DS9 Worf Costume Card

I received this costume card as a free gift when I bought a few of the new EMCE 8" TOS figures a couple of years ago. From what I gather, Diamond Select purchased a Worf costume from Christie's 40th anniversary Star Trek auction, then created 1500 of these cards which they sent to various dealers.

TNG 25th Anniversary Series 1 Trading Cards

This is my partial set of the TNG (even-numbered) cards from Impel's 25th Anniversary Series.

Above: cards #2, 6, 10, 14, 16, 18, 20, 22, 26, 28, 32, 36, 40, 62, 64

Above: cards #66, 68, 70, 72, 74, 76, 78, 80, 82, 86, 90, 92, 96, 98, 100

Above: cards #104, 108, 116, 118, 120, 122, 124, 128

Above: cards #130, 132, 134, 138, 142, 144, 146, 150, 156

Above: The TNG-specific retail pack wrapper.

TOS 25th Anniversary Series 1 Trading Cards

A company named Impel Marketing Inc. released two series of trading cards in 1991 to celebrate the 25th anniversary of Star Trek. The first series consisted of 160 cards, with the odd numbered cards covering TOS and the even-numbered cards covering TNG. (Individual retail packs were sold with either all-TOS or all-TNG cards, though, not a mix.) I picked up a few packs of each series in the early 90's.

Above: cards #3, 7, 11, 15, 17, 19, 21, 25, 29, 33, 37, 43, 61, 65, 69, 71

Above: cards #73, 75, 77, 79, 81, 83, 89, 93, 103, 109, 117, 119

Above: cards #121, 123, 129, 131, 133, 135, 137, 141 ,143, 149, 153

Above: Wrapper for the TOS retail pack.

ST:TWOK Trading Cards (1982, FTCC)

Fantasy Trading Card Company produced a set of thirty Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan large-format (5"x7") trading cards in 1982. I bought five of the cards at a card store in Ottawa (either Capital City Card or Arthur's Place) on 3 September 1983.

I've always found the oversized cards quite striking.


For a while I kept some of the cards in picture frames. Here are a couple displayed on the bookcase in my room during my annual "showcase" event circa 1984.


The card backs weren't too interesting, however -- each card had the same title graphic as above.

Lastly, the front and back of the two plastic sleeves which came along with the cards.

ST:TMP Trading Cards

Topps released a set of Star Trek: The Motion Picture trading cards in 1979. The set consist of 88 cards and 22 stickers. I managed to collect 12 of the stickers and all but one of the cards (#33 - "Andorian Close-Up"). Unlike other trading cards in my collection, these cards seem to be from the U.S. release. I picked up some of these at the Maplecon 5 science fiction convention in Ottawa, July 15th or 16th 1983. Others I picked up on 3 September 1983, I believe from Capital City Cards in Ottawa.

Card #1 features a handy checklist on the back.


The stickers. My sticker doubles went up on the side of my dresser. They are still there to this day, although the dresser is now in my parents' storage room.


I'm sure I must have been irritated at the time about missing a single card from the set.


The backs of some of the cards featured puzzle pieces. Four separate pictures could be constructed from these.


Other card backs featured a plot summary, actor bios, production crew bios, and quotes from several people associated with the film.


These are the wrappers in which individual packs were sealed. I've included 3 samples here, identical save for the different advertising.

Superman: The Movie Trading Cards

Topps released two series of Superman: The Movie trading cards, the first in 1978 and the second in 1979. I suspect that O-Pee-Chee once again put out Canadian versions (i.e. similar but with French and English captions) of these sets. I picked up a handful of Canadian cards spanning the two series somewhere along the way.

Star Wars Trading Cards (1977, O-Pee-Chee Series 2)

The O-Pee-Chee Series 2 set of Star Wars cards was the Canadian equivalent of Topps Series 2. It consisted of 11 stickers (numbered 12 to 22) and 66 cards (numbered 67 to 132) .

My Series 2 collection isn't nearly as complete as Series 1. I have a couple of stickers and nineteen cards.



Eleven card backs featured profiles of the Star Wars actors.


Other card backs featured "Movie Facts". The remainder served as puzzle pieces.