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Valiant Phone Cards
Hello everyone,
I was wondering if anyone here has found any of the phone cards that Valiant put out in the 90's? If you did, where did you find them? I have looked for decades with no luck. I would love to buy them and finish my collection of them. Thanks in advance.
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I was wondering if anyone here has found any of the phone cards that Valiant put out in the 90's? If you did, where did you find them? I have looked for decades with no luck. I would love to buy them and finish my collection of them. Thanks in advance.
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Re: Valiant Phone Cards
I remember the phone cards, they were solicited in Previews during the Acclaim VH2 days. And I saw some Quantum & Woody phonecards on ebay once but that was yearssssss ago - and sadly I didn't buy them. All I can advise is to keep an eye/search on ebay. They're highly scarce for sure, good luck with the hunt - that's part of the fun!
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Re: Valiant Phone Cards
I've never had any luck finding any.
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Re: Valiant Phone Cards
Besides the uncut sheet I found, I have never seen any for sale. They seem impossible to find.
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Re: Valiant Phone Cards
Picked up 5 x Quantum and Woody and 1 x Trinity Angel Acclaim phone card. EBay seller said they were 1:600 (Q&W covers 1-4) and Q&W and Trinity Angel variant covers 1:300, does this sound about right for the ratio?
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Re: Valiant Phone Cards
Did they release phone cards for all of the Acclaim characters eg XO, Ninjak etcbobby97801 wrote: ↑Tue Jan 04, 2022 5:41:23 pm Hello everyone,
I was wondering if anyone here has found any of the phone cards that Valiant put out in the 90's? If you did, where did you find them? I have looked for decades with no luck. I would love to buy them and finish my collection of them. Thanks in advance.
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Re: Valiant Phone Cards
It's what the cards say on their back -- not exactly sure whether it means there were xxx of those (meant to be) produced or if there were 1 of those in each xxx issues? Then, of course, the available ones are just prototypes. Do any exist that don't state "PROTOTYPE" but have a card/serial number printed on the back?Dallow Spicer1 wrote: ↑Wed Jul 06, 2022 9:06:14 am Picked up 5 x Quantum and Woody and 1 x Trinity Angel Acclaim phone card. EBay seller said they were 1:600 (Q&W covers 1-4) and Q&W and Trinity Angel variant covers 1:300, does this sound about right for the ratio?
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Re: Valiant Phone Cards
Yeah just checked it does say 1:300 & 1:600 on the back of the cards and ‘prototype’. Does that mean I can’t have my 10 minutes of US domestic phone time??Sunlight on Snow wrote: ↑Wed Jul 06, 2022 10:59:01 amIt's what the cards say on their back -- not exactly sure whether it means there were xxx of those (meant to be) produced or if there were 1 of those in each xxx issues? Then, of course, the available ones are just prototypes. Do any exist that don't state "PROTOTYPE" but have a card/serial number printed on the back?Dallow Spicer1 wrote: ↑Wed Jul 06, 2022 9:06:14 am Picked up 5 x Quantum and Woody and 1 x Trinity Angel Acclaim phone card. EBay seller said they were 1:600 (Q&W covers 1-4) and Q&W and Trinity Angel variant covers 1:300, does this sound about right for the ratio?
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Re: Valiant Phone Cards
Dallow Spicer1 wrote: ↑Wed Jul 06, 2022 4:21:53 pmYeah just checked it does say 1:300 & 1:600 on the back of the cards and ‘prototype’. Does that mean I can’t have my 10 minutes of US domestic phone time??Sunlight on Snow wrote: ↑Wed Jul 06, 2022 10:59:01 amIt's what the cards say on their back -- not exactly sure whether it means there were xxx of those (meant to be) produced or if there were 1 of those in each xxx issues? Then, of course, the available ones are just prototypes. Do any exist that don't state "PROTOTYPE" but have a card/serial number printed on the back?Dallow Spicer1 wrote: ↑Wed Jul 06, 2022 9:06:14 am Picked up 5 x Quantum and Woody and 1 x Trinity Angel Acclaim phone card. EBay seller said they were 1:600 (Q&W covers 1-4) and Q&W and Trinity Angel variant covers 1:300, does this sound about right for the ratio?
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Re: Valiant Phone Cards
On phone cards (back in the day) these weren't ratios. They were "1 of ### made" codes.Dallow Spicer1 wrote: ↑Wed Jul 06, 2022 9:06:14 am Picked up 5 x Quantum and Woody and 1 x Trinity Angel Acclaim phone card. EBay seller said they were 1:600 (Q&W covers 1-4) and Q&W and Trinity Angel variant covers 1:300, does this sound about right for the ratio?
1:300 and 1:600 would be "1 of 300 made" and "1 of 600 made".
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Re: Valiant Phone Cards
Nice find..... I have been looking for years for them.Dallow Spicer1 wrote: ↑Wed Jul 06, 2022 9:06:14 am Picked up 5 x Quantum and Woody and 1 x Trinity Angel Acclaim phone card. EBay seller said they were 1:600 (Q&W covers 1-4) and Q&W and Trinity Angel variant covers 1:300, does this sound about right for the ratio?
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Re: Valiant Phone Cards
Does anyone have pics of the phone cards or are they here?
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Re: Valiant Phone Cards
Isn’t that what a ratio is?greg wrote: ↑Fri Jul 08, 2022 12:11:53 pmOn phone cards (back in the day) these weren't ratios. They were "1 of ### made" codes.Dallow Spicer1 wrote: ↑Wed Jul 06, 2022 9:06:14 am Picked up 5 x Quantum and Woody and 1 x Trinity Angel Acclaim phone card. EBay seller said they were 1:600 (Q&W covers 1-4) and Q&W and Trinity Angel variant covers 1:300, does this sound about right for the ratio?
1:300 and 1:600 would be "1 of 300 made" and "1 of 600 made".
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Re: Valiant Phone Cards
I don’t know how to post pictures here, someone explained it once and it sounded convoluted.mramsterdam wrote: ↑Fri Jul 08, 2022 9:07:23 pm Does anyone have pics of the phone cards or are they here?
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Re: Valiant Phone Cards
I know there was photos of them somewhere here. This is what I have.mramsterdam wrote:Does anyone have pics of the phone cards or are they here?
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Re: Valiant Phone Cards
Not in the comic book world.Dallow Spicer1 wrote: ↑Sun Jul 10, 2022 2:59:34 amIsn’t that what a ratio is?greg wrote: ↑Fri Jul 08, 2022 12:11:53 pmOn phone cards (back in the day) these weren't ratios. They were "1 of ### made" codes.Dallow Spicer1 wrote: ↑Wed Jul 06, 2022 9:06:14 am Picked up 5 x Quantum and Woody and 1 x Trinity Angel Acclaim phone card. EBay seller said they were 1:600 (Q&W covers 1-4) and Q&W and Trinity Angel variant covers 1:300, does this sound about right for the ratio?
1:300 and 1:600 would be "1 of 300 made" and "1 of 600 made".
If something is 1:300 in comics, it means there's (supposed to be) 1 for every 300 (of something else) printed, not exactly 300 printed.
If there are 30,000 regular editions, then a 1:300 ratio would mean that 100 were printed, not 300.
1:600 as a ratio would mean that only 50 were made.
In phone cards, 1:300 means they made 300.
1:600 means they made 600.
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Re: Valiant Phone Cards
I've never heard of these Valiant phone cards and I was pretty up to date with Acclaim. Love the photo of them. Very cool.
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Doh!! Schoolboy error from me I wasn’t in ‘thinking mode’! I obviously knew that, let’s call it an off day!greg wrote: ↑Sun Jul 10, 2022 9:52:01 pmNot in the comic book world.Dallow Spicer1 wrote: ↑Sun Jul 10, 2022 2:59:34 amIsn’t that what a ratio is?greg wrote: ↑Fri Jul 08, 2022 12:11:53 pmOn phone cards (back in the day) these weren't ratios. They were "1 of ### made" codes.Dallow Spicer1 wrote: ↑Wed Jul 06, 2022 9:06:14 am Picked up 5 x Quantum and Woody and 1 x Trinity Angel Acclaim phone card. EBay seller said they were 1:600 (Q&W covers 1-4) and Q&W and Trinity Angel variant covers 1:300, does this sound about right for the ratio?
1:300 and 1:600 would be "1 of 300 made" and "1 of 600 made".
If something is 1:300 in comics, it means there's (supposed to be) 1 for every 300 (of something else) printed, not exactly 300 printed.
If there are 30,000 regular editions, then a 1:300 ratio would mean that 100 were printed, not 300.
1:600 as a ratio would mean that only 50 were made.
In phone cards, 1:300 means they made 300.
1:600 means they made 600.
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Re: Valiant Phone Cards
Same. Still missing these in my collection. Congratsbobby97801 wrote: ↑Fri Jul 08, 2022 2:34:38 pmNice find..... I have been looking for years for them.Dallow Spicer1 wrote: ↑Wed Jul 06, 2022 9:06:14 am Picked up 5 x Quantum and Woody and 1 x Trinity Angel Acclaim phone card. EBay seller said they were 1:600 (Q&W covers 1-4) and Q&W and Trinity Angel variant covers 1:300, does this sound about right for the ratio?
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Re: Valiant Phone Cards
These definitely would have had a home in my Valiant binder for years, had I known they existed. I've never seen them before....
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