{"id":621,"date":"2016-05-29T20:34:01","date_gmt":"2016-05-29T20:34:01","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/jklm.net\/startrekcards\/?p=621"},"modified":"2022-01-03T16:34:49","modified_gmt":"2022-01-03T16:34:49","slug":"skybox","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/jklm.net\/startrekcards\/2016\/05\/29\/skybox\/","title":{"rendered":"SkyBox Star Trek Cards"},"content":{"rendered":"

At this point in Trek Collecting history, according to FTCC, Paramount wanted to use a larger company for a 25th Anniversary set, and though FTCC had kept the flame alive through the 1980\u2019s, Impel, soon to be SkyBox, was given the opportunity to produce the 25th Anniversary card set. SkyBox owned an exclusive license for Star Trek cards (2 1\/2 x 3 1\/2 size) from 1991 through 2000.<\/p>\n

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Star Trek 25th\u00a0Anniversary\u00a0Trading Cards<\/span><\/h3>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n

\u00a0\"Impel<\/td>\n\n

Release Date: Series I July 1991
\nSeries II Oct. 1991
\n12\u00a0Cards Per Pack
\n36\u00a0Packs Per Box
\n20 boxes per case<\/p>\n

The 25th Anniversary set was a large 310 card set that actually came out in two releases.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n

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S<\/span>tar Trek\u00a0TNG Behind the Scenes Card Set<\/span><\/h3>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n

\u00a0\"btsf\"<\/td>\nRelease Date: 1993
\n39 card factory\u00a0set
\nProduction Run: 50,000 set<\/p>\n

SkyBox worked with Paramount to give collectors\/fans a close up view of the people who made ST: TNG to create this behind the scenes card set.<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n

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S<\/span>tar Trek Inaugural Edition\u00a0Card Set<\/span><\/h3>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n

\u00a0\"inagcard\"<\/td>\nRelease Date: 1992
\n120\u00a0base card set
\n10 Cards Per Pack
\n36\u00a0Packs Per Box<\/p>\n

\u00a0Released in 1992, this set was the first card series dedicated solely to TNG. In a 120 card set, it covers the show up through the 5th season.<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n

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DS9 Premiere Boxed Set<\/span><\/h3>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n

\u00a0\"Star-Trek-DS9-Boxed-set-Gold-and-Silver-Ad-Card\"<\/td>\nRelease Date:\u00a01993
\nProduction Run: 150,000 Boxes<\/p>\n

The first DS9 trading cards appeared in the form of a boxed set released in 1993.<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n

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Deep Space Nine Card Set<\/span><\/h3>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n

\u00a0\"Star<\/td>\nRelease Date: Nov 24,1993
\n8 Cards Per Pack
\n36 Packs per Box
\n10 Boxes Per Case<\/p>\n

This was the first full pack card set released for DS9. It covers season one of DS9.<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n

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Master Series I and II Card Set<\/span><\/h3>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n

\u00a0\"ms2gowron\"<\/td>\nRelease Date: August\u00a07,\u00a01993
\n6\u00a0Cards Per Pack
\n36\u00a0Packs Per Box<\/p>\n

SkyBox\u00a0commissioned original artwork from several science fiction artists for their Master Series I and II set.<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n

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Making of Star Trek TNG<\/span><\/h3>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n

\u00a0\"Making<\/td>\nRelease Date:\u00a01994
\n100\u00a0card\u00a0base\u00a0set
\nProduction Run: 150,000 Boxes<\/p>\n

In 1994, SkyBox released a set of 100 cards created from photographs they commissioned during the filming of the All Good Things episode.<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n

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TNG Seasons I -VII<\/span><\/h3>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n

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SkyBox released a series of trading cards based on an episode format for each of the 7 seasons of TNG, starting in 1994.<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n

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Cinema Collection<\/span><\/h3>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n

\u00a0\"Star<\/td>\nRelease Date:\u00a01994
\n72\u00a0card\u00a0base\u00a0set for each Movie
\nProduction Run:\u00a020,000 Sets<\/p>\n

Set of 6 widevision cards based on the first 6 movies. They come as factory sets in sealed boxes.<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n

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Generations Card Set<\/span><\/h3>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n

\u00a0\"Star<\/strong><\/td>\nRelease Date: Dec 7, 1994
\n6 Cards Per Pack
\n36\u00a0Packs Per Box
\n10 Boxes Per Case<\/p>\n

Released in 1994, this widevision set consisted of 72 cards based on the feature film ST Generations.<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n

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Voyager Seasons Card Set<\/span><\/h3>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n

\u00a0\"voy1\"<\/td>\n\u00a0S 1\/1 Release Date: June 7, 1995
\n8\u00a0Cards Per Pack
\n36\u00a0Packs Per Box
\n10 Boxes Per CaseS 1\/2 Release Date: Nov 8. 1995
\n8\u00a0Cards Per Pack
\n36\u00a0Packs Per Box
\n10 Boxes Per CaseS 2 Release Date: 1996
\n8\u00a0Cards Per Pack
\n48\u00a0Packs Per Box<\/p>\n

SkyBox released 3 seasonal format card sets. The first was centered around the first episode, the second fleshed out the rest of the season and the third set featured Season Two.<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n

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ST Phases Card Set<\/span><\/h3>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n

\u00a0\"phase\"<\/td>\nPhase One Release Date: 1995
\n8\u00a0Cards Per Pack
\n36\u00a0Packs Per BoxPhase Two Release Date: 1996
\n8\u00a0Cards Per Pack
\n36\u00a0Packs Per BoxPhase Three Release Date: 9, 1996
\n8\u00a0Cards Per Pack
\n36\u00a0Packs Per Box<\/p>\n

The Phases card set was a series or three sets, I, II and III.\u00a0 Each one had a theme, I was ships and technology, II was characters and III was Cosmic Phenomenon and other misc. themes.<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n

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Ken Baroff was the Entertainment Director through 1996 and offers this history of Impel. Impel began as a marketing company hired by Pro Set to market Pro Set cards. They then started making cards of their own. Impel was formed out of Liggett-Myers tobacco company and was stationed in an old tobacco warehouse in Durham, NC. They changed their name to SkyBox around 1993. Marvel purchased Fleer in 1993 and in 1995 Marvel bought SkyBox forming FleerSkyBox. In January, 1999, SkyBox is was owned by Martin and Alex Grass, founders of Rite-Aid Pharmacies. In 2005, following Fleer\u2019s bankruptcy proceedings, the Fleer brand name was acquired by Upper Deck.<\/p>\n

Ken sums up his years at SkyBox this way; \u201cI loved the relationship with the Paramount people and I held the job that my product team did in the highest regard, but the relationship with the collectors and fans is what really kept me going. I felt like we connected with what they wanted and consistently delivered. That was the most gratifying thing about those six years of my life.\u201d
\nWhen asked if there was something that he hadn\u2019t gotten a chance to do, he said, \u201cMy one sadly unrealized idea was the Klingon anatomy set. We sat with key people at Paramount and actually created (since there is no manual) a comprehensive Klingon anatomy set that had a subset that when pieced together made a large portrait of a “visible” Klingon (like the old Leonardo renderings). It was way cool. It would have been a killer!<\/p>\n

Ken\u2019s 5 least liked Trek cards\/ideas<\/p>\n