Bassett/Barratt*

Bassett Cards 1

Bassett is a UK-based company that produces various kinds of sweets, and Barratt has issued sports cards and other trading cards since the 1950s.

Bassett partnered with Barratt for a Candy Sticks promotion around the time of The Two Towers. The product included one small-sized trading card (1.25″ x 2.5″) in each box of 10 candy sticks. The four different boxes and the four-pack bags featured special LOTR graphics. There were 32 cards in the set. The front of each card showed a different TTT character, and the backs formed a puzzle map of Middle-earth.

I have rarely seen these cards (either individual cards, lots, or full sets) on eBay in the US. They are regularly found on eBay UK, typically listed as in the Collectables section (subsection on Cigarette / Tea / Gum Cards). Only occasionally have I seen Barratt listed anywhere in the item title or description. It appears that the Lothlórien card is one of the most difficult to locate … it was the last one I needed, and I searched for months before I found a copy!

Bassett Cards 2

Bassett Cards Checklist

Bassett Cards 3

1. Aragorn
2. Arwen (portrait orientation)
3. Easterlings
4. Edoras
5. Éomir (portrait orientation)
6. Éowyn
7. Fangorn Forest
8. Faramir
9. Frodo
10. Gandalf
11. Gandalf (portrait orientation)
12. Gimli
13. Gollum
14. Gollum (portrait orientation)
15. Helm’s Deep
16. Isengard
17. King Théoden
18. Legolas
19. Lothlórien
20. Merry & Pippin
21. Mordor
22. Mount Doom
23. Nazgûl
24. Rivendell
25. Sam
26. Saruman
27. Saurman (portrait orientation)
28. The Eye of Sauron
29. The Ring
30. Treebeard
31. Uruk-Hai
32. Wormtongue

Bassett Cards Map Guide

Bassett Cards 4

When put in the right order, 4 rows by 8 cards in each row, these 32 cards create a puzzle of the classic map of Middle-earth drawn by Daniel Reeve. Here is a “map” for the map:

Row 1 (from left to right)

1. Aragorn
2. Éowyn
3. Faramir
4. Treebeard
5. Arwen
6. Éomir
7. Gollum
8. Gandalf (portrait)

Row 2

1. Frodo
2. Gandalf
3. Gimli
4. Rivendell
5. Lothlórien
6. Edoras
7. Fangorn Forest
8. The Eye of Sauron

Row 3

1. Wormtongue
2. Legolas
3. Merry and Pippin
4. Isengard
5. Helm’s Deep
6. Mount Doom
7. Mordor
8. The One Ring

Row 4

1. Samwise
2. Saruman
3. King Théoden
4. Uruk-hai
5. Gollum (portrait)
6. Easterlings
7. Saruman (portrait)
8. Nazgûl