Need help placing 4 cards

[saiyan_monkey]

Ive brought these 4 cards and just need help to place them were they need to be. Are they a stand alone 4 card set or were they part of someting else? Please help.

http://i763.photobucket.com/albums/xx272/rarecardz_libary_5/DON.jpg

http://i763.photobucket.com/albums/xx272/rarecardz_libary_5/LEO.jpg

http://i763.photobucket.com/albums/xx272/rarecardz_libary_5/MIKE.jpg

http://i763.photobucket.com/albums/xx272/rarecardz_libary_5/RAPHEAL-1.jpg

Can anyone clear this up for me?

[Jester]

Look like cards that may have come with the TMNT Turtle Pies....but I dunna.

[Bigfoot]

Wow, havent seen these in a long time. I had some as a kid, that I believe I got from a vending machine. Is there anything on the back, or is it all white?

[saiyan_monkey]

They're just blank white card backs and they're thin as as well..

[Bigfoot]

Yeah, I am pretty sure I got mine from a vending machine. They were pressed between 2 pieces of cardboad for 50 cents. I believe there were only 4 in the set.

Edit: Does it look like they could be stickers?

[saiyan_monkey]

Its possible but theres no peel here or anything like that on them and i dont want to try see if 1 peels

[MrPliggins]

The artwork is the same as was used for the tmnt pie stickers. I don't recall these particular hologram cards being packaged with them though.

[saiyan_monkey]

It is possible that they are stickers but without been willing to check I cant say for sure. They are standard card size if that helps at all. Anyone know about the 2nd guestion at the bottom of the topic?

[Bigfoot]

I know what you mean, I don't know why.

http://i218.photobucket.com/albums/cc261/MintOnCard/Cardcomparisonfront.jpg

http://i218.photobucket.com/albums/cc261/MintOnCard/Cardcomparisonback.jpg

The ones on top are super shiny and almost slippery, they are the ones with the white backs. Then there are the lower ones that I thought were older, but they are both dated the same year.

[saiyan_monkey]

Close but no. I have the collector box and the packet version which you have pictured. I have those 2 but my packet version was from one of these boxes.

http://www.wholesalegaming.com/tradingcards/toppstmntbox/

The packets from those are the plastic type packs and a set I got today with all 4 packs are a slight darker ink used and the 4 packets were made of a paper type product. Im thinking maybe that the packs in the link are maybe a re-print and the cards I just got are an original print set but without seeing the box and the seller I brought them off not really knowing its hard ti figure out wether I should keep them of just sell them on.

I'll do a few scans soon but apart from the darker ink and different packets theres no difference.


EDIT: I just figured out.

The darker ink cards are from the small 5 cards/1 sticker packs that sold for 25cents
http://i763.photobucket.com/albums/xx272/rarecardz_libary_5/pack.jpg

and the lighter print cards are from the jumbo packs 11 cards/ 1 sticker that sold for 59cents
http://i763.photobucket.com/albums/xx272/rarecardz_libary_5/jumbo.jpg


Heres a link that sort of explains the difference, and you get to see my name at the bottom of the notes.http://nslists.com/tmnt1.htm

[saiyan_monkey]

The 2nd question is now solved. Still need help with placing the 1st 4 cards. So far they come from a vending machine.

[Bigfoot]

Would you happen to know why there is the difference between the pics I showed? I have both sets, and they are exactly the same, but one is on much nicer glossier card stock. The other almost looks recycled...lol

[saiyan_monkey]

Would you happen to know why there is the difference between the pics I showed? I have both sets, and they are exactly the same, but one is on much nicer glossier card stock. The other almost looks recycled...lol

Yes. the white back glossy cards are from this

http://i763.photobucket.com/albums/xx272/rarecardz_libary_5/boxpic.jpg

Did you not get them in the box with 22 bonus cards?

The 2nd recycled looking cards are from 1 of the 2 packs pictured above. The 25cent or 59cent packs.

I have 7 sets (different countries and variations) of series 1 and out of all of them the USA collector box glossy cards are by far the best made and best looking cards.

[saiyan_monkey]

Ive been told through another site that the 4 cards pictured are from the small 25c packs and are promo inserts that are not numbered???

Anyone have a box of them and pulled out 1 of these or all 4?

[Roseangelo]

Ive been told through another site that the 4 cards pictured are from the small 25c packs and are promo inserts that are not numbered???

Anyone have a box of them and pulled out 1 of these or all 4?

I'm not sure how those cards were obtained exactly, but they weren't inserts. I do think it was some sort of mail-away.

[turtlemyke]

I have determined the official source of these 4 hologram sticker-cards. I bought a couple sets off eBay and asked the seller if he could verify the source. He said that they did indeed come from old vending machines and that he acquired many sets from a display that used to sit inside an old vending machine. So, for anyone who cares -- these were from vending machines!

As previous posters have said, they feature the exact same artwork that was used on the Hostess Pie stickers (the Hostess Pie wrappers were the same too, except the turtles were holding pies instead of weapons). If you look closely, you can see Mikey with a mouthful of Turtle Pie. So strange and random to think that they recycled this Hostess artwork and made holographic cards for vending machines, but I'm glad this mystery has been solved.

Oh, and just an FYI - I'm obsessed with the Hostess Turtle pies and any related merchandise/collectibles. This is my first post...here's to many more. Cowabunga dudes!

[thundermaster612]

omg guys, I have a giant freakin collection of those cards you were talking about with the vending machines. I even have some still in package, I can post pics tomorrow if you dudes like

[turtlemyke]

omg guys, I have a giant freakin collection of those cards you were talking about with the vending machines. I even have some still in package, I can post pics tomorrow if you dudes like

I'd like to see what you have! I've seen a good deal of them posted on eBay, but I'd love to see your personal collection.

[tmnt transformer]

omg guys, I have a giant freakin collection of those cards you were talking about with the vending machines. I even have some still in package, I can post pics tomorrow if you dudes like

I'd like to see what you have! I've seen a good deal of them posted on eBay, but I'd love to see your personal collection.

A note for the future guys, please look at the year the last post of a thread is before posting. Powder hates that sort of thing. And I wouldn't want to be on his bad side if I where you... Just sayng'.

[turtlemyke]

A note for the future guys, please look at the year the last post of a thread is before posting. Powder hates that sort of thing. And I wouldn't want to be on his bad side if I where you... Just sayng'.

Sorry, I honestly didn't have a clue this was bad form? (Is it because the thread was dead too long ago?) I'm gonna head to the Forum Rules right now so I don't tick someone off within the first week of joining!

[thundermaster612]

A note for the future guys, please look at the year the last post of a thread is before posting. Powder hates that sort of thing. And I wouldn't want to be on his bad side if I where you... Just sayng'.

I thought this was new because for some reason my computer doesn't show the dates unless I click on some spoiler type tab thing that shows the thread info, anyways dun keel meh powder

[Powder]

Why am I being singled out? Most people here aren't a fan of "necro-posting" & it's stated in the rules that one should avoid doing it unless the thread or your contribution to it are relevant. & considering the new guy offered new information, his post was indeed relevant. So it's not an issue at all, yo...