Star Trek: The Motion Picture Trading Cards

A long, long time ago, my parents bought me a couple of Topps card packs for Star Trek: The Motion Picture, which had just been released. I was a fan of the series (I was Spock for Halloween when I was 3 years old), so my Dad must’ve thought it would be cool to spend 40 cents to give me 20 trading cards.

I somehow managed to keep at least a few of those original cards, but I always wondered if I could ever find enough to complete a set. I thought it would involve a lot of searching on eBay, but I found a booth at Frank & Son (a local place that’s like a permanent vendor’s room like the kind you’d find at a Comic-Con or other genre convention) and they were selling a sealed box of cards from ST: TMP.

So I snatched that up quick, fast, and in a hurry.

After going through all the packs (I did not chew the gum that came with them, though it still had its original color and cardboard texture), I finally completed the entire set. One of the most fascinating things about the set is it features characters that did not make the cut in the movie (not even in the background), so it’s a neat little production time capsule as well.