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In 1996 and thanks to the success of the Space Jam movie, toymaker PLAYMATES in collaboration with the Warner Bross released a line of figures featuring characters from the hit movie.
These figures came in packs of 2 figures or more and with basketball related accessories (theme of the movie).
In the first wave of figures, 11 packs were released with various figures of the main characters of the movie, including several different figures of Michael Jordan and even Charles Barkley, always mixed with other characters from the Looney Tunes.
It must be said that some packs, even though they are different, have repeated figures or figures that can be obtained in other packs or vehicles.
In 1997 and after the great success of the first wave, PLAYMATES decided to release some extra figures for the collection, including the other NBA players that appeared in the movie and were not featured in the previous year’s pieces.
It seems that they were not as successful as the first ones, since only two were released and the collection ended there. Possibly, at that point, the initial BOOM of the film was already deflating and they didn’t sell as well.
To date, these pieces are the most difficult to obtain of the entire collection.
In addition to the pieces that came packaged in a blister carton, there were also some other packs that contained more pieces, many of these pieces were the same that we could get in the blister packs.
Not only were figures released, they were accompanied by a couple of vehicles, one for the Looney Tunes and one for the evil aliens, the vehicles also included some character parts, some exclusive and others repeated.
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