The family of ‘caganers’ that the Torroella de Montgrí-based company caganer.com has been making manually since 1992 is growing with new characters from the world of music, sports, cinema or communication, some of whom have stood out in the last year.
This morning the new characters were introduced, around fifty, among which several footballers stand out. Joining this great family are the FC Barcelona player and European champion with the Spanish team, Dani Olmo; Real Madrid forward, Vinicius Junior and his teammate, Kilian Mbappé, now dressed in the white shirt. The French footballer already appeared in the ‘caganers’ catalog with the shirt of his previous team, Paris Saint-Germain.
50 more figures
Today the company has presented fifty new pieces
They also already have their figurine of the traditional Catalan manger character, the brothers Iñaki and Nico Williams, Athletic Bilbao players and Girona’s all-time top scorer, the Uruguayan striker, Christian Stuani.
All of them join the pieces of the footballers Lamine Yamal and Jude Bellingham, novelties that appeared last summer and that they wear with the shirts of their respective clubs, FC Barcelona and Real Madrid, and the Spanish and English national teams. .
Christian Stuani and the Williams brothers
The footballer brothers Iñaki and Nico Williams, from Athletic Bilbao, and Christian Stuani, Girona’s all-time top scorer, are other new features.
In the sporting field, the presence of the ‘caganers’ of the sailors of the six teams that participated in the America’s Cup of sailing, which was recently held in Barcelona, and renowned footballers who have disappeared, such as Pelé, Diego Armando Maradona and Johan Cruyff with the shirt of his respective teams.
In the cultural field, among the novelties that have been created for this Christmas campaign, there are the guitarist, singer and composer Jimi Hendrix and the singer Miki Núñez, as well as the four members of the British music group The Beatles.
The four members of The Beatles are new and Kenny, Kyle and Stan join Cartman to complete the poker of protagonists of the South Park series.
In the latter case, the figures have been designed to represent the renowned cover of one of the band’s best-selling albums in which John Lennon, Ringo Star, Paul McCartney and George Harrison appear crossing a zebra crossing in front of the studios where they recorded most of their songs.
“They had been asking us for it for a long time; Until now we only had John Lennon and now we have the four. We believe that it is original, significant and different,” explains Marc Alós who, together with his brother Sergi Alós, are in charge of the family business that his mother, Anna Maria Pla, created in 1992.
We don’t put any ceiling on ourselves because the only way to keep the collection alive is to continue, the day we stop this will come to an end.”
The world of communication, television and cinema is one of the areas that traditionally gives the Alós-Pla family the most ideas for new characters. On this occasion, the presenters Toni Cruanyes and Elisenda Carod and the character from the cartoon series ‘Dragon Ball’, Krillin, join the list.
They also have a clay replica of Gru, the main character of the saga. Gru, my favorite villain. His co-stars, the iconic Minions, were already part of the caganer.com catalogue.
Among the new creations, there are terrifying characters such as Chucky, Stripe (leader of the Gremlins) or Darth Maul (Star Wars)
Other fictional characters are Robocop, Chucky, from the Child’s Play horror film saga, Terminator, Stripe (leader of the Gremlins), Darth Maul (Star Wars), Davy Jones (Pirates of the Caribbean), Buzz Lightyear ( Toy Story), Ana (Frozen), Fiona (Shrek) and Kenny, Kile and Stan, who join Cartman to complete the poker of protagonists of the adult animated series South Park.
This year the company also wanted to promote sculptural pieces with the sale of figures such as the Medicine Buddha, the Greek sculpture of the Discobolus, the Egyptian pharaoh Tutankhamun or Puppy, the gigantic floral puppy located in front of the Guggenheim Museum in Bilbao.
Image of Gru, protagonist of the ‘Despicable Me’ saga, Fiona (Shrek) and Krillin (Dragon Ball).
With all these new additions, the caganer.com catalog grows to 700 figures, the company’s historical record. “We don’t put any ceiling on ourselves because the only way to keep the collection alive is to keep going, the day we stop this will come to an end,” explains Marc Alós.
Of all people, the best-selling single character in history is Donald Trump. However, if all the versions of the same piece are counted, the one who has had the most buyers has been Leo Messi.
The best seller
Of all the characters, the best-selling continues to be the traditional ‘caganer’, the peasant with a barretina
But he is still the classic caganer, the peasant with a barretina in a defecating position that has been integrated into all the cribs in Catalonia, the best-selling figure. The pieces can be purchased in the nine stores that the company has in Barcelona, Madrid, Bilbao, Platja d’Aro and Torroella de Montgrí or through the online store.
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