For the Rittenhouse Rewards, when you buy packs of the cards and then send the wrappers in to RA, you accumulate points. You can then go on the website and redeem the points for exclusive autos, chase cards, bonus cards, etc. that don't come in the packs.

I remember doing that years ago to get exclusive chase cards on some of the Bond sets. For example, from what I recall, they'd do a new card which was a continuation of a particular chase set.

Thanks.

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Originally posted by Tommy C:
For the Rittenhouse Rewards, when you buy packs of the cards and then send the wrappers in to RA, you accumulate points. You can then go on the website and redeem the points for exclusive autos, chase cards, bonus cards, etc. that don't come in the packs.

I remember doing that years ago to get exclusive chase cards on some of the Bond sets. For example, from what I recall, they'd do a new card which was a continuation of a particular chase set.

I still have points available from when they still had the Bond licence as I was collecting points to redeem for their Bond reward cards which unfortunately I failed to save enough although I did manage two of the cards a BG card and an auto.

Here's a "Masked Rider" promo (Bandai, 1996) for a set of Cardzillion vending machine trading cards. It was originally in a cello-pack inserted with Mutating Vehicles toys by Bandai.

It's actually one of at least four different promos - each promoting a set of vending machine cards and each having rounded corners. PCE2008 lists two of them separately (Beetleborgs and Power Rangers Zeo). Maybe 25 years ago, not knowing how lucky I was, I found the Beetleborgs one still in its cello-pack in a bargain box and got it for a dollar.

The Beetleborgs and Power Rangers Zeo cards have sold in the $10-20 range over the years but the Masked Rider goes for more - tough to find for less than $40.

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Here's a local sports card show promo (Becky Strong & NSP, 1992) I stumbled upon while looking for another card last year. I hadn't seen it before. It took place in my home town so I thought it was interesting.

Here's a promo (Dan Parsons/Amryl, 2004) I hadn't seen until sometime last year. It promotes the "Harpy: Bird of Death" comic. I don't know how it was distributed but am guessing it was a show giveaway. Longtime promo collectors are familiar with the Harpy cards of the late 90's by Ground Zero Comics. A few of those have become harder to find.

PCE2008 lists another Harpy promo by Amryl from 2006 - not sure I've seen that one.

Here's another one from the 12-card Johnny Lightning "007 40th Anniversary Miniature Movie Posters" set:

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Originally posted by catskilleagle:
Here's a card from the 12-card set that was inserted one per package of Johnny Lightning's line of "007 40th Anniversary Miniature Movie Posters" (Playing Mantis, 2002) die-cast-toy cars. The cards measure 2 1/8 x 3 1/4 inches. They are also unnumbered and have blank backs. This one was inserted with the "Red Crescent Ambulance." Unlike most Johnny Lightning cards, the cards in this series don't show the company logo on the front. These cards can be hard to find as singles because die-cast car collectors keep the packages unopened and James Bond cars are particularly popular.

Here's one of mine hanging on my wall:

I have that card too. The car packaged with the one I have is the Lotus Esprit from "For Your Eyes Only."

I see you have a Johnny Lightning Marvel package too. I opened mine.

I hardly ever open anything. I have so many Buffy & Bond Johnny Lightning cars/cards I had to put them in a big box and stuck it in a closet, which makes little sense I suppose.