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Marvel's 90s trading cards was the best
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I was just thinking about these. I remember I played in some tournament at Blockbuster (I believe Judge Dredd was the game?), and got a pack of these as a prize
I totally agree. I spent so much time and money collecting the individual packs. One time I saw at a comic shop they just had the whole series available for purchase, no individual packs required. I saved up and bought that as well. I have several full series, some including all the rare metallic cards, some with a couple of them.
Flair '94 were my favorites. The cards were super thick, and super high res glossy artwork adorned the fronts. I love them so much. It's my most cherished worthless piece of my childhood I still have
Flair '94 were my favorites. The cards were super thick, and super high res glossy artwork adorned the fronts. I love them so much. It's my most cherished worthless piece of my childhood I still have
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What I learned from those cards was that if it was a piece done by Boris Vallejo or Julie Bell, you were going to get some sorta chromium metal details in there.
About a year ago I went on a kick of looking up old marvel cards and ended up buying some Marvel Masterpieces boxes. I recently saw the price on them has ballooned so I'm pretty glad I got them when I did. That first series of them was The Thing with the nerds that year at my school.
I really like those and there was a Spider-man series that, I think, Fleer put out that was all done by Bagley and every nine cards formed a big picture so they looked great in a binder.
I really like those and there was a Spider-man series that, I think, Fleer put out that was all done by Bagley and every nine cards formed a big picture so they looked great in a binder.
Bishop got that cake. Too bad he's not my type.
Would definitely love the Silver Surfer card in poster size.
Would definitely love the Silver Surfer card in poster size.
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Man I used to have so many of these.
I may be misremembering but I think Boris, the painter that did so many, was like an amateur body builder or something and that's part of why all of his art looked like that; he was inspired but the poses
I may be misremembering but I think Boris, the painter that did so many, was like an amateur body builder or something and that's part of why all of his art looked like that; he was inspired but the poses
I've seen packs of these at hobby shops and flea markets for years but seldom seen the actual cards inside. They're pretty cool.
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The series that formed the 3x3 picture for every group of 9 cards was awesome. I was hooked by the chase for the complete pictures. It was so satisfying to slot that last card into the binder.
And they put everybody in them, like who the hell remembers Senna Blaze?
(Fast forward to 2023.)
Marvel's Siena Blaze
Starring Academy Award Winner Charlize Theron
Coming to Disney+ this fall.
Looking it up, I see it was a series called Masterprints. It looks like they even made larger prints of the card art all together.
Sometimes I wear a disguise and walk amongst the common folk as an adventure. I am accompanied at a close distance by my butler, of course, in case a vagrant accosts me.
These were so cold, I remember I used to buy packs of these and resell them when I was in elementary school.
Marvel Masterpieces, yo.
Marvel Masterpieces, yo.
I keep wanting to buy a box of marvel universe series one but the prices are dumb now. When they first came out they were .25$ a pack. I was poor as shit as a kid, but I got to buy quite a few of these cards. I have a box of series two and a box of the Jim Lee X-men cards.
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I had these and another spiderman set that had some super obscure villains. Like Kraven's 3rd sonLooking it up, I see it was a series called Masterprints. It looks like they even made larger prints of the card art all together.
Yep, my grandfather picked up a bunch of these at an auction when I was a kid (along with comics). It's, no joke, one of the big reasons I'm such a big Marvel fan today. I learned about characters this way long before I read them in comics.
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Yep, these were some of the first I had
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Looking it up, I see it was a series called Masterprints. It looks like they even made larger prints of the card art all together.
Yeahhh, these were so fucking cool. I forgot it was just Spider-Man. I must have bought a thousand of these things chasing the full pictures.
Yo I remember those. Pretty sure I have a shit ton of complete sets my dad gave me.
Man, I still have complete sets of Marvel Masterpieces series I & II, X-Men Series I & II, and Marvel Universe Series II - IV.
I was never a huge fan of the Marvel Masterpieces sets personally, but I loved Marvel Universe Series 1–3 and still have my childhood collection in binders. I was actually always missing a handful of cards across all three sets, then a couple years ago I spent a few bucks on the individual missing cards to complete the sets.
I still have full sets of the Marvel 94 and X-men 95 in a binder on my shelf. Never getting rid of them.
Yeah I don't like the painted ones. I didn't collect those. There was a Marvel card game at the time-I forget what it was called but I was busy collecting those cards. OverPower I want to say?
Yeah, there was a Marvel CCG called OverPower back in the mid-90s. My card collecting days were kind of over by the time it came around, though.
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I glanced on eBay and it looks like you can wallpaper your house with this stuff.
I collected the '90 and '91 series. Holo Cosmic Spiderman and Magneto were my favs.
I still have my Overpower cards. I think I have almost all of them.
We should get a game together.
I wonder what happened with mine...