Prime Time Productions produced and distributed a set of Speed Racer
collector cards. They are designed by Frank Rocco at Wotta Concept!
and colored by Jeff Wells, Tom Wooldridge, Cesar de Castro, Hector
Martinez and Richard Ziehler-Martin.
They come in packs of 8; 7 regular cards and one gold foil card. Each
card has the Speed Racer logo on it, and the gold foil cards have the logo
in, well, gold foil. The full set is 55 cards with an additional 6 card
chromium subset. The advertised odds of finding a chromium card is 1/80.
List price is $1.25 per pack, though the cards are no
longer being produced. I've scanned in a few cards in the
Picture Gallery.
The whole
collection is here at the official Speed Racer site.
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If you've never seen the cards, I'd give them a grade of B- as far as the artwork goes. The scenes are from the original series but are clearly not original artwork. Many cars and characters have been significantly reworked. Trixie, especially, looks awful. In general, however, the cards are nicely made. Check out the Usenet newsgroup devoted to trading cards. You can probably pick up a full set for about US $7 without the six chromium cards, which go for about $4 a piece. |
Last modified: August 26, 1997