Any American equivalents to the dam cards?

[TheFrenzy]

Over the years, Japan has released card sets featuring the many innovative dams dotting the nation's rivers.

(Yes, that is Godzilla in the last image. That's how I found these cards.)









Have there been any creative sets like this featuring US landmarks or public works?

[hermanotarjeta]

Only as subsets/inserts in Allen and ginter.

[CicadaMound]

They tend to be independent local issues, but stuff like that does pop up. If you go to TCDB and look under the "Historical" or "Oddball" Type of Non-Sports cards in a particular year you'll see them occasionally.

Here's one, 2022 Vista Landscapes West Virginia Playing Cards:
https://www.tcdb.com/ViewSet.cfm/sid...-Playing-Cards

And another, 2016 National Park Service Centennial:
https://www.tcdb.com/ViewSet.cfm/sid...ice-Centennial

There are probably lots more that get produced that haven't been cataloged, because it takes a special kind of person to recognize that the promotional playing cards for a regional park system "count" as Trading Cards on TCDB, for example.

[TheFrenzy]

Originally Posted by CicadaMound

They tend to be independent local issues, but stuff like that does pop up. If you go to TCDB and look under the "Historical" or "Oddball" Type of Non-Sports cards in a particular year you'll see them occasionally.

Here's one, 2022 Vista Landscapes West Virginia Playing Cards:
https://www.tcdb.com/ViewSet.cfm/sid...-Playing-Cards

And another, 2016 National Park Service Centennial:
https://www.tcdb.com/ViewSet.cfm/sid...ice-Centennial

There are probably lots more that get produced that haven't been cataloged, because it takes a special kind of person to recognize that the promotional playing cards for a regional park system "count" as Trading Cards on TCDB, for example.

National Parks is probably the most obvious answer! Can't believe I didn't think of that. Would be really cool to have these cards in refractor parallels.

[Bunny Hop]

these are very cool.

[Chrominator]

Looks like the market is wide-open for something new to happen outside of the world of sports and entertainment.

I'm in.

[PumpnDumpling]

Dam good cards! Nice clean design, love this stuff

[dd316]

Originally Posted by TheFrenzy

National Parks is probably the most obvious answer! Can't believe I didn't think of that.

I can't remember who the company was, but within the last few years somebody put out an incredibly comprehensive National Parks card set. Whether there are dams involved, I do not know.