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Article: Collectible Card Game Mania Boosts Toy Companies.(Originated from The Philadelphia Inquirer)
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- Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News
- Article date:
- July 13, 1995
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PHILADELPHIA--Jul. 14--The Dark Legions want nothing less than to destroy mankind. Only the DoomTroopers -- the elite mercenaries of five rival global corporations -- can save the world.
Only problem is, they hate each other's guts. They'd just as soon stab each other in the back as battle the Dark Legions from the tenth planet.
Bob Watts has a problem too. Will the creator of the popular DoomTroopers collectible card game have enough to count all the money he's making.
Watts' company, Heartbreaker Hobbies & Games, of Springfield, Delaware County, Pa., is among the many companies riding a hot new category in the toy business -- collectible card games.