I am the Ultimate Top Trumps Card: Hear me Roar!

ozpass

Schoolyard antics: gotta love 'em.

What about the rainy days though? The days when the heavens,

really opened and we were allowed to stay inside...

At my school, the choice was either:

(a) Read from a collection of tattered Beano's and Dandy's.
(b) Crack out the Top Trumps and get some fights started!

Now I've had a few packs of Top Trumps in my time but one thing remains constant across the entire Top Trumps range:

THE UNBEATABLE CARD

What are your recollections of the elite few? I'll get you started:

(Pack : Unbeatable)

Trucks : 'The Lauster' (some kind of German Earth moving equipment);)

As in....
Me: "Engine Capacity, 45 litres!"
Friend: "45 litres??? What card's that???"
Me (knowingly): "The Lauster"
Friend: "B*stard!"

mike65

Jesus, Ozpass you must be even older than me!

Top Trumps ahhh...jumpers for goalposts...

Mike.

ozpass

Yeah, I'm pretty ancient alright. Trying to figure out how to fit Spokey Dokeys to my zimmer frame

smoke.me.a.kipper

(Pack : Unbeatable)

(UK Soccer clubs : 'Celtic/Rangers')

some guy: european cups
me: [insert big number here]
some guy: omg!! what you got?
me: rangers/celtic. muhahahahaha!

OSiriS

Alot of those card games were really poorly put together, such as one collection of ships ... only one card had "capacity" on it, so instant win. Then a Dinosaur collection with only 2 or 3 cards with a wing span entry.

ykt0di9url7bc3

Teh Hobgoblin has two unknowns and 20 weapons!!!!

pack: super villians : Hobgoblin


yeah top trumps make me feal old!

daveirl

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ykt0di9url7bc3

Galactus had best stats but no unknowns and Dr Doom had the most weapons... BUT TWO UNKNOWNS!!!!







yes and "de nile" is a just a river in Eygpt....:(

Kali

yay top trumps.. used to have european football teams back when liverpool was a card actually worth having!

had concept cars,helicopters and aliens as well!

concept cars all being these horrible 80s wedge "visions" of the future

I also had a fair few marbles... they had a small rise in popularity in our school mid-80s as well (haha that sentence sounds well dodgy).. but they're another thread (gwan the steelies!)

daveirl

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Kali

allies? pah
i lived (still do) just beside a factory where after a bit of childhood peeking about we found a barrel full of them, exact same size as normal ones and a couple dozen double size steel ones.. filled up the pockets and traded as many as i could.. probably used as large ball bearings or something, but sure i didnt care hehe

LoGiE

If I remember correctly Thor was pretty l337 in the Marvel super Hero's pack and Hawkeye for his weapons...oh and the Silver surfer for a load of UNKOWNS

Occidental

Originally posted by OSiriS
Alot of those card games were really poorly put together, such as one collection of ships ... only one card had "capacity" on it, so instant win. Then a Dinosaur collection with only 2 or 3 cards with a wing span entry.

I remember some sod off US Aircraft Carrier which could beat just about everything on everything, apart from some mad gunboat which could do over 40 knots.

The one thing I did manage to finish was the Dandy Airline stickers (complete with asbestos chewing gum) and I still have an attic full of half completed football collections.

Always felt it went to crap when Panini started to let you order your missing stickers by post = rich kid/full book

Thanx 4 The Fish

Had the demons pack including Vampire, Medusa, etc, was actually pretty well balanced, there was also always one weakness that a card had so that if you got lucky and chose that one then you'd get his super duper T-Rex Strength 20 Speed 19 intelligence 2 card

Phryxus

just took out a pack of dragons and magic beasts, best overall card is blob (he has 95 magical force) exciting stuff, i still use them for drinking games with shots occasionally. great fun.

Puck

Sorry for dragging up this old topic but I just had to ask - do they still make these? I remember when I was a kid I had Dragons and Magical Beasts, which was basically my introduction to the wonderful world of fantasy. I thought the deck was great but it somehow managed to get lost.

Anyone know where I could still get a Dragons and Magical Beasts deck?

commuterised

oh wow, I used to remember playing them with my brother, "cylinders V8"

If you order anything from firebox.com you get a free pack of Top Trumps!

Puck

Had a look at firebox.com's selection of Top Trumps and Dragons and Magical Beasts was not among them.

It's just not the same. <sigh>

commuterised

you can get lord of the rings ones here..

https://vault2.secured-url.com/Big-Boys-Toys/acatalog/Games.html

and buffy and angel and loads of other ones.

Puck

Those are pretty much the same ones as they have on firebox. LOTR might be good but.... ah it's just not the same as Dragons and Magical Beasts.

damnyanks

Galactus super powers = 100 that was unbeatable I think

Also his height was pretty good (30ft or something)

God bless 3 card choice with galactus

Also that red flame villan dude had 2 unknowns.

Capt'n Midnight

RE: "I remember some sod off US Aircraft Carrier which could beat just about everything on everything, apart from some mad gunboat which could do over 40 knots."

It was a Danish boat that could do 50 Knots ....

USS America - only 4 speed boats could beat it on speed - in the end to make it fair we used to use lower as well as higher ...
Width 67 meters

And the U-boats were kinda pathetic..... all they could do was beat the speed boats on weight.

Makaveli

Originally posted by damnyanks
God bless 3 card choice with galactus

Wan the 3 card choice.
Wasnt there a woman called Diablo or something that had weapons 99 or something really high?

I remember I had Marvel Super Heroes and racing Trucks.
Lost most of the Super Hero cards, but the trucks should still be somewhere in the house.

Jimi-Spandex

I know its not as good but right here we have online top trumps.

http://www.puncher.co.uk/hum_trumps.php

Oh the memories

RockViper

Also that red flame villan dude had 2 unknowns.

Dormamuu! I think....Yeah it was him



Yeah i had the Dragons and magical beasts one aswell. Was that the one with the wooden golem and the shapechangers in it?

I also had the deck with the various Aliens in it...and there was one that looked curiously like Boba Fett....

I had another one called Goblins and Fairyfolk, but I never really liked it.

I had the Marvel Heros and Villians ones aswell but weren't the best ones in the Heroes deck The American Eagle or something? and some guy called the Gardner??

I think I still ahve them upstairs in the attic somewhere, I'll have to see if I can find them.

Puck

If you still have the complete Dragons and Magical Beasts pack in good condition and you want to sell them let me know. Who made the Super Top Trumps cards anyway? Must try contacting them.

RockViper

I stiil have it but its certainly not in good condition, most of the cards are creased horizontally along the centre(Don't ask me what I was doing with them) and the original clear plastic bow they came in is long gone.

Puck

That's a shame. Does it say on the pack who made them? I'll badger them into re-releasing them if I have to.

Panda

I have a few packs around at home still,
space rockets, helicopters, luxury american cars, le mans cars(gwan the Jaguars!)

those games usually involved a lot of lying and cheating.....