High Tech Sports Trading Cards

Posted by Miss Cellania in Science & Tech, Sports on May 23, 2011 at 8:03 am

Old-fashioned sports trading cards came with a piece of gum (they actually were a bonus for buying the gum). The next generation of trading cards comes with a LCD screen and 20 minutes of video about the player! Oh, they are still made mostly of cardboard, but will hold 2GB of storage. How do you get them?

The special video cards will be limited edition inserts in Panini’s Totally Certified Basketball card line. The packs will include normal cards as well. Apparently, you will never know if you are getting a video card or not. A pack of five cards is about $20.

Read more at SlashGear. Link

 
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Literary Pets

Posted by Miss Cellania in Art on September 19, 2010 at 7:36 am

Etsy artist Chet Phillips has created a set of dogs and cats as famous authors. Or are they famous authors portrayed as cats and dogs? Anyway, these Literary Pets are sold as prints or sets of trading cards. Shown are H.P. Lovecat and Spaniel Defoe. Link

 
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More The Trouble With Young People Trading Cards

Posted by Alex in Baby & Kids, Pictures on December 7, 2009 at 2:15 pm

Remember Donald Mill’s collection of Young People: The Trading Cards we featured before on Neatorama? Well, the crabby old fart (hey, that’s what he called himself) has new ones.

I’m particularly fond of #13 The Assclown:

Find out more at Donald’s blog, aptly titled The Problem with Young People:
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Garbage Pail Kids

Posted by Miss Cellania in Toys on June 29, 2009 at 11:17 am


The Garbage Pail Kids were collectible trading cards created in response to the Cabbage Patch Kids. The gross-out cards are back in print now, with the seventh series available in stores. How well do you remember the classic Garbage Pail Kids? Today’s Lunchtime Quiz at mental_floss presents a “Who’s who” that will test your memory. Link

 
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