40th Anniversary Trading Card Series & Kickstarter

[Badgertron]

The trading card series that was revealed early this year now has a companion kickstarter to sell a bunch of exclusive materials, in various form factors and price levels.

https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/dynamiteent/transformers-40th-anniversary-limited-edition-trading-cards

Feels like the entire thing went from a casual, fun impulse buy at the cash register, to full on FOMO gambling, with all of those limited chase cards. What does everyone think?

 

[Salt-Man Z]

That's all waaaay too much, but I am still excited to pick some of these up at, say, Target when they come out. I'm crossing my fingers for a per-pack retail price of around $5, not sure I can justify much more than that on 10 random cards. The Kickstarter seems to bear this out, as the "Collector Series Box" comes with 24 packs for $144, which is $6 per pack, not including said box...

 

[Badgertron]

They've now made like 9x their funding goals, so SOMEONE is buying these. The cards look a lot like the old 80's card set, using a lot of the packaging art with coloured backgrounds, but that set used some images from the cartoon and this one seems to be focused on toy and comic art.

 

[Badgertron]

Doesn't look like this thread is getting any traction. Are these being talked about in another thread I missed (I looked, honest!), or are people not feeling the topic?

 

[Gizmoboy]

I know I personally am not into collecting cards. I do think the art work is cool on these though.

 

[Haywire]

I like the artwork, but the money I would spend on cards is the same money I spend on TF figures, Lego, movies, and comics. Gotta draw the line somewhere...

 

[CoffeeHorse]

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[Salt-Man Z]

I do love the comic focus on this new card set. (Reminds me I should dig out my old 80s TF cards and put them into my new card binder alongside my old Jim Lee X-Men and X-Files cards. And now I'm curious what my brother did with his TMNT sets from back in the day...)

 

[Badgertron]

I do love the comic focus on this new card set. (Reminds me I should dig out my old 80s TF cards and put them into my new card binder alongside my old Jim Lee X-Men and X-Files cards. And now I'm curious what my brother did with his TMNT sets from back in the day...)

Oh I remember the X-Files set had some cool holograms.

The new binder in this kickstarter looks pretty alright, though it's definitely 2x what it should cost. I wonder if that will be available at retail too?