Bluey x NBA Advent Calendar 2026

Instead of simply placing an NBA logo beside Bluey and Bingo, the 24-piece collection gradually gives the characters different parts of the basketball experience. They dribble, shoot, celebrate, wear team-colored uniforms and step into coach and referee roles before the countdown moves outward to a ball, hoop, jersey, sneakers, foam finger, whistle, scoreboard, arena, trophy and championship ring. By the end, the display feels less like 24 crossover logos and more like a miniature basketball world assembled through Bluey-style play.

Bluey x NBA Advent Calendar 2026 with 24 basketball collectibles including Bluey and Bingo-inspired player figures, coach and referee characters, basketball, trophy, hoop, jersey, sneakers, foam finger, whistle, scoreboard, championship ring, arena and Christmas wreath.

The first half feels like Bluey and Bingo playing basketball roles

Role play is central to how Bluey approaches everyday life. Bluey’s official character profile describes her as constantly turning familiar situations into imaginative games, taking on different roles and building adventures around them. Bingo is similarly described as happiest when diving into pretend games with Bluey and the rest of the family. Bluey Official Website

That makes the character half of this collection more interesting than a row of identical mascots wearing jerseys.

One figure handles a basketball in a blue NBA-style uniform. Another raises the ball overhead. Others wear different basketball colors and numbers, celebrate with a trophy, spin or carry a ball, or hold a large No. 1 foam finger. The sequence then adds a clipboard-holding coach and a striped referee.

Together, those characters turn basketball into the kind of pretend game Bluey understands naturally: everyone gets a role.

The jersey numbers and team-inspired colors also create visual variety without requiring every collectible to represent the same player or basketball moment. For the recipient, the fun can simply come from recognizing how the same character world keeps being reimagined through different parts of the sport.

The second half builds the game around the characters

After the character figures, the collection changes almost completely.

A basketball comes first, followed by a gold championship trophy, backboard and hoop, jersey, basketball sneakers, foam finger, whistle and digital-style scoreboard. The final pieces broaden the setting again with a championship ring, arena, water bottle and dated Christmas wreath.

That ordering makes the set feel almost like building a basketball game backward from the participants.

First there are the people who play and officiate it. Then come the ball, basket and clothing. Supporter objects such as the foam finger introduce the crowd. The scoreboard supplies game structure, while the arena provides the larger setting.

Finally, the trophy and championship ring introduce the idea of winning.

The NBA describes the Larry O’Brien Trophy as the league’s championship hardware, awarded to the team that completes the postseason as NBA champion. NBA API Hub Championship rings perform a related commemorative role, often incorporating elements such as trophies, jersey numbers and season details into a permanent record of a title. NBA.com

In a playful calendar like this, those objects function as a simple story ending: the game eventually reaches its celebration.

Bluey x NBA acrylic ornaments hanging on a Christmas tree, including basketball-playing Bluey and Bingo figures, a gold championship trophy, NBA hoop and red No. 1 foam finger.

Basketball objects become Christmas ornaments once the game is over

The Christmas-tree image demonstrates one of the more useful aspects of the 3–4 cm format.

A Bluey basketball figure can hang from one branch while Bingo occupies another. The gold trophy reads clearly among conventional ornaments, and even the backboard and foam finger retain recognizable silhouettes when removed from the full basketball display.

This creates a second stage for the calendar after December 24.

During the countdown, each item is another piece of the basketball game. After all 24 have been revealed, selected pieces can leave the box and become part of the tree. A family could keep the character figures together, group the basketball objects separately or choose different favorites to return each Christmas.

That reuse also suits Bluey’s broader emphasis on shared play. The official Bluey world repeatedly frames games as activities characters experience together rather than objects that simply sit untouched. Bluey Official Website Here, arranging the ornaments gives the household another small activity after the numbered countdown itself is finished.

The court becomes part of the Christmas setting

The box artwork makes the crossover especially clear because neither half is treated as a background detail.

Bluey and Bingo-inspired players occupy the center of a basketball court, but Christmas trees, lights, wrapped gifts, snow and evergreen branches surround them. The hoop remains visible behind the characters, while “24 Days of Basketball Fun” frames the entire scene as a holiday game rather than a standard NBA presentation.

Bluey x NBA Advent Calendar 2026 box displayed on a snowy outdoor basketball court with Christmas trees, basketball ornaments and a decorated hoop in the background.

The outdoor product image continues the same idea. A real basketball hoop sits behind the box, but the court is covered in snow and decorated for Christmas. Basketball-shaped ornaments sit among blue baubles and evergreen branches.

That is ultimately why this crossover works better as a 24-day collection than as one isolated character figure. Bluey supplies the imaginative role-playing language; basketball supplies the players, equipment, court and championship symbols; Christmas gives the recipient a reason to reveal and rearrange those pieces one day at a time.

By Day 24, “24 Days of Basketball Fun” has become a complete miniature game—from the characters pretending to play it all the way to the trophy waiting at the end.

Product notes by Nadia Marsh, Collectibles Specialist at DoesignUs.