A trading card game revolving around The Golden Compass will be released this November. The cards are set to retail at $1.99 a pack and there will be a base collection of 72 different trading cards. Also included in one pack from approximately every 24 packs will be a special bonus card, featuring a swathe of film costume material. You can read more about them here, and you can view photos of the trading card box and selected cards in our merchandise section.
Please, no, this is just taking it too far!! trading card games!!!!!! why oh why!!! i’d like to see what philip pullman thinks of these…
this is getting out of hand. These ppl are killing Lyra and Pan big time.
Oh come on! They’ve had trading card games for Harry Potter, Spiderman, and even Lord of the Rings. All films of this type get the trading cards treatment – this isn’t unusual. And to be fair, I like them and I’ll probably be buying a pack! It’s great to pass the time in a car or plane journey so why not!! Lighten up, guys, merchandise like this won’t take anything away from the book OR the film.
I agree with Jamie. Any movie that has a budget as big as this will have trading cards. It doesn’t matter.
By the way, the merchandise link doesn’t work.
yes i also agree with jamie. this hasnt gone too far yet, but im afraid it might..
Some of the pictures are kind of pretty, but I wouldn’t really buy them myself. Although I do like the packaging…. rawr, bear!
What concerns me is the fact that they appear to have the wrong spelling for alethiometer on the card…. ‘aleithiometer’ indeed. Hopefully that doesn’t make it to printing, or I can forsee some rather embarrassed card manufacturers.
Oh jesus i’m gonna be sick…
Judging from the images and information available, it is going to be simply a series of trading cards to collect, not a game at all.
wow… all i can say is that i hope this draws more readership. i mean, come on, the books aren’t that popular in the states and i’m not sure even harry potter had this much merchandise before the first film, though they’ve certainly caught up… still, the more promo, the better… hopefully it wont get too out of hand though.
The cards look lame 🙁 Too bad since I do collect decks that I like.
The cards look great but once again its all about making loads of money and they have lost sightt of the books and the stories. So has Roger been killed off before the film has started? This is Lrya`s best friend, what do you fans really think about this, please tell me as I love the books?