1988 Seoul Olympic Baseball Pin ~ Hanna-Barbera Olympikids Head Coach Dexter Davis Pitcher

1988 Seoul Olympic Baseball Pin

Hanna-Barbera Character... Head Coach: Dexter Davis Pitcher

Enamel pin showing Hanna-Barbera Olympikids Head Coach Dexter Davis as a baseball pitcher, in white with a maroon uniform and cap, mid-pitch on a green oval, reading "USA" with gold Olympic rings below. Pin manufactured by HoHo NYC. The back is stamped "USOC 36 USC 380 © TAIWAN" with a single post and clutch. This is the 1988 Olympikids series, not to be confused with the 1996 Olympikids pins also made by HoHo. A vintage Olympic baseball pin from the 1988 Seoul Summer Games, a nice one for Olympic, baseball and Hanna-Barbera collectors.

Size: 1 1/8" x 3/4"

Pin Background

Hanna-Barbera produced a succession of very popular tv cartoon shows, including The Flintstones, Yogi Bear, The Jetsons, Scooby-Doo, and The Smurfs. The Olympikids concept was developed as another show but the story line was never produced.

These Hanna-Barbera characters included 6 Olympikids and 2 coaches. They all trained on a ship. Other characters were the ship's captain, his boy, and the boy's dog and bird. Even though a show featuring them never happened, the various characters were featured as Olympic pins.

These pins were produced as part of a collection, commissioned by the Seoul Olympic Committee, to commemorate the 1988 Seoul summer games. A second collection was made for the 1988 Calgary winter Olympic games.

This information was provided in a 1987 publication by Hanna-Barbera.

Packaging

All orders shipped in corrugated box for extra protection, we don't use bubble mailers.

Shipping

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