KoDoTo mini figurines

David Beckham - LA Galaxy mini figure

Recently notice that the local soccer shop was carrying these KoDoTo mini figures, featuring the likes of Wayne Rooney, Stephen Gerrard, Messi, Buffon, Iniesta, Balotelli, van Persie, Ronaldo, Giggs, Lampard, Kaka, Fabregas, Xavi, Robben, Tevez, Ribery, Bale and others. Players come in club or national team uniforms. The figures are about 2.5 inches with the head almost half the size of the overall figure.

There are 2 David Beckham figures that I have located on-line, both the only figures to wear the MLS LA Galaxy uniform. The first, which feautres Beckham smiling,  in an all white Galaxy shirt.  The second features a more serious Beckham in a white with blue striped Galaxy jersey.

Kodoto Football Figure facebook page

Shenzhen Kodoto Toy Co. is a manufacturer from China, specializing in design and production of popular sports figures ( I have seen basketball players and a special Steve Jobs figure).  

Got Milk?

The Got Milk campaign started in 1993 to promote the benefits drinking of cow's milk. The advertising campaign featured celebrities (actors, media, athletes and fictional characters) sporting milk mustaches.

This Freddy Adu Kick It Into Gear ad was found in the back of a Marvel Ghost Rider comic from 2006.

Other soccer stars featured included David Beckham:

Goal by Beckham, Body by milk...

Mia Ham - 9 Essential Nutrients

2008 USA Olympic team, includes Leslie Osborne, Natasha Kai and Sacha Kljestan

ESPN the magazine covers

Lionel Messi - 2001

Hope Solo - The Body Issue

Tim Howard - The Body Issue

David Beckham - Real Madrid

Kobe Bryant (LA Lakers) Love Barcelona - 2009

2010 - UD David Beckham

2010 Upper Deck World of Sports trading cards

2010 Upperdeck David Beckham autograph error. The folks at Upperdeck accidentally placed the autograph stick from Luciano Emilio on the David Beckham cards, this is one of the concerns of collecting cards that are not personally autographed. The player signs a bunch of stickers, which are them placed on the card after the fact. Mistakes happen...

There have been reports that this card has brought in $300-325.00 in on-line auctions, as an error card...really!!!

David Beckham - Royal Wedding

I have read several articles saying David Beckham is not good for the MLS because he went to the Royal wedding this weekend. I have nothing against Beckham, my son thinks very little of him. I understand why he went to Italy leaving the LA Galaxy, I understand he probably views the MLS as a means to get back to form and make the English National Team.

Should he get the weekend off to attend the Royal Wedding. I think yes. When you are close friends with the Royal family and get invited to the biggest event of the year, it is difficult to say no. We have seen many players bypass the birth of a child, a funeral or a family wedding for the sack of the game. But a Royal wedding is different, it is a major affair and as an Englishman David Beckham is not in a position to say no. Sometimes the game has to be put aside.

A lot of writers have written that the Galaxy did better without him when he went to Italy, so let him go to the wedding, the Galaxy will do just fine. The first place Galaxy face the fifth place Dallas team. They will not miss him...

P.S. FC Dallas defeated the Galaxy 2-1....

David Beckham

David Beckham as photographed by Annie Leibovitz, as Prince Philip coming to rescue Sleeping Beauty for Disney's Dream of a Million Years promotion, 2006...