Star Trek (Leaf)

Real world article
(written from a production point of view)

The Star Trek trading card set released by Leaf in 1967 was the first such set released. The set was only released on a limited scale due to the company's small distribution area (Ohio and Illinois), and was quickly recalled as a result of licensing issues. As such, it is extremely rare.

The cards contained black and white images from various episodes, as well as blooper images from filming, coupled with reverse-side text that was largely fabricated, and had little connection to the episode the image originated from.

In the mid-1990s, a dealer claimed to have discovered "a European version" of the same series (not a reprint, but decades old cards which were never released). He sold these cards at a large margin, using a letter from Paramount verifying their origin. A decade or so later, it was revealed to be a hoax. The dealer had received a letter from Paramount saying the cards were fake, and he copied the letterhead and signature to create a false letter of authorization. The cards were in fact, modern (unauthorized) reprints. An unauthorized reprint of the set also took place in 1981, but they at least have the word "reprint" near the copyright.

Base set

No. 1 2 3
Card
Title No Time For Escape Attempted Mutiny A Group Appears
No. 4 5 6
Card
Title Come In, Captain Kirk Murasaki Mischief Beam Down to Dawn
No. 7 8 9
Card
Title Beside Himself Back Through Time Horta Emerging
No. 10 11 12
Card
Title Spock's Box Spock in Command Spock in Command
No. 13 14 15
Card
Title Befuddled Bones Prepare to Fire Phasers Command Decision
No. 16 17 18
Card
Title Kirk Battles a Gorn Phaser Daser Space Race
No. 19 20 21
Card
Title Fight Fire With Fire Captain's Bluff Underground Pursuit
No. 22 23 24
Card
Title The Bird Teeny Bopper Time Warp
No. 25 26 27
Card
Title You're Kidding Beam Out Burn Out
No. 28 29 30
Card
Title Interference Out Not So Funny Prisoner of the Mind
No. 31 32 33
Card
Title Stalking a Killer The Earth Killer Fight for Lithium
No. 34 35 36
Card
Title Destruction Decision Return My Ship Frozen at the Controls
No. 37 38 39
Card
Title Christmas Present Amnesia Victim Decoy
No. 40 41 42
Card
Title Beyond Tomorrow Trapped Kirk Outside Spock Inside
No. 43 44 45
Card
Title Spock Takes a Job Kirk Held Hostage Big Joker
No. 46 47 48
Card
Title A Scream of Pain Captain's Statue Call Me Senator
No. 49 50 51
Card
Title Into a New World Tranquilized Time for Shore Leave
No. 52 53 54
Card
Title Ice Age Ambushed Pain of Victory
No. 55 56 57
Card
Title Cornered Jungle Hunt Collision Course
No. 58 59 60
Card
Title Corbomite Maneuver You Give Me a Headache Shore Leave Surprise
No. 61 62 63
Card
Title Killer Aboard Mindless Man Pirates at Bay
No. 64 65 66
Card
Title Off Course Attack by Nothing Funny Little Enemies
No. 67 68 69
Card
Title Poison Attack! Warp Out for Rescue Out of Control
No. 70 71 72
Card
Title Return to the Living Space Prisoner Raspberries

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