A Brief History of District 12 and a pin that looks like a Lego

When people say I am an Andrew McCutchen supercollector, I live up to it.

I try to collect everything relating to Andrew McCutchen.  

Everything that has his name or face on it, needs to go into my collection. 

Over the summer I came across a former little league pin collection which contained an enamel pin looking like Lego inspired Andrew McCutchen for the District 12 Florida team.

When I think of District 12, my mind immediately goes to Katniss Everdeen, the heroine from the Hunger Games franchise played famously by Jennifer Lawrence

The character offered herself as tribute to prevent her sister from having to enter the Hunger Games.

She won the Hunger Games as a representation of District 12, a small area of Panem known for their mining.

She later went on to challenge how all of Panem is run and started an uprising.

Now that you've been graced with a bit of Hunger Games trivia, let's get back to that District 12 pin....

Here's the front of the pin

The back

Next to a standard size baseball card

Pretty sweet addition to the Cutch collection and definitely one of the more unique items added.

Did you exchange pins or patches in your little league tournament days?

Did you ever watch the movies or read the books for Hunger Games?

Building With Bricks

With the coronavirus making many people stay inside and not do much socially I have been binge watching a lot of TV.

I did away with actual cable last year and now just watch Hulu, Netflix, Disney+, and YouTube TV.

There is a weekly show that I can't watch until the day after it's airing date and I look forward to Thursdays more than any other day of the week.

The show is called Lego Masters and it airs Wednesday nights on Fox, but also plays on Hulu beginning Thursday mornings.  It is hosted by Will Arnett.

The show pits teams of two against each other in a reality TV show where they must build theme parks, race cars, cities, among many other things.

There are a few ladies on the show which could be prime choices for my annual Save Second Base Event.

That could be an inspiring post.

Now that I have talked about Lego Masters I thought it would be fun to show off my Oyo collection of Cutch figures.

Oyo is a line of Lego inspired sports figures depicting players, mascots, stadiums, etc.  They are all licensed products and have been in production since 2012.  The early figures command big money on the open market.

An Andrew McCutchen 2012 All-Star Game uniform has sold for over $50 loose.

There are MANY Oyo figures of Cutch that I still need including all variants in Phillies and Giants uniforms, his 2012 and 2015 All-Star Game figures, and the black alternate jersey figure, and yellow alternate jersey figure.  Loose or sealed, I hope to get them all one day.