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Hobbit Trading Cards
July 27, 2012, 05:42 PM
robwaddleHobbit Trading Cards
Any solid news on this? I can't believe there won't be a set!!
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July 28, 2012, 12:24 AM
Scifi CardsCryptozoic is doing a card game. But I would assume the license for trading cards wasn't included in that package.
I'm awfully surprised this isn't an automatic Topps set. I guess we won't know until nobody announces anything before it's too late for cards.
Ed
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July 28, 2012, 01:29 PM
dcoleI would put together a set of Hobbit cards, if they became available.
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July 28, 2012, 04:41 PM
wolfieI've allready got a box set of Hobbit cards.
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July 28, 2012, 05:56 PM
dcolequote:
Originally posted by wolfie:
I've allready got a box set of Hobbit cards.
From???
Not one of the LOTR sets from Topps, right?
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July 29, 2012, 08:02 AM
wolfieNo this set was put out by Eclipse in about 1992. It is a boxed set of 36 color artwork cards based on the book. It is really nice and i'm sure you should be able to still buy one somewhere.
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July 29, 2012, 02:35 PM
dcoleThank you Wolfie - I will look around for them.
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July 29, 2012, 02:48 PM
GrahamWere the cards retail or Hobbit?
July 29, 2012, 03:08 PM
dcolequote:
Originally posted by Graham:
Were the cards retail or Hobbit?
Good one!
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July 29, 2012, 04:57 PM
hammerquote:
Originally posted by Graham:
Were the cards retail or Hobbit?
And not available to anybody outside the Shire!
July 30, 2012, 06:51 AM
wgf351It would be a shame if this movie comes and goes without any cards.
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Card Crazy!July 30, 2012, 07:23 AM
wolfiequote:
Originally posted by Graham:
Were the cards retail or Hobbit?
No they were cheap.
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July 30, 2012, 09:44 PM
Gregorequote:
Originally posted by Graham:
Were the cards retail or Hobbit?
Wow - That's great - it's something I would say much to the disdain of my "normal" friends.
July 31, 2012, 07:35 AM
wolfieDon't encourage him.
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July 31, 2012, 08:31 AM
JR2D2They have just announced that they'll split the story into 3 films, not 2 as originally planned.
You would think there was set in there somewhere even if it comes later as a trilogy set.
July 31, 2012, 12:07 PM
wolfieThere is no way The Hobbit is 3 films, the story is just not that long.
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July 31, 2012, 12:17 PM
Kevin Fquote:
Originally posted by wolfie:
There is no way The Hobbit is 3 films, the story is just not that long.
I have to disagree with you Wolfie. The Hobbit is quite a thin book compared with the massive tomes that make up th eLord of the Rings, but unlike LotR it has little or no padding and lots and lots of storyline :-)
July 31, 2012, 03:33 PM
Obi Wan ChrisobiThey are also stretching the Hobbit to include material from the Appendices from the Lord of the Rings (namely the stuff involving the Wizards Council and their battle with the Necromancer). I trust PJ enough to believe that the films will be of high quality.
As for cards, I'd like to see Topps do sets for the Hobbit since I was happy with the work they did on the LOTR sets.
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July 31, 2012, 11:29 PM
SBelcherI think this was brought up a while back. I emailed Topps and received a standard response: "Please be advised we do not have any plan as of yet to release this product."
Here's hoping they change their minds.
August 01, 2012, 02:05 AM
WOMBLEquote:
Originally posted by wolfie:
There is no way The Hobbit is 3 films, the story is just not that long.
They may be three really short films though.