Before the fun of video nasties let alone multi layer blu-ray DVD I had tocontent myself with a super 8 projector and buy ten-minute reels such as‘Castle Of Death.’ This was actually the opening sequence to ‘VampireCircus’ and featured the death of Count Mitterhouse (Robert Tayman). It is rumored that he once refused to allow a play-off on Alpo Dog Food that would have had the catchline: “Made from less fortunate slower dogs.” Other collectible promotional material include sell sheets, which are sent to retailers to let them know about the breakdown (boxes per case, chase card rarity) of the set to help them estimate how much product to buy. On July 1, 2011, Wildcat Intellectual Property Holdings filed a lawsuit against 12 defendants, including Topps, Panini, Sony, Electronic Arts, Konami, Pokémon, Zynga and Nintendo, for allegedly infringing Wildcat's "Electronic Trading Card" patent. [27] Visual Guide to Topps Baseball Wrappers - 1951-2011". www.cardboardconnection.com. 27 January 2012 . Retrieved 10 January 2021.

The following list includes companies that, apart from producing sports cards, manufacture/have manufactured non-sports cards as well: NSU Magazine: What is Non-Sport Update (NSU)?". Non-Sport Enterprises Inc. Archived from the original on May 13, 2011 . Retrieved August 21, 2010. More than anything else, the seventies meant Hammer. I particularly enjoyedDavid Saunderson’s piece on the Alan Frank books that documented Lee andCushing’s contribution to horror cinema with photographic almostpornographic gusto. In the same year, their printers suggested at the time of the Coronation to produce cards of the Queen with photographs by Dorothy Wilding as they had permission to produce these prints (a set of 24 'Royal Portraits'). This was controversial at the time as they were not of the Coronation and were seen as 'cashing in', though it did give A&BC publicity and increased sales.

Manufactured trading cards from 1984 to 2005. Donruss/Playoff acquired their brand names in 2005. [111] Benjamin, Christopher et al. (1988). "The Sport Americana price guide to the non-sports cards". Edgewater Book Co.-Cleveland, Ohio ISBN 0-937424-36-6

The Coakley brothers ended up with a month of litigation in the High Court in June 1974. After an expensive month in court the brothers lost the case and, as per their license agreement, the business was wound up. I wasn’t even aware they made them until all of a sudden we were having trouble getting them,” complained a suburban drugstore clerk.

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The value of a trading card depends on a combination of the card's condition, the subject's popularity and the scarcity of the card. In some cases, especially with older cards that preceded the advent of card collecting as a widespread hobby, they have become collectors' items of considerable value. In recent years, many sports cards have not necessarily appreciated as much in value due to overproduction, although some manufacturers have used limited editions and smaller print runs to boost value. Trading cards, however, do not have an absolute monetary value. Cards are only worth as much as a collector is willing to pay. [30]

Also worthy of note are several series that A&BC published that never made it past Topps' test card phase in the USA, like Land Of The Giants and Superman In The Jungle . There are also some A&BC sets that were never published by Topps at all, either as regular or test sets, including High Chaparral and Girl From U.N.C.L.E . Collectors on a budget can buy the smaller A&BC versions of expensive Topps sets like Civil War News, although some series redrew a few cards with inferior art, and even pulled controversial cards from the set, as did the Battle series . Trading card catalogs are available both online and offline for enthusiast. [34] They are mainly used as an educational tool and to identify cards. Online catalogs also contain additional resources for collection management and communication between collectors. Yet when they were tried out by the Topps Chewing Gum Company six years ago, under the guidance of former manager of product development Stan Hart (a regular contributor to Mad), they went nowhere. Now the times are obviously right.Colnect Is A No-Frills Collectibles Marketplace And Wiki. Someone Wake Up David Cowan!". TechCrunch . Retrieved 2019-02-25. Ah, maybe their redeeming quality is that they are educational? “Heavens no,” says Shorin, who has been in this family business far years and likely cut his first cavities on Topps Bazooka bubble gum. “If I say it’s educational, parents buy it but the kids will have nothing to do with it. Then you’ve got troubles.” Non-sports trading cards feature subject material relating to anything other than sports, such as comics, movies, music and television. [137] Supersisters was a set of 72 trading cards produced and distributed in the United States in 1979 by Supersisters, Inc, featuring famous women from politics, media and entertainment, culture, and other areas of achievement. The cards were designed in response to the trading cards popular among children in the US at the time which mostly featured men. Panini’s football trading card game Adrenalyn XL was introduced in 2009. In 2010 Panini released a UEFA Champions League edition of Adrenalyn XL, containing 350 cards from 22 of the competing clubs, including defending champions FC Barcelona. The fourth edition of Panini FIFA 365 Adrenalyn XL was released for 2019, featuring top clubs, teams and players. [52]

Their main competitors in the gum market at the time were Anglo American Chewing Gum (Bubbly) and Wrigley. In those days England had no money and the Exchange control of the dollar was very tight. As imports were strictly controlled the market was wide open. Hard to appreciate now but A&BC managed to circumvent a lot of the problems that came with the importation of machinery. There were many difficulties, fighting the then establishment who thought Chewing Gum was disgusting and not worth considering giving them a license during this time of shortages; things were very restrictive. Since there was no sugar available without a license, one of the first ever-sugarless chewing gums were produced using an artificial sweetener, so that the product did not require sweet rationing coupons. A&BC Chewing Gum Ltd. formed in 1949, and folded in 1974. In its 25-year history it produced some of the best bubble gum and collectors cards ever seen in the U.K. The company has become a favorite amongst card traders and collectors for the quality, variety and imagination shown in the design and production of their gum giveaways. Their range covered film stars, the Beatles, the Monkees, Man from UNCLE, Civil War cards and banknotes, as well as an impressive range of English and Scottish football cards, pennants, pin-ups, emblems and crests. In the history of gum and trade cards, they will go down as one of the greats. BEGINNINGS

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The name of the company is still the Topps Chewing Gum Company,” said a Topps spokesman, with dignity. The History of Goudey Gum Company". Professional Sports Authenticator (PSA). Archived from the original on July 15, 2011. Some manufacturers, notably Topps, Inkworks and Rittenhouse Archives, have included memorabilia or costume cards, each card containing a small piece of costume or other clothing worn in a TV series or film. As with autograph cards, these have become increasingly common. Some manufacturers insert them at the ratio of one or two per box and have tried such innovations as autographed memorabilia cards, dual memorabilia cards (containing two related pieces of material) and prop cards, containing fragments of props used in the production of a particular film or TV series. One set, for the TV series Buffy the Vampire Slayer, issued by Inkworks, had pieces of the stake used by Buffy to kill vampires. This list contains companies that produce, or have produced, non-sports trading cards only. This list does not contain all the brand names associated with their respective manufacturers.