The full set was 11 tiny (one inch) figures on keychains: Lenny, Stevie J, Tank, Spin, Tek, Petey, Nick, Crash, Flake, Zobo, and Bruce. In other words, it is all of the Crew 1 figures minus Shik -- who I believe was withheld due to a likeness to Harley Quinn. Shik was even removed from the standard-figure Crew 1 lineup when magnets were added (but returned with the same sculpt in Crew 3). More information on the G1 Crews can be found here.
The Mini Dude keychains are pretty rare. I have only seen them come up a few times in eBay lots. The first time I saw them, these four were in a used lot with many other figures and boards:
A few months later someone listed another huge lot of Tech Deck items that included these three, in-package Mini Dudes:
These keychains were distributed by Fun 4 All in 2001. A couple years later, this company was re-named Basic Fun. To this day, this company dominates novelty keychain licensing partnerships. They have partnered with Bakugan, Yu-Gi-Oh, Pokemon, Ninjago, Ben 10, Transformers, and probably 100 other toylines.
The Mini Dude keychains were certainly the earliest Tech Deck licensing partnership. Other early partnerships were with Toy Island for the RC Dudes and Jazwares for the Talkback Dudes.
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