1993 SkyBox Nightmare Before Christmas trading cards are the first to feature Jack Skellington, Sally, Oogie Boogie and the macabre cast of characters. While a couple of other sets for the film have come since, this one comes from before the movie’s slow-burning popularity took off.
The base set take 90 cards to retell the story. Stills are framed by a somewhat intricate blue border on the front. In addition to the recap cards are some highlighting specific characters as well as a brief look behind the camera.
1993 SkyBox Nightmare Before Christmas has just one insert set. Four Spectra cards are inserted at a rate of 1:18 packs. So completing a fully master set isn’t overly tough.
That said, there isn’t a ton of the product out there. The movie took a few years to take off. It was only a moderate hit when it first released. As a result, the set is a little more expensive than most others released around the same time. It’s not a massive premium but it does exist.
1993 SkyBox Nightmare Before Christmas Checklist
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Cards per pack: 8
Packs per box: 36
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Base Set
90 cards.
1 A Tale of a Well-Meaning Skeleton’s Dream
2 To Halloweentown We Go!
3 “This Is Halloween!”
4 A Celebration
5 Everyone Sings
6 “Great Halloween, Everybody.”
7 Alone Against a Tombstone
8 Jack and His Faithful Ghost Dog, Zero
9 The Master of Surprise
10 Afraid to Be Seen
11 Tired of Screams
12 Emptiness In His Bones
13 Jack’s Tears
14 “I Know How You Feel.”
15 “You’ve Come Back.”
16 There’s No Answer
17 Jack Is Nowhere to Be Found
18 “Someplace New.”
19 “What Is This?”
20 Jack Opens the Door
21 “What’s This?”
22 Could This Be a Dream
23 Jack Stumbles into Christmastown
24 Songs, Laughter and Happiness
25 Everyone’s Alive!
26 So Much Fun!
27 Excitedly Exploring
28 Jack’s Ecstatic
29 No Ghouls Or Witches
30 “Sounds the Alarms.”
31 Deadly Night Shade
32 Suspicious Soup
33 “What’s That Weird Machine?”
34 “Call a Town Meeting!”
35 A Buzz Is in the Air
36 “Listen Everyone.”
37 Sandy Claws
38 “There’s Got to Be a Way.”
39 Jack and His Experiments
40 Sally’s Potion
41 Christmas Formulas
42 Sally’s Vision
43 “This Year Christmas Will Be Ours!”
44 “Kidnap the Sandy Claws.”
45 A Private Armory
46 A Box with a Note Attached
47 A Deadly Surprise
48 On Their Way
49 A Warning
50 “We Caught Him!”
51 Making Christmas
52 Naughty and Nice
53 “Trick or Treat!”
54 “But You’re the Pumpkin King.”
55 “This Time We Bagged Him!”
56 Sally’s Plan
57 Zero with His Nose So Bright
58 Jack Begins His Descent
59 Crash Landing
60 Blissfully Unaware
61 The Terror Continues
62 People Are Frantic
63 Jack Is in Trouble
64 To Oogie Boogie’s Dungeon
65 The Meanest Guy in Halloweentown
66 No Prayer
67 No Match
68 Jack Races to Set Things Right
69 Toward the Cemetery
70 Newfound Love
71 Jack Skellington
72 Sally
73 Zero
74 Oogie Boogie
75 The Mayor
76 Dr. Finklestein, the Evil Scientist
77 Lock
78 Shock
79 Barrel
80 “Singed and shredded.”
81 Gambling Man
82 A Fabricator Applies Finishing Touches
83 A Fascinating Three-Dimensional World
84 Jack’s Emotions
85 Oogie Boogie
86 The Intricate Process of Stop-Motion Animation
87 Creating Structure
88 The Illusion of Flight
89 Checklist
90 Checklist
Spectra
4 cards, 1:18 packs.
SP1 Songs, Laughter and Happiness
SP2 Sandy Claws
SP3 Newfound Love
SP4 No Prayer
Promo Cards
S1 Santa, Lock, Stock, Barrel
