Wednesday, August 21, 2013

True Blood and Falling Skies



Rittenhouse Archives/Sci-fi Hobby has just released two new sets of Trading Cards that are sure to satisfy horror and sci-fi fans. 

Like all Rittenhouse Archives/Scifi Hobby Trading Cards the True Blood Cards are printed on heavy gloss paper stock, have sharp crisp edges (no sloppy trimming) and come in secure Foil Packs tightly packed in a flip open top Box and sealed with the secure circular metallic seal.  

First up is True Blood 2012 Trading Cards.  Five glossy Cards come per Foil pack with 24 Packs per Box.
Images are taken from the Fifth Season include 48 True Blood characters with plot synopses.

The Base Set consists of 72 Cards (I assembled a full Set) with a Parallel Set of Foil Cards randomly inserted in Foil Packs.

Other notable Bonus Cards include: 


  • 18 True Blood Romance Cards (I received 3)
  • 9 Quotable True Blood Cards (4 for me)
  • 11 Gallery Plastic Character Cards (1 in my Box)
  • I also received a Relic Card (Lorena’s Costume)


True Blood Archive Trading Cards also come with two Autograph Cards guaranteed per Box.
The Falling Skies Season Two Premium Pack Trading Card Set comes seven Cards per oversize paper Pack with 15 Packs per Box.  Each Premium Pack comes with one of 19 Autograph Cards (I received Drew Roy’s),

Two Relic Cards (of 13) per Pack (mine are costume pieces worn by John Pope and Seychelle Gabriel), three Episode Cards (of 30), one Quotable Falling Skies Cards (of 9) and one Falling Skies International Poster Card (of 9).