Are you a collector of bobble heads? I never gave them much thought, but now i’m into bobble heads in a big way. I often think to myself, how did these things start? Sometimes it seems that even the silliest idea or product can go far with the right advertisement campaign, and the brightest most useful idea can fall to the wayside without the right backing. It all comes down to presenting it to the most people and sparking their interest.

Growing Up Bobble

When I was growing up my father would have different things hanging in the car. He had different bobble head dolls through the years. He had the one that is a dog that is constantly shaking its head up and down. He had a Styrofoam banana on the antenna so we could find the car in a parking lot and there were a number of religious relics also. I remember having to through everything into the glove compartment before I went to pick up my friends and then putting everything back in place when I got home. I found all the junk, especially the bobble head dolls to be embarrassing.

Bobble Heads and Baseball

A few years ago several of the American league teams began giving away bobble head dolls of star players to the fans. They would give out a certain number of the dolls on a first come first serve basis. The babble head dolls have a vague resemblance to the player and they are wearing the uniform and number of the player. The first year that this promotion was announced I though that it was really stupid and that it would never last. I was wrong.

Bobble Head Collecting

Some of the original bobble head dolls from the first year are being sold for big money. Now that the promotion has run for several years collectors are trying to get full sets, so this is increasing the values on those released the earliest. One of my girlfriend’s son is trying to collect as many of the dolls as he can. Last year when the doll of a the team’s favorite pitcher was being given away she went to stand in line with her son for three hours prior to the game starting so that they would be able to get on of the bobble heads. They did manage to get one. She said that you have to put them in a safe place because she noticed during the game that people were walking around and picking up the dolls where people had placed them on the floor of the bleachers. I could not believe that people would go around stealing during a baseball game. Bobble heads are beginning to become valuable! Look around online and you will find whole sites dedicated to collecting and buying and selling bobble heads.