Trading Card Set
The Best Of Boris

The cards are the standard 3.5x2.5 size, printed with full bleed (colour right to the edges of the cards).  The cards are printed on chromium stock, this being a special format with a layer of (presumably) chromium foil, so thin as to be transparent, with a card backing, the metal foil being embossed and overprinted with transparent ink which gives a metallic lustre to the image background, over which are portions printed in opaque ink, this being covered by a transparent layer which seems to be plastic, the whole being covered with a UV-opaque layer.  The resultant image gives an illusion of depth and is bright and colourful, but which is difficult to scan with pleasing results.

The set consists of 90 cards, 79 being images previously published in series 1 to 4, and 10 being previously unpublished on trading cards.  There are, in addition to the basic set, 6 Omnichrome cards (3 to a box), 3 Triadmiration subset cards (1 to a box), a medallion card (one in five boxes), and a signature card (500 in total) signed by Boris himself.  A parallel set of Holochrome cards, with refractive backgrounds, was included at two cards per box.  These refractive cards in some light have a rainbow glow, and in others will give an opalescent backdrop (and, curiously, scan very well indeed, with none of the refractive effects visible).  The set was published in 1995.

The cards are listed below in numerical order.  The images are included purely to give an idea of what's in the card set, and there is no larger image behind the thumbnail.  The spelling here is taken directly from the back of the cards, errors included.
 


BOB.01: Freya 

BOB.02: Scorpio, The Scorpion 

BOB.03: Kalevanpojat 

BOB.04: Dolphins 

BOB.05: Bolla 

BOB.06: Deijanira 

BOB.07: White Angel 

BOB.08: Triton And Mermaid 

BOB.09: Hammer Throw 

BOB.10: At The Door 

BOB.11: Hercules And Cerberus 

BOB.12: Dracula 

BOB.13: Weightlifting 

BOB.14: Magic Ring 

BOB.15: Soap 
(Counterfeit Lover) 

BOB.16: Quetzalcoatl 

BOB.17: Atlas 

BOB.18: Basilisk 

BOB.19: Star Control 

BOB.20: Noah's Ark 

BOB.21: The Broken Sword 

BOB.22: Hesperides And Ladon 

BOB.23: Astarte 

BOB.24: Es And The Creation 

BOB.25: Medusa II 

BOB.26:  Wings Of Wor 

BOB.27: Indian Chief 

BOB.28: Alpnu 

BOB.29:  Daphne And Apollo 

BOB.30: Moses 

BOB.31: Thiassi Abducting Idum 

BOB.32: Mimir 

BOB.33: The Furies 

BOB.34: Diana And Actaeon
- mis-titled Artemis 

BOB.35: Dejanira And Nessus 

BOB.36: Condor Chuqui 

BOB.37: Death Stalker 

BOB.38: Rowing 

BOB.39: Dungeon 

BOB.40: Freedom 

BOB.41: Gryphon Keeper 

BOB.42: Unicorn 

BOB.43: Perseus And Medusa 

BOB.44:  Queen Of The Amazons 

BOB.45: Tattoo 

BOB.46: Yesterday And Tomorrow 

BOB.47: Sword And Serpents 

BOB.48: White Eagle 

BOB.49: Gemini, The Twins 

BOB.50: Death Ride 

BOB.51: Against The Odds 

BOB.52: Scarlet Menace 

BOB.53: Dumbell 

BOB.54: Mayan Serpent 

BOB.55: Elijah 

BOB.56: Medea 

BOB.57: Aquarius, The Water Bearer 

BOB.58: Gryphon Aire 

BOB.59: Mistress Of The Cats 

BOB.60: Hard Drive 

BOB.61: The Victorious 

BOB.62: Numdja 

BOB.63: Amazon Rider 

BOB.64: Artemis
- mis-titled Diana And Actaeon 

BOB.65: Death Stalker IV 

BOB.66: Sachmet 

BOB.67: Pyramids 

BOB.68: Venus In The Half Shell 

BOB.69: Red Amazon 

BOB.70: Metal Angel 

BOB.71: Abgal 

BOB.72: Hydra 

BOB.73: In The Moons Of Borea 

BOB.74: Archery 

BOB.75: Libra, The Balance 

BOB.76: Aries, The Ram 

BOB.77: Equestrian 

BOB.78: Thor And Krungnir 

BOB.79: Shotput 

BOB.80: Blackstar 

BOB.81: Quest 

BOB.82: Talisman 

BOB.83: Spring Garden 

BOB.84: Amaethon 

BOB.85: Golden Ax 

BOB.86: Aurora 

BOB.87: Crystal Gryphon 

BOB.88: Ariadne 

BOB.89: Amber 
BOB.90: Checklist, with no interesting image 

BOB.O1: Brotan The Breeder 

BOB.O2: She Vampire 

BOB.O3: Haesel The Slave 

BOB.O4: Leo 

BOB.O5: Live Tattoos 

BOB.O6: Nomads 

BOB.T1: Aphrodite 

BOB.T2: Hebat 

BOB.T3: Neryds 

BOB.medallion: Two-Headed Beast 

BOB.autograph: The Magnificent 
 

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Last updated: 28th December, 1997