Funko Pop! Magazine Covers Jalen Brunson (Slam) #20

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The Funko Pop Magazine Covers Jalen Brunson SLAM number 20 is a vinyl figure collectible from Funko's Pop Magazine Covers series, featuring a approximately 4-inch tall Pop vinyl figure of Jalen Brunson of the New York Knicks in his black away uniform in a confident ball-holding pose with detailed braids, beard, and player-accurate expression, permanently adhered to a SLAM Magazine cover backdrop measuring approximately 8.25 inches wide by 11 inches tall by 3.25 inches deep and packaged in a hard protective display case, making the assembled piece a combined vinyl figure and miniaturized magazine cover display object that functions simultaneously as a sports collectible and a media artifact tribute. SLAM Magazine is the foundational basketball culture publication that has served as the sport's most credible and most creatively ambitious long-form journalism and visual storytelling platform since its 1994 founding, with SLAM covers representing some of the most culturally significant athlete portraiture in sports media history and a SLAM cover appearance serving as one of basketball's most recognized cultural milestones for any player at any level. Jalen Brunson's SLAM cover appearance that inspires this Pop figure reflects his emergence as one of the most celebrated and most discussed players in New York Knicks history, with his performances in the post-pandemic era reinvigorating a franchise that had spent decades without a genuine star, making his SLAM cover a document of both individual athletic achievement and of New York City's renewed basketball cultural moment.The Pop Magazine Covers series applies Funko's signature chibi-style vinyl figure aesthetic to the broader cultural significance of iconic magazine covers, creating a hybrid collectible format that appeals to Funko Pop collectors, basketball memorabilia collectors, and SLAM readers as three distinct collector audiences who converge on a single product. The figure is listed as a vaulted Funko item, meaning it has been retired from active production and is no longer available through primary retail channels, with availability limited to secondary market sources. Released January 9, 2024 at $25 retail.The Funko Pop Magazine Covers Jalen Brunson SLAM 20 was released on January 9, 2024 with a retail price of $25.