{"id":38325,"date":"2022-11-23T19:37:38","date_gmt":"2022-11-24T00:37:38","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.oafe.net\/blog\/?p=38325"},"modified":"2022-11-25T11:52:21","modified_gmt":"2022-11-25T16:52:21","slug":"grogu-returns-to-macys","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.oafe.net\/blog\/2022\/11\/grogu-returns-to-macys\/","title":{"rendered":"Grogu returns to Macy's"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Remember the Baby Yoda balloon that <a href=\"http:\/\/www.oafe.net\/blog\/?p=35838\">debuted in last year's Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade<\/a>? Well, it was based on Funko <i>POP!<\/i>s, and this year it's getting a Funko <i>POP!<\/i> of its own:<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.oafe.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/funko_pop_macysgrogu.jpg\" alt=\"a large Baby Yoda floats horizontally several inches off the ground, while four small human balloon handlers in knit caps and Mandalorian shirts hold onto thick strings beneath him, with a round base that make it look like they're walking down the street\" width=\"450\" height=\"700\" class=\"aligncenter\"><\/p>\n<p>That's a very cute idea and execution. You can see more photos, including detail on the handlers' jackets, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.funko.com\/search?sort:key=newest&page:on=1&term=Macy%27s+Thanksgiving+Day+Parade\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">here<\/a>. Does this mean he'll be back for this year's parade? We'll find out tomorrow!<\/p>\n<div class=\"SPOSTARBUST-Related-Posts\"><H5>&lt;i&gt;And now, some more OAFEry:&lt;\/i&gt;<\/H5><ul class=\"entry-meta\"><li class=\"SPOSTARBUST-Related-Post\"><a title=\"Star Wars Unleashed: Darth Sidious addendum\" href=\"http:\/\/www.oafe.net\/blog\/2022\/02\/star-wars-unleashed-darth-sidious-addendum\/\" rel=\"bookmark\">Star Wars Unleashed: Darth Sidious addendum<\/a><\/li>\n<li class=\"SPOSTARBUST-Related-Post\"><a title=\"Hasbro's 35 years of progress\" href=\"http:\/\/www.oafe.net\/blog\/2013\/01\/hasbros-35-years-of-progress\/\" rel=\"bookmark\">Hasbro's 35 years of progress<\/a><\/li>\n<li class=\"SPOSTARBUST-Related-Post\"><a title=\"Loving this new, more realistic sculpting style\" href=\"http:\/\/www.oafe.net\/blog\/2024\/01\/loving-this-new-more-realistic-sculpting-style\/\" rel=\"bookmark\">Loving this new, more realistic sculpting style<\/a><\/li>\n<li class=\"SPOSTARBUST-Related-Post\"><a title=\"Soon Forget: Chewbacca's Wookie family\" href=\"http:\/\/www.oafe.net\/blog\/2019\/11\/soon-forget-chewbaccas-wookie-family\/\" rel=\"bookmark\">Soon Forget: Chewbacca's Wookie family<\/a><\/li>\n<li class=\"SPOSTARBUST-Related-Post\"><a title=\"This is NOT the way\" href=\"http:\/\/www.oafe.net\/blog\/2024\/02\/this-is-not-the-way\/\" rel=\"bookmark\">This is NOT the way<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Remember the Baby Yoda balloon that debuted in last year's Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade? Well, it was based on Funko POP!s, and this year it's getting a Funko POP! of its own: That's a very cute idea and execution. You &hellip; <a href=\"http:\/\/www.oafe.net\/blog\/2022\/11\/grogu-returns-to-macys\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[250],"tags":[333,26],"class_list":["post-38325","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-funko","tag-pop","tag-star-wars"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.oafe.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/38325","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.oafe.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.oafe.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.oafe.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.oafe.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=38325"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"http:\/\/www.oafe.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/38325\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":38329,"href":"http:\/\/www.oafe.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/38325\/revisions\/38329"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.oafe.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=38325"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.oafe.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=38325"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.oafe.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=38325"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}