Video games turned into movies don’t have a very good track record. Street Fighter might not be the worst example, but it is still pretty bad. So bad, it can be fun. It’s with that same notion that the 1994 Upper Deck Street Fighter Movie trading cards should be treated.
As far as quality goes, there’s nothing wrong with the product. It’s glossy, it has some cool inserts and there’s a hologram of Jean-Claude Van Damme. That has to be the definition of cool. Maybe.
The base set has 90 cards, recapping the movie and highlighting its colorful characters. The stills also show how poorly done some of those characters are, particularly Blanka who looks like the long, lost cousin to Lou Ferrigno’s Incredible Hulk. That wouldn’t be such a bad thing if the movie came out 15 years earlier, but it wasn’t.
The base card design is on the busy side, but that’s the mid-1990s talking. As far as quality goes, they’re slick like virtually all Upper Deck sets.
As for inserts, 1994 Upper Deck Street Fighter Movie came out a couple of years before autographs became a thing in entertainment trading cards. But that doesn’t mean they’re not interesting.Both the one-card Animation and ten-card Special F/X sets use foil with stunning results.
And then there’s the Van Damme Lithogram, a hologram-style card of the ’90s action icon. Hate on the movie all you want but maybe we should be thankful for its existence just because of this card.
1994 Upper Deck Street Fighter Movie Checklist
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Cards per pack: 8
Packs per box: 36
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Base Set
90 cards.
1 News Flash: Crisis in Shadaloo
2 Hostage Watch
3 Ransom Countdown Begins
4 Sweet Deal Goes Sour
5 Meeting the Spanish Ninja
6 You’re All Under Arrest
7 Assassin Among Us
8 Talking with the Enemy
9 Chun-Li Dressed to Kill
10 The Insiders
11 Make Me the Perfect Warrior
12 A Meeting of the Minds
13 It’s a Prison Break
14 The Fallen Hero
15 The Ruse Morgue
16 The Infiltration Begins
17 The Infiltration Is Complete
18 Chun-Li and Crew Captured
19 Sorry, War Cancelled
20 Interview with a Madman
21 Leader of the Pack
22 Not So Pleasant Reunion
23 Rage Unleashed
24 She Who Hesitates Is Lost
25 Attack Foiled
26 Hit the Beach
27 A Perfect Warrior Matchup
28 Blanka’s Secret Revealed
29 Bison and Guile Face-to-Face
30 A Woman Shall Lead Them
31 Guile Versus Bison – Round 1
32 Dee Jay Grabs the Cash
33 Steel Claw Versus Iron Will
34 You Will Be Defeated
35 To the Loser Goes Defeat
36 I Am Invincible
37 The Best Laid Plans
38 Street Fighters Escape
39 The Grand Finale
40 Guile
41 Guile
42 M.Bison
43 M.Bison
44 Cammy
45 T.Hawk
46 Chun-Li
47 E.Honda
48 Blanka
49 Balrog
50 Ken
51 Ryu
52 Vega
53 Sawada
54 Zangief
55 Dhalsim
56 Dee Jay
57 Sagat
58 Guile
59 Cammy
60 T.Hawk
61 Chun-Li
62 E.Honda
63 Blanka
64 Balrog
65 Ken
66 Ryu
67 Vega
68 Sawada
69 Zangrief
70 Dhalsim
71 Dee Jay
72 Sagat
73 M.Bison
74 Director: Steven de Souza
75 Even experienced film makers…
76 Street Fighter’s casting director…
77 Fight Coordinator Benny “The Jet” Urquide…
78 General Bison’s command center…
79 The dramatic entrance…
80 Resembling a scene from…
81 Make-up and hair wizards Zoltan and Janic…
82 Designed by Bill Creber…
83 Jean-Claude Van Damme…
84 Director de Souza coaches Ming-Na Wen…
85 Many of the main characters…
86 Ray “Brownie” Brown…
87 Ming-Na Wen (Chun-Li)…
88 The entire Street Fighter crew…
89 Title Card
90 Checklist
Animation
1 card.
AN1 Guile Versus M. Bison
Special F/X
10 cards, 1:8 packs.
SF1 Guile Versus M.Bison
SF2 Guile Versus M.Bison
SF3 Chun-Li Versus Zangief
SF4 Ryu Versus Vega
SF5 E-Honda Versus Zangief
SF6 Balrog Versus Trooper
SF7 Ryu Versus Sagat
SF8 Guile Versus Blanka
SF9 T-Hawk Versus Trooper
SF10 Cammy Versus Trooper
Van Damme Lithogram
1 card, 1:100 packs.
LE1 Jean-Claude Van Damme
Promo Cards
SF1 Guile
SF2 Opening Day (Silver Foil) – Theater Giveaway
SP1 Guile – Dealers, Street Fighter #1 Comic
