There are still a lot of unique Japanese sports cards to be found as a lot of them are still unchecklisted and quite rare. Once such card is this new card find of Hulk Hogan from 1983. It is a card that came in a cassette case for what appears to be entrance music for the Hulkster, or Ichiban, as he was known in Japan when he first debuted. It's about the size of a regular trading card and blank backed. Now all I need is a Walkman to listen!
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Fantastic card. Not sure I've ever heard of cards coming with cassette tapes before seeing this post. Gotta imagine this is a hot commodity among Hogan fans since it's one of his earliest trading cards.
ReplyDeleteBy the way, here's a very detailed website that provides his matches in Japan from 1980 to 1983:
https://hulkhoganhistory.weebly.com/1977-1983.html
Cool, thanks for the link...will check it out. He has a few earlier, but this one is definitely one of the rarest ones, no doubt.
DeleteI think I'd like to have the cassette more than the card. And where'd you find this?
ReplyDeleteI definitely need a tape player now...I came across it while browsing Japanese auction sites....oh the stuff you can dig up!
DeleteNeat, cool find! I gotta start checking old cassette tapes I find for cards now!!!
ReplyDeleteRight?!! I bet there are more of these cassette cards out there! I wonder if Book Off or Donki have them.
DeleteThis is such a great discovery. I didn't know Hogan did so much wrestling in Japan. That's cool!
ReplyDeleteHe was very popular from about 1981 over there. Actually there are a decent amount of cards of Japanese cards of him from this time.
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