Toy Collector New Zealand: Weet Bix Rugby Cards 2013 Code Black All Blacks Series

Friday, February 11, 2022

Weet Bix Rugby Cards 2013 Code Black All Blacks Series

Weet-Bix rugby cards 2013 dubbed Weetbix Code Black set featuring the All Blacks was a rugby cards series given away in breakfast cereal packs sold in New Zealand by food giant Sanitarium. The rugby cards, an ever popular collectible from Sanitarium and an officially licensed product of the All Blacks, had kids of all ages scrambling to complete their set of 30 cards during the promotion period that ran midyear.

Weet-Bix Card Collector Album

Along with the collectible cards there was an official Weet-Bix Code Black Collectors Card Album which contains plastic sleeves inside to hold the cards. The albums were only available by entering a unique code from the card onto the Weet-Bix website so a full set of cards in the official folder carries a premium these days.

Code Black Cards Description

The Code Black Weet-Bix cards were available in both the 1 kg pack (4 cards) and the 750 gram Weetbix boxes (3 cards + a blank card).

The 2013 All Blacks Code Black cards are glossy, attractive and pack a lot of information into a small card. They are rectangular and have rounded corners except the right corner which is cut on the diagonal. The cards are in the smaller size format as seen in the Weetbix cards series 2011 and 2012. The cards measure 60mm x 50mm.

Each card features a different player and is numbered from 1 to 30. On the front side is the number of the jersey worn by the player, a small action photo of the player and below the following statistics: name, position, DOB, debut, caps and points.

Cards are denoted with one of the following designations: Captain, Dummy, Skip or Cut in the top right-hand corner of the card and is used for game play. The Weet-bix logo is at the bottom of the card along with a unique code.

On the rear of the cards is a large All Blacks silver fern emblem and Code Black in large letters. The words Play | Score | Win which are used to play the game associated with the cards (similar to rock paper scissors).

The Code Black cards came joined together in lots of 4 and needed to be removed from the frame by popping them out as seen in the image below.

All Blacks Cards in the Code Black Set

The following All Black Weetbix cards are included in the Code Black 2013 set:

Tony Woodcock

Keven Mealamu

Sam Whitelock

Victor Vito

Liam Messam

Richie McCaw

Kieran Read

Aaron Smith

Daniel Carter #10

Aaron Cruden #13

Hosea Gear #14

Ma'a Nonu

Brodie Retallick

Sam Cane

Beauden Barrett

Israel Dagg

Ben Smith

Julian Savea

Ben Franks

Piri Weepu

Ali Williams

Andrew Hore

Owen Franks

Tawera Kerr-Barlow

Conrad Smith

Luke Romano

Gary Whetton

David Kirk

Sean Fitzpatrick #30

Value of the Code Black Cards

The 2013 Weetbix cards are still relatively common and easy enough to come by via Trademe and EBay auction sites and through card dealers. On today's market a full set of 30 cards in good condition is worth between NZ $15-20 at auction. A mint set with the collector album sells for NZ $30-40. As singles, nice cards are worth about NZ 0.50 cents each although the Richie McCaw card goes for around NZ $2.00

For a complete list of Weet Bix Rugby Cards NZ since 2000 check out the following article.

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Summary

The Weetbix Code Black Cards 2013 remains a collectible rugby card set amongst enthusiastic collectors of rugby union football cards. The 30 card set is only obtainable on auction sites and through card dealers but the value at $15 is not too high, making them an affordable set to have in your collection.

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