I'm sure it's out here somewhere, but with the Magazine ceasing publication with the current issue, does somebody have a master list of all the free promos that were given out in Non-Sport Update over the past 35 years

The last few years might be a little messy and complicated, with different versions and different cards being inserted at random

At 35 years / 6 Magazines a year / 3 promos per Magazine, that comes to around 600 promos.

Crazy

How many total issues of NSU have there been since 1990 ? I recall there were a few special issues made for the UK and other shows (Buffy, Star Wars, LOTR) or were they just variant covers ? I don't recall.

Not counting different covers, maybe around 210-220 issues published ?

Probably less. The first issue was October 1990 and I believe it was quarterly through 1993.

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A few years ago I created a listing of all the free cards found in NSU which I then posted . Alas I did not keep it updated on line. But doing a quick check I found approximately 200 issues with another 25 variant covers. Of those 200 issues I believe 10 did not have cards.

What was the first NSU that had a promo card in it ? I think someone said it was back in 1993.

Also, what was the last issue without a card ? I seem to recall that there was at least one issue within the past 5 years that had nothing included

Many thanks Bassam for attaching the link to the checklist I posted. Whenever I try to do that I always get something wrong.

This was the issue I originally came up with Vol 3, No. 4 Oct/Dec 1992 1 and 2 Garfield 2-card panel SkyBox International. The next issue however did not have a card but the next one did.

Tommy C perhaps you can find out which one and update the list.

Some time after I posted the listing I had a hiatus with the renewal of my subscription which took at least one or two issues that were not delivered. I did however manage to obtain the magazines via the secondary market without the cards although I did get some. In addition, updating the list proved to be difficult at times because I relied on the website and the magazine to provide promo information which at times was not there. This was specially harder to achieve those times when I had neglected to do the updating in a timely fashion. Still I suppose its all quite academic now.

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Originally posted by JOHN LEVITT:
Many thanks Bassam for attaching the link to the checklist I posted. ...

Tommy C perhaps you can find out which one and update the list. ...

No problem.

I Excelified your list and continued it for myself.

Vol 31, No. 3 Jun/Jul 2020 Zorro Series 2 P1 promo
Vol 31, No. 4 Aug/Sep 2020 Outlander: P5, P7, P8, P9
Vol 31, No. 5 Oct/Nov 2020 RRParksCards Halloween 2020 Promo #1 NSU Exclusive RRParks Cards
Vol 31, No. 5 Oct/Nov 2020 Nosferatu P1 have Non-Sport Update 30th Anniversary logos NSU Exclusive
Vol 31, No. 5 Oct/Nov 2020 2020 Wolverine Marvel Masterpieces just has Non-Sport Update NSU Exclusive Upper Deck
Vol 31, No. 6 Dec 2020/Jan 2021 One Series 4 promo card (P1 with white border is "rare ... not really"; P2 green border is "more rare than p1"; P3 black border is "rare-ish"; P4 light greyish powder blue border is "almost scarce"; P5 red border is 'Scarce!"; P6 quasi darkish mauvey purple is "REALLY scarce"; P7 old gold border is "WOW! SCARCE!"; P8 is common) NSU Exclusive were randomly inserted RRParks Cards
Vol 32, No. 1 Feb/Mar 2021 P-BR Crisis On Infinite Earths Cryptozoic Entertainment
Vol 32, No. 1 Feb/Mar 2021 P4 Psycho Ape RRParks Cards
Vol 32, No. 2 Apr/May 2021 P1 Ultraman RRParks Cards
Vol 32, No. 2 Apr/May 2021 P3 Ultraman RRParks Cards
Vol 32, No. 2 Apr/May 2021 P1 The Art of Sketch Cards
Vol 32, No. 3 Jun/Jul 2021 P1 Zorro Series 2 promo NSU Exclusive
Vol 32, No. 4 Aug/Sep 2021 P1 Three Stooges Lenticular Motion Cards RRParks Cards
Vol 32, No. 4 Aug/Sep 2021 P1, P2, P3 Cryptozoic CZX Middle Earth were randomly inserted Cryptozoic Entertainment
Vol 32, No. 5 Oct/Nov 2021 RR Parks Halloween Event NSU Exclusive RRParks Cards
Vol 32, No. 6 Dec 2021/Jan 2022 Zorro Series Two NSU Exclusive RRParks Cards
Vol 32, No. 6 Dec 2021/Jan 2022 Three Stooges Series Nine on one card, Promo 1B NSU Exclusive RRParks Cards
Vol 33, No. 1 Feb/Mar 2022 History of the Roman Emperors Promo RRParks Cards
Vol 33, No. 2 Apr/May 2022 Ultraman Series Two promo RRParks Cards
Vol 33, No. 3 Jun/Jul 2022 Ultraman Series Two NSU Promo 5 RRParks Cards
Vol 33, No. 3 Jun/Jul 2022 CZX Middle-earth Promo (One of P4 Legolas (Bloom) and Arwen (Tyler), P5 , P6 Bilbo (Martin Freeman)) Cryptozoic Entertainment
Vol 33, No. 4 Aug/Sep 2022 Outlander (P6)
Vol 33, No. 4 Aug/Sep 2022 Nosferatu
Vol 33, No. 5 Oct/Nov 2022 Outlander Season 5 NSU1
Vol 33, No. 5 Oct/Nov 2022 Richard Parks Halloween Event Promo Card 1
Vol 33, No. 5 Oct/Nov 2022 Mark Spears Monsters NSU-1
Vol 33, No. 6 Dec 2022/Jan 2023 Ultraman Series 2 promo (2 types) - Promo 6 RRParks Cards
Vol 33, No. 6 Dec 2022/Jan 2023 Drive-In Double Feature promo RJF Image/Design
Vol 34, No. 1 Feb/Mar 2023 P7 The Freak Brothers
Vol 34, No. 1 Feb/Mar 2023 P1 Ultraman Series 3 NSU Exclusive RRParks Cards
Vol 34, No. 1 Feb/Mar 2023 Edgar Allan Poe
Vol 34, No. 2 Apr/May 2023 Dragons - Promo 3 Long Dog Cards
Vol 34, No. 3 Jun/Jul 2023 P1 Ancient Egypt: King Tut Long Dog Cards/RRParks Cards
Vol 34, No. 3 Jun/Jul 2023 "6 Cardsmiths Promos:
BP-1 Street Fighter Ibuki
BP-2 Street Fighter
BP-3 Killer Klowns from Outer Space
BP-4 Killer Klowns from Outer Space
BP-5 Bob Ross
BP-6 Bob Ross (Aurora's Dance)" Cardsmiths
Vol 34, No. 3 Jun/Jul 2023 "15 Historic Autograph & Card Co. Promos (1 of 500):
- Civil War:
- - #8 Dummy Hoy born May 23, 1862
- - #14 Mark Twain Confederate Soldier
- - #14A Belle Boyd Confederate Spy
- Flight:
- - #25 Amelia Earhart
- - #29 Blue Angels
- Famous Americans: Series 1:
- - #117 John Sullivan
- - #? Employee's Pick: Edgar Allen Poe
- Gilded Age:
- - #278 Winston Churchill
- - Nikola Tesla
- - #? Victoria Pin-up
- - #50 Claude Monet
- Mob 2:
- - #213 Al Capone
- Washington Chronicles:
- - #34 Benjamin Franklin
- 1918, End of the Great War:
- - #189 Germany Signs Armistice
- - #326 Babe Ruth meets General Jack Pershing" RRParks Cards
Vol 34, No. 4 Aug/Sep 2023 Allegiance: Avengers vs X-Men (AXP1 - Hope Summers)
Vol 34, No. 4 Aug/Sep 2023 Coffintooth (P1) RRParks Cards
Vol 34, No. 5 Oct/Nov 2023 P1 Maitland's Monsters - Nandor RRParks Cards
Vol 34, No. 5 Oct/Nov 2023 BP-7 Dragon's Lair Cardsmiths
Vol 34, No. 5 Oct/Nov 2023 P3 What We Do in the Shadows - Nadja Cryptozoic Entertainment
Vol 34, No. 6 Dec 2023/Jan 2024 P1 UFO Legend and Lore
Vol 34, No. 6 Dec 2023/Jan 2024 Unnumbered Ancient Egypt
Vol 35, No. 1 Feb/Mar 2024 P1 Dark Nights Metal Cryptozoic Entertainment
Vol 35, No. 1 Feb/Mar 2024 BP-8 Golden Girls Cardsmiths
Vol 35, No. 1 Feb/Mar 2024 P2 Picard Season 2 & 3 Rittenhouse Archives
Vol 35, No. 1 Feb/Mar 2024 P1 Psycho Ape Part II NSU Exclusive RRParks Cards
Vol 35, No. 1 Feb/Mar 2024 Moon Patrol Promo 011 (11 cards) - H.O.R. PROMO-008 House of Roulx
Vol 35, No. 2 Apr/May 2024 P2 Dark Nights Metal Cryptozoic Entertainment
Vol 35, No. 2 Apr/May 2024 P-9 Currency (Series 3) Beckett Cardsmiths
Vol 35, No. 2 Apr/May 2024 P1 Pirates and Privateers Series 1 RRParks Cards
Vol 35, No. 3 Jun/Jul 2024 P1 The Slasher Nurse RRParks Cards
Vol 35, No. 3 Jun/Jul 2024 P1, P2, or P3 Craniacs Series 1
Vol 35, No. 4 Aug/Sep 2024 Transformers 40th Anniversary (1 of 4 promos) Dynamite
Vol 35, No. 4 Aug/Sep 2024 P3 Adventure Time Playpaks Series 3 Cryptozoic Entertainment
Vol 35, No. 4 Aug/Sep 2024 P2 Ultraman Series 3 NSU Exclusive RRParks Cards
Vol 35, No. 5 Oct/Nov 2024 P1 Batman Hush (Common of two randomly added) Cryptozoic Entertainment
Vol 35, No. 5 Oct/Nov 2024 P2 Batman Hush (Black & White Line Cover) (Rarer of two randomly added) Cryptozoic Entertainment
Vol 35, No. 5 Oct/Nov 2024 RR Parks 11th Annual Halloween Event RRParks Cards
Vol 35, No. 6 Dec 2024/Jan 2025 P2 A Christmas Story Cryptozoic Entertainment
Vol 35, No. 6 Dec 2024/Jan 2025 P1 Lost In Space Monsterwax
Vol 35, No. 6 Dec 2024/Jan 2025 BP9 Currency Cardsmiths
Vol 35, No. 6 Dec 2024/Jan 2025 P1 Trilogy of Horror (Coffintooth, Psycho Ape Part 2, Slasher Nurse) RRParks Cards
Vol 36, No. 1 Feb/Mar 2025
Vol 36, No. 2 Apr/May 2024 Craniacs Series 2
Vol 36, No. 2 Apr/May 2024 Ultraman Series 4
Vol 36, No. 2 Apr/May 2024 Peanuts
Vol 36, No. 3 Jun/Jul 2025 P1 Boxers and Zombies RRParks Cards
Vol 36, No. 3 Jun/Jul 2025 P2 Foundation Seasons 1 & 2 Rittenhouse Archives
Vol 36, No. 3 Jun/Jul 2025 P4 Batman Hush Cryptozoic Entertainment
Vol 36, No. 4 Aug/Sep 2025 P1 Time Bandits Long Dog Cards
Vol 36, No. 4 Aug/Sep 2025 P1 RR Parks 12th Annual Halloween Event RRParks Cards
Vol 36, No. 4 Aug/Sep 2025 P1 Creatures of Cosmos Monsterwax
Vol 36, No. 4 Aug/Sep 2025 P5 Peanuts Playpaks Cryptozoic Entertainment
Vol 36, No. 4 Aug/Sep 2025 P2 Game of Thrones The Great Houses Rittenhouse Archives
Vol 36, No. 5 Oct/Nov 2025 P2 12th Annual Halloween Event RRParks Cards
Vol 36, No. 5 Oct/Nov 2025 BP-10 Cryptocurrency Cardsmiths
Vol 36, No. 5 Oct/Nov 2025 Monsterwax Salute to NSU
Vol 36, No. 5 Oct/Nov 2025 P2 Star Trek Connections Rittenhouse Archives
Vol 36, No. 6 Dec 2025/Jan 2026 P2 A Charlie Brown Christmas Peanuts Playpaks Cryptozoic Entertainment
Vol 36, No. 6 Dec 2025/Jan 2026 P2 Pirates and Privateers 4 RRParks Cards
Vol 36, No. 6 Dec 2025/Jan 2026 P7 Craniacs Series 3 by Ira Friedman