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c1985 Japanese Wrestling Children's Magazine Card Set

SumoMenkoManSumoMenkoMan Posts: 1,269 ✭✭✭
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I just picked this set up. I need to do some more research to figure out A)what year its from, B) what magazine it came in and C) how many more cards, if any, are in the set. The title of the cards is roughly "Pro Wrestling Battle Cards".

Cards are roughly 5cm wide and 6cm high and came in a sheet so had to be handcut. These cards were definitely handcut rather hastily as you can tell by the waviness of the borders. On the back is a dice game. Simply, each child would grab a card and roll the dice. Each dice roll(number) corresponded to a different move with different damage. Whoever dealt the most hit points would win. You can see the Title Card in the upper-right corner of the photo has the scorecard.

Checklist so far is as follows:

Giant Baba
Bruiser Brody
Abdullah the Butcher
Tatsumi Fujinami
Andre the Giant
Stan Hansen
Hulk Hogan
Antonio Inoki
Tiger Mask
Black Tiger
Jumbo Tsurata


Eagles33, didn't you say you saw this set at one time? Any more info? Thanks!

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  • wrestlingcardkingwrestlingcardking Posts: 4,555 ✭✭✭✭
    Those are cool, thanks for sharing! I can't wait to see more information on the set.
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  • dytch2220dytch2220 Posts: 1,681 ✭✭✭
    These are neat, thanks for the share.
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  • eagles33eagles33 Posts: 2,683 ✭✭✭
    I saw a magazine a while back that had a sheet in it that looked kinda like the 85 all stars sheet. The magazine was from 82 and it contained a hogan card. It sold for about 20 bucks. I never set a snipe and missed out on it. It was about a year ago befor I really started looking for Japanese cards
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  • wrestlingcardkingwrestlingcardking Posts: 4,555 ✭✭✭✭
    Did you get a scan of it Eagles?
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  • SumoMenkoManSumoMenkoMan Posts: 1,269 ✭✭✭
    Does anyone know when Andre started sporting the Grizzly Adams look?
  • eagles33eagles33 Posts: 2,683 ✭✭✭
    Unfortunately I didn't. The auction had scans of the magazine cover and front and backs of cards. I tried contacting the seller a few months ago but no luck.
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  • SumoMenkoManSumoMenkoMan Posts: 1,269 ✭✭✭
    1982 does help me narrow down my search for Japanese wrestling magazines. I think there were about 3-4 different ones at the time. I'll poke around the Japanese auctions and see what I can come up with.
  • wrestlingcardkingwrestlingcardking Posts: 4,555 ✭✭✭✭
    Good luck in your search!
    BUYING Frank Gotch T229 Kopec
    Looking to BUY n332 1889 SF Hess cards and high grade cards from 19th century especially. "Once you have wrestled everything else in life is easy" Dan Gable
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