Transformers Artifact of the Week: Transformers Optimum Collection Trading Card Set

I haven’t done a Transformers Artifact of the Week in a while, so I thought I’d do at least two this week.  (Click here for the Transformers Dark of the Moon Trading Card Set.)

The Transformers Optimum Collection Trading card set by Enterplay released through Breygent Marketing was originally announced at San Diego Comic Con 2012 when several autographed cards were available, but the set was not actually released until spring of 2013.  The cards are extremely high quality, and includes a base set, several insert sets, variant autographs, costume, and prop cards.  There are also quite a few promo cards, some of which are numbered to as low as 99 copies, as well as very rare sketch and comic panel cards.

The photos of the three Leonard Nimoy autographs below are not from my collection.  The SDCC 2012 Nimoy card came in two versions.  A regular one numbered to 45 and a special “Prime” version numbered “1 Prime” to “7 Prime” was also available at the show, though I am not sure how.  The regular autograph set includes a Nimoy autograph numbered out of 90.  I don’t bother collect insert sets that are so rare that they cannot be completed like the sketch and comic panel cards, but I do have one from each set in my collection pictured below.

Not much else to say about these.  Pictures and notes are below.

Box

Binder

Pack

Basic Set

Generation One Set (G1 characters whose names were used for movie characters.)

Foil Puzzle Set (Fronts and Backs)

Foil Puzzle Promo Set (Fronts and Backs – It should be noted that this set was included with the binder for the 2011 Enterplay Transformers Dark of the Moon Dog Tag Set.  I have seen it listed as part of the set and it does use the same card design so I have included it.)

2012 SDCC Promo Card “Day of the Decepticons”

2012 SDCC Promo Card “Things Just Got A Lot Worse”

2013 Philly Non Sports Card Show Promo Card “Demolishor” Numbered /999

2013 Philly Non Sports Card Show Promo Card “Dylan Gould” Numbered /999

2013 Philly Non Sports Card Show Dealer Promo Card “Armed To The Teeth” Numbered /199

2013 Philly Non Sports Card Show Red Robin Restaurant Event Promo Card “Rampage” Numbered /99

2013 Philly Non Sports Card Show Tilted Kilt Pub Event Promo Card “Decepticon No More” Numbered /99

Non Sports Update Magazine Promo Card “Bruce Brazos” Numbered /999

Binder Promo Card “Alice” Numbered /500

Applecards Promo Card “Jolt” Numbered /500

Autographed Card – Barricade (Jess Harnell) – Blue Ink

Autographed Card – Barricade (Jess Harnell) – Green Ink

Autographed Card – Barricade (Jess Harnell) – Red Ink

Autographed Card – Ironhide (Jess Harnell) – Blue Ink

Autographed Card – Ironhide (Jess Harnell) – Green Ink

Autographed Card – Ironhide (Jess Harnell) – Red Ink

Autographed Card – Jazz (Darius McCrary) – Black Ink

Autographed Card – Jazz (Darius McCrary) – Maroon Ink – SDCC 2012

Autographed Card – Jetfire (Mark Ryan) – Black Ink

Autographed Card – Jetfire (Mark Ryan) – Blue Ink

Autographed Card – Jetfire (Mark Ryan) – Orange Ink – SDCC 2012

Autographed Card – Judy Witwicky (Julie White) – Black Ink

Autographed Card – Judy Witwicky (Julie White) – Blue Ink

Autographed Card – Maggie Madsen (Rachael Taylor) – Blue Ink – SDCC 2012

Autographed Card – Maggie Madsen (Rachael Taylor) – Red Ink

Autographed Card – Ratchet (Robert Foxworth) – Back Ink

Autographed Card – Ratchet (Robert Foxworth) – Green Ink

Autographed Card – Ron Witwicky (Kevin Dunn) – Black Ink – SDCC 2012

Autographed Card – Ron Witwicky (Kevin Dunn) – Blue Ink

Autographed Card – Sentinel Prime (Leonard Nimoy) – Black Ink – Numbered /90

Autographed Card – Sentinel Prime (Leonard Nimoy) – Blue Ink – Numbered /45 – SDCC 2012

Autographed Card – Sentinel Prime (Leonard Nimoy) – Black Ink Prime – Numbered /7 – SDCC 2012

Memorabilia Card – Chapman‘s Under Armour

Memorabilia Card – Chapman‘s Uniform Jacket

Memorabilia Card – Chapman‘s Uniform Pants

Prop Card – Ironhide‘s Tire – TP1

Prop Card – Ironhide‘s Tire – TP2

Multiple Case Incentive Prop Card – Ironhide‘s Tire – TTIP – Numbered /85 (Front and Back)

Sketch Card – Hand Drawn by Adam Cleveland

Comic Panel Card

As always, you can find over 9000 Transformers merchandise items and collectibles at TFMuseum.com.

Thanks for reading!