BUFFY
THE VAMPIRE SLAYER:
BIG BADS
ULTRA-PREMIUM TRADING CARDS
FROM INKWORKS
MORRISVILLE,
NC – April, 2004 – Fox
Licensing & Merchandising and Inkworks have teamed up to bring
collectors an ultra-premium look at the “Big Bads” of BUFFY THE
VAMPIRE SLAYER in an all-new trading card release: BUFFY THE VAMPIRE SLAYER: BIG BADS ULTRA-PREMIUM TRADING CARDS.
The 72-card base set is printed on heavy 18-point foil board.
Each card is printed with a mirror finish, which gives every
card in the set a chase card look.
The cards feature the members of the Buffy gang and their top
“Big Bads” over the years.
In
addition to the 72-card base set, there are several levels of randomly
inserted bonus cards including:
·
PIECEWORKS®
CARDS
– ONE PER BOX! – Seven different Pieceworks® cards featuring
pieces of actual costumes worn by the actors on-screen including.
Several of these cards also have multiple costume variants
available: Adam’s pants
(Season 7), Dru’s top (Season 2), Spike’s t-shirt (Season 5),
Warren
’s jacket (Season 6), Halfrek’s top (Season 7), D’Hoffryn’s
robe (Season 7), Lissa’s outfit (Season 7).
(Seven different cards - Inserted
approximately 1:24 packs – one per box).
·
SEASONS
OF EVIL
– Nine-card foil puzzle featuring Buffy and the Big Bads through the
years. (Nine
different cards - Inserted approximately 1:11 packs).
·
THE
OTHER SIDE –
Six foil cards that feature the top Big Bads and their thoughts on the
Slayer. (Six cards -
Inserted approximately 1:17 packs).
·
BOX
LOADER
CARDS - Three different “Triple Threat” foil box loader
cards that feature the evil trio of Warren, Andrew and Jonathan.
(Three different cards - one card per sealed display box).
·
CASE
LOADER
CARD – One special “Bad Boys” card. (One card - one card
per sealed shipping case).
Each
pack of BUFFY THE VAMPIRE SLAYER: BIG BADS trading cards contains seven
ultra-premium trading cards and has a suggested retail price of $3.49.
Display boxes contain 24 packs.
Cases contain 12 display boxes. There will also be a new BUFFY
THE VAMPIRE SLAYER: BIG BADS collector album (SRP $19.95).
299 sequentially numbered uncut mini-press sheets of the
"Seasons of Evil” puzzle will be available.
ABOUT
BUFFY
BUFFY
THE VAMPIRE SLAYER, which concluded its seventh and final season in May,
2003, is an Emmy AwardÒ-winning
action-packed thriller/comedy created by Joss Whedon.
Sarah Michelle Gellar stars as Buffy, a quick-witted heroine
whose birthright as the Slayer, the Chosen One of her generation with
the ability to hunt and destroy vampires, conflicts with her desire to
lead a normal life. Armed
with a wooden stake, martial arts skills and the help of her friends,
Buffy battles against evil and protects the world from total
destruction.
BUFFY
THE VAMPIRE SLAYER, was produced by Mutant Enemy, Inc., Kuzui
Enterprises, and Sandollar Productions, in association with Twentieth
Century Fox Television. A
recognized industry leader, Twentieth Century Fox Licensing and
Merchandising licenses and markets properties worldwide on behalf of
Twentieth Century Fox Film Corporation, Twentieth Television and Fox
Broadcasting Company, as well as third party lines.
Inkworks
is an award-winning entertainment trading card manufacturer based in
Raleigh
,
North Carolina
. Current Inkworks licenses
include ANGEL, Scooby-Doo, LOONEY
TUNES, The X-Files, Smallville, Alias, JUSTICE LEAGUE, ROBOTS, CATWOMAN,
HELLBOY, ALIEN VS. PREDATOR, Charmed, and others.
For a complete product release schedule, more information on
Inkworks products or to find out how to get free collector cards, please
visit the Inkworks web site at www.inkworkscards.com.
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