Fantastic 4 Movie Celz Trading Cards - Mini Review

So browsing around Ebay, looking for cheap stocking stuffers, I found some interesting trading cards. The Fantastic Four Movie Celz Trading cards, were made back in 2005 by a company called Cards Inc. The thing that caught my eye about these cards is that they are made entirely of plastic.

 Each pack has 6 average sized trading cards, 5 base cards and 1 holocelz card. The 60 base cards include images from the movie and profile cards of the main characters. The holocelz cards are what I would call artwork on a prismatic background. They're very well done,  as you can see by the Invisible Woman holocelz in the above photo. There are 12 holocelz in the subset, which features artwork of Invisible Woman, Mr Fantastic, Thing, The Human Torch and Dr Doom

These cards are made of a thin bendable plastic that does away with 2 of the greatest nightmares that card collectors have to deal with... bent corners and card creases. These do away with both those problems. However that is possibly why other card companies haven't created cards in this plastic form. With out the danger of damaging bends and creases, all theses cards will hold the same value in a collection. Your collection won't be any more valuable than your friends collection, because they're made of the same damage resistant plastic. With regular trading cards, part of the appeal is to always be on the look out for that card that is in slightly better condition than the frayed, water damaged or bent one you already own. But that's not an issue with these. So the best you can hope for is to trade your doubles with your friends doubles. The only way I see these becoming truly valuable is if two things happen.

The first would have to be if the 2015 Fantastic Four movie is a huge flop... oh yea, it was. This makes the 2005 Fantastic Four Movie memorabilia more sought after for true FF4 fans.

The second would be if not alot of people know about these cards, which not alot of people do, so no one is buying them. And the ones that were familiar with them when they released in 2005 didn't really buy many because they were so critical of the 2005 FF4 movie. So having a small group of people owning these will eventually give some collectible value to these as time goes on.

I personally like them, and was glad to get them, keeping some for myself as well as use some for stocking stuffers.

I think any fan of the 2005 Fantastic 4 movie will love these as a nice addition to there FF4 collection. If you own any of these or just like them, I welcome opinions in the comment section.