How to date your Baby Looney Tunes clothing and merchandise

I cannot believe it's taken me this long to realize how to do this! I've always struggled putting Baby Looney Tunes on a timeline, because most merch doesn't have a specific date printed on it. And if it does, it's usually pre-2000s merch. All that GEORGE clothing? Impossible to put a date on.

I'm also a big dum-dum and had an epiphany today. I was leaving my final exam (woohoo! freedom forever!!) and of course I had a new item in the mail. A blue Taz shirt. I looked at the tag to make notes (green logo instead of blue, interesting. 0-3 months. fascinating) when I focused on the WB copyright info. I've never thought much of it, but I realized something.

Here's an example of a typical tag, and the WB string that baffled me normally:

That (S[00])? I always thought it was a random number, but I realized... It could be a year? So, I went to my closet, and pulled out the Dungarees set I purchased in ASDA a few days ago. If I was right, they should be dated (S18). And they were. Then, I got some bib sets that should be dated either S17 or S18 (they were made in 2017 but I purchased my set in 2018). Sure enough, (S17).

I tested more clothing items, random shirts. S10, S11, S12. This is a big discovery for me, because I can now piece together sets easier, and make sense of that bizarre copyright tag. For all my future posts, I will include the copyright tag and year, and I'll try to edit my previous posts.

Does this work on other bits of merch? Not always, but I find if it doesn't have a direct year printed on it, it has that weird WB tagline. I pulled out a puzzle I got, a TREFL Marvin puzzle, and sure enough (S17). I have a recent book with (S17) on it aswell.

So, this is a big, big discovery for my collection, and I'm so excited to see how the items developed over the years! What a great day!

UPDATE: I have gone back and dated every post I have made till now! I was really fascinated with the Terracotta gilet being from 2015. My interest in Baby Looney Tunes started in 2016, if I had been a bit earlier, I could have seen them sold in shops. Nevertheless, it's fascinating! Truly, gives me a bit of insight to how the clothes progressed. Not to sound like a grump, but they got more and more subtle and boring as the years go on :P.
Luca Chancellor