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Rittenhouse previews Game of Thrones Season 2 trading cards

Susan Lulgjuraj — Sun, 24 Feb 2013 19:00:18 +0000

By Susan Lulgjuraj | Beckett Sports Card Monthly Editor

Fans of the Game of Thrones are getting excited for the upcoming season. The trailer for the third season released recently picking up where last season left off.

Along with the trailer, fans also got a glimpse of the newest Game of Thrones trading cards coming out this spring. The Rittenhouse Archives set will highlight the second season with 88 base cards.

Game of Thrones Season Two Trading Cards will have more than 30 actors signing with actors such as Peter Dinklage (Tyrion Lannister), Emilia Clarke (Daenerys Targaryen) and Kit Harington (Jon Snow).

The set will also feature chase cards and die-cut relic cards, which will feature the house sigil of that character.

Each box will contain 12 five-card packs. The set is scheduled to release May 22 for around $84 a box.

Rittenhouse offers incentive bonuses for people buying cases direct. Three cases will yield an autograph card by executive producers David Benioff or D.B. Wiess. A six-case bonus is a signed card by Game Of Thrones author R.R. Martin

As you wait for the new cards, check out the trailer below:

Susan Lulgjuraj is an editor of Beckett Sports Card Monthly. You can email her here with questions, comments or ideas. Follow her on Twitter here. Follow Beckett Media on Facebook.

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Box Busters: 2012 Game of Thrones & NCIS

chrisolds — Tue, 03 Jul 2012 18:00:35 +0000

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Join Beckett Media’s Andrew Tolentino and Bryan Hornbeck as they rip into a box of 2012 Game of Thrones and a premium pack of 2012 NCIS from Rittenhouse in this latest edition of Box Busters.

What will they find inside? Watch and find out …

(Need a checklist or OPG for Game of Thrones? Click here.)

(Need a checklist or OPG for NCIS? Click here.)

Game of Thrones cards arrive next month

Susan Lulgjuraj — Mon, 21 May 2012 21:20:56 +0000

By Susan Lulgjuraj | Contributing Editor

One of the hottest television shows in the last year has been HBO’s Game of Thrones, a television adaptation of George R.R. Martin’s books.

A series like this has captured the imagination of so many people with its intrigue, violence, love and politics. Of course, it’s going to get the trading card treatment.

Rittenhouse Archives is readying its release of Game of Thrones Season One. The product, filled with autographs and shadow box cards, is scheduled to come out on June 6.

Each box ($84) will contain 24 packs with five cards in each pack. There are two autographs in every box – check out the extensive autograph gallery below – from the people who play characters such as Jon Snow (Kit Harrington), Robb Stark (Richard Madden) and Cersei Lannister (Lena Headey).

It seems the only way to get Ned Stark (Sean Bean) and Tyrion Lannister (Peter Dinklage) autographs is through Rittenhouse’s incentive program. Three cases gets the buyer a Sean Bean autograph and six cases a Peter Dinklage auto.

Then again, there is always the secondary market.

The base set consists of 72 cards featuring plot synopses from all 10 episodes of Season One and biographies of more than 40 characters. Base parallels will fall 1 in every 3 packs. Inserts include The Quotable Game of Thrones, The Houses and You Win or You Die.

One of the most intriguing items are the Shadowbox Cards, which fall at a rate of 1:48 packs. Pictures can’t do these cards justice, but Rittenhouse had these cards at the Philly Non-Sports Card Show in April. The card consists of at least three different layers with a background scene, a character layered on top and a clear plastic cover with a design on top. It creates an almost 3D image.

Despite these cards coming out in the spring, we all know winter is coming.

Susan Lulgjuraj is a contributing editor for Beckett Media. You can email Susan here. Follow her on Twitter here.