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This site is devoted to collecting SM idol cards. To my knowledge this is the only place on the web to find pics of all 145 known cards.
Please let me know if you find any problems with my site, so I can fix them. I hope to expand this page and my collection. If anyone has any card(s) that they are willing to sell then please drop me a line.
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Update
2-2-08 It's finally happened! I bought the elusive card "X" on eBay this past week. After 7..no wait....it's 8 now. After 8 long years of searching, I've gotten them all. I was really starting to doubt it could happen. So know, I'll have to pick up a new hobby. I'm thinking about tracking down the Sailor Moon Floral cards or maybe the Kodomo no Omocha idol cards. Anyway, I'm thrilled to finally have completed my collection. I'll contiune to fiddle with this site in my free time and keep it a valuable resource for other collectors.
3-3-07 Progress! Due to the kindness of Dawn B. from Georgia, I am now the proud owner of card "N" from the R Series! Thank you so much Dawn. Dawn contacted me over a week ago and told me how much she valued my site as a source and offered the card to me. I'm so glad that I can be of help to other collectors. Dawn also told me that she has many extras that she would like to sell and trade. Please e-mail me if you would like her contact information. I am now only one card away from completing my collection! Woo hoo!
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Pick from the links below and to the left to browse my page. If you have any info on SM Lami cards and would like to share, e-mail me. I'd love to hear from other people on this subject.
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What is a Lami / Idol card?
I've been collecting SM idol cards since 1999 but, I do not claim to know everything about them. So far though, I have come up with this description. An Idol card is a heavily laminated card, hence the name "Lami". These cards have also been referred to as Rami and/or Movic cards. The card has both a front and back image. On the older SM Idol cards the image on the back is only made up of 2 or 3 colors. The front image is full color. Some of the SuperS cards are full color on the back.
Seika Note produced the cards and they are planned by Movic or Toei. The back images differ from set to set. All of the Sailor Moon idol cards have a toei sticker (little cat with a black hat) on the back, unless the sticker has been peeled off. This shows that the card is authentic. However, just because a card is missing its toei sticker doesn't mean it's not authentic. I have a few cards that the stickers have been torn/worn off. This affects the value of the cards to me. I would rather have a card with the sticker intact. The prices I've paid ranges from $1.50 to $15 a piece, with or without sticker. On average it is $5 each. I'm so poor now. -_-
Scratches are a common occurrence. Most of my cards have faint scratches that are
barely noticeable, you have to turn them in the light to even see them. I think that
most of the scratches happen because they are treated roughly. The lamination does
provide some protection but they are not indestructible. Come on people, treat lami
cards with some level of care! :-) And my gosh, don't peel off the sticker!
The number of the card is actually the date which it was made. Example: 0792A
means that it was made in July of 1992 & it is card "A" in that series. Some cards
only have a letter for identification.
For more facts go to the Interesting Info page.
There are lots of fake Lami out there. I have seen some of them with a prismatic
image on the front and a plain image of Chibi Usa holding Luna-P on the back. As far
as I know there were no prismatic Sailor Moon idol cards made. Most of the fakes I
have seen only have a image on the front. The backs usually say something like
Kodak. There are even manga style lami cards, they are not authentic.
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