I'm sure any information about this is lost to time- but I seem to remember years ago that someone said Inkworks was working on a set that would make me incredibly happy and the inference was that they were going to do a Buffy/Angel set focused on Cordelia. I know that set never actually materialized but I wonder if anyone had any insights on that-

Val

I can see where a Buffy/Angel set was probably something Inkworks was considering, especially after Buffy ended, but I have no specific knowledge of it. Cordelia and later Spike were crossover characters, but I don't know that they would have been the focus of a hybrid set. The spotlight was always on Buffy and Angel after all.

I have said on Card Talk before that I was a big fan of Buffy in the earlier seasons and wound up really hating the show in the final seasons and with that big, stupid conclusion. The show was a huge disappointment to me, but I did keep up with cards all the way.

Ultimately my favorite characters throughout were the 3 who turned into the most underserved. Anya and Spike had no happy ending in Buffy. They were sacrificed. Cordelia really left a void when she transferred from Buffy to Angel after Season 3. In Angel that character was also eventually sacrificed, although Spike was sort of resurrected. On his own the Spike series didn't do much, but again at least I liked the cards.

I hope new card collectors realize how important the Buffy sets were to the history of modern non-sport trading cards. When the first set started things like certified autographed entertainment cards were not commonly guaranteed. Relic cards were a newer hit, and I don't believe that Inkworks ever put sketches or ink plates in the boxes. Those came in later products. For card collectors, Inkworks was a great company in that period from I would say 1999 - 2007. Then things started to go wrong.

On a side note, I have seen those new Buffy cards from Cardsmiths. They are cheap enough to sample, but that's about it. I don't know why they bothered. The designs are unattractive, you can't complete a base set, hits are all parallels you can't complete, and there are no autographs or any other cards of value. They are not another Inkworks.