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Bobbleheads and Nesting Dolls are a Big Draw for Sporting Events

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Ballpark giveaways are very popular, particular Bobbleheads - springy headed statues that resemble sports players or other celebrities. These sport collectibles expanded from professional baseball into basketball, football and hockey, and now are spreading into minor league teams and other sporting figures.

Texas Motor Speedway will be handing out 5,000 David Starr bobbleheads to the first fans to enter the gates in October 11's Silverado 350 NASCAR Craftsman Truck race.

"David is a real star in this market," TMS assistant general manager Kenton Nelson said. "Hopefully, it'll increase ticket sales. That's the driving force behind this, to get fans here early."

From Beanie Babies to Bobble head dolls, determining the next big marketing draw is a real hit or miss venture at best.

Riding in on the Bobblehead's tails were Celebriducks - little rubber ducks with the face of a sports star. Similar to rubber ducks you'd play with in a tub, it was thought they'd be the next best sports toy, but so far haven't caught fire like the bobbles.

More recently stadiums have been introducing Russian nesting dolls, resembling fat rounded small bowling pins modeled after popular sports players and sometimes called babushka dolls.  This give away toy seems to have more potential than the ducks, but it's too soon to tell yet.

Earlier in the summer, the San Francisco Giants gave out Barry Bonds babushkas and the Rangers gave away 25,000 nesting doll sets with  Palmeiro, Rodriguez, and Juan Gonzalez.

The 10 best-selling bobbleheads, as reported by retailer Bobble Head World are:

The sports franchises with the most bobblehead listings on eBay.com are:

The top NBA team is the Los Angeles Lakers - top NHL team is the Detroit Red Wings - and the top NASCAR driver bobblehead is Jeff Gordon.

Ty Product sports promotions have included over 20 professional teams and 50 events. Average fan attendance for their promotions has increased about 38 percent over normal attendance.

Some of these events included:

In July 12, 1998 the Mets drew a sellout crowd of 51,568 for Beanie Baby day. Average attendance was 26,603.

In Aug. 15, 1999 the Yankees attracted 56,180 baseball fans for Beanie Baby day. Average attendance was 40,128.

Beckett Sports Collectibles stopped tracking their bobblehead stadium giveaways at the end of 2001, but the magazines top 10 that year included:

On Mother's Day 1999, in what may have been the first stadium bobblehead giveaway, 14,000 baseball fans were given Willie Mays bobbles.

On July 4 2001, only 2,500 Charlie Brown bobbleheads were handed out to the first fans to enter the Saint Paul Saints' Independent League game.

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