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The Trading Cards Phenomenon: Here Are The Cards People Used To Collect In The Past

Have you noticed that people started to collect trading cards again? This peculiar hobby has recently experienced an unprecedented boom in popularity, so you can now see people of all ages paying insane amounts of money to acquire new collectibles. However, trading cards aren’t a new fad. The entire concept of collecting these scraps of paper with images printed on them saw its golden years in the mid-19th century. Scroll down to discover some of the most popular trading card collections of all time!

“Ultraman” trading cards

We’ll start our list with a hero that probably fills most of us with nostalgia. This character came all the way from Japan to earn a special place in children’s hearts and become a cultural icon for a whole generation. Let’s see who we’re talking about.

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No other than Ultraman, a giant alien that saved the world by fighting terrible monsters daily! This Japanese hero’s popularity was such that many kids collected trading cards portraying his adventures. Nowadays, you can only find them in online stores for a pretty penny.

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