| Check out the NEW!! Football Superstars Section New Grogg Update! 9" Ltd Edition figures of Lawrence Dallaglio and Jonny Wilkinson are now available online. The World of Groggs would like to congratulate the Welsh Rugby team on their outstanding World Cup Campaign.Not only did they achieve their goal of qualifying but took on the two best sides in the world and astounded us all with their style,flair and passion.As you may have heard we let it be known prior to the England game that if the Welsh boys won we would make the whole team,something only done by us once before,after Wembley 1999.Although we didn't beat "the old enemy"we still think they deserve to be "Grogged" so we've got some catching up to do!! For a list of the Welsh World Cup Players already available CLICK HERE and please let us know who you think we should make next either by e-mailing us on info@groggs.co.uk or telephoning direct on 01443 405001.In the meantime watch this space!! We have so many so many new things on the go that it was difficult to know when to stop. In our Limited Edition range we have some speacial pieces. Made to commemorate being voted "The very Greatest Player of all Time", our new 16" Gareth Edwards is now available in Wales (100 pieces), Lions (50 pieces, Cardiff (25 pieces), and Barbarians (25) pieces, priced £160, £175 and £195 respectively. Gareth was presented with the first of these by John at the Cardiff Institute for the Blind upon the opening of the Gareth Edwards Vision Centre. Gareth was pleased to note that "As I get older my Groggs are getting slimmer! Talking of the "Maestro", following our Delme Thomas Llanelli Vs All Blacks 1973 Anniversary figure, we present our 2nd in the series of Rugby's Greatest Moments. In 1973, Gareth Edwards scored what is arguably the most famous try of all time for the Barbarians Vs. New Zealand. To commemorate the 30th. Anniversary of that special moment we have produced a Limited edition of only 300 figures depicting Gareth's famous dive. This incorporates Cliff Morgan's legendary commentary, "This is Gareth Edwards...a dramatic start...What a score!", on the base. Priced at £99.95, this is now available to order and is proving very popular. With only 300 available, please don't delay. |
 "The Greatest" Gareth & John at the Cardiff Institute for the Blind.
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week prior to the Wales Vs. Azerbaijan game saw a
soccer giant pay us a visit at the Groggshop.
John Hartson, Wales and Celtic goal-scoring ace,
collected his special first edition Grogg and was
so impressed with the result he kindly donated a
signed Celtic jersey to our museum. John went on
to score a fantastic goal in Wales' 4-o rout over
Azerbaijan, which not only has the whole of Wales
in a frenzy but puts them in pole position in
their group for the European finals. Thanks again
for the shirt John, and good luck Wales! John's
Grogg will be available to order in Welsh strip
as a Limited Edition of 300. This figure will soon be available on the Limited Editions page and Football Superstars page. |
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| On the Rugby Club Scene There's good news and bad news. The Ponty RFC Principality Cup, Double figure has now reached it's limit of 125 pieces and is therefore no longer available. The chief himself did us the honour of destroying the mold on a recent visit. Thanks again Dale! The good news is that Ponty's veteran prop, Sven Cronk was delighted to complete the Ponty Cup Winners Team 2002, the first full set of which was collected by Mr Ross maisey of Llantwit Fardre. Well done Ross! We have also finally finished the the Craig Morgan figure, much to his delight. "This is a great honour for me as everyone who has been grogged says it is something special to keep for the years ahead and I can always remind one or two of my team mates that I've been done before them!. Jamie Robinson was next in line but has generously made way for a special request. Andrew Lewis of Cardiff and Wales is celebrating his testimonial season which begins in April and we pulled out all the stops and managed to finish his 6" figure just in time. Good luck for the season 2003 - 2004 and well done Andrew. His testimonial Grogg is available in Cardiff or Wales strip priced at £24.95 and as with all our testimonial Groggs will only be available during the players testimonial year, after which the mould is destroyed. Gareth Llewelyn is now well into his Testimonial season and on a recent visit to collect a special presentation 5 piece Grogg, depicting all his strips, he surprised us with a great piece of memorabilia for our museum, his Harlequins jersey! Thanks again Gareth! |  Dale the Destroyer The Chief breaks the mould. |
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   Left: Cardiff & Wales speedster, Craig Morgan. Middle:Ponty Cup Winners Mr. Maisey completes the set. Right: "The Old Guard", Sven finishes in style. Becoming
more broad-minded in our choice of sports, we
have recently re-introduced, due to popular
demand, our 9" George Best and Welsh legend,
Ian Rush, both priced at £59.95. We also have a
new standard golfing figure, priced at £59.95
and available in colours with inscriptions of
your own choice. More importantly, we recently
completed a 9" Limited Edition (250 pieces)
of our local golfing hero, Phillip Price. Phil
had a fantastic year, culminating in his heroic
Ryder Cup winning round in September 2002. This
is only the second golfer we have ever made as a
production piece, the other being the very rare
Ian Woosnam figure. Only 17 Woosnam's were ever
made and we were very kindly loaned one of these
figure by Mr. Joe O'Neil of Neath. Don't worry
Joe, we won't sell it!
Away from sport from a moment, we have also reintroduced one of two in our series of 16" Ltd Edition colliers. Those of you who have read Feat of Clay might be interested to know that the figure of John's grandfather in the chapter "Daid" was obviously not the grandfather he remembers."He was also injured in an explosion, losing the sight of both eyes. One of my abiding childhood memories was standing with my brother every Sunday for Daid to feel our faces and measure how much we had grown in a week. He was a lovely old man with a thick white moustache, stained yellow by his beloved clay pipe and constant cups of tea" We recently remodelled the figure of him, which hasn't been made since the early 1990's. A limited edition of only 100, it is priced at £175. We also had time before christmas to fulfil a special request and make our co-author Alan Evans, complete with a copy of Feat of Clay under his arm. This has also delighted Alan's wife who now has company while he is away on his many rugby trips! We hope to have time this year to make one or two more portraits. However, as these figures are unique and very time consuming, they are consequently relatively expensive (from approx. £1000), so if you have one please look after it. On our list of "Coming Soon" figures, we are currently remodelling two figures of "Cops and Robbers", Clint Eastwood complete with Magnum .44 and James Cagney. Hollywood icon, Humphrey Bogart is set to follow in the summer. Grogg history was made in May this year when we produced the first ever Cardiff City player Grogg in the form of Scott Young. Scott is celebrating his testimonial next season at only 27, a remarkable achievement. Scott was presented with his figure at the Groggshop the week prior to Cardiff's amazing promotion play-off win at the Millennium Stadium and was delighted with the result! He said, "It's brilliant. I'm honoured that it's the first Cardiff City grogg to go on sale" This special testimonial figure is £59.95 and available from the Groggshop or Scott's testimonial committee on 01443 684174. As with all testimonial figures, at the end of Scott's special season the mould will be destroyed. So make sure not to miss out on this unique piece of Groggshop and football memorabilia. |
 Seeing Quins. 5 Llewellyns and a great shirt!
Scott Young
"I'm ready
for my close-up Mr. De Mille" |
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| Another Scott now available in our
"Rugby's Greatest Moments" is number 3
entitled "The Perfect Day"
Immortalised in clay for all time, the moment
Scott Gibbs broke Neil Back's tackle and scored
the unforgettable try, which denied England the
last Grandslam of the 20th century! This again is
limited to just 500 pieces and priced at
£120.00, so to avoid disappointment, please
order as early as possible if you are interested. We had an interesting
visit in December from two of Rugby's media
stalwarts, David Parry Jones and Onllwyn Brace.
They are making a series of filmed interviews for
the National Screen and Sound Archive in
Aberystwyth. The aim of the project is to
"capture in conversation on video tape the
character and personality of distinguished Welsh
persons whose life and experiences hold lessons
for the Welsh nation at large". They kindly
included us, so now we've been preserved on film
for posterity!. Finally we would like to explain to our collectors why they may be experiencing difficulty buying Groggs from our former outlets. We have decided to stop wholesaling as it was putting pressure on us to expand production rather than expand our range. To compensate we have developed an efficient next-day delivery service and don't forget there is our online shopping facility which is currently being updated to include all of the figures mentioned above and others that aren't currently available on the site. As a small studio workshop, we have no intention of being forced to look abroad for increased capacity, as this contradicts our two most basic edicts, 'quality not quantity' and MADE IN WALES! We hope you understand when ordering directly from us at the home of Groggs in Pontypridd. |
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