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[TheHoldingCoat]

I was looking for this particular thread but couldn't find it. So, I posted these cards in the "Weekly Finds" thread, even though I've had them for a few years. this is where they properly belong: The Monsters Magic Action Trading Cards:





...and the back, which is the same on all 24 cards:



The set comes with one piece of clear ribbed plastic that you place over the card to make it "move".  I apologize for the duplication.

[Hepcat]

I don't actually have the clear ribbed plastic piece with my own set.

There's an interesting background story to the following cards from my collection. The cards were based on Hammer Horror Films and first released under the name Shock Theater when test marketed in the States in 1975:





The set had two number 17 cards but no number 47 card. Some of the images were changed and most of the captions ended up being altered and the set was then released in the U.K. in 1976 under the name Shock Theatre. Both number 17 cards were changed to number 47.

#banghead#

[Inkfink]

Here are a couple of shots of my cigar box from back in the day (a bit worse for wear). I used to keep my Spook Stories cards in there; later a slot car. Now it contains some ephemera (old ticket stubs and the like). as you can see, it's adorned with some classic Ugly Stickers and one Munsters sticker on the inside lid. I was a compulsive drawer as a kid, so unfortunately Lily "got the treatment".

Would love to see everthing in the cigar box! I kept concert ticket stubs too. The ticket prices back then seem unbelievable! Great stuff!

[Inkfink]

I have these too! These were and still are GREAT!!!

I was looking for this particular thread but couldn't find it. So, I posted these cards in the "Weekly Finds" thread, even though I've had them for a few years. this is where they properly belong: The Monsters Magic Action Trading Cards:





...and the back, which is the same on all 24 cards:



The set comes with one piece of clear ribbed plastic that you place over the card to make it "move".  I apologize for the duplication.

[dlhenderson]

Inkfink, here are some of the ticket stubs. The oldest is the dark green one (Cream, October 1968).



Oh, and I found my old Creepy Fan Club card in there. Pretty worn out; I carried it around in my wallet (as if I was going to need it for something!).

[Hepcat]

That Creepy Fan Club card is still better than most of the junk we have to carry around in our wallets these days.

[dlhenderson]

I think you're right, Hepcat.

[leesa]

Wow!!!

Thanx so much, you guys, for all the really cool scans.

Do any of you folks know if anyone has scanned any of these old Monster Cards like Horror Monster 1961 Nu-Cards or Monster Laffs in decent rez?

[Hepcat]

Do you want a higher resolution scan of Monster laffs than the ones on this page?

And how about the Monster Cards of Yesterday website?

[dlhenderson]

I loved the Midgees. I still have a bunch of the Spook Stories, but somehow the Midgees got away (how do these things happen?). I never saw the green and orange bordered sets in Atlanta. I would have snapped them up if I'd eyed 'em. Those are faves and I'm always on the lookout for decent scans. Thanks again for posting the goods, y'all.

[bigbud]

Didn't I see a ticket stub to the final concert of Cream.......you gotta be kiddin' me! Rock and Roll history 101........big-time!   Buddy

[Inkfink]

$4 to $5 bucks for concert! I'd pay $8 to see Pink Floyd! I guess $8 back then was big bucks!

[Hepcat]

At $8 concert tickets were not very expensive compared with LP prices which were $5-$6. In fact, the Rolling Stones drew criticism in 1969 for pricing tickets to their concerts at $4.50-$8.00 when LP prices were $4! Concert ticket prices have exploded since the late sixties. Just compare the price of tickets these days to the price of CDs at about $15.

[dlhenderson]

Here's another stub from the box.
The lineup: Amboy Dukes, Soft Machine, Vanilla Fudge, The Jimi Hendrix Experience.

[TheHoldingCoat]

Five bucks to see all four bands - jeez, I'd pay five bucks to see Jimi hendrix alone!