'Outer Limits' bubble gum cards - Complete set of 50 original cards from 1966.

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Thomas, Ian (2023-03-30). "How Fanatics and MLB are planning to keep the trading card boom going". CNBC . Retrieved 2023-11-11. Around this time Topps saw that the A&BC Chewing Gum Company was a good business, and decided to buy out Rudy Braun, which turned out over time for A&BC to be an error of judgment. This was just after A&BC's biggest year, mainly due to The Beatles Cards, the increase in sales of the Footballer series, and their other products. THE END OF A&BC GUM No printing imperfections or damage to the naked eye, but slight printing imperfections or damage upon close inspection. Solid gloss with very minor scratches. Wrestling and pro wrestling cards will usually feature one or more wrestlers or another Wrestling-related theme. Wildcat Intellectual Property Holdings Lawsuit". Archived from the original on 2017-02-16 . Retrieved 14 February 2018.

Although earlier sports sets contained autograph cards, cards hand signed by celebrities related to the non-sports cards in question, started to become more common when Imagine, Inc. included autograph cards in their 1988 Night of the Living Dead set. [6] and SkyBox inserted original series signatures, at a ratio of one per box, in the Star Trek: The Original Series set issues in 1997. Other companies, including Topps, Rittenhouse Archives and Inkworks, started to add autograph cards to their sets and now, many collectors routinely expect to find at least one autograph per box. Cards are signed by cast members, behind-the-scenes creatives and in the case of some sets based on TV series Lexx, by artists contributing art for the set. 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). 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. Hysterical, aren’t they? They are if you’re one of the millions of little ones harassing store clerks from coast to coast. Since their introduction last March they have popped up in town after city in an avalanche of small-fry adulation. Further information: Non-sports trading card, Collectible card game, List of collectible card games, and List of non-sports trading cards

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Sumo cards consist of sports card that features one or more sumo wrestlers (sumoists) or another sumo-related theme. Colnect Is A No-Frills Collectibles Marketplace And Wiki. Someone Wake Up David Cowan!". TechCrunch . Retrieved 2019-02-25. For companies that produce non-sports cards exclusively, see Non-sports manufacturers Non-sports cards produced by companies that also make sports cards Manufacturer

Rugby Union cards have been produced since the 1880s, however production has been sporadic, with limited interest post-1940. Brand collaborations". FIFA.com. Archived from the original on May 8, 2015 . Retrieved 8 September 2018. Not to be confused with Trade card. A trading card of football (soccer) star Diego Maradona issued for the 1986 FIFA World Cup Some have asked not to be included,” admitted a Topps spokesman, “but as a matter of fact, others have been upset that they weren’t included.” Cards printed by the manufacturer, but not officially distributed for a variety of reasons. Often leaked to the public, sometimes improperly. Not to be confused with promo cards.

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We think youngsters are a lot brighter than people give them credit for,” a Topps spokesman said. ”Besides, it’s our job to come up with things that appeal to kids.”‘ Sketch card inserts have usually come one-per-box of trading cards, but some sets like Hulk by Topps came one in 12 boxes, and The Lord of the Rings: Masterpieces by Topps come two per box. Some companies even offer oversize (3x5 inch) sketch cards as case premiums like Fathom by Dynamic Forces. [5]