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1963
Hobby Trading Post
Toy Model Advertising Cards (Nu-Card Reprint Series)

Date:  1963
Country:  United States 

Set ID:  374
Product Type:  Advertising

SetItems
Advertised Qty:36
ProductsItems
Cards:36
Point of Sale Items:3
Other Stuff:1
TOTAL ITEMS:40
TopicsItems
Extinct Life36
Under Review4

 
Artist(s)
Zdeněk Michael František Burian Walter Ferguson John Germann Charles Robert Knight

 

Thank you to the individual(s) and/or to the owner(s) of the resource(s) listed below for contributing information, checklist data, and/or image(s) included on this page.
Jeff Quinn
The Prehistoric Times
 
These postcard-sized advertising cards feature reprints of the Dinosaur Series trading cards issued by Nu-Card Sales in 1961 but differ in that (1) this set only includes 36 cards; the first 35 of which have the same images as the first 35 of the Dinosaur Series set which contained 80 cards, (2)  these cards are three-times larger than the trading cards, (3) these cards are entirely black & white as opposed to the trading cards which have aquamarine-like highlights and borders, (4)  these cards have descriptive captions ranging from dramatic to silly unlike the trading cards which only include the animal's identification, and (5) the 36th card, which shows "A Simplified Family Tree of Dinosaurs", was not included in the trading card set.  Collector/researcher extraordinaire, Jeff Quinn, has identified what appears to be the source of this image, a publication from the American Museum of Natural History called “Dinosaurs” by Edwin H. Colbert, Publication No. 70, 1960 (Images of the book cover and family tree illustration are provided below).  The family tree was drawn by John C. Germann although the acknowledgement in the bottom-left corner of the book illustration is missing from the card.
 
Based on the images provided by Jeff Quinn, the cards were apparently issued in clear cellophane packages containing two cards each (see images below).  The method of distribution is uncertain though its been theorized that a pack of cards might have been handed out to customers purchasing toy models at the Hobby Trading Post itself or perhaps at other hobby stores that carried Hobby Trading Post-sponsored models.
 
The backs of the cards advertise various hobby kits. From what I've seen, each kit was advertised on three different cards (see checklist below).

Kits shown on the backs of the cards: 119 = F8U-1 Crusader, 210 = Black Falcon, 374 = P B Y "Catalina", 378 = Regulus II with Operating Launcing Platform, 382 = TWA Boeing 707, 504 = Piasecki H-21 "Work Horse", 598 = U.S. Navy Task Force, 708 = Atomic Submarine S.S.N. Nautilus, 1602 = Twin Signal Set, 1604 = Crystal Radio Kit, 1611 = Fixed Crystal Radio Kit, 1617 = 1 Tube Radio Kit

Contents
Cards
Point of Sale Items
Other Stuff
 
 
========== Cards ==========
DB ID Topic In Scope? DF Collection? Printed No. Notes Qty Size (Inches) Album Pages Life Form
11274 Extinct Life 1 1611 1 5-3/8" x 3-1/4" n/a Chasmosaurus
Phobosuchus
Chamosuarus Saurischia Ceratopsia being ..
 
 
 
DB ID Topic In Scope? DF Collection? Printed No. Notes Qty Size (Inches) Album Pages Life Form
11275 Extinct Life 2 504 1 5-3/8" x 3-1/4" n/a Homo
Ursus
Prehistoric man shopping ..
 
 
 
DB ID Topic In Scope? DF Collection? Printed No. Notes Qty Size (Inches) Album Pages Life Form
11276 Extinct Life 3 1611 1 5-3/8" x 3-1/4" n/a Mammuthus
Wooly Mammoth, became extinct about ..
 
 
 
DB ID Topic In Scope? DF Collection? Printed No. Notes Qty Size (Inches) Album Pages Life Form
11277 Extinct Life 4 504 1 5-3/8" x 3-1/4" n/a Dryptosaurus
Dryptosaurus planning for keeps.
 
 
 
DB ID Topic In Scope? DF Collection? Printed No. Notes Qty Size (Inches) Album Pages Life Form
11278 Extinct Life 5 1611 1 5-3/8" x 3-1/4" n/a Brontosaurus
The "Thunder Lizard", huge, stupid ..
 
 
 
DB ID Topic In Scope? DF Collection? Printed No. Notes Qty Size (Inches) Album Pages Life Form
11279 Extinct Life 6 504 1 5-3/8" x 3-1/4" n/a Dimetrodon
Dimetrodon was nicknamed "tiger" ..
 
 
 
DB ID Topic In Scope? DF Collection? Printed No. Notes Qty Size (Inches) Album Pages Life Form
11280 Extinct Life 7 119 1 5-3/8" x 3-1/4" n/a Tyrannosaurus
Tyrannosaurus, the "King of Reptiles," ..
 
 
 
DB ID Topic In Scope? DF Collection? Printed No. Notes Qty Size (Inches) Album Pages Life Form
11281 Extinct Life 8 708 1 5-3/8" x 3-1/4" n/a Phorusrhacos
The Phororhacos, a flesh eating ..
 
 
 
DB ID Topic In Scope? DF Collection? Printed No. Notes Qty Size (Inches) Album Pages Life Form
11282 Extinct Life 9 119 1 5-3/8" x 3-1/4" n/a Hoplophoneus
Mesohippus
Terrible sabre-toothed cat ..
 
 
 
DB ID Topic In Scope? DF Collection? Printed No. Notes Qty Size (Inches) Album Pages Life Form
11283 Extinct Life 10 708 1 5-3/8" x 3-1/4" n/a Lycaenops
Lycaenops, half reptile, half ..
 
 
 
DB ID Topic In Scope? DF Collection? Printed No. Notes Qty Size (Inches) Album Pages Life Form
11284 Extinct Life 11 119 1 5-3/8" x 3-1/4" n/a Smilodon
Early American, cat, Smilodon, ..
 
 
 
DB ID Topic In Scope? DF Collection? Printed No. Notes Qty Size (Inches) Album Pages Life Form
11285 Extinct Life 12 708 1 5-3/8" x 3-1/4" n/a Allosaurus
Allosaurus the "leaping lizard" meat eating dinosaur ..
 
 
 
DB ID Topic In Scope? DF Collection? Printed No. Notes Qty Size (Inches) Album Pages Life Form
11286 Extinct Life 13 1604 1 5-3/8" x 3-1/4" n/a Pteranodon
Tylosaurus
Pteranodon & Tylosaurus
 
 
 
DB ID Topic In Scope? DF Collection? Printed No. Notes Qty Size (Inches) Album Pages Life Form
11287 Extinct Life 14 378 1 5-3/8" x 3-1/4" n/a Elasmosaurus
Pteranodon
Tylosaurus
A long-necked Elasmosaurus ..
 
 
 
DB ID Topic In Scope? DF Collection? Printed No. Notes Qty Size (Inches) Album Pages Life Form
11288 Extinct Life 15 1604 1 5-3/8" x 3-1/4" n/a Pterodactylus
The Pterodactylus, a flying reptile ..
 
 
 
DB ID Topic In Scope? DF Collection? Printed No. Notes Qty Size (Inches) Album Pages Life Form
11289 Extinct Life 16 378 1 5-3/8" x 3-1/4" n/a Gorgosaurus
Scolosaurus
The gigantic Gorgosaurus must turn the armored ..
 
 
 
DB ID Topic In Scope? DF Collection? Printed No. Notes Qty Size (Inches) Album Pages Life Form
11290 Extinct Life 17 1604 1 5-3/8" x 3-1/4" n/a Megaloceros
The giant elk was on of the ..
 
 
 
DB ID Topic In Scope? DF Collection? Printed No. Notes Qty Size (Inches) Album Pages Life Form
11291 Extinct Life 18 378 1 5-3/8" x 3-1/4" n/a Nothrotherium
Smilodon
"Nice pussy, but go play ..
 
 
 
DB ID Topic In Scope? DF Collection? Printed No. Notes Qty Size (Inches) Album Pages Life Form
11292 Extinct Life 19 382 1 5-3/8" x 3-1/4" n/a Mesosaurus
"What sharp teeth you have, ..
 
 
 
DB ID Topic In Scope? DF Collection? Printed No. Notes Qty Size (Inches) Album Pages Life Form
11293 Extinct Life 20 1617 1 5-3/8" x 3-1/4" n/a Homo
Ursus
Neanderthal Man and the 3 bears. ..
 
 
 
DB ID Topic In Scope? DF Collection? Printed No. Notes Qty Size (Inches) Album Pages Life Form
11294 Extinct Life 21 382 1 5-3/8" x 3-1/4" n/a Indricotherium
The Indricotherium, a gigantic ..
 
 
 
DB ID Topic In Scope? DF Collection? Printed No. Notes Qty Size (Inches) Album Pages Life Form
11295 Extinct Life 22 1617 1 5-3/8" x 3-1/4" n/a Trachodon
Tyrannosaurus
The duck-billed Trachodon, ..
 
 
 
DB ID Topic In Scope? DF Collection? Printed No. Notes Qty Size (Inches) Album Pages Life Form
11296 Extinct Life 23 382 1 5-3/8" x 3-1/4" n/a Dinohippus
Machairodus
During the time it lived, the Machairodus ..
 
 
 
DB ID Topic In Scope? DF Collection? Printed No. Notes Qty Size (Inches) Album Pages Life Form
11297 Extinct Life 24 1617 1 5-3/8" x 3-1/4" n/a Arsinoitherium
The Arsinoitherium lived in Egypt ..
 
 
 
DB ID Topic In Scope? DF Collection? Printed No. Notes Qty Size (Inches) Album Pages Life Form
11298 Extinct Life 25 598 1 5-3/8" x 3-1/4" n/a Dinichthys
A giant Dinichthys, monster ..
 
 
 
DB ID Topic In Scope? DF Collection? Printed No. Notes Qty Size (Inches) Album Pages Life Form
11299 Extinct Life 26 374 1 5-3/8" x 3-1/4" n/a Brontotherium
A family of Brontotherium, ..
 
 
 
DB ID Topic In Scope? DF Collection? Printed No. Notes Qty Size (Inches) Album Pages Life Form
11300 Extinct Life 27 598 1 5-3/8" x 3-1/4" n/a Iguanodon
This huge dinosaur, ..
 
 
 
DB ID Topic In Scope? DF Collection? Printed No. Notes Qty Size (Inches) Album Pages Life Form
11301 Extinct Life 28 374 1 5-3/8" x 3-1/4" n/a Rhamphorhynchus
Not a bird!!! Not a plane!!! ..
 
 
 
DB ID Topic In Scope? DF Collection? Printed No. Notes Qty Size (Inches) Album Pages Life Form
11302 Extinct Life 29 598 1 5-3/8" x 3-1/4" n/a Styracosaurus
The Styracosaurus, a horned ..
 
 
 
DB ID Topic In Scope? DF Collection? Printed No. Notes Qty Size (Inches) Album Pages Life Form
11303 Extinct Life 30 374 1 5-3/8" x 3-1/4" n/a Triceratops
The Triceratops, a three horned dinosaur ..
 
 
 
DB ID Topic In Scope? DF Collection? Printed No. Notes Qty Size (Inches) Album Pages Life Form
11304 Extinct Life 31 1602 1 5-3/8" x 3-1/4" n/a Mammuthus
Smilodon
Teratornis
A prehistoric elephant caught ..
 
 
 
DB ID Topic In Scope? DF Collection? Printed No. Notes Qty Size (Inches) Album Pages Life Form
11305 Extinct Life 32 210 1 5-3/8" x 3-1/4" n/a Deinotherium
Except for the large down-curved ..
 
 
 
DB ID Topic In Scope? DF Collection? Printed No. Notes Qty Size (Inches) Album Pages Life Form
11306 Extinct Life 33 1602 1 5-3/8" x 3-1/4" n/a Corythosaurus
The Corythosaurus, the "helmet dinosaur" ..
 
 
 
DB ID Topic In Scope? DF Collection? Printed No. Notes Qty Size (Inches) Album Pages Life Form
11307 Extinct Life 34 210 1 5-3/8" x 3-1/4" n/a Brachiosaurus
Taller than a 3 story house, ..
 
 
 
DB ID Topic In Scope? DF Collection? Printed No. Notes Qty Size (Inches) Album Pages Life Form
11308 Extinct Life 35 1602 1 5-3/8" x 3-1/4" n/a Ceratosaurus
Stegosaurus
The tricky Ceratosaurus ..
 
 
 
DB ID Topic In Scope? DF Collection? Printed No. Notes Qty Size (Inches) Album Pages Life Form
49233 Extinct Life 36 210 1 5-3/8" x 3-1/4" n/a Apatosaurus
Stegosaurus
Trachodon
Triceratops
Tyrannosaurus
This is a family tree of dinosaurs.
 
 
 
========== Point of Sale Items ==========
DB ID Topic In Scope? DF Collection? Printed No. Notes Qty Size (Inches) Album Pages Life Form
45854922 -- 1 tbd n/a
String of Seven Unopened Packs (Side 1)
 
 
 
DB ID Topic In Scope? DF Collection? Printed No. Notes Qty Size (Inches) Album Pages Life Form
45854923 -- 1 tbd n/a
String of Seven Unopened Packs (Side 2)
 
 
 
DB ID Topic In Scope? DF Collection? Printed No. Notes Qty Size (Inches) Album Pages Life Form
45854921 -- 1 tbd n/a
Unopened Celo Pack of Two Cards (side 1 and side 2)
 
 
 
========== Other Stuff ==========
DB ID Topic In Scope? DF Collection? Printed No. Notes Qty Size (Inches) Album Pages Life Form
45854920 -- 1 tbd n/a
Dinosaurs by Edwin H. Colbert (cover & inside image) - see Cards #36)