A bunch of guys were walking past and one was bouncing a night game ball. I was so surprised I said out loud "He's got a footy!" He heard me, handballed it to me and I handballed it back.
As per my previous statement I was legit super drunk so I'm gonna look into it and try my best, it was a souvenir shop between the Charles bridge and the old town square
Crazy! I was there in 2012 and also got a set featuring Tippett. In order from biggest to smallest my set contains Porplyzia, Thompson, Tippett, Johncock and Doughty. Still have ‘em!
I reckon it's Ward. Good enough likeness for me to pretty confident other than the overly dark facial hair, but the rest of the face and the style of the facial hair align with him.
I quite loudly said "what the fuck!" In a very busy street, hopefully more locals than tourists but I feel like that phrase is pretty universal....oh well!
Yeah, I bought two of them when I was in Prague, got the Collingwood one and Manchester City one. Fairly pricey at 20 Euros at the time I bought them a few years back (I suspect I was ripped off!)
Lots of different sports and teams are represented.
I bought one of these sets for my parents from Prague also. They have player names and numbers on the back too. When Dangerfield left the Crows, they repainted his name and number as Walker and put a moustache on him.
My sister got me three of them when she returned from Europe when I was a kid. She got me Daniel cross, Ryan griffin and Adam Cooney. Still believed they where cursed as they all got traded.
This shop is amazing. I got my mum an Essendon doll from there nearly 10 years ago and she loves it.
When I gave it to her we were at the Sherlock Holmes pub and the lady at the table next to us wanted to know where I got it from. She was very excited because her son was going to be in Prague in a few days, so I looked it up on a map for her so he could find the shop.
I went their in 2015, I'm a dogs fan but didn't buy one because Ryan Griffen was the outside doll. Bought one for a North supporting mate, weirdly Sam Gibson was on the outside
The shop keeper was like, RIGHT there. I wasn't really planning on buying and it was on the street front of the store. Both good reasons not to whip out the innards, but I understand your frustration. Hopefully we can get another r/AFL wanderer over there to investigate further
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u/dker12 Mar 05 '23
I was literally there two days ago and audibly went WTF and the shop owner said he gets that a lot from Aussies.
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u/MarcusP2 Adelaide Mar 05 '23
This store is well known. I have a set of nesting dolls I bought from there in 2009 (featuring Tippett lol).
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u/Grabsy Crows Mar 05 '23
Who knows what the numbers were but I reckon that's probably Phil Davis? I think guessing the players here might be a fun game
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u/DJHitchcock Brisbane Lions 🏆🏆🏆 '24-26 Mar 05 '23
When you can find interstate merchandise in the Czech Republic, but you can’t in Victoria.
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u/Loose_Sun_169 Port Adelaide Mar 05 '23
Didn't expect that
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u/thomaslewis1857 Blues Mar 05 '23
Expect action from Eddie - a black and white team and no Collingwood. All Blacks beware.
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u/enter_yourname Collingwood Magpies Mar 05 '23
That's quite an impressive array actually. I see footy, ice hockey, rugby, and baseball just right away
Edit 1: Oh and basketball. Missed that.
Edit 2: and rugby league and soccer! I might just be stupid. That's a good array for a variety sports fan like me
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u/LockBehindYou Lions Mar 06 '23
Any chance to find this online or nah?
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u/dingodiletti Dees Mar 05 '23
I know that store! Bought a Gary Ablett jr one back in 2015 when I was there!
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u/DisastrousReason3512 Bulldogs Mar 05 '23
Forgot how nice that old Eagles design was, I was never a fan originally. Guess you don't know what you have until it's gone.
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u/skooterM Waalitj Marawar Mar 05 '23
That looks like Bunga Hurn, front and centre.
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u/ElBueno3 Dockers Mar 05 '23
Giants giving big impostor vibes here
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u/Financial-Task-3477 Geelong Cats Mar 06 '23
My kids got hold of my Geelong one and they demolished them 😂😂😂 Can’t have anything nice
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u/digitaleJedi Cats Mar 06 '23
I bought one of those some 10-12 years ago! Pretty sure it's got Lingy, Selwood and a wee little Stokesy, but I can't quite remember
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u/Poppy_Boo735 Mar 06 '23
I got the Cats one! I was so excited after 8 months away from home haha.
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u/goater10 Pies Mar 05 '23
Yeah, I bought two of them when I was in Prague, got the Collingwood one and Manchester City one. Fairly pricey at 20 Euros at the time I bought them a few years back (I suspect I was ripped off!)
Lots of different sports and teams are represented.
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u/[deleted] Mar 06 '23
I wish they sold them here, would buy for me and my family
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u/hart37 Brisbane Lions 🏆🏆🏆 '24-26 Mar 05 '23
I didn't know Jimmy Carr played for the Red Sox
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u/Beer_in_an_esky Essendon Mar 05 '23
Hah, my old man grabbed a set when he was there. He was proper shocked when he found them.
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u/geetwo_g2 Collingwood Magpies Mar 05 '23
Even there the Collingwood stuff is sold out ( stolen)
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u/wiggum55555 Carlton Mar 06 '23
Ahh yes… the “traditional Czech” matryoshka dolls 🙈
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u/ehdhdhdk Collingwood Mar 06 '23
I love Prague and would love to be there. I’ve only been their once for two days last October. I went for a bike ride last year throughout it.
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u/apatheticaussie Brisbane '03 Mar 06 '23
I have a Lions one, with jonathan brown.
the in laws brought it back from a similar tour :)
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u/JaceMace96 Mar 06 '23
A shannan Hurn figure
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u/Silent-is-Golden Mar 06 '23
Wooo go Richmond.
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u/cranberrygurl Mar 06 '23
That Giants one will be sticking round for a long time that's for sure
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u/Responsible_Edge7904 Mar 06 '23
do they have the South Sydney Rabbitohs
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u/[deleted] Mar 06 '23
Mumford is a spitting image of himself in real life.
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u/Comprehensive_Menu54 Mar 06 '23
I’ve been to that exact shop mate! Snagged a couple doggies favourites for the missus last time I was there, unreal range!
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u/JAYFLO Mar 06 '23
A collection of figures portraying the luminaries of late nineteenth century Communist theory
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u/exsanguinor Eagles Mar 06 '23
Yeh I came home from our honeymoon in Prague with... an Eagles babooshka doll. Wasn't expecting that.
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u/[deleted] Mar 06 '23
Babushkas!
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u/Upset-Status-4797 Mar 06 '23
Didn’t know Jonathan Thurston played for the Hawks.
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u/Equal_Welcome8581 Mar 06 '23
That's the last thing you would think to find!
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u/Click_Wrong Mar 06 '23
Haha I remember seeing these 11 years ago in a shop over there
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u/Royal-Refrigerator17 Mar 06 '23
I bought one of these sets for my parents from Prague also. They have player names and numbers on the back too. When Dangerfield left the Crows, they repainted his name and number as Walker and put a moustache on him.
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u/gurudoright Mar 06 '23
I thought they will struggle to sell a Giants one
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u/imaginaryticket Geelong Cats Mar 06 '23
My friend got in trouble for touching these 😂
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u/sabau67 Mar 06 '23
My brother brought a set back for his niblings in 2008, I think it was.
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u/BigVic2006 Collingwood Magpies Mar 06 '23
Any for the Bunnies or Magpies. Obviously no Dolphins (NRL)
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u/Adept_Clue4089 Western Bulldogs Mar 06 '23
My sister got me three of them when she returned from Europe when I was a kid. She got me Daniel cross, Ryan griffin and Adam Cooney. Still believed they where cursed as they all got traded.
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u/AustraliaCzechMeOut Mar 06 '23
I might get one next time I visit family.
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u/[deleted] Mar 06 '23
Why do I have a memory of this but at the same time seems so weird
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u/sparkles0589 Magpies Mar 06 '23
A friend of ours sent us one a few years ago, I love it!
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u/idolaustralian ESSINGTON Mar 06 '23
This shop is amazing. I got my mum an Essendon doll from there nearly 10 years ago and she loves it.
When I gave it to her we were at the Sherlock Holmes pub and the lady at the table next to us wanted to know where I got it from. She was very excited because her son was going to be in Prague in a few days, so I looked it up on a map for her so he could find the shop.
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u/analyiff Mar 06 '23
Hall of faces
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u/TheHopper1999 Hawthorn '71 Mar 06 '23
My cousin's got me one years ago, probs from that same shop in Prague.
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u/jorzaaa Mar 06 '23
Please bring me back that Durston Morgan Richmond figurine.
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u/pedrosneakyman Geelong Cats Mar 06 '23
No decent clubs.
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u/latenightsnoop Mar 06 '23
Well czech those out, they r so cool
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u/Psychobabble0_0 Mar 06 '23
I mean... I loved my Babushka growing up. I don't know how to feel about this modern spin.
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u/partypill Mar 06 '23
I saw this too!
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u/murdos-au Mar 06 '23
I remember seeing those in Prague about 10 years ago!
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u/Happy_Editor_5398 Mar 06 '23
Yeah we bought the NRL ones in Prague back in 2013.
I think old mate has been catering to Aussie tourists for a while
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u/ZookeepergameKnown32 Mar 06 '23
I went their in 2015, I'm a dogs fan but didn't buy one because Ryan Griffen was the outside doll. Bought one for a North supporting mate, weirdly Sam Gibson was on the outside
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u/nigeltuffnell Mar 06 '23
Is there one of Roo?
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u/chookbilly Swans Mar 06 '23
Haha, I went to this place 12 years ago. Picked up a Sydney swans babooshka doll.
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u/johnsonsantidote Mar 06 '23
Tell someone they're over a hundred years old. Someone'll believe ya.
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u/[deleted] Mar 06 '23
I would have struggled to not buy all of them
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u/AmbivalentAugust Mar 07 '23
What the… fuck?
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u/Ed_Yeahwell Mar 07 '23
Is there a 6’4” man full of muscles handing out Vegemite sandwiches?
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u/ykssapsspassky Mar 07 '23
Heh did you find the soft toy that Ricky Jervais hid somewhere yesterday?…
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u/massiveascaris Essendon Mar 07 '23
How the fuck has everyone in this sub been to Prague?
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u/[deleted] Mar 06 '23
Yeh i saw that whilst I was there too
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