PlaidStallions Trading Card Checklist It shouldn't come as a surprise after the success Scott and I had with the Mego Trading Cards that I wouldn't try and do some for the many toys featured at PS over the years. When the opportunity presented itself (ie cheap printing) I decided to create a couple to gauge reaction. For the PS cards I decided to stray away from the Mego cards design, I wanted them to look like vintage cards. So much so that I handed my designer pal Steve Stolk a pile of old Star Wars and Empire cards for inspiration. We also went out of our way to make them off cut and simulate some wear on each and every one.I'm very happy with the end result. CARD #1- The first card in the series is Stretch Armstong's famous (and bloody expensive) foe Stretch Monster. It made sense to make him the premier card, probably the biggest reason is I'm not sure how many cards I'm going to make and he's one of the more iconic toys of the 70's. CARD #2- Another iconic toy from the 70's, the enemy of the Six Million Dollar Man, Maskatron can't get enough love as far as I am concerned. I've always loved this original image of Steve knocking his block off. For the next run, I should probably do some good guy action figures not produced by Kenner. CARD #3- Pulsar just seemed so logical and the catalog art was so tight that I couldn't resist. We decided to make this card off cut, just like in the good old days. So yes, it looks like the printer screwed but it was on purpose. We did almost too good a job with it, although I am happy. CARD #4- Big Jim should come as no surprise to anyone who knows me as I collected it for a long time. I chose this weird action scene of Jim scrapping Zorak because I'm fond of it. This is the last card to use the "Star Wars" style template, I've had to change it for some outside reasons but the next batch will bear a really nice new design. CARD #5- AHI Monsters Thanks to shows like "Hilarious house of Frightenstein" and "Monster Squad", I have always been a monster kid, so it made sense to make a trading card based on these dimestore horrors. The new template is design is by my good pal Steve Leach and it really allows me more freedom to make cards. CARD #6- Evel Knievel Like I mentioned on the blog, this was a given, almost an obligation card seeing as how much coverage I've given the toy line. It deserves a card though, easily a top ten best toy ever material.. CARD #7- Hugo You can blame my pal Rob Chatlin for this one. Rob was instrumental in setting up this site and suggested a Hugo card a while back, I couldn't refuse. I should have dedicated this card to him but I only had a half an hour to design the thing. CARD #8- Super Joe I have a real affection for this reimagination of GI Joe despite it only lasting a year or two at retail. I loved this image of him fighting the Terron (probably the thing most people remember from the line) so I went with it. I promise the next card will be something for the girls..... Stickers Slime Sticker: Just something I whipped up for Mego Meet, I only made a few dozen and once they're gone, that's it. I did this kind of on the fly and utilized a new template as I noticed stickers rarely followed the same look as the sets when it came to old trading cards. Slime may still get it's own card in the future. Lincoln International Mummy: Just a fun thing I created to give out, it's based on the old Universal Monsters trading cards from 1980 except I used a Lincoln International Mummy. Lincoln Monsters are a childhood obsession of mine, I had every one of them. This hasn't been printed yet. Trading Card FAQ How Do I Get Them? Follow through was never my strong point, I'll probably hold contests shortly or if you submit a photo to the Superhero Mall Appearance Gallery I'll gladly send you some. Also they are actively being traded on the Mego Museum Forums (which is officially the Plaid Stallions Message Board) so try there as well. What's Next? I have no idea, I tend to fly by the seat of my pants. I imagine much of the next wave could be figured out by looking my personal obsessions on the site, my criteria will be obscure but beloved toys of the 70's. I'll shy away from things that already have had card sets like Micronauts but there is so much subject matter I can't even begin to guess what's next. Visit our Blog Be our Myspace Pal