guess mine would be the T-Mac bobblehead magnet that I picked up at Academy a few months ago. T-Mac's head is mounted on such a taut spring that it doesn't really "bobble." Instead, it won't move unless you pull on it like you were drawing back on a slingshot and then when you release, T-Mac's flutters so fast it could probably be used to generate electricity. It's about 4 inches tall and I've attached the magnet to my front door (it's got a metal plate in it). It's basically a useless turd that in NO WAY resembles T-Mac, but it still gives me a smile when I go to work in the morning. I don't know why anyone would want to pay $4 for this stupid thing unless they were an incredible Rockets fan who can't resist buying any piece of crap he sees with The Bleeding R plastered on it. The funny thing is, I'll bet the rest of you paid for some garbage that's even crappier, so let's hear about it!
My strangest purchase would have to be the old school Rockets paper plates I found at a dollar store just a few years ago!! That's right, yellow and red logo'd paper plates!! I still have them, in the package, unused! I bought all the ones they had left... two packages!
Hakeem Olajuwon water. I don't care if it does turn yellow after a while. I also have a Rockets Nerf Hoop thing that was a give away at popeyes.
Piece of the old championship floor and a leftover roach taken from MoT's stash. If someone wants to trade I'm in the market for some of Mooch's hair. Not any of his hair now, cuz he's gross, but surely somebody has some of his hair from when he shaved it off and lost all his mojo.
Probably the Rockets Magnets I bought last season, and put on my truck's doors during the playoff run. Looking to get some of those vehicle flags for the windows.
I have the hideous jacket with olajuwon's face on the back. And I wore it in public.... 30 years ago.
My wife bought me an empty coke bottle with NBA champs 94-95 and the rockets logo on it. When she got it for me she asked me how much I think she got it for. I said 50 cents. She frowned and said five dollars.
If it was filled it's not that bad of a price, depending on when she got it. I've seen full bottles go for about ten bucks recently.
I've got one of those but it's full of coke. My next door neighbor gave me her Son's Rockets stuff when I left the country to work.
I have a Pog set unbroken (all round pogs still in their holes) from the championship years. Each Pog has a picture of one of the members of the chapionship team as well as Coach Rudy T. Iam looking to get them signed by each player and the coach but that has been harder than I thought it be to do. And I bought them at a garage sale for $0.01 cents each! SUCKER
Those are brilliant! My Olajuwon water bottle shrunk in, but I still have it. I have a ruffles bag with Hakeem from the Olympics and the series of Uncle Ben's boxes he was on. I also have a cup, placemats and store mobile from the Taco Bell promotion for the One on One thing with Shaq.
I've got those. I got mine at a dollar store too. I totally forgot about them. I still own my pair of Hakeem Wilson shoes. I bought the Hakeem the Dream album. I have an classic logo Rocket's bean bag chair. I have a weird classic logo flat pillowy thing. Classic logo pens and pencils. Barkley-era miniature rocket figures.
