After appearing in Walmart's Super Bowl commercial, the Mars Attacks martians will now be featured in a new trading card set from Topps, which is currently funding on Kickstarter.
Set to be developed, produced, and published by SideKick Lab, the campaign's goal of $25,000 was fully funded in just over an hour earlier this morning!
The new set, Mars Attacks: Uprising, is a follow-up to the 2015 series Mars Attacks: Occupation, and will include all new art by illustrators Ed Repka, William Skaar, Carlos Valenzuela, Paolo Parente, and other amazing talent. It will continue the story of an army from Mars that has invaded and enslaved the Earth, and show humanity’s struggle to rise up to defeat their alien overlords!
The set 72-card base set will feature all-new story cards, unique chase cards including a crossover with the 1988 Topps series Dinosaurs Attack; creator autographs, hand-drawn original art cards, collectible parallel sets, and so much more!
"SideKick was a critically important partner behind Topps’ earlier Kickstarter-funded Mars Attacks: Occupation, which was beloved by fans, and we are pleased to have them return to the series," says Topps’ VP of Global Licensing Ira Friedman. "SideKick makes products Mars Attacks fans want and we are happy to work with them to produce new content and carry forward the brand’s indelible legacy."
From complete sets to a la carte options, master bundles and hot packs, Kickstarter is offering collectors the chance to get what they want, how they want it. Specialty reward levels will allow fans the rare opportunity to be painted into the series itself; to receive unique one-of-a-kind rewards, and even original cut signatures from creators of the original series, including visionary artists Wally Wood and Bob Powell!
At the time of writing this, the campaign has already raised over $50,000, doubling its goal and smashing through stretch goals!
It's worth noting that as the campaign progresses, the base set may increase in size, with new story cards, chase cards, and bonus items to be added as funding grows!
