Spalding Teams Up With ‘Stranger Things’ for Basketball Collaboration — Retail Bum

Sports equipment brand Spalding is teaming up with Stranger Things for an exclusive collaboration.

The collaboration is expected to offer four different designs named Fireball, Hawkins, and Greetings, along with a Top-Flite 100 edition. These designs will be showcased on Spalding’s size 7 basketballs.

Fireball is noted to take inspiration from The Hellfire Club, featuring flaming basketball motifs, custom “Fireball Him!” lettering, and the aesthetic of D&D dice.

On the other hand, Hawkins takes its design inspiration from the Hawkins High basketball team, “The Tigers.” It highlights the team’s signature colors which are yellow and green and the team’s tiger motif.

For the Greetings basketball, Spalding and Stranger Things looked to SoCal as the piece features Cali floral patterns and “Upside Down” lettering in an ’80s surf-style graphic and font.

And last but not least, for its Top-Flite 100 Indoor Game Basketball, the duo looked to feature the basketball used by The Tigers team. This piece was made to Spalding’s specifications from their 1986 model.

The Fireball, Greetings and Hawkins currently retail for $40 each, while the Top-Flite 100 edition is priced at $150.

Spalding and Stranger Things are also offering up three additional limited edition styles that can only be won on Spalding’s website giveaway. To learn more, visit Spalding’s official website.

Photo(s) credit: Spalding

Originally published at https://retailbum.com on November 14, 2022.