Trading Card
A trading card (or collectible card) is a small card which is intended for trading and collecting. Such items are argued to have great potential for appreciation and can become collector's items. Trading cards are traditionally associated with sports; baseball cards are especially well-known. Modern non-sports trading cards often feature cartoons, comic book characters, or television series. They can also be associated with trading card games. Animation
Animation is the art of brining something to life. How it's brought to life can be done any number of different ways. It can be drawn, like Mike Surrey here to the right. You can make a model of it and move it, like in "The Nightmare Before Christmas." You can put it on a computer, like Toy Story. Or you can cut out bits of paper and move the paper, like Monty Python. You can even move whole people around, photographing them one frame at a time, so they can move without walking. All of these are different forms of animation.Be sure to check out all the Animation Trading Cards on this page. Baseball
The first World Series was played between Pittsburgh and Boston in 1903 and was a nine-game series. Boston won the series 5-3.The New York Yankees have won 26 World Series titles, which is more than any other team.Former Yankees right fielder Mickey Mantle holds the record for most career home runs (18) and RBI (40) in World Series history.Baseball stars from the National League and the American League played the first All-Star Game in 1933. The National League has won 40 of the 73 games. The game ended in a tie twice. In 1961 rain in Boston prevented extra innings and the game ended in a 1-1 tie. And in 2002, the game went 11 innings with the score knotted at seven before it was finally called off due to a lack of pitchers.Baseball cards & baseball trading cards have been popular among adults and children for many decads. Look on this page to find some great baseball card deals. Dragon Ball Z Trading Card Game
Dragon Ball Z Trading Card Game (originally the Dragon Ball Z Collectable Card Game' and the 'Dragon Ball GT Trading Card Game) is a trading card game based on the anime of Dragon Ball Z and Dragon Ball GT. The game is produced by Score Entertainment and uses screen captures of the anime to attempt to recreate the famous events and battles seen in the anime. Duel Masters Trading Card
The Duel Masters Trading Card Game is a two-player collectible card game (CCG) jointly developed by Wizards of the Coast, Shogakukan, and Mitsui & Co., Ltd.. The card game is part of the Duel Masters franchise.It was released in Japan in May of 2002, where it quickly became the number one selling trading card game for over a year. Due to this popularity, it was released in the United States on March 5, 2004, where it has also done well. The game shares several similarities with Magic: The Gathering, the world's first collectible card game which was first published by Wizards in 1993. In fact, "duelmaster" was originally intended as an alternative tradename for Magic: The Gathering. As in Magic: The Gathering, Duel Masters players summon creatures and cast spells using mana. Key differences include the fact that all creatures and spells can act as mana producers, creatures cannot block attacking creatures without having the "blocker" ability, and that creatures only have one "power" statistic. Furthermore, duelists have shields in the form of cards that go to their hand when "broken" as opposed to Magic's "life points". Whether this will be the norm remains to be seen, since Wizards of the Coast may add new rules and card types to increase the game's longevity. Fullmetal Alchemist Trading Card Game The Fullmetal Alchemist Trading Card Game was released in 2005. The Booster packs so far are called the Premier Edition and Blood & Water. There are 11 cards per pack, and any number of uncommons(though usually about 5) may be in a pack. There are starter decks that so far include Scar, Roy Mustang (both of which are Blood & Water starters), Edward Elric, Alphonse Elric, Lust, and Father Cornello (from Premier Edition). Artificial Human is not out yet, but will be expected to be out on February 15, 2006. A Hero's Passing is not out, but will be expected sometime in May of 2006.Two more sets, Alchemist's Gate and Seven Deadly Sins are expected in mid- and late 2006.
Harry Potter
There's something magical about Harry. This magic has very little to do with the fictional magic that Scottish author J.K. Rowling has woven into her four books to date. For the last couple of decades or so, parents have been scratching their heads in concern and sometimes real fear while their offspring gave hour upon hour first to television, then video and computer games and, more recently, the Internet. Hours that added up to weeks and, over time, to years of slack-jawed passive entertainment while technological marvels shoveled up activities that required little creative input from the growing young mind in question.With the popularity of the Harry Potter movies and books came Harry Potter trading cards. Check out the link on this page to find great deals on Harry Potter trading cards. Inuyasha
Inuyasha is a han'yō (half demon - 'yō' is derived from yōkai, which also means demon), the result of a relationship between a powerful dog demon lord and a beautiful human princess. Despised and looked down on by both demons and humans, Inuyasha apparently had a very sad childhood. He is rejected by humans because of his demon side, and looked down upon by demons as a 'filthy hanyou', because of his human blood supposedly tainting his superior demon blood. Thus, before Inuyasha met Kikyo, he found it very difficult to trust anyone, and even more to find anyone who accepted him as a half-demon. The Lord of the Rings Trading Card Game
The Lord of the Rings Trading Card Game (a.k.a. "LOTR TCG" or "LOTR") is a collectible card game produced by Decipher, Inc. Released November in 2001, it is based on Peter Jackson's Lord of the Rings movie trilogy and the J. R. R. Tolkien novel on which it was based. Decipher also have the rights to The Hobbit novel but have not yet released any cards based on it. In addition to images taken from the films, in 2004 WETA Workshop produced artwork depicting characters and items from the novel absent from the films for use on cards.In 2002, LOTR won the Origins Awards for Best Trading Card Game of 2001 and Best Graphic Presentation of a Card Game 2001. Neopets Trading Card Game
The Neopets Trading Card Game is a spin off of the popular virtual pet website, Neopets.com. The trading card game's production date is currently unknown, and is produced by Wizards of the Coast, a large trading card company that produces a variety of other trading card games. As with many other trading card games, there are two purposes to the trading cards, to collect the cards and to play a devised game using the cards.
Pokémon Trading Card Game
The Pokémon Trading Card Game is a collectible card game based on the Pokémon video game series, first introduced in Japan, then North America in 1999. It was published by Wizards of the Coast, the company which publishes Magic: The Gathering, last set published was the Pokemon-e: Skyridge. With the release of Pokémon Ruby and Sapphire Game Boy video games and the EX Ruby and Sapphire expansion, Nintendo started publishing the cards itself. A recent incarnation of the card game is known as Pokémon-e Trading Card Game, most of the cards of which are compatible with the Nintendo e-Reader. However, sets including and after "EX Hidden Legends" do not include the "-e" in the title and do not have codes for the Nintendo e-Reader. Spiderman
Peter Parker lived with his Aunt and Uncle Ben and May Parker. Peter lived a quite sheltered life until the day he attended a radiation demonstration on school trip. A spider exposed to radiation bit Peter, passing along to Peter spider like abilities like the ability to cling to walls and spider like strength. At first Pete used his powers to make money going into show business. During his short career, a burglar ran past Peter. Not feeling it was his responsibility Peter didn't think much of it. After returning home, Peter Parker found that the same burglar had murdered his Uncle Ben. Peter captured the crook at a nearby warehouse. Spider-Man then entertainer was no more, but Spider-Man the super hero was just beginning. Peter realized with great power.. comes great responsibility. With the popularity of Spiderman, both the comic book and the movies came Spiderman trading cards. Check out the link on this page to find some great deals on Spiderman trading cards. You'll be amazed at how well priced some of them are. Superman
Rocketed as a baby from the exploding planet Krypton Kal-El raised by the farmer Jonathan Kent and his wife Martha Kent. Kal-El grew to manhood on Earth, whose yellow sun and lighter gravity gave him fantastic super powers! In the city of Metropolis, he poses as mild-mannered news reporter Clark Kent, but battles evil all over Earth and beyond.. as Superman! With the popularity of Superman, both the comic book and the movies came Superman trading cards. Check out the link on this page to find some great deals on Superman trading cards. You'll be amazed at how well priced some of them are. Starwars
Star Wars (1977), (aka Star Wars, Episode IV: A New Hope) is one of the most popular, profitable, entertaining, and successful science fiction/action - adventure/fantasy films of all time. The film, shot mostly on location in Tunisia, Guatemala and Death Valley (California), advanced special-effects technology to a degree unseen before, with computerized and digitally-timed special effects. It ultimately helped to resurrect the financial viability of the science-fiction genre, a category of films that was considered frivolous and unprofitable, and brought the phrase "May the Force be with you" into common usage.
With the popularity of Star Wars, both the books and the movies came Star Wars trading cards. Check out the link on this page to find some great deals on Star Wars trading cards. You'll be amazed at how well priced some of them are. X Men
In a world where increasing numbers of mutants are being born and discriminated against, Professor X Professor X created a safe haven at his Westchester mansion where he could train teenagers to use their unique genetic gifts for the betterment of all. While humanity fears these human beings born with extraordinary abilities, the X-men simultaneously fight to protect this same fearful population. With the popularity of X-Men, both the comic books and the movies came X-Men trading cards. Check out the link on this page to find some great deals on X-Men trading cards. You'll be amazed at how well priced some of them are. Star Trek
Roddenberry made two other pilots during this era:(late 70's?)"Spectre" and "The Questor Tapes." "Spectre" was a lovely idea that could have made a great series, since its format allowed the inclusion of most major horror fiction, even including H.P. Lovecraft's "elder gods." It starred Robert Culp and Gig Young, and is a *FUN* movie, if you ever get a chance to see it. I believe it would have gone series, if made in the last few years, but at the end of the Nixon era, horror, even humorous horror, was unacceptable fare to the majority of TV watchers. ("Spectre" deals with an occult investigator and his M.D. sidekick, who keep getting involved with nasty superbeings from other times and dimensions; the hero's housekeeper is a witch, and puts a no-drinking geas on the alcoholic M.D. sidekick in the opening scenes.) Since Star Trek was undoubtely the most watched science fiction show in TV history, there is no surprise that there would be Star Trek trading cards. Check out the link on this page to find some great deals on Star Trek trading cards. You'll be amazed at how well priced some of them are. Yu-Gi-Oh
The Yu-Gi-Oh! Trading Card Game is a collectible card game based on Duel Monsters (Magic and Wizards or M&W in the original Japanese manga. The card game is known as Yu-Gi-Oh! Duel Monsters: Official Card Game (sometimes shortened as "OCG") in Asian countries where Konami releases the game. The game is known as the Yu-Gi-Oh! Trading Card Game in countries where Upper Deck Entertainment distributes the game.Each player is allotted a certain number of life points (Both players usually start with 8000 Life Points), and the main objective of the game is to reduce an opponent's life points to zero, or win by alternate means. Like many other trading card games, Duel Monsters is a game mainly for two players to compete head-to-head, but variations exist where players can allow for three or more players. (Note: said variations are not official/recognized by Upper Deck or Konami, as there are no official "multiplayer" rules.)There are also video games based on the card game, with minor differences between it and the collectible card game, and the video games generally give away copies of rare and or powerful cards (usually three of them) with the game. Yu Yu Hakusho Trading Card Game
The Yu Yu Hakusho TCG was first published in 2003 by Score Entertainment, and is based off of the anime and manga series YuYu Hakusho (the series is spelled Yu Yu Hakusho in FUNimation's anime version and spelled YuYu Hakusho in the Viz English manga). It is a two-player tournament-styled game; each player uses a forty-four or more card deck that is headed by a team of four character cards. The game is divided into five matches that consist of one-on-one fights between two character cards. The players alternate turns until one character is defeated, then move on to the next pair of characters. The game ends when one player wins 3 out of the 5 matches, or when one player cannot draw or discard a card from their deck. |