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Hepcat · April 27, 2011, 03:12:59 AM

The Insult Postcards are a fantastic set! Great artwork! I'm still looking for the wrapper.

dlhenderson · April 27, 2011, 06:48:36 PM

These are the "apparition" cards from the early 60's game "Alfred Hitchcock presents WHY".
More of a curiosity than real monster stuff...

Hepcat · April 27, 2011, 07:34:06 PM

Quote from: MonolithI felt like I was looking into the forbidden world of adults.

Well then now that you're an adult you might want to look into these two great books that are about the artwork found in men's adventure magazines with that of Norm Saunders prominently featured including on the cover:

MDG · April 28, 2011, 12:46:03 AM

Quote from: dlhenderson on April 27, 2011, 06:48:36 PM
These are the "apparition" cards from the early 60's game "Alfred Hitchcock presents WHY".
More of a curiosity than real monster stuff...

Those are really neat! Love that cartoony style!

Monolith · April 28, 2011, 06:25:17 AM

Hepcat--- I have the IT'S A MAN'S WORLD book, it's fantastic. Don't have the other one yet, though.

poseablemonster · April 29, 2011, 09:04:56 PM

Here are some old Supermonstruos Cards from South America:

Monolith · April 30, 2011, 06:29:36 AM

Wow! Those South American cards are really great!

dlhenderson · April 30, 2011, 01:10:34 PM

I've always lusted after those green bordered Horror Monster cards. Never snagged any though. :/

Monolith · May 15, 2011, 07:30:21 AM

I've got a bunch of these Toho monster cards. They're small and printed on thick card stock. I think they're from the '80's.

They came in paper envelopes that look like this...

CreepysFan · May 15, 2011, 08:34:56 AM

Monolith I especially like the Mothra and Baragon ones.

Hepcat · May 15, 2011, 02:06:46 PM

Quote from: Monolith on May 15, 2011, 07:30:21 AM
I've got a bunch of these Toho monster cards. They're small and printed on thick card stock. I think they're from the '80's.

They came in paper envelopes that look like this...

I'm assuming these were marketed to kids and sold in the Japanese version of convenience stores. Was a complete set included in each envelope? If not, how many came in an envelope? Did they have numbers on the back?

Monolith · May 15, 2011, 06:16:31 PM

They only came with three cards per envelope. On the back is writing all in Japanese. I can't remember if they are numbered or not, I'll have to check.

Hepcat · May 16, 2011, 03:07:46 PM

Here are a couple up close scans of a few of my Outer Limits cards:

Monolith · May 17, 2011, 06:42:31 AM

I love those Outer Limits cards! I have a few originals, too.

Hepcat · May 17, 2011, 03:07:44 PM

By "originals" do you mean the original art?

Quote from: dlhenderson on April 27, 2011, 12:54:54 AMThe Spook Stories cards were a huge part of my Monster Kid past. I remember buying dozens of those packs. Do you have any of the stickers? My first posts on the UMA consisted of my obsessively meticulous reproductions of those, via PhotoShop painting. I'll see if I can rustle up some of those...

Here then are more detailed scans of some of my Spook Stories cards, stickers and wrappers:

The Spook Stories were the first non-sport cards I collected aggressively as a kid.