The Office Bobblehead – Dwight Schrute

With its many quirky and memorable characters, The Office has become a cultural touchstone. And now, fans of the show can finally get their hands on a bobblehead version of everyone’s favorite office-dwellers. This bobblehead of Dwight Schrute from the popular TV show can be bought for $44.99 on Amazon and makes a great gift for anyone who’s a fan of the show. It features the character in his usual attire, including a white shirt, blue tie and black suit, as well as a bowler hat and a red pen. The sculpt also includes his signature karate moves.

For the uninitiated, a bobblehead is a figurine that is usually given away during special events at sports teams or other public venues, such as museums or art galleries. They’re typically made of hard plastic and are painted in a variety of different colors and patterns to represent the subject. The most famous bobbleheads are probably those of baseball players and other sports celebrities, but there are also bobbleheads of politicians, actors and musicians, as well as fictional characters.

In the case of The Office, the bobbleheads are modeled after the characters from the show and come in a variety of poses. For example, there is one of Michael Poll and another of Jim Halpert. The bobbleheads are available in a limited edition and can be ordered online.

The story behind the bobbleheads of Dwight and Jim was a funny, serendipitous tale that shows how unlikely connections can form when you least expect them. In the summer of 2002, Michael Novak took a PR internship with the Rockford RiverHawks, and during his time there, he noticed how much excitement there was surrounding bobbleheads at the ballpark. Novak was hooked.

By the summer of 2003, Novak and his college roommate, Mike Sklar, had started a business called Bobblehead Factory, producing customized bobbleheads for people at local sporting events.

As their business grew, the duo realized that they could produce and sell the dolls more efficiently by renting space in a warehouse near Milwaukee’s airport, which would make it easier to ship the finished products nationwide. And so the National Bobblehead Hall of Fame and Museum was born.

Today, the pair still operate out of that warehouse and are constantly refining their process. They now can put up a bobblehead picture and preorder option on their website about an hour after an event happens, which they call “bobble-turning.” They’re even working to do this with Minor League Baseball, where they recently helped turn Joe Davis, the slugging first baseman for Boston’s High-A affiliate, into a Paul Bunyan-esque folk hero.

On a recent visit to the museum, Novak points to a section of wall flooded with sunlight and says it’s his favorite spot in the entire place. It’s a space where they keep two large boards filled with Post-it notes that ask visitors to write down their bobblehead suggestions. People often vote for their hometown heroes, which helps drive a lot of sales. But other voters might vote for someone who’s important to them, such as their childhood hero or a beloved family member.