After selling out earlier this year, one of the most popular Bluey items ever created is returning to shelves. The Hammerbarn Husbands, otherwise known as the Bluey gnomes, will be back in Bunnings this weekend!
From Saturday, August 3, Hecuba, Jeremy, Tony and the Meditation Gnome will be back to purchase from Bunnings. This comes after they sold out in record time when they were first released early this year. They’ll be available to purchased from all Australian and New Zealand Bunnings stores.
But this time there is a four gnome limit.
It comes after Bluey fans were left fuming after missing out on limited edition Hammerbarn merchandise being sold at Bunnings – only to see it turn up on eBay for hundreds of dollars.
Parents and kids were whipped into a frenzy with the news that seven Bunnings stores across Australia and New Zealand were being transformed into Hammerbarns – for real life!
Fans of the global phenomenon that is Bluey would be well aware of the episode titled ‘Hammerbarn’, and the inspiration for the store in the episode come from Bunnings in Keperra, Queensland. In the episode the Heeler family visit the hardware store to get a pizza oven, but of course end up with a trolley full of other things. Just like every family’s usual trip to Bunnings!
The highly-anticipated collab included a range of exclusive Bluey merchandise available at Bunnings, including the ‘husband gnomes’ Hecuba, Jeremy and Tony. The collection also included dog toys, craft kids, a bucket hat, tote bag and bag tag.
As expected the range was hugely popular, with many stores selling out in record time. And then the merchandise started turning up on eBay, with a huge price markup. In particular the gnomes became highly sought-after.
And it left fans of the show furious, with many taking to social media to vent their frustration.
“As an Aussie who wanted ONE for my child, I’m so pi**ed off. I knew this would happen. My local Bunnings sold out within hours, most likely people doing this,” wrote one angry parent on the Adult Blue Fans Club Facebook page, which has more than 330,000 members.
“It’s so unAustralian people doing this,” wrote another.
“I couldn’t even get a single one, I cried for hours and there’s ads on eBay from $80-$600.”
Social media was also flooded with international fans of the show desperate for Australians to ship the gnomes, but many Aussie fans say they were too fragile to send overseas.
Did you manage to get your hands on any Bluey Hammerbarn merch last time? Let us know in the comments below.
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