For those who haven't heard of him, don't cry in baseball. Tom Hanks and Geena Davis immortalized the line and the All-American Girls' Professional Baseball League (AAGPBL) in the 1992 film A League of Their Own. To commemorate the league's 75th anniversary, the All-American Girls Professional Baseball League Museum and Fame has partnered with AAGPBL to create a new memorial. This is Bobblehead's first 15-team series in the league. Only 500 bobblehead figures are made per team, and individually numbered figures can be purchased for $ 25 each or $ 300 for the entire league game.

"We are excited to partner with AAGPBL to celebrate the league and its players with the first complete series of AAGPBL bobbleheads ever made," said co-founder and CEO of the National Bobblehead Hall of Fame Museum, stated Phil Sklar at the release. "The women of AAGPBL are role models forever, and these bobblehead dolls commemorate their great contribution to sport and society. Bobblehead dolls encourage women around the world to follow their dreams and passions, while AAGPBL I'm sure that will further increase interest in. "

Bobblehead dolls have been the mainstay of the promotional business for decades, from Mickey Mouse to athletes to Empire Carpetmen, and they nodded to each other in the process. But the true history of bobblehead dolls goes back centuries.

According to the Bobblehead Doll Museum, the first appeared in the 1760s as a figure of a Chinese "nodding". They were usually made of plaster and staggered over their bodies adorned with ornate traditional Chinese robes. The figures were popular with the royals of Buckingham Palace until the 19th century.

In 1842, the bobblehead doll was mentioned for the first time in the literature of the book "Overcoat" by Nikolai Gogol. The book explains that one of the characters shakes his head like a plaster cat.

Depending on who you ask, the first bobblehead we know of today was made in 1920. This is a player for the New York Knicks. However, the Bobblehead Museum disagrees with the fact that Knicks was not founded until the 1940s. The first athlete-only bobbleheads were likely made in 1960 and were inspired by German ceramic bobbleheads. 1901. However, the 1960s bobblehead dolls were made of papier-mâché or ceramic. Who was the first player to decorate the world of bobblehead dolls? Roberto Clemente, Mickey Mantle, Roger Maris, Willie Mays. And they all shared the same face! Similarly, AAGPBL bobblehead dolls share the same face. Probably a reversion to the original style.

From there, bobblehead dolls continued to gain popularity among all kinds of famous figures. However, around 1970, action figures began to take hold and bobblehead dolls suffered from a lack of demand. They were difficult and expensive to manufacture due to the ceramic construction and could be easily broken. In the 90s, they now entered the world of promotional items made of cheap, non-destructive plastic. Since then, they have been nodding strongly.

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