Big Jim P.A.C.K 1975-1976

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Mattel changed the Big Jim All-Star line, to a new group called the Wolf P.A.C.K (Professional Agent Crime Killers) in 1975. The new PACK team consisted of Big Jim the Leader, the Whip, Warpath, Dr. Steel and Torpedo Fist, while the lone villain was Zorak. A Double Trouble action feature was introduced for Jim and Zorak that allowed them to change faces with a lever. The figures were accompanied with lots of different accessories, and seven vehicles. Note: the artwork for the new Big Jim PACK series was done by the legendary Jack Kirby.

For more information about Mattel’s Big Jim P.A.C.K line from 1975-1976, see bottom of the page for a complete summary.

Big Jim P.A.C.K (1975-1976): Basic Figures

Mattel released six more characters for their new Big Jim P.A.C.K series, with three of them being new figures and and three others being re-brands from the All-Star series. Five of them made up Big Jim’s P.A.C.K team, with Zorak as the bad guy. The Double Trouble action feature was a new “transforming” feature that was made available to Big Jim and Zorak for the P.A.C.K series.

Dr. Steel
Accessories: Pants, Belt, Pipe, Metal Arm Band
Years Released: 1975, 1976
Scarcity Factor: Tough to find packaged on the secondary market
Notes: Dr. Steel was originally a bad guy to Big Jim’s team of good guys in the All-Star series, but things had changed with his the new P.A.C.K line. Steel was now a full-fledged good guy, joining Big Jim’s adventure team and fighting evil. His big thing was, of course, his steel right hand that would “chop” through the metal pipe he came with by activating the button on his back.

Big Jim P.A.C.K (1975-1976): Accessories

Only one true accessory was released for Big Jim’s P.A.C.K series and it was a new Carry Case that was similar to the Carry-All Case from the All-Star series.

Big Jim P.A.C.K (1975-1976): Double Trouble Disguises

There were dozens of outfits released for the All-Star series, but only eight were released for the P.A.C.K series from 1975 – 1976. For the new P.A.C.K line, the outfits were now called “Disguises” to give them a cool special forces type feel.

Double Trouble Disguises
Years Released: 1975, 1976
Scarcity Factor: Tough to find on the secondary market in package
Notes: There were four different Double Trouble Disguise Outfits released for the P.A.C.K series from 1975 – 1976. Each set contained one outfit and a few various accessories to go along with it. The “disguise” tag was in line with the theme created by Mattel for the P.A.C.K series.

Big Jim P.A.C.K (1975-1976): Double Trouble Adventure Sets

The Adventure Sets were created by Mattel to sell multiple outfits to buyers. Basically each adventure set contained a themed outfit that could be used in two different ways, hence the Double Trouble tag.

Double Trouble Adventure Sets
Years Released: 1975, 1976
Scarcity Factor: Tough to find on the secondary market in package
Notes: There were four different Double Trouble Adventure Sets released for the P.A.C.K series from 1975 – 1976. Each set contained one outfit and a few various accessories to allow the outfit to be used in different ways. This tied into the Double Trouble them that Mattel was using for the Big Jim P.A.C.K series.

Big Jim P.A.C.K (1975-1976): Playsets

Mattel released some really great and fun playsets for their Big Jim All-Star series, but unfortunately, they did not release any for their P.A.C.K line from 1975-1976.

Big Jim P.A.C.K (1975-1976): Vehicles

Mattel released seven vehicles/sets for their P.A.C.K line from 1975 – 1976, with one of them (Blitz-Rig) being a Sears Exclusive. The LazerVette was the lone newly designed vehicle for the series, with the others being re-paints from the All-Star series.

Big Jim’s All-Star series ran from 1972 to 1975, and was a hug hit across the globe. Mattel’s sales numbers were off the charts for a good stretch of that period, but the line began to fade a bit towards the end. Other toy brands such as GI Joe, Six Million Dollar Man and the Mego figures were starting to nudge Big Jim out of the spotlight, so Mattel made the decision to change things up a bit. Mattel gave Jim a new team of rough looking fighters called the Wolf P.A.C.K (Professional Agent Crime Killers). The figures would remain the same 9.5 inch size, and many of the accessories and figures would be re-branded to the new P.A.C.K line. The focus of the new theme would turn Jim’s group of fun loving sports enthusiasts and adventurers into professional crime fighters, thwarting evil terrorist plots across the world. The new Wolf Pack team consisted of Big Jim the Leader, the Whip, Warpath, Dr. Steel and Torpedo Fist, while the lone villain was Zorak. The P.A.C.K figures still featured the chopping action that could be activated by a button on their back, as well as the bicep muscle flexing feature that would make it look like the figures had bulging arm muscles. If you were a child growing up in the 1970’s, this was definitely one of the coolest group of figures on the market. They had the perfect combination of the classic Big Jim good guy vibe with a streak of dangerous crime fighter. The Big Jim Wolf Pack line stands out as one of the most complete and well-done action figure lines of the decade and still holds up incredibly well even to this day.

Mattel’s P.A.C.K series gave us some incredibly cool and iconic figures and accessories for their Big Jim toy line. Big Jim’s P.A.C.K team of adventurers consisted of Dr. Steel, Whip, Warpath, Torpedo Fist and of course, the man himself, Big Jim. Dr. Steel and Warpath were basically holdovers from the All-Star series, with Warpath changing his name from Chief Tankua. Whip and Torpedo Fist were brand new characters introduced for the P.A.C.K series. The lone villain in the series was Zorak, who also featured a Double Trouble action feature that allowed him to change faces that was activated by a lever. There was also a Double Trouble version of Big Jim made but not the rest of the team. Each character went a couple of packaging versions but the figures pretty much remained the same. The figures were accompanied with a lot of different accessories and vehicles that you could buy, including seven vehicles which were all mostly re-paints of previously released All-Star series vehicles. Mattel did not release any playsets for the P.A.C.K line but did release eight different Double Trouble Adventure Sets.

The packaging for the Big Jim P.A.C.K action figure line was drastically different than the All-Star Series packaging. The All-Star series design was fairly simple looking with a general white color theme and red/blue coloring accents on various parts of the box. The packaging went through a few different variations during its run, but remained pretty consistent throughout its run. For the P.A.C.K series, Mattel changed the packaging to a wild red colored theme with absolutely beautiful illustrations by none other than Jack “King” Kirby himself! The wide versions of the packaging featured a comic story on the back of the box that was done by John Buscema from Marvel Comics. Regardless of which package was used, the one thing that remained consistent was the classic Big Jim Wolf P.A.C.K logo on the bottom of the box, always done in a yellow bubble and red letters. The vehicles used the same format as the figures with beautiful Jack Kirby illustrations over a colorfully themed box. The packaging for the Big Jam P.A.C.K series really made it stand out from other lines and remains a standard for action figure packaging during any time period.