ROSWELL TRADING CARDS
In Nov 2000, the company Inkworks produced a set of 90 cards + extras for season 1 of Roswell.
(A card set for Roswell season 2 was announced, but unfortunately never produced due to poor sales of the season 1 cards.)
Trading cards are sold in packs that contain 7 cards. You have to buy a lot of packs to put together a
90-card set and all the chase cards such as autograph cards, foil cards and puzzle cards.
Below is all the info I gathered about them including pics.
Complete set will include:
* 90-card Base Set
* 9-card Foil Puzzle "Aliens Among Us" Chase Set
* 6-card "Roswell Files" Chase Set
* 2-card "Alein Orbs" Die Cut Chase Set
* Autograph Cards
* 36 packs in each box
* 6 cards in each pack
(Some info from the Inkworks website.
Inkworks is out of business, and their site is gone, but if anyone is interested, I did save the parts and reposted it - here.)
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ROSWELL:
SEASON ONE
Premium Trading Cards
from Inkworks
Released November 2000
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Advertising Packet
The advertising packets are distributed by the card manufacturer to potential sellers, like card and comic stores. They included a sell sheet, a PR-1 promo card, an info sheet and an order sheet. 
 
Sell Sheet Sell sheets are double-sided advertising slicks distributed by the card manufacturer to potential sellers, like card and comic stores.  
Promo Cards Promo cards are distributed by the card manufacturer to potential sellers, like card and comic stores to advertise the upcoming trading card set release.  
PR-1 - in general distribution  
PR-1 - Variant In general distribution It is hard to see the differences. On the back, the copyright info is in light green letters instead of white, & the whole card is a bit darker.  
PR-2 - distributed in Non-Sport Update Magazine  
PR-3 - distributed in the UK  
PR-i - distributed online Inkworks free card offer Inkworks typically offers a free promo card for each card set they produce. These cards are only available through the Inkworks website by sending in an SASE. Box Loader Card  
RL-1 - distributed in sealed display boxes Box loader cards are exactly what the name says. One of these cards is slipped into a sealed box of card packs. This card advertises Roswell Season 2 card set, but it was never released. Inkworks explained that Season 1 didn't sell as expected. Base Set The 90 card set is considered the 'base set' It is shown below divided into its different subsets (Note: In almost all card base sets, card #1 is a 'title' card, and the last card in the set is a checklist that names all the cards.)
Chase Cards Chase cards, also known as subsets, bonus cards, extras, insert cards or extension cards, are other cards released with the set that are not in the base set, such as foil, puzzle cards, etc. Some people consider Autograph cards to be chase cards and some do not. Chase cards are much rarer than the cards in the base set and you may only get three or four of them in every box of card packs. The sets of chase cards are much harder to put together than the base set because you have to buy several boxes of card packs to get all the cards you need. Below are the chase cards for the Roswell set, listed by type Not of this Earth 6 foil cards - Approximately 1 card in every 17 Packs (note - foil doesn't scan very well)
Aliens Among Us 9-card foil card puzzle - Approximately 1 card in every 11 Packs
Orbs Die-cut foil cards - Approximately 1 card in every 72 packs 
01 & 02 - create a message when placed together Strangely, the message on the orbs is a bit different than the one in the show.
Autograph Cards 6 cards - randomly inserted in the packs. (1 guaranteed autograph per box) The autograph cards are not in the packs. Instead you get an autograph redemption card, which you send to Inkworks, they punch it & return it with the actual autograph card.  
R1 - Autograph Redemption Card
Binder Padded 3-ring binder to store your card set in 
Card Packs Roswell cards were sold in packs with 7 cards per pack including randomly inserted chase & autograph cards 
Box aka Card Box, Display Box (Occasionally these are called cases, but they are not. Cases contain several boxes of cards.) 36 packs per box  
 
Case 12 boxes per case Sorry, I have no pictures. The case is just a cardboard box in which several boxes of Roswell cards are packed Mini Press Sheet Uncut 9-card mini Press Sheet (called press sheets or mini press sheets, true press sheets are rarely offered - see next section) Only 500 were made, Sequentially numbered (usually ones with lower numbers are considered more valuable) Press Sheets are the same as the puzzle cards, just uncut and fitted with a numbered hologram. 
Press Sheet When cards are manufactured, the entire set is printed together, and then cut into individual cards. A press sheet is what it is called before it is cut. So the 'press' in press sheet, refers to the printing press, not the media. 
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