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Forty years ago the U.S.S. Enterprise began it's five year mission
under the command of Captain James T. Kirk, and the face of science fiction
television was forever changed. Five TV series and 10 films later, Star Trek
celebrates it's 40th birthday, and Rittenhouse Archives will mark this
spectacular occasion with Star Trek: 40th Anniversary Trading Cards. Like
the TV shows this set honors, this series will be ground-breaking as it
will be the first trading card set to feature all five TV shows and all five
captains in one collection!
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Each box of this set will feature 2 Costume Cards with 40 costume
cards found in the packs to celebrate the 40th Anniversary. Costumes cards
in this series will feature costumes worn by many of the shows' stars and
memorable guest stars including:
Spock
Lt. Sulu
Ezri Dax
Deanna Troi
Kes
T'Pol
Doctor Phlox
Quark
Gul Danar
Seska
Ayelborne
Mea 3
Sela
B4
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Captain Jonathan Archer
Chief Miles O'Brien
Captain Jean-Luc Picard
Captain Benjamin Sisko
Ensign Chekov
Major Kira Nerys
Commissioner Bele
Commander Dolim
Tal Shiar
Lenore Karidan
N'Vek
Leeta
Founder Leader
DaiMon Goss
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Commander Charles Tucker
Seven of Nine
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Major Hayes
Captain Solok
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Collectors should also be on the look-out for five autographed costume cards featuring signatures from William Shatner (Captain Kirk),
Brent Spiner (Lt. Commander Data), Avery Brooks (Captain Sisko), Jeri Ryan (Seven of Nine) and Scott Bakula (Captain Archer).
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Rounding out the chase cards are several exciting sets including :
- ArtiFEX Bridge Crew (1:13) - A 43-card set featuring all new original artwork of the series cast of the five shows from artists
John Czop, Sean Pence, Douglas Shuler, Geoff Isherwood and Cynthia Cummens.
- Star Trek TV Guide Covers (1:20) - The continuing series of TV Guide Covers featuring the crews of Deep Space Nine, Voyager
and Enterprise. This set is exclusive to the US cases.
- ArtiFEX Villains (1:40) - A 9-card set featuring all new original artwork by Warren Martineck of the various nemeses from all five shows.
This set is exclusive to the UK cases.
- Number One (1:40) - A six-card set dedicated to the First Officers.
- In Motion (1:240) - 5-card lenticular set, one for each captain!
- Family (Box Topper) - Five 5x7 cards printed on canvas stock inserted one per box featuring the crew of each show.
For every two cases purchased of Star Trek 40th Anniversary Trading Cards you will receive
an Exclusive Dual Costume Card of Captain Kirk and Captain Picard. For every six cases purchased you will
receive an exclusive Star Trek Legends Card Signed by Patrick Stewart!
Fans and collectors will also be able to store their collection in a custom designed collector's album which contains an
exclusive costume card of Neelix and an exclusive Captain Sisko promo card.
Below are images of the some of the costumes used for this set. More images will be posted when they become available.
(Click image for larger version)
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C7 - Spock from "Return of the Archons" |
C11 - Deanna Troi "Duty Uniform" |
C12 - Seven of Nine from "Tsunkatse" |
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C14 - Seska "Maquis Uniform" |
C17 - Neelix from "Jetrel" |
C23 - Founder Leader |
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C32 - Captain Solok from "Take Me Out to the Holosuite" |
C33 - Captain Jean-Luc Picard "Duty Uniform Shirt" |
C40 - Captain Benjamin Sisko from "Take Me Out to the Holosuite" |
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C42 - Ezri Dax "Duty Uniform" |
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