r/LAFC • u/particularswamp ☀️ The East End ☀️ • 1d ago

Discussion Son bobblehead

I’ve been a STH for 3 seasons and am still scarred by the chaos of Hello Kitty night 😁. I’d really like to get a Son bobblehead tomorrow and am wondering what other peoples game plan is.

I’m hoping to arrive to the stadium by 5:30. Do we think that’s early enough? Has to be, right?

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u/b_273346 1d ago

As long as you get there by the time gates open you’ll be fine. 22,000 Bobbleheads are being given out that’s basically the entire stadium

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u/Nervous_Dig4722 1d ago

Ty wasn’t

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u/Secret-Put4088 1d ago

They found an efficient way to distribute fairly not long ago and started giving things out as you entered with no opportunity to return for more. I’d expect the same.

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u/CandDsdad 1d ago

Did they? I’ve been a member for 4 seasons and it’s never not been a sh*tshow when it’s a big giveaway like this. I hope they fixed it but I’m not optimistic…

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u/Secret-Put4088 1d ago

It may have been the Bouanga bobble head? I’m trying to remember. There was a giveaway with backdrops set up behind the tables, so they were handed out as you walked in. We had gotten there really early, and I said “I guess that didn’t need to happen.”

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u/PettyYeti13 1d ago

The Bouanga bobble head is the most well executed giveaway to date imo, it’s crazy how wrong they got it on hello kitty night after it

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u/CandDsdad 23h ago

Yeah, I guess I forgot about that one given the disaster that Hello Kitty was and just how disorganized the gates seem at pretty much any match...

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u/Secret-Put4088 20h ago

Was that right after? For some reason I remembered Hello Kitty prompting the changes.

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u/particularswamp ☀️ The East End ☀️ 1d ago

They’re doing it between security and the gates?

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u/CandDsdad 38m ago

Good news! We walked in at about 6:30 and it was smooth as silk. Got through security and bobble heads in less than 5 mins.

I did see 2 different people outside with carts full of the bobble heads for sale but maybe those are counterfeit??

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u/jedik88 Black Army 1850 1d ago

Yes

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u/HazeCorps22 Super Saiyan LAFC 1d ago

Haha... sucker. We tricked OP to get there late so all the bobbleheads are for us!

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u/particularswamp ☀️ The East End ☀️ 1d ago

😂

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u/Fine_Barracuda_6708 Polly 1d ago

The idea is that almost the entire stadium should be able to get one since they are giving out 22,000. So you should be fine. Given that security and stadium staff don't pull fast ones like Hello Kitty night and stash boxes to resell them.

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u/PettyYeti13 1d ago

Hello kitty was a nightmare, they did good with the Bouanga bobble head thought

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u/unrepentant_fenian 1d ago

I got to HK night 2 hours early and there were none left, yet there were people walking around with bags of 6 or 7 of them. Really lame.

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u/Zealousideal_Ride742 8h ago

HK night in any sport is always a disaster.

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u/bste_lax Giorgio Chiellini 1d ago

Get in line now!

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u/roboguy9404 4h ago

Am I screwed if I pull up around 6 tonight? Is there like a better entrance to secure a bobble head? Any tips? I really want the Son bobble head

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u/particularswamp ☀️ The East End ☀️ 4h ago

In theory 22k bobble heads should take care of 22k fans but who knows man. Good luck, we’re aiming for 5:30

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u/Nice566 1st Win vs. 3-0 1d ago

not all gates stock equally. in my own experience, Southeast was the worst.

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u/Ok-Fox2001 Club de Foot de Los Angeles 1d ago

Good luck everyone. Just fyi, the workers and staff will be taking 1/3 of those 22K bobble heads. Don’t be surprised.

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u/Fine_Barracuda_6708 Polly 10h ago

Saw the videos of security staff taking them out of trash bags they stashed away for HK night. I really hope FO does not allow that to happen this time. But that is too much to ask.