Happy Happy Joy Joy!

Ah, Ren Höek and Stimpson J Cat. A mix of the emotionally unstable and sheer stupidity in cartoon format - comedy heaven for little kids, teens, and immature adults alike.

These cards, mad by Topps, came out in 1994 and, being a fan I bought a handful of packs. So, all my packs are opened but for some reason I kept some of the empty packets too. Odd, I know.

What are they worth, Ren?

Well Stimpy, a full set (154 cards + 50 stickers) is likely to fetch in excess of £100. With the programme getting a fresh airing on TV (well, in the UK), and a nostalgic audience, I would expect this to creep up.

I'll have to dig mine out (not literally) and see how many I had...a and see if I had any Swapsies! 😁

The Crow Trading Cards

Not much to say on this one other than it's an unopened pack of The Crow Official Movie Trading Cards from 1994. The movie, described as a supernatural superhero film, starred Brandon Lee, who was fatally wounded on set.

I've never seen the movie.

Star Trek 25th Anniversary Trading Cards

For the record, my preference is Star Wars all day long, but I like Star Trek too. So, that's possibly why I had some of these Star Trek 25th Anniversary trading cards.

There were two types of packet to collect, one was the Original Series and the other was The Next Generation. I happened to have a handful of packets of each - Naturally I opened them to see what was inside, but kept the wrappers too.

Thunderbirds

Dating back to 1992, these "Thunderbirds Are Go" cards by ProSet find themselves amongst my collection of random cards and stickers. They weren't something I was collecting, just like a lot of the things you may seen on this blog.

Cadbury's - The Dandy and Beano card game

Some stuff you find and think "exactly how did I acquire this?"

This item falls in to that category. The "Cadbury's" bit helps as it would suggest it was a promotional item obtained through the purchase of chocolatey goodness, however, beyond that I'm stumped. I found out with some fine googling that it dates to 1990.

So, it's a card game with Dennis the Menace, Korky the Cat, Desperate Dan etc. I don't have the packet it came in (assuming it did have a packet) but a nice set of cards for a collector nonetheless.

Dungeons and Dragons Hologram

Ah, the things you get free in a box of cereal! Most of these things end up in the bin, joining plastic packaging and nappies clogging up landfill and ultimately destroying the oceans and mankind (oooh, topical and political!).

Personally, I couldn't bring myself to chuck stuff, even if it was generally regarded as tat. Yes, eventually stuff would be binned but for some reason this one card evaded the waste basket and has found it self nestled in a shoe box full of cards and stickers.

Not much to say really other than it's a Dungeons and Dragons hologram foraged in a pack of Shreddies in 1986 (Thanks Internet for filling in gaps in my knowledge!)

Flash Gordon trading card

Heads up. This photo is a bit blurry. I'll redo it when I get a spare moment, I promise.

My memory is iffy at the best of times, so I'm not 100% sure how I came to own this Flash Gordon card. I collected various cards in the early 1990s so I suspect I may have got it whilst purchasing other cards.

I used to watch old Flash Gordon reruns on telly in the 1980s and, of course, the film of that era was enjoyable. After all these years I'm still mildly amused by the presence of Peter Duncan from Blue Peter!

We must sign off with a bit of Brian Blessed............"GORDON'S ALIVE!"