BACK TO "THE FRONT PAGE" Go To Bottom of Page	My Favourite 'non' Trading Cards!
	Sometimes I come across things that are not, strictly speaking, trading cards; they are made of card, they are collectable, but they are not trading cards.  Things like tickets, pictures, postcards, 'phone cards, etc. Things that are given away with video's and comics, that are sent out if you join a marketing mailing list, or if you are a member of a fan club.  Things that you only get if you are in the right place at the right time. Here are some from my personal collection... IMPORTANT NOTE: Copyright exists in all the images on this page.  My use of these images does not, and should not be considered to, indicate the approval of the relevant copyright holders. Should said copyright holders require me to remove these images, I will willingly do so.
	Click on a title to move straight to that part of the page, or scroll down. BABYLON 5 STAR WARS THE X-FILES LORD OF THE RINGS STAR TREK Miscellaneous
Babylon 5	A set of 12 promotional postcards, issued by TNT to promote the Fifth season of Babylon 5 and the show's move to the TNT channel.  All 12 cards had the same back.  I got these when I sent a damaged B5 book to DelRey, the US publishers - they sent me back a replacement, plus a couple of other B5 books and this set of cards!  Excellent customer service! A ticket for the special premiere screening of the Babylon 5 TV movie "In The Beginning".  The screening took place at the Warner Village cinema, Leicester Square, London, on Thursday July 23rd, 1998.  It was introduced by Bruce Boxleitner and Jerry Doyle (Sheridan and Garibaldi, respectively) I got it signed the following weekend at the Wolf359 "The Crusade" Convention by Boxleitner, Doyle and Mira Furlan, who was a surprise signing guest at the con! Return to Top
The X-Files	Collector card given away in US "Widescreen Edition" videos of  "The X-Files: Fight The Future' movie. (There are collector cards in most of the UK 'movie length'  VHS releases - they will be added here soon!) A 'limited edition' picture of William B. Davis as "Cigarette Smoking Man"  given away by W.H.Smith with copies of the "One Son" video.  This one is numbered 09882 A promotional postcard issued in New Zealand,  advertising The X-Files on the TV2 channel. Just in case you can't make it out from the scan,  the cross is made up of two files...  (Thanks to Paul Campbell!) Return to Top
Star Trek	KP Hula Hoops postcard A few years ago KP ran a TV and poster campaign to promote their "Hula Hoops" potato snack. The TV ads featured Harry Enfield and Paul Whitehouse as a pair 'blokes' in a pub discussing  what they would do if certain celebrities tried to meddle with the shape of their favourite snack.  (The characters were based on those appearing in Harry Enfield's TV series) The poster campaign backed this up by using variations of Enfield's catchphrase "Oi (celebrity surname) No!" This image (right) appeared as one of the posters and was also issued as a 'promotional not for sale' postcard (from which I took this scan!)  I can't remember now where I got it (probably at a card  show in London) but it wasn't generally for sale. Brent Spiner Biography card #2 of 5 (Front and Back) 'Limited Edition Collectors Card' inserted into the CD "Ol' Yellow Eyes Is Back' by Brent Spiner.   There are 6 in the set, the cards being randomly inserted. A postcard attached to a Promotional mailing, advertising the last few VHS tapes of Voyager Season 7 in the UK - I happened to be on the mailing list so I got a copy! Enterprise Premiere postcard. A promotional postcard I got at my local cinema - it's advertising the video release of the new Star Trek series "Enterprise" Quark (1 of 8) Dax (2 of 8) Bashir (3 of 8) Kira (4 of 8) O'Brien (5 of 8) "Collector Cards" inserted in Season 2 DS9 videos - each one showed a character on the front, with a brief bio of the character onthe back (as well as a small plug for the Official Star Trek UK fan club) Odo (6 of 8) Jake Sisko (7 of 8) Captain Sisko (8 of 8) Back Return to Top
Star Wars	Star Wars Episode 1 The Phantom Menace promotional postcard,  issued by the Odeon group of cinemas to advertise advance booking  for the film. Star Wars Galaxy Series Two  "New Visions 2" card 'Z' The card was drawn by artist Zina Saunders,  who very kindly autographed it at a US card show  (Many thanks to Don Norton for getting this for me!) Return to Top
Lord of The Rings	BBC Radio version A promotional postcard issued by the BBC to advertise the rebroadcast (in 2002) of their classic 13 part radio adaptation of "Lord Of The Rings" starring (Sir) Ian Holm as Frodo, (Sir) Michael Hordern as Gandalf and John Le Mesurier as Bilbo. Lord of The Rings: The Two Towers  (Movie version) 6 Lenticular cards issued to promote the second of the Lord of The Rings movies "The Two Towers". The cards were stuck to the front of various Nestle breakfast cereals, 1 per box. Being lenticular, they are not that easy to scan! The cards are: (top l-r) Aragorn; Gandalf The White; Frodo (bottom l-r) Aragorn; Saruman; Eowyn and Aragorn   In 2003, Trebor Bassett issued a set of 32 "Lord of the Rings" cards, inserted 1 per pack, into boxes of 'Candy Sticks'.  These cards are the same size as the old Cigarette cards (or, even, the cardsthat used to be found in packs of PG Tips tea!) The front of the cards depicts a character, location or race seen in the films; the back had a part of the map of Middle Earth - when all 32 cards are put together in the right order, the map is revealed! The cards are not numbered, which could make trading difficult! The cards shown above are (clockwise from top left): Gollum, The Ring, Saruman and the back of a different Saruman card in the set. Return to Top
Miscellaneous	An unusual promotional postcard this one - it was issued  in 2001 to advertise the Terry Pratchett book "The Amazing Maurice and His Educated Rodents" This is a sticker given away in bookshops to promote "The Long Dark Teatime of the Soul" by Douglas Adams - the second of his "Dirk Gently" novels. I don't suppose there are many of these left - this one has never been stuck to anything and still have the backing! One of 5 cards available with KFC Kids meals to promote the release of "X-Men 2".  The card came with a related action figure toy.  This card is of 'Storm' played by Halle Berry. An odd card this - I picked it up in a local McDonalds.  On one side there is a lenticular image promoting the 'Salads Plus' range now being sold by McD in the UK; on the other is a list of the Euro 2004 fixture dates.  McDonalds are an official sponsor of the tournament, being held in Portugal.  (The lenticular side actually has three different images, but I could only scan the two shown above - the third, showing a bottle of Evian water in the right hand corner, and more salady bits on the rest of the card could not be seen by my scanner!) Spiderman Doc Ock Spiderman in Ock's Grasp Doc Ock These are 3D lenticular cards form the 2004 "Spiderman 2" movie - found 1 per pack, and randomly inserted in boxes of Kelloggs "Cereal and Milk" bars (Frosties, Chocolate Frosties, Coco Pops and Rice Krispies). There are 4 in the set, 2 showing Spiderman, 2 showing Doc Ock. The Release of Thunderbirds the movie in 2004 saw a number of promotional ideas - including these 'film cels' found in boxes of FAB Ice Lollies; there wre 8 in the set, inserted 1 per box. (Sorry about the image quality, but I don't have a transparency scanner...) The Hook The Tracys At the Memorabilia Show, held at the NEC Birmingham in November 2004, Patrick J Hammill (better known to NSU Card Talk members as 'patdata') very kindly gave me this sketch he'd drawn of one of my favourite authors, E.F.Benson.  It was entirely unexpected and I am indebted to him for his generousity!  (For more info on E.F.Benson, Click Here) Patrick is an accomplished sketch artist who has drawn cards for the recent "Art & Images of Xena: Warrior Princess" produced by Rittenhouse Archive in 2004 Return to Top