Star Trek: The Next Generation Playing Cards

Imagine playing Fish, Rummy and other Card Games with Star Trek The Next Generation Playing Cards.

You read right, Enesco presents Star Trek: The Next Generation Playing Cards in a tin Box.

Two plastic wrapped full Decks feature images from the TV series on their fronts with traditional playing Card characters and numbers on their reverse sides.

The two sealed Decks come in a cool tin Box with an image of the U.S.S. Enterprise NCC-1701-D on its lid.

The Cards are wrapped in plastic and comes in a special lidded Tin Box.

Go where no one has gone before--Star Trek Playing Cards! Make it so!  Anyone for a game of Fizzben? 

Proverbs 30:5 - Every word of God is pure: he is a shield unto them that put their trust in him.

Star Trek TOS The Card Game

Join Captain Kirk, Dr. McCoy, Mr. Spock and other members of the Starship Enterprise in some exciting adventures with the Star Trek TOS The Card Game released by Fleer/Skybox in 1996.

Besides the Core Crew Cards there are Crew and Episode Challenge Cards.  Sixty-Five Cards come in the Deck.

Players can play classic episodes or create ones of their own.

Along they way they battle space aliens, survive catastrophies, battle Klingons and Romulans and lead their crew through to completion.

Don’t forget about seductive alien women, power hungry rogues and more.

The first player to complete 25 missions is the winner.

Set Phasers on stun, get ready to transport to adventure and to go where no one has gone before.  Full game and strategy instructions also come with the Game Cards. 

Psalms 28:7 - The LORD is my strength and my shield; my heart trusted in him, and I am helped: therefore my heart greatly rejoiceth; and with my song will I praise him.

Ultraverse

 

In the early 1990s both Marvel and DC Comics had some serious competition on their hands. Other publishers entered the market and threatened to take away their readership.

One such company, Malibu Comics, had a huge plethora of characters and the creators and production expertise to take up the challenge.

When the comic book speculation glut hit and then collapsed many new comic book publishers were stuck with huge inventories and bills. Most went out of business.

Malibu Comics held on just long enough to be bought by Marvel Comics-not for its characters but for its color technology and location on the West Coast.

This happened in the early 1990s and none of the Malibu characters have been seen since. Skybox put out a 115 Card set of Malibu character Ultraverse Trading Cards that also included two Ultra Cards.

It came in its own little box colorfully decorated with Malibu characters on both sides.

It’s too bad Malibu folded because it had an impressive roster of characters, good stories, great art and superb coloring.

2 Corinthians 4:16 - For which cause we faint not; but though our outward man perish, yet the inward man is renewed day by day.

 

Star Trek Deep Space Nine Series Premiere Trading Cards

When Star Trek Deep Space Nine came out it changed the face of Star Trek forever.

Previously in the earlier Trek TV series the future was always pictured as optimistic. 

Oh sure, there a few conflicts but all-in-all The Federation planets lived n peace and there was no poverty or want. 

Not so, with Deep Space Nine. There was always a crisis or danger from hostile aliens.

The station was run down and repairs had to be made almost on a daily basis. The constant threat of takeovers or troubles from the nearby region of space that opened to other quadrants were constant themes. 

Crew members didn’t always get along and neither did the command staff being it was comprised of different races.

Dirt and grime and poverty and crime painted a different picture of this Federation outpost.

In 1993 Skybox Trading Cards released 98 card Star Trek Deep Space Nine Series Premiere Trading Cards set featuring images from the series: characters, ships, locations, etc. 

All were printed on heavy-coated paper stock with gloss photos. 

On the back of the cards was information about the images on their fronts. 

Also a Certification Of Limited Edition, a Comment and Special Cards were included.

The cards came packaged in a small box with two pieces of Styrofoam inside to keep the cards protected.

It’s a nice set of cards of which I still have.

Proverbs 20:29 - The glory of young men is their strength: and the beauty of old men is the gray head.

The Young Indiana Jones Chronicles Trading Cards

Indiana Jones As A kid And A Teenager!?

Waaaay back in the early 1990s George Lucas created a TV series starring Indian Jones as a young boy and teenager.

Episodes followed young Indy as he traveled with his father and mother (along with his nanny) around the world, grew to young manhood, entered the military and began his archeologist career.

The series gave George Lucas the opportunity to test new computer technology and filming techniques that would suit his needs when he released the enhanced and rejuvenated original Star Wars Trilogy using the techniques he learned with Young Indy.

The show was green lit because of the success of the Indiana Jones film The Last Crusade a few years earlier.  Fans were begging from more Indy stories and this was a way to satisfy their wants.

It also gave George the chance to delve to incorporate important historical events into the series and hopefully teach young viewers.

Each episode began with Old Indy, having lost one eye and using a cane, recalling his early adventures to youngsters, strangers or whoever would listen willingly or unwillingly. Unfortunately on the released DVD collection the Old Indy sequences are absent.

The episodes would then continue with either Indy as a young child or as a teenager or young man.  Sean Flannery starred as Indiana Jones.

Pro Set Trading Cards created a set of The Young Indiana Jones Chronicles Trading Cards with 36 Packs per Box, 10 Cards per Pack and including 3-D Cards and Viewers in every Pack.  114 Cards make up the Set.

The Cards came in a custom Young Indiana Jones Box with images and logo from the series on its cover.

Each Pack has similar images.

All the Cards are printed on heavy-coated paper stock making them really pop!

In addition the 3-D Cards are printed on matte paper and as an extra added bonus special folded Treasure Cards contains illustrations of many of the articfacts and maps Indy encountered on his adventures are also included.

For fans of the Indiana Jones franchise will discover that the Cards make for a fine visual library of some of Indy’s early adventures that helped make him the man he was.

Full color photos from the series’ entire episodes highlight the key events in each.

I am blessed in that I have one full box unopened and one opened.

1 Peter 5:6  (KJV) “Humble yourselves therefore under the mighty hand of God, that he may exalt you in due time”

Guardhouse Sentry Premium Toploader 3" x 4"

Trading cards are big business.  Sports or non-sports trading cards collectors take great pride in their collections and are very protective of their rare and valuable cards.

It’s important to have the proper protection for such cards.

That’s why Transline Supply Company has created its Guardhouse Sentry Premium Toploader 3" x 4" card sleeves.

Here's the link:
https://www.guardhouseholders.com/guardhouse-un-sentry-3x4-premium-toploader-20pt-cards-66 8397.aspx

Its durable and clear toploader sleeves make protection for trading cards safe and secure.

With their easy load tops with a slight lip in the back the toploader sleeves make sliding cards in and out easy and trouble free-no bumped edges or misalignments.

The 25 Pack comes in a plastic bag with an easy to open and close flap.

Card specs are:

OD: 102.7 x 76.6 mm
Thickness: Back 0.5mm/Front 0.4mm
Opening for 20 pt cards
Ultra-clear

While I am not a sports card collector I do have a rather large collection of autographed, special and rare non-sports cards.  Most are stored in plastic card boxes and sleeve pages.  I plan on taking my most valuable cards and placing them in the Sentry Premium Toploaders.

With their high quality construction, semi-flexible and easy to insert card design I’ll feel much more secure as to the safety and preservation of my prized cards. 

Psalm 19:1 (NKJV) “The heavens declare the glory of God; and the firmament shows His handiwork.”

Batman Movie Cards

This is the set of Trading Cards that got me back into the non-sports Trading Cards hobby.

In 1989 director Tim Burton, inspired by Frank Miller’s The Dark Knight Returns mini-series, wrote and directed the first Batman movie starring Michael Keaton.

When the movie came out Topps Trading Cards released a Limited Edition Set of Batman Movie Trading Cards.

They came in a special flip lid Box decorated with photos and production art from the film.

Here’s where it gets interesting.  One hundred and thirty Cards make up the Base Set.

On the Box it states that 22 additional Stickers are included.

Obviously Topps changed the contents because 22 Puzzle Cards were included, not Stickers.

There is also 11 movie production Art Cards in the set.

I don’t know the reason for the switch from Stickers to Puzzle Cards-perhaps there was trouble with the Stickers themselves.

Regardless, the Cards are printed on gloss paper and feature some cool images and the Box is equally cool.

Matthew 26:41 (NKJV) “Watch and pray, lest you enter into temptation. The spirit indeed is willing, but the flesh is weak.”

Legends of Marvel Series 3

Marvel Comics have taken over the universe.  Marvel comic books, novels, magazines, merchandise, TV shows and movies are everywhere.

Suddenly trading cards are gaining popularity-especially Marvel trading cards.

Back in 2012 Rittenhouse Archives (Sci-fi Hobby) released a special set of Legends of Marvel Series 3 trading cards.

The sets consisted of 25 cards and starred The Hulk, Storm and Moon Knight.  

All feature art of the characters on both sides as drawn by various artists.

Watch for this set to escalate in value as the trading card craze grows.

James 1:19 (NIV)”My dear brothers and sisters, take note of this: Everyone should be quick to listen, slow to speak and slow to become angry,”

Star Trek The Next Generation Collector Cards Behind The Scenes

Have you ever wondered what goes behind the scenes of making a popular science fiction TV show like Star Trek: The Next Generation?

I don’t know about you but whenever I get a DVD set about a TV show or a movie Blu-ray or DVD I love watching the featurettes and special.

Watching a TV show of movie is one thing.  Knowing how they made it is another.

In Skybox’s Star Trek: The Next Generation Collector Cards Behind The Scenes Set of Cards Star Trek: The Next Generation TV series is examined behind the cameras.

Cards examine set designs, costumes, music scores, special effects, scripts, pre and post production and so much more.

Learn what it takes to turn out a weekly sci-fi TV series.  It requires the work of dozens of professionals, serious spanning and with a constant eye on the budget.

The Set of Cards was limited to 50,000.  I received Set number 26,346.

2 Corinthians 5:21 (NKJV) “For He made Him who knew no sin to be sin for us, that we might become the righteousness of God in Him.”

Magnum P.I. Trading Cards

It’s hard to believe that the original Magnum PI TV show went off the air in 1988 after eight successful seasons.

It’s even harder to believe that Tom Selleck, who played Magnum, is in his mid-70s, Larry Manetti who played Rick is also in his 70s, Roger Mosely as T.C. is in his mid-80s and that John Hillerman, who played Jonathan Higgins III, died in 2017 at 84 years old.

Magnum P.I. was a mainstay in the 1980s for my wife and I.  Every Thursday night at 8 PM we’d curl up on the couch to watch Magnum and his pals solve crimes on CBS.
 

Eight color cards come per pack along with a stick of bubblegum in the Donruss Magnum P.I. Trading Card series.  Sixty-six cards make up the set.

What fun looking over the photos taken from the show.  I miss the original series-especially all of the characters.  Like myself they have all grown old.

It saddens me to see some of my favorite actors grow old or die.  It makes me recognize my own mortality.

I do have a hope.  When I die I know I’ll go to heaven to be with my savior Jesus Christ.  Still, I’m in no hurry to die.

It’s difficult at times to see oneself aging.  Wrinkles form, hair turns gray or disappears, eyesight grows dim, hearing dulls and the body slowly succumbs to weakness, less mobility and more aches and pains.

When I was young I never thought of getting old.  Now that I am approaching my twilight years I wonder what time will do to me.  Will I contract Alzheimer's or Dementia, will I be bed bound or placed in a nursing home?

Who will go first, my wife or myself?  If she dies before me, how will I handle the grief?

Growing old is scary but its also an adventure where you never know what's around the next bend or what might happen.

Sorry, I didn’t mean to get melancholy.  It’s just that when I looked over my Magnum P.I. Trading Cards from Donruss I suddenly realized how long ago the show went off the air and how young I was when it aired.

Twenty-two of the cards have a made-up story about Magnum P.I. on their backs.  The balance of the cards have a section of a poster on their backs that when put together make a huge poster of Magnum.

I can’t express how much joy looking at these cards gives me.
 
It’s like looking at a part of my younger life and the great times my wife and I had in the 1980s when were in our late 20s and early 30s.  We were so young and had so much to look forward to.  We had our whole lives ahead of us.

Still, I wouldn’t change a thing.  We’ve been together for over 40 years, raised two great kids and are blessed to have two awesome grandkids.

Romans 8:39 - Nor height, nor depth, nor any other creature, shall be able to separate us from the love of God, which is in Christ Jesus our Lord.

Austin Powers CCG

How would you like the chance to play the sexiest and most charismatic spy in the world?  No, no, not James Bond.  I’m talking about Austin Powers: The International Man of Mystery.

In Decipher Games Austin Powers Collectible Card Game you can play your favorite characters from the Spy Who Shagged Me.

Look for Felicity Shagwell, Fat Bastard, Dr. Evil, Mini-Me, Austin Powers and other memorable characters to choose from.  

The 30-card pre-constructed Deck is just a start.  One hundred and forty Cards make up the complete Set.  Booster Packs of 11-Cards are also available.

The colorful Cards will boost your vibe and power your mojo.  

Whether you play good or evil you’ll have a groovy time,

So, get your shag on and behave!

2 Thessalonians 3:5   
May the Lord direct your hearts into the love of God and into the steadfastness of Christ.

Lost In Space, The Twilight Zone and Twin Peaks

Talk about your nice after-Christmas presents!

Rittenhouse Archives/Sci-Fi Hobby recently sent me three new Trading Card Boxes to review.

It’s been awhile since I heard from Rittenhouse and I’m anxious to see what each series of Trading Card Sets have to offer.

All three series of Trading Cards Sets come 24 Packs per Box with two Autograph Cards per Box.

As with every Rittenhouse Archives/Sci-Fi Hobby Trading Card Sets the quality of the Cards is first-rate with high-gloss and heavy paper stock and brilliant color photos and art along with clever and highly collectible ’extras’.

Lost In Space Season One

I was a little late on arrival when the new Lost In Space TV series premiered on Netflix.  We did not have a Netflix account at the time.  

However 20th Century Fox provided me the complete First Season on Blu-ray for review.  I binged watched it.

Before watching it I was a little skeptical.  A female Dr. Smith, a radically redesigned Robot and Jupiter 2 and a mixed family Robinson?  Where would the series lead me?

I need not have worried, the show far outdid my expectations.  I can hardly wait for Season Two.

RittenhouseArchives/Sci-Fi Hobby Trading Cards has created a great set of Lost In Space Trading Cards with scenes from the series, Behind-The-Scenes Secrets, Special Effects and much more.  Five Cards come per Pack.

Seventy-Two Cards make up the Base Set with six Plot Synopsis Cards for each episode with lots of randomly inserted Bonus Cards in each Box.

I was able to assemble a complete Base Set with Cards left over for almost complete a second Set.

Bonus Cards include:
10 Juan Ortiz Episode Cards  (I got 1)
10 Quotable Cards  (1 more)
8 Character Cards (1 Again-Judy Robinson)
6 Jupiter Cards (1)
6 Chariot Cards (1)
8 Juan Ortiz Character Cards (1)
8 Character Metal Parallel Cards (1-The Robot)

Two Big Hits in every Box:
Dual and Single Autograph Cards (Rowan Schlosberg and Parker Posey/Bill Mumy!)
Costume Relic Cards (0)
Sketch Cards (0)

Incentives include:
9 Case:
Toby Stephens (John Robinson)/Molly Parker
(Maureen Robinson) Dual Autograph Card

18 Case:
1 Set of 4 Color Printing Plates
An Exclusive Bill Mumy Variant Autograph Card
An Exclusive Cary-Hiroyuki Tagawa (Hiroki Watanabe) Variant Autograph Card.
An exclusive Don West Costume Relic Card

 













 

The Twilight Zone Rod Serling Edition

When I was a kid I loved watching the original Twilight Zone TV series.  It scared the snot out of me and yet I watched it every week.

I never really warmed up to the series that followed the original.

Without Rod Serling the new series seemed to fall flat.

Rittenhouse Archives/Sci-Fi Hobby has compiled a wonderful new Trading Card Set of Cards consisting of a Base Set of 158 Cards-one for each original episode featuring Rod Serling's Opening and Closing Monologues.
I made complete Base Set with some extras left over.

Eight Cards come per Pack.

Autograph Cards:
Single Autograph (I received Ron Hagertry and Denise Lynn)
Rod Serling Cards (zip)
Inscription Cards (zip)

Bonus Cards include:
92 Juan Ortiz Portfolio Prints - The Serling Episodes (I got 8)
9 Juan Ortiz Character Art Portfolio Prints (1)
9 Mirrorboard Cards (0)
18 "Stars of the Twilight Zone" Cards (2)

Incenitives include:
9 Case:
Dual Autograph Card signed by Cloris Leachman (Mrs. Fremont)
and Bill Mumy (Anthony Fremont) from "It's A Good Life"!

18 Case:
3 sets of 4 Printing Plate Cards used to make either Base Set or Bonus Set Cards. 

 
















Twin Peaks Archives
I have to admit I never watched Twin Peaks.  I had several friends who swore by it and never missed an episode.

If memory serves me correctly there was another TV show I watched that was on at the same time as Twin Peaks.  I never got around to watching the series.

Rittenhouse Archives/Sci-Fi Hobby knows the show and has produced a beautiful series of Trading Cards.
It consists of a 72-card Base Set (I assembled a full Set) that come 5 Cards per Pack and include 2 Autographs per Box. Each Card explores the relationship between characters of the show.

Autograph Cards:
Single Autograph (I received Robert Forster and Victoria Catlin)
Dual Cards (zip)
Inscription Cards (zip)

Bonus Cards include:
42 Relationship Cards for 2017 Twin Peaks: A Limited Event Series (2)
27 Original Stars of "Twin Peaks" Cards (2)
13 Quotable Cards (1)
18 "Welcome To Twin Peaks" Cards (1)
9 Scratch-n-Sniff Cards (1)
7 Twin Peaks Sheriff's Department Patch Cards (0)
"Intact" Casino Chip Card (0)

Incentives include:
9 Case:
A Dual Autograph Card of Peggy Lipton (Norma Jennings)/ Madchen Amick (Shelly Johnson)

18 Case:
A Set of 4 color printing plates used to make the front of one Card from the set
10 Variation Autograph Cards signed by Billy Zane, Eric DaRe, Robert Forster, Victoria Catlin and more!
 A"Broken" Casino Chip Card

James Bond Archives Final Edition

Sci-fi Hobby/Rittenhouse Archives does it again with its ‘James Bond Archives Trading Cards Final Edition’ set consisting of five Cards per Pack with 24 Packs per Box.
 
The Card Set features ‘Die Another Day’ and from the Box I received I was able to assemble one full Base Set, with almost enough to complete a second Set.

The Cards features scenes and characters from the movie all printed on heavy coated paper stock with brilliant full-color images.

I really like the simple, clean look of the Packs and Box which remind me of James Bond: very straight forward, clean, simple and efficient.

Special Bonus Cards come in the Set which include:

Two Autograph Cards guaranteed per Box (Mine are Mark Dymond and Tom Chadbon)
Randomly inserted Autograph/Pieceworks Cards are also available (Skyfall’s Tank Dong was mine)
Other randomly inserted cards include Gold Die Another Day Cards (1 for me), 007 Double-Sided Mirror Cards (zip), Metal Cards (zip again), and more (I got a Moneypenny).
Look for ‘A View to A Kill’ (I got 1), ‘For Your Eyes Only’ (2) and ‘Octopussy’ (3) Bonus Sets.

A Roger Moore Autograph Card is guaranteed per Case and other special incentives are included with the more cases you purchase.

It’s an incredible nice Set of Trading Cards James Bond fans are sure to want and cherish.

James Bond Archives Spectre Edition

Relive the excitement and suspense of the latest James Bond film: Spectre, in a brand new Trading Card Set from Rittenhouse Archives/Sci-Fi Hobby.  The entire story is retold scene-by-scene through the entire Base Card Set with text (I assembled a full Set with enough leftover for almost a complete second Set).

Five Cards come in Foil Packs with 24 Foil Packs per Box.  Two Autograph Cards are guaranteed per Box (mine are Christina Hui from Moonraker and Alessandro Cremona from Spectre).

Randomly inserted Bonus Cards include:

• Prop Cards (Oops! None for me)
• Gold Parallel Sets of Spectre and The Living Daylights (Zip for me!)
• Parallel Sets of Moonraker (I received four), The Living Daylights (Five of this Set) and Diamonds Are Forever (Four again)
• Mirror Cards (Nope!)
• Metal Cards (You Only Live Twice for me) 
• Wardrobe Cards (Rats!)

Also, look for other special surprises.

Case Incentives are also available.  The more Cases you buy, the more goodies you get!

Game Of Thrones Season Five and 007 Classics

RittenhouseArchives/Sci-fi Hobby has just released two new Trading Card Sets consisting of five Cards per Foil Pack with 24 Packs per Box
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Each set features high resolution photos printed on glossy, heavy-gauge paper.  All Cards are cut with crisp edges, no shifting of images with additional information of each figure on each Card's back.

From both Boxes of Trading Cards I assembled full Base Sets with almost enough for additional full Base Sets.  No matter the Card Set I've consistently received over the years there has always been enough Cards for full Sets with plenty left over to complete most of an additional Set.

Rittenhouse Archives/Sci-fi Hobby is all about quality and providing the very best Trading Cards and special Limited Edition Insert Cards.  You can always count on getting a great selection of Base Cards and Bonus Cards in each Box.

The first of the two new releases is Game Of Thrones Season Five.  Besides the gorgeous Base Cards consisting of Character and Episodes, additional randomly inserted Bonus Cards are sure to please the most discriminating collector.

Bonus Cards for this Card Set include:

• 100 Parallel Base Cards (8 for me)
• 100 GOLD Parallel Base Cards (I received 1)
• 9 "Quotable" Game of Thrones Cards (2 in my selection)
• 10 "Relationship" Cards (Nada)
• 10 GOLD Parallel "Relationship" Cards (Nope)
• 16 Game of Thrones "Reflections" (Mirror) Cards (Zip)
• 20 "Beautiful Death" Art Cards (1)
• 20 GOLD Parallel "Beautiful Death" Art Cards (None)
• Night's Watch Relic Cards (Zip again)
• Dragonglass Relic Card (Got it!)
• Hand-drawn Sketch Cards (Nope)
• Two Autograph Cards are guaranteed per Box (Mine are Elizabeth Cadwallader and Rupert Vansittart)
• Other Bonus cards are available for multiple Case purchases.

James Bond is one my favorite Silver Screen heroes-if not my number one favorite.  Rittenhouse Archives/Sci-fi Hobby has done a number of James Bond Trading Card collections over the years and each and everyone has been spectacular.

Their newest James Bond release: 007 Classics, is no exception.  It consists of a stunning selection of Cards taken from the Pierce Brosnan era: The World Is Not Enough, that tells the entire exciting story in images and text.

Randomly inserted Bonus Sets include License To Kill (4 for me, plus one Gold Card), The Man With The Golden Gun (4 again) and On Her Majesty's Secret Service (4 once again).  I also recieved a Gold The World Is Not Enough Card.

Two Autograph Cards are guaranteed per Box (Mine are Madeline Smith and Daz Crawford) and Skyfall and Spectre Prop Cards are also randomly inserted (I got a piece of wardrobe material worn by Judi Dench--M).  

The new 007 Trading Card selection is a Licence To Thrill!

Agents Of S.H.I.E.L.D. Season One

Marvel Comics rules the movie theaters and soon TV!  One of the first Marvel TV shows to hit the air in the 2010s is Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D.

Deriving much of its storyline from the Marvel movies the TV series expands on that universe and presents other Marvel characters and storylines.

Rittenhouse Archives/Sci-fi Hobby presents the very first season of the TV series in living color with its new 24 Pack, 5 Cards per Foil Pack Trading Cards with one Autograph Card (mine is Ruth Negga) and one Costume card (Brett Dalton is mine) guaranteed per Box.

Seventy two Cards make up the Base Set (I assembled one full Set with enough left over to make a dent on a second), A Gold Parallel Set is also randomly inserted (zip for me.)

Randomly inserted Bonus Cards include:

6 I.D. (mine is Melinda May)
6 Art of Level 7 (1 for me)
18 Allegiance (1 again)
9 Advanced Technology (1)

As always Rittenhouse delivers high-quality, heavy paper stock, full color photos Trading Cards fans will love.

Continuum Seasons 1 & 2 and Star Trek The Original Series Portfolio Prints

Rittenhouse Archives/Sci-fi Hobby has just released two brand new Trading Card Sets: one based on a classic science fiction series and one on a new sci-fi series.

Both series feature five Cards per Foil Pack with 24 Packs per Box.  As with all Rittenhouse Archives/Sci-fi Hobby Trading Cards each and every Card is printed on high-quality, heavy paper stock with full bleed photos or art work.  

Each Card is precisely trimmed with clean and crisp trim edges.  Foil Packs are tightly sealed and Rittenhouse ensures that no 'Card pickers' can select only the Foil Packs with special Cards by compensating for thick Cards by placing them mid-Foil Pack and making the Foil Packs impervious to electronic snooping.

Bonus Cards are randomly inserted in Foil Packs, ensuring that everyone who purchases a Foil Pack has an equal chance of finding Bonus Cards. 

The hit new sci-fi/suspense/fantasy/horror series Continuum has become a fan favorite.  Rittenhouse Archives/Sci-fi Hobby has compiled an impressive Trading Card collection covering Seasons 1 &2 consisting of three Cards per episode.

Sixty nine Cards make up the Base Set (I compiled a full Set).  Randomly inserted Bonus Cards include:

69 numbered GOLD Base Parallel Cards (1 for me)
7 Continuum Stars Cards (I received 2)
6 Continuum Future Tech Cards (1 for me)
18 Continuum Character cards (1 again)
16 Continuum Relic cards (1 guaranteed per Box.  I received Alex Sadler's Flannel Shirt)
2 Autograph Cards are guaranteed per Box (I got 3!--Jennifer Spense, Tahmoh Penikett and Michael Rogers) 

Rittehouse Archives/Sci-fi Hobby's new Star Trek The Original Series Portfolio Prints Trading Cards feature the incredible artwork of Juan Ortiz.  Juan created a complete retro series of posters of all the original series Star Trek TV episodes (along with the animated series) which are incredible.  Speaking as a fellow graphic designer I have to say I am impressed.

The 80 Card Base Set includes a Poster Card for each of the 79 episodes (2 for The Menagerie).  I assembled a complete Set with lots of extras.

Randomly inserted Bonus Cards include:

80-card GOLD base parallel set featuring facsimile signature of artist Juan Ortiz (I received 1)
80-card AUTOGRAPH base parallel set with cards signed by artist Juan Ortiz (zip)
22-card set featuring Star Trek: The Animated Series poster art by Juan Ortiz (2)
7-card Star Trek Bridge Crew Portraits set (1)
7-card Star Trek Bridge Crew GOLD Portraits Variation Bonus set (zip)
9-card Star Trek Bridge Crew Abstracts set (1)
Sketch Cards cover all 50 episodes from Seasons 2 and 3 of Star Trek.  One Sketch Card guaranteed per Box (1)
2 Autograph Cards are guaranteed per Box (Juan Ortiz and Garth Pillsbury are mine)

Both the Star Trek and Continuum Card Sets offer additional Bonus Cards for Cases, etc.

Star Trek Movies

Fans of the new Star Trek movies (Star Trek and Star Trek Into Darkness) starring a whole new cast of actors and actresses taking on the classic roles of Kirk, Spock, McCoy, Scotty, Chekov, Sulu, Uhura, Carol Marcus and Khan have made the new movies huge box office hits.

 

Rittenhouse Archives/Sci-fi Hobby has compiled a gorgeous new set of Trading Cards that take images from both films and include complete plot synopsis.

Cards come packed 24 Foil Packs per Box with six Cards per Foil Pack.

I easily compiled a whole Base Set of 110 and had enough left over for a serious dent toward a second. 

The Cards are printed on thick coated paper stock and feature crisp and clear photos from both films.

Special Bonus Cards are randomly inserted and they include:

110-Card SILVER Parallel Base Set (2 for me)
110-Card GOLD Parallel Base Set (1)
110-Card Star Trek Movie (2009) Set (8)
110-Card Star Trek Movie (2009) SILVER Parallel Set (2)
110-Card Star Trek Movie (2009) GOLD Parallel Set (1)
9-Card Star Trek Into Darkness Foldout Set (McCoy)
24-Card Star Trek Into Darkness Uniform Badge Set (0)
12-Card Star Trek Into Darkness Costume Relic Set (0)
2 Autograph Cards Guaranteed per Box (Aisha Hinds and Reggie Lee)

Case Incentive cards are also available.

True Blood and Falling Skies

Rittenhouse Archives/Sci-fi Hobby has just released two new sets of Trading Cards that are sure to satisfy horror and sci-fi fans. 

Like all Rittenhouse Archives/Scifi Hobby Trading Cards the True Blood Cards are printed on heavy gloss paper stock, have sharp crisp edges (no sloppy trimming) and come in secure Foil Packs tightly packed in a flip open top Box and sealed with the secure circular metallic seal.  

First up is True Blood 2012 Trading Cards.  Five glossy Cards come per Foil pack with 24 Packs per Box.

Images are taken from the Fifth Season include 48 True Blood characters with plot synopses.

The Base Set consists of 72 Cards (I assembled a full Set) with a Parallel Set of Foil Cards randomly inserted in Foil Packs.

Other notable Bonus Cards include: 

• 18 True Blood Romance Cards (I received 3)
• 9 Quotable True Blood Cards (4 for me)
• 11 Gallery Plastic Character Cards (1 in my Box)
• I also received a Relic Card (Lorena’s Costume)

True Blood Archive Trading Cards also come with two Autograph Cards guaranteed per Box.

The Falling Skies Season Two Premium Pack Trading Card Set comes seven Cards per oversize paper Pack with 15 Packs per Box.  Each Premium Pack comes with one of 19 Autograph Cards (I received Drew Roy’s),

Two Relic Cards (of 13) per Pack (mine are costume pieces worn by John Pope and Seychelle Gabriel), three Episode Cards (of 30), one Quotable Falling Skies Cards (of 9) and one Falling Skies International Poster Card (of 9).