The Bobblehead King

In this era of social media, the king of bobbleheads is someone who can garner the most attention and likes for their social media posts. This is the type of person that everyone wants to follow, and it’s not always easy to find this individual. However, if you’re lucky enough to come across this person, you should definitely be able to grab their bobblehead.

Before starting the National Bobblehead Hall of Fame and Museum, Sklar and his partner Brad Novak started collecting bobbleheads as a hobby. “We’d go to bobblehead nights at Bucks and Brewers games, that kind of thing,” Sklar says. “And we’d collect them.”

The first bobbleheads were papier-mache dolls featuring baseball players with the same angel-like face, which was a problem since each player had a different head. After Major League Baseball handed out 35,000 Willie Mays bobbleheads in 1999, interest soared and construction methods improved, resulting in bobbleheads that more closely resembled the players and other celebrities of the time.

The current-day bobbleheads are made of materials such as resins and sandstone, which provide more detailed designs, finest finishing, and require less maintenance than wooden and ceramic-based ones. They can be molded in any size, shape, and color. Some of them can even be made with a removable jaw, and can also be animated. They can also be customized for your own purposes, such as bobble computer sitters or bobblehead banks. In fact, bobbleheads have become so popular that some companies are now offering a service that will create custom-made bobbleheads for you and your family.