First Buzz: 2017 Rittenhouse ‘Star Trek Beyond’ trading cards

What: 2017 Rittenhouse Star Trek Beyond trading cards
Arrives: December
Box basics: Two autographs and one memorabilia card or pin card per box (12 boxes per case)

What’s buzz-worthy: The most recent Star Trek film comes to cardboard with the biggest signers from all three of the newest movies all in one package.

Keep reading for more as well as a small selection of card images to come.

The Basics: Among the signers for this one are Chris Pine (Captain Kirk), Zachary Quinto (Spock), Zoe Saldana (Uhura), Karl Urban (Bones), Simon Pegg (Scotty), Sofia Boutella (Jaylah), Alice Eve (Carol Marcus), Ben Cross (Sarek), Bruce Greenwood (Captain Pike), and Peter Weller (Admiral Marcus) to name a few in a lineup that will include ink from all three of the newer Trek movies. There also will be autographed memorabilia cards for Quinto, Urban, Eve and Boutella. … The basic set will include 72 cards and each of them will have a metal parallel. There also will be a nine-card Quotable set, a nine-card metal character poster set, a nine-card uniform patch set, a 10-card uniform pin set, a nine-card Anton Yelchin memorial set and a six-card Leonard Nimoy memorial expansion set. Also in the mix? Sketch cards. The memorabilia set will include screen-worn costume cards from Kirk, Spock, Uhura, Scotty and Chekov among others. There also will be dual-memorabilia cards and prop cards. … There also are three incentive options for bulk buyers — a Saldana autographed memorabilia card for six cases, a Pine auto-mem card for nine cases and an Archive Box that also will include a seven-piece bridge crew memorabilia card, an autograph of director Justin Lin, a Chekov command badge pin variation and a set of four printing plates for one card. That package goes to those buying 18 cases. … Last but not least, there will be an album with a promo card included. … Boxes carry a suggested retail price of $99.99, while binders should be $24.99.