Somehow, I'd blocked out that I ever owned these, but my mum (bless her) turned up at our house the other day with a battered plastic box and asked if I wanted them. No idea if they're worth any money, or even where they came from... they seem vaguely familiar so they are definitely mine. I think they were probably bought in that peculiar time when you're starting to have a bit more money and you buy stuff you were perfectly entitled to like a year or so ago but now seems a bit childish, but you buy it anyway and then put it in a drawer and forget about it. For girls this is about 8 years old, for boys, more like about 14! (when I foolishly gave away all my Action Men and Star Wars toys).
The reason why I'm bringing them to the attention of the blog is that these hastily-scribbled illustrations (even more hasty and ill-conceived than my own) have obviously been copied ad hoc from posters and photos from real films, then "adapted" to avoid paying copyright. These are the ones with a Brit horror connection (apart from the last couple) - can you spot 'em?
Ah, I remember these well! Hours of fun identifying the borrowed images - IIRC there was a card called Venusian Death Cell that showed a Sea Devil from Dr Who with a severed head!
ReplyDeleteAnd why did they show Godzilla wearing a snazzy suit?
That's fantastic!
ReplyDeleteCan we see the rest?
You can see them all here
ReplyDeletehttp://pointlessmuseum.com/museum/horrortoptrumpsindex.php
I like the fact that 'Death' only has a 'Killing Power' of 95/100. Bit harsh, that.
Thanks Eamonn.
ReplyDeleteDeath can look after himself - I'd be more worried if I was "Executioner" with a killing power of just 77. Wouldn't like to be at his next performance review.