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Class of Bootleg Class 2 - Duplicated and Modified
Class Notes: Probably a Class Three, but original Toy-Biz Molds were used.
Bootleg Source: ToyBiz Spider-Man figures, Space Jam Concept
Bootleg Rating: StarStarStarStar (Four out of five stars)
Sightings:USA
Vintage:Fall 1997

Card Backer Space Jam....a popular movie from Warner Brothers. Space....a bizarre bootleg from the fringes of madness. This has got to be one of the goofiest bootleg concepts out there.

Instead of using Looney Tunes characters, or even the molds from the actual toy line, these bootlegs are made from ToyBiz Spider-Man figures!

Each bootleg comes blister-carded on the backer shown at right. The text "Not recommanded for Children under 5 years old" (Yes, that's RecommAnded.) appears on the top left of the card, just above the logo "Space". Below that is the legend "Movable arms and legs". The backboard of the goal reads "Champion Win". As usual, there is printing only on one side of the card.

There are two versions of the enclosed figure that I'm aware of.

Blue Shirt

Jammer #1

This first figure comes with a huge (compared to scale) orange basketball as the only accessory.

The figure itself is cast from a ToyBiz Spider-Man mold, and then painted to look like a generic basketball player.

There are white wristbands on the figure's left wrist and right forearm(?), white socks, black trunks, black shoes with white laces and accents (laces and a generic Nike logo?), and a blue jersey with red piping - meant to resemble the circular part of the Space Jam logo.

The interesting thing is that NO ADDITIONAL CARVING was done on the figure! Let's take a closer look at the figure's head....

Head Close-up
As you can see, the eyes, eyebrows, and mouth are just painted onto a masked Spider-Man head. The nose ends up very anime-looking, with no definition at all! Also spooky is the total lack of ears on this figure. A bald head I can understand....but no ears??

The mutliations to this figure don't end there, though. Let's zoom on down to the figure's right hand...

Hand 1 Close-up
...to get that "Basketball Spinning on the finger" look they AMPUTATED SPIDEY'S PINKY! Oh, the horror of it all!

White Shirt

Jammer #2

This second Space figure isn't as frightening as the first.

He's decorated in much the same style as #1, but with some color diffrences. Both wrist bands are the same (and in the same places), but the shoes are now blue, the trunks mustard-yellow, and the shirt white with red piping.

Jammer #2 is also cast from a Spider-Man body, but a different one than #1. The proof is when we zoom in on the right hand....

Hand 2 Close-up
This figure was the one that originally held a web-mace or something. The accessory-hole has been filled in, leaving Spidey with and oddly-oriented fist. Watch him for fouls!

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