What was your favorite deal toy/corporate swag?

As a former HFF guy I've got a mountain of HFF gear and deal toys. I'd say my most treasured deal toy is a golf club with an engraving on the club head and custom stitched golf club sleeve. What is your favorite deal toy / corporate swag ? 

*** I've got an HFF Backpack with a few additional HFF goodies in case any monkeys here would like some nostalgic memorabilia. PM me for details on that. 

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I have a ceramic house with a cat painted on it that our Dutch partner gave us. According to him, this is commonplace in the Netherlands. I have zero clue if he is simply trolling us or not, but the ceramic house remains. 

On the other end of this - I toured one of our investors through a project and our GCs made her wear standard PPE. She loved the tinted eye protection glasses so much because they "felt good on her cheeks" that she asked if she could keep them. For reference, this lady's family literally owns a castle and she is personal friends with the Queen of England. Her family gained their wealth financing wars, like the War of 1812. In a way, she's already paid for not only those glasses, but all of the eye protection on site. I made sure to dig out a brand new pair from the box for her. 

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I have several tombstones that are replicas of the buildings that are pretty cool, but my favorite swag item is an inflatable, remote controlled blimp that I was sent after a closing. 

 

All of those gifts sound pretty sweet. Do you keep the building replicas on display?

I’m a fun guy. Obviously I love the game of basketball. I mean there’s more questions you have to ask me in order for me to tell you about myself. I'm not just gonna give you a whole spill... I mean, I don't even know where you're sitting at
 

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