2009 NECA Twilight trading cards are something of an anomaly. They’re essentially a reprint of the Inkworks set that came out just a few months earlier, minus the costume cards.
When Inkworks went out of business, NECA snatched up not only the rights to the franchise but apparently the files used to make the original set. The Inkworks version was a massive hit but too little too late for the manufacturer.
The 2009 NECA Twilight base set mirrors the Inkworks release. That means 72 cards focusing primarily on the story and its characters. That means lots of Bella and Edward.
The basic inserts are also exactly like the ones made by Inkworks. There’s Always, a nine-card puzzle, six Different cards and three In Pursuit cards.
NECA did add two new cards. The first is a single-card insert called Who Is Bella. It’s an exclusive to packs sold at Hot Topic. There’s a Peter Facinelli autograph, one of the few signed cards the franchise produced. However, it wasn’t available in packs. Rather it was an incentive for a binder package.
While the general design and configuration of the two Twilight sets are the same, there is a subtle difference. The copyright on the back is the key, notably the company logo. While the Inkworks versions are more valuable, the NECA cards have still held up well.
2009 NECA Twilight Checklist
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Cards per pack: 6
Packs per box: 24
Release Date: June, 2009
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Base Set
72 cards.
1 Title Card
2 Bella Swan
3 Edward Cullen
4 Jacob Black
5 Dr. Carlisle Cullen
6 Esme Cullen
7 Rosalie Hale
8 Jasper Hale
9 Alice Cullen
10 Emmett Cullen
11 Charlie Swan
12 James
13 Victoria
14 Laurent
15 Billy Black
16 Mike Newton
17 Mr. Molina
18 Waylon Forge
19 A New Beginning
20 Welcome Home Present
21 Not Daddy’s Little Girl
22 The Black Family
23 First Day of School
24 Lunchtime Gossip
25 The Cullen Family
26 Biology Class
27 Mysterious Lab Partner
28 Dinner with Charlie
29 The People of Forks
30 Forman Introduction
31 Dealing with Biology
32 A Chance to Talk
33 Saved
34 A Family’s Concern
35 Field Trip
36 Making Up
37 La Push Beach
38 Legends
39 Drawing First Blood
40 Prom Shopping
41 Closer to the Truth
42 Haunted
43 Answers
44 Transformation
45 The Real Me
46 In Love with Him
47 Since 1918
48 Stick With Me
49 The Cullen Home
50 Meeting the Parents
51 Rosalie’s Fears
52 Flying through the Trees
53 What Alice Sees
54 Hunter becomes the Prey
55 Forks in Fear
56 Midnight Visitor
57 Baseball with the Cullens
58 Evil Arrives
59 Going into Hiding
60 An Enemy’s Warning
61 Preparing for a Fight
62 Alice’s Nightmarish Vision
63 Home Invasion
64 Captured!
65 Stopping James
66 Venom
67 The Battle for Bella
68 Saving Bella’s Life
69 Repairing Relationships
70 Prom Night
71 Forever
72 Checklist
Autographs
1 card.
Not in packs.
Included with Amazon package that also came with the NECA base set and binder.
Peter Facinelli as Carlisle Cullen /5000
Always
9 cards, 1:11 packs.
Cards form a foil puzzle.
AL-1
AL-2
AL-3
AL-4
AL-5
AL-6
AL-7
AL-8
AL-9
Different
6 cards, 1:17 packs.
D-1 The Cullens
D-2 Bella Alone
D-3 Edward Alone
D-4 Friends?
D-5 Bella’s Boys
D-6 No One More Different
In Pursuit
3 cards, 1:23 packs.
IP-1 The Hunter
IP-2 Hunters and Lovers
IP-3 Hunter and Prey
Who Is Bella?
1 cards, 1:6 Hot Topic packs.
HT-1 Who Is Bella?
Also available:
- Binder (part of Amazon-exclusive package with base set and autograph)
