2003 Topps X-Men 2: X-Men United trading cards rely on a similar format as the first film’s release. Autographs anchor the release with costume cards adding a little something extra. And while this set still has a sizeable autograph roster, it doesn’t come close to the star power of the set from the first movie.
The base set has 72 cards. It stars with several character profiles, something that’s not hard with such a big character list. From there, it delves into retelling the film’s story and finishes off with a few behind-the-scenes cards.
Autographs land 1:30 hobby packs. With 36 packs per box, that means some boxes have multiple signed cards. Alan Cumming, who plays Nightcrawler, is the biggest actor in the product. That said, the rarity of director Bryan Singer’s card makes it the most coveted.
Whereas the original X-Men movie set included signatures from Hugh Jackman, Patrick Stewart, Ian McKellan and several more big names, 2003 Topps X-Men 2 takes a major step down. Many of the signers are no schlubs but they’re not exactly A-listers in Hollywood.
X2 Movie Memorabilia cards aren’t a box hit. Rather, they’re 1:64 hobby packs so a little better than every other box.
Hobby packs have no other inserts. Retail packs, which don’t have any signed or memorabilia cards, do have a couple of exclusives. X-Treme Foil cards are 1:6 retail packs while X-Citing Clear cards fall 1:12 retail packs.
2003 Topps X-Men 2: X-Men United Checklist
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Cards per pack: 7
Packs per box: 36 (hobby), 24 (retail)
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Base Set
72 cards.
1 Professor X
2 Wolverine
3 Jean Grey
4 Cyclops
5 Storm
6 Magneto
7 Mystique
8 Colonel Stryker
9 Lady Deathstrike
10 Rogue
11 Iceman
12 Nightcrawler
13 Pyro
14 Colossus
15 Mutant 143
16 Terror Is a Mutant
17 The White House Invaded
18 An Ominous Warning
19 Of Power and Passion
20 The X-Team Confers
21 Stryker’s Game
22 Logan’s Return
23 Off on a Mission
24 Where Demons Dwell
25 Attacked by Nightcrawler
26 The Teleporter Nabbed
27 Birth of a Mutant
28 Friends or Deadly Foes?
29 Heroes Under Siege
30 Deadly Opponents
31 The Defeat of Cyclops
32 Night Raid on the X-Mansion
33 Colossus The Rescuer
34 Wolverine’s Fury
35 His Wrath Unleashed
36 Escape and Survive
37 The Prize
38 Mutants on the Run
39 Magneto Takes Control
40 Logan Comes Quietly
41 Pyro’s Revenge
42 Grand Illusion
43 Fracas in the Sky
44 An Unlikely Alliance
45 What Nightcrawler Knows
46 For the Love of Logan
47 War Games
48 Mission…Accomplished
49 The Professor’s Little Girl
50 Inside Dark Cerebro
51 Mutants Invade the Base
52 The Power of Cyclops
53 Beam of Destruction
54 Love Is Blind
55 Rescues and Revelations
56 Lady Deathstrike Attacks!
57 When Mutants Collide
58 Magneto’s Counterplan
59 The Showdown
60 Cool World
61 Logan’s Temptation
62 Against the Flood
63 Rescued by Rogue
64 Escape from Armageddon
65 By George, It’s Nightcrawler!
66 Here to Stay
67 A Director’s Challenge
68 Filming Fantastic Femmes
69 Checkmaters
70 Kids with Something X-tra
71 Just the Beast in Him
72 Checklist
Autographs
10 cards, 1:30 packs.
Singer is a short print, inserted 1:4,337 packs.
Check out a gallery of the entire set.
Shawn Ashmore as Iceman
Daniel Cudmore as Colossus
Alan Cumming as Nightcrawler
Bruce Davison as Senator Kelly
Michael Reid Mackay as Jason/”143″
James Marsden as Cyclops
Bryan Singer – Director
Aaron Stanford as Pyro
Katie Stuart as Shadowcat
Kea Wong as Jubilee
X2 Movie Memorabilia Costume Cards
3 cards, 1:64 packs.
Individual odds noted.
Lady Deathstrike – 1:138
Storm – 1:315
Wolverine – 1:187
X-Citing Clear Cards
5 cards, 1:12 retail packs.
C1 Magneto
C2 Nightcrawler
C3 Storm
C4 Wolverine
C5 Lady Deathstrike
X-Treme Foil
10 cards, 1:6 retail packs.
1 Cyclops
2 Jean Grey
3 Magneto
4 Mystique
5 Nightcrawler
6 Professor Xavier
7 Rogue
8 Storm
9 Wolverine
10 Lady Deathstrike
Promo Cards
P1 Wolverine
P2 Wolverine
P3 Nightcrawler
