Showing posts with label 1989 Mermaid Data. Show all posts
Showing posts with label 1989 Mermaid Data. Show all posts

Sunday, May 11, 2025

1989 Mermaid Data Cards


I picked up a lot of 1989 Mermaid Data Cards on Yahoo Auctions last week. Dave wrote a post about this set a few years ago which piqued my interest (and he gave me a card from the set on one of his visits here) but until now I haven't found any in the wild. They seem to be a bit hard to come by.

They are a 50 card set and Dave had wondered in his post if they might have been issued in two series since he only had cards numbered in the first 25. On flipping through mine I discovered I had about an even mix of cards from the first and second half of the set. On looking at the backs though I noticed something that might lend credence to the two series theory.

The cards on the left in the above photo are from 1 to 25. The cards on the right are all from 26 to 50. Not sure if this is significant, but the reversed color scheme is noticeable. 

I've got about half the set now, though a few have dinged corners. I'll add this to my list of kind of fun, random sets I'm working on, the colorful borders have drawn me in.