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There really should have been a "Beetlejuice Beetlejuice" set of cards.
 
Posts: 2310 | Location: Huntsville, AL United States | Registered: November 30, 2002Reply With QuoteReport This Post
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Good call -- especially with a bunch of the actors signing recently.
 
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What other card sets should have been?

Twisters? There was a set for Twister, way back when.

The one that I miss most is Apollo 13. I remember rumors of one for that movie, but it didn't happen. Not only could they have gotten cast signatures, but also from the astronauts and NASA officials. Who wouldn't like an Ed Harris/Eugene Kranz dual? or Tom Hanks/Jim Lovell?
 
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I really enjoyed the first couple of seasons of Westworld, I think it would fit nicely into what Rittenhouse is producing. Good opportunities for autographs and a visually interesting set.

The later seasons got a bit off the mark for me, but the first couple of seasons were great.

Additional Panini Music sets -- there was a rumor that they were going to do other genres after Country Music, but they didn't materialize.

I think they could do a similar set with entertainers -- i.e. stand up comedians, magicians, etc.
 
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If this were the 70s we would probably see sets from

The Matrix
Avatar
Mission Impossible
Top Gun
Several ignored DC and Marvel titles
Fast and Furious
Pirates of the Caribbean
New Planet of the Apes
New Jumanji
New Godzilla and Kong
New Ghostbusters
New TMNT
Lego Movie
Chronicles of Narnia
Karate Kid TV
Scary Movie
Sherlock Holmes
Dune
The Expendables
The Maze Runner
Creed
xXx
New Tron
Dungeons and Dragons
The Wheel of Time

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I think the days when card companies would take the risk on a single film are gone.

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There really should have been a proper, licensed trading card set for The Dark Knight.

Hard to believe Topps didn't do one.
 
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I think the days when card companies would take the risk on a single film are gone.


Used to, the risk was smaller. Cards were simpler and cheaper to produce (no foil, refractor, etc.) No paying autograph fees and managing the logisitics of getting them all signed and returned in time to package.
 
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I don't watch enough TV to even know if shows like this exist anymore, but it would have been something to get comprehensive sets from Love Boat, Fantasy Island, Murder She Wrote, etc -- long-running shows that had extensive guest casts. Law & Order? NCIS?
 
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Having said companies don't really do single film sets anymore of course Unstoppable Cards do exactly that. They have just released the Highlander set and also are doing sets for each of the Hammer Horror films.

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I think the days when card companies would take the risk on a single film are gone.


Used to, the risk was smaller. Cards were simpler and cheaper to produce (no foil, refractor, etc.) No paying autograph fees and managing the logisitics of getting them all signed and returned in time to package.


Right! After the bubble busted manufactures had to figure out how to appeal to the collectors who were left. It drove up expectations and now it seems a regular card set (unless gaming) is doomed to struggle. One would think the license cost for a simple card set would be less but in todays memorabilia boom who can tell?

Now that the Disney monopoly has awarded card rights to Topps it would at least be nice to see the title choices expand.

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Back to the Future 1 and 3. For some reason Topps only did a set for 2.
 
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Having said companies don't really do single film sets anymore of course Unstoppable Cards do exactly that. They have just released the Highlander set and also are doing sets for each of the Hammer Horror films.


Unstoppable shows what is possible.

I really wonder why other manufacturers don't take the same approach.

Attic Cards can produce licensed sets at a pretty decent price point too. . .
 
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There were alot of movie related sets in the mid 1990s

Waterworld, The Shadow, The Crow (2 sets), multiple Batman movie sets. I remember them all.

Wonder how some of them did ?
 
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The "Waterworld" card set, like the movie, was a disaster. 1st "Crow" set sold out. 2nd "Crow" set, based on the flop sequel, was on clearance forever. The "Shadow" set, like the movie, bombed. 1st Keaton "Batman" movies sets sold well. 2nd Keaton movie set and Kilmer Batman sets did OK. Clooney Batman set didn't do well, despite autographs from Clooney, Schwarzenegger Thurman, Silverstone, etc.
Most recent "Batman" set, based on the first Christian Bale movie, also did not sell well. It was on clearance for a good year plus, despite autographs from Liam Neeson, Gary Oldman, Michael Caine, Katie Holmes, and Cillian Murphy. Superman set with Brandon Routh sold so poorly (as the movie likewise underwhelmed) that a planned Update set was cancelled after the sell sheet was issued.

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Clooney Batman set didn't do well, despite autographs from Clooney, Schwarzenegger Thurman, Silverstone, etc.


Always thought it odd that promo cards and sell sheets promoted 1 auto per 720 packs but when the boxes came out it says 360. 1997 was right in the middle of the bubble burst.

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Back to the Future 1 and 3. For some reason Topps only did a set for 2.


Yes. This.
Likewise Ghostbusters. Where are the sets for the most recent two movies?
 
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Attic Cards can produce licensed sets at a pretty decent price point too. . .


????

Are you talking about Jack's Attic?
I don't think they are licensed.
And I don't consider $13 a card to be a "pretty decent price point".
 
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I don't watch enough TV to even know if shows like this exist anymore, but it would have been something to get comprehensive sets from Love Boat, Fantasy Island, Murder She Wrote, etc -- long-running shows that had extensive guest casts. Law & Order? NCIS?
Well, Doctor Who sets continue to appear on a regular basis but that may be the only really long running, well known TV series still in production Big Grin
 
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Entire shows getting the treatment with a set for each season largely ended with various Inkworks and Rittenhouse issues towards the end of the 2000's, though Rittenhouse came through with comprehensive coverage of "True Blood" and "Game of Thrones" in the 2010's. To their credit, Breygent put out sets for every single season of "Dexter" although some combined two seasons into one set. They might have covered all of "Grimm" and "Bates Motel", too, but I'm not sure as I didn't collect those.

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