Nick’s New Ride - 2009 Santa

  Artist: Peter Calvesbert Collection Name: Timed Editions Subset Name: Holiday Made In: England Status: Timed Carving Date: 2009 Release Date: 6/5/2009 In Store Date: 7/25/2009 Retirement Date: 12/31/2009 Edition Size: 1215  (this doesn't seem right, but it's what the HK site says!) Dimensions (Inches): 2.25 x 2.5 x 3.5   Secrets:  This year has been an especially rough one for everyone, including Santa! He had to replace his reindeer with a cheaper mode of transport – a Hoppity Hop, or as it is known in the UK, a Space Hopper. Look for Peter’s signature mouse, and you’ll know why he isn’t pleased with the change. A fed up reindeer with his UB40, an unemployment card in the UK, is hiding inside. Inscribed on the lid are “Mr. Hoppy” and “Ivan Dobsky MD”, characters from an animation series called Monkey Dust which Peter found darkly brilliant. Notice Santa’s feet. “A.C.” stands for Aquilino Cosani, credited with the bouncing rubber toy. “Pon Pon” was the name he gave to it. And look c