It’s kind of funny how, despite being more than 30 years old, the Lost in Space TV show is remember more today than the reboot film that came along in 1998. But even if it is largely forgettable, it still got a solid set of cards. 1998 Inkworks Lost in Space Movie trading cards arrived just before delights like autographs and memorabilia took over a huge chunk of the hobby. But that doesn’t meant that they’re totally absent.
The base set has 90 cards. The movie itself might not be that special, but there are lots of familiar faces in the cast. Matt LeBlanc, Gary Oldman, Heather Graham and William Hurt are just a few. There’s nothing unique about the meat of the set. Most retells the film. Key characters are also featured on bio cards.
The top inserts in 1998 Inkworks Lost in Space Movie are three autographs. Lacey Chabert, Mimi Rogers and Jack Johnson are the signers. Sorry, no LeBlanc or Graham. All are inserted via redemption so there’s no chance of getting the actual autographs from packs anymore.
The product does look back to the franchise’s roots with the Double Feature inserts. Done with a prismatic card stock, the cards have an image of a film character paired with a counterpart comparison from the TV series. The set has nine cards with one landing every 11 packs. The cards were renumbered and use as a promo set at select K-Mart stores as a promo for the video release.
War of Robots (four cards, 1:24) looks at machines. The insert lineup is rounded out with Jupiter 2, a single-card set (1:108 packs) that uses a flashy foil design to show off the film’s spaceship.
1998 Inkworks Lost in Space Movie Checklist
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Cards per pack: 8
Packs per box: 36
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Base Set
90 cards.
1 Title Card
2 Eagle One
3 Sedition Raider
4 Moving Day
5 Monkey Business
6 Meet the Press
7 Launch Dome
8 A Boy’s World
9 Saboteur
10 Welcome Aboard
11 One Last Detail
12 Betrayed!
13 Cryosuits
14 Powering Main Systems
15 On Your Command
16 Destroy!
17 Disable Program!
18 Berserker
19 Leap to Safety
20 Power Down!
21 Certain Doom
22 The Life I Save…
23 Anywhere But Here
24 Alien Stars
25 You’re Lucky
26 The Proteus
27 Hostile Environment
28 Captain’s Log
29 An Onboard Jungle
30 Don’t Evolve
31 Robot Defense
32 Armed & Dangerous
33 Let’s Move!
34 Hang On!
35 Blawp
36 Can I Keep Her?
37 Pretty Girl
38 Star Light, Star Bright
39 In Control
40 I’m Coming Back
41 Come Home
42 Still Scheming…
43 Danger, Will Robinson
44 You’re a Doctor
45 Repairs
46 Cool!
47 Smith’s Discovery
48 Blawp, Come Back!
49 When Are We?
50 We’re Turned Around
51 Indeed!
52 This Can’t Be!
53 I’m Your Son
54 Rescue Party
55 No Two Alike
56 Where Are We?
57 I’ll Change History
58 A Brief Lesson
59 Never Fear…
60 Matter of Survival
61 …Smith Is Here
62 Kill Them All!
63 I Am a God
64 Halt!
65 Robot Will Save
66 He’s Still Breathing
67 Jump!
68 Evil’s True Form
69 A Close Call
70 No Choice At All
71 Come with Us!
72 Don’t Forget Me
73 Set Design
74 The Line of Fire
75 Danger!
76 A Perfect Fit
77 It Takes Six
78 All Grown Up
79 Hangin’ Around
80 Just Relax!
81 In Between Takes
82 Professor John Robinson
83 Maureen Robinson
84 Dr. Judy Robinson
85 Penny Robinson
86 Will Robinson
87 Major Don West
88 Dr. Zachary Smith
89 Mission Robot
90 Checklist
Autographs
3 cards. Insertion rates not announced. All distributed via redemption.
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A-1 Mimi Rogers as Dr. Maureen Robinson
A-2 Lacey Chabert as Penny Robinson
A-3 Jack Johnson as Will Robinson
Double Feature
9 cards, 1:11 packs.
DF1 John Robinson
DF2 Maureen Robinson
DF3 Judy Robinson
DF4 Penny Robinson
DF5 Will Robinson
DF6 Major Don West
DF7 Zachary Smith
DF8 Mission Robot
DF9 Blawp/Debbie
Jupiter 2
1 card, 1:108 packs.
J1 Jupiter 2
War of the Robots
4 cards, 1:24 packs.
R1 The Mission’s Robot
R2 Will’s Robot
R3 B-9
R4 Robot Ancestry
General Mills Cereal
4 cards.
Inserted as premium inside specially marked cereal boxes.
GM1 The Mission’s Robot
GM2 Will’s Robot
GM3 B-9
GM4 Robot Ancestry
K-Mart Video Cards
9 cards.
Sets given away in cello packs. They’re essentially the same as the Double Feature inserts but have different numbering.
KM1 John Robinson
KM2 Maureen Robinson
KM3 Judy Robinson
KM4 Penny Robinson
KM5 Will Robinson
KM6 Major Don West
KM7 Zachary West
KM8 Mission Robot
KM9 Blawp/Debbie
Promo Cards
0 Robot – Starlog Magazine
ML1 4-Card Panel – Suncoast and Media Play
MP00 Robot – Cards Inc.
MP1 Major Don West
MP2 Robot
WM1 2-Card Panel – WalMart
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