8522 Jogging

Released by Mattel in 1972 for the European Mark Strong line, the precursor to Big Jim, reference 8522 is a vintage green jogging or warm-up outfit designed for the 10-inch action figure format. Contemporary collector documentation identifies the equivalent Big Jim sports outfit as “Warm Up (Green),” although the exact official naming attached specifically to European reference 8522 cannot be independently confirmed. The surviving packaged example is documented as a Mattel clothing set combining textile and plastic elements, with the green athletic outfit forming its defining feature; available sources do not reliably establish a complete item-by-item contents list. This early sports-themed release reflects the active, athletic universe that characterized the original Big Jim and Mark Strong collection in 1972.