The National Bobblehead Hall of Fame and Museum is once again calling those Hogs.
Earlier this year, it released a series of bobbleheads featuring former Arkansas basketball coach Eric Musselman and costumed Razorback mascots Big Red and Sue E. On Friday, to celebrate the birthday of current Arkansas live mascot Tusk VI, it released a series of six bobbleheads honoring the Hogs’ Tusk live mascots.
The bobbleheads are available at this link for $30 each or $180 for the series of six — one for each iteration of Tusk — plus a shipping charge of $8 per order. The bobbleheads stand on a logo-shaped base and each unique Tusk bobblehead captures the image and personality of the mascot it depicts.
The live mascot program at Arkansas dates back to the 1960s and “Tusk” has served as the live mascot since 1997. Tusk VI, a 350-pound Russian boar who closely resembles the wild “razorback” hogs for which UA teams were named, comes from the same lineage as Tusk I. Tusk VI took over as the official live mascot when his brother, Tusk V, died in January 2023. All Tusk Hogs have been raised and cared for on the Stokes Family Farm outside Dardanelle in Yell County.
More information on the Tusk mascots and the UA’s live mascot program is available here.
Phil Sklar, co-founder and CEO of the museum, told AMP that the Arkansas fan base has enjoyed the Razorback-themed bobbleheads, so the museum continued to make new ones.
“The bobbleheads that we’ve produced of schools’ live mascots have been among our most popular college bobbleheads, and we know Arkansas fans are going to love these bobbleheads featuring Tusk I through VI,” he said. “Bobbleheads are the ultimate way to show off your passion, and we know how passionate Razorbacks fans are about their school and teams. We’re excited to be unveiling this bobblehead collection in conjunction with Tusk VI’s sixth birthday today.”
More information on the National Bobblehead Hall of Fame and Museum, located in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, is available here.
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