Nancy Bea Hefley still has hundreds of boxes to unpack since she retired as the Los Angeles Dodgers organist and moved from Southern California to Carson City last week.

But on Wednesday, an item in one of those boxes became Hall of Fame-worthy.

OK, not THAT hall of fame.

The organist discovered her rare likeness in bobblehead form was headed to Milwaukee to be a part of next year’s inaugural display at the Bobblehead Hall of Fame and Museum.

“I was pretty surprised by it,” Bea said. “I didn’t even know there was such a thing as the Bobblehead Hall of Fame. But that’s great.”

LIMITED RELEASE

Marc Nehamen of Ontario-based Ultimate Pastime Sports said there were 1,200 made and 200 were signed by Hefley. One of the unique aspects of the bobblehead is while the head shakes, so does her hand above the organ.

It’s the only one of her in existence, and Phil Sklar, co-founder of the Bobblehead Hall of Fame, said that added to the value of having it be a part of the first exhibit in their new building in the fall.

“There are 40 of Kobe, but only one of Nancy,” Sklar said. “And the value is enhanced with baseball being America’s pastime and it honors the people behind the scenes at the stadium for the 100-year existence of the game and made it so enjoyable to generations of fans.”

Sklar said there will be between 7,000 and 10,000 bobbleheads as part of rotating displays and will feature stars of the four major American sports, including Babe Ruth, Sandy Koufax, LeBron James and Wayne Gretzky.

Hefley’s bobblehead will join Nancy Faust’s as the only two organists in the museum. Faust was the Chicago White Sox organist who retired in 2010.

RIGHT TIME TO LEAVE

The 79-year-old Hefley announced her retirement shortly before the Dodgers season ended and played her last game at the organ Oct. 15 when the New York Mets won Game 5 of the National League Division Series.

She said because of her husband’s health issues and the grind of the schedule and the diminished role of the organ as the Dodgers moved more to pre-recorded music, it was the right time to leave. In the 28 years she was the Dodger’s organist, she said she sometimes would play about 40 songs per game during the years the O’Malley family ran the team. Through ownership changes — Fox, Frank McCourt and now Guggenheim Baseball Management — the organ’s presence had lessened to the point where Hefley said she would sometimes only play about two songs, including “Take Me Out to the Ballgame.”

When she announced her retirement, she said she had to stop taking her usual walks around the box level because she would get stopped by so many people who wanted to talk with her before she left.

“I often wondered if I would be able to accept it when it was time to make the change because it’s been a part of our life for so long,” she said. “But it just feels right.”

RETIREMENT PERKS

There will be some upsides to her retirement, however.

In addition to bobblehead honors and an invitation by the Dodgers to come back for a guest appearance — or an open invitation to whenever she wants to visit — she said she’d finally be able to see the games on television.

While the Dodgers and Time Warner Cable have not been able to get other television carriers like DirecTV and Dish Network to carry the team’s games, Hefley had to follow her team’s progress on the Major League Baseball mobile app.

She also found it hard to get to other stadiums since she was working for the Dodgers during the season. She said she’d like to travel and visit a few of the ballparks that she couldn’t get to during the regular season.

And she said she’s already thought about what it will be like not having to work Opening Day in 2016.

“I already miss the people and I’m sure I will be nostalgic,” she said. “But I’ll be thankful I’m not in that grind.”