MST3K Target One-Sheets and Lobby Cards
Last update: 11-Nov-1995 (New page)

Note to 'Bot Bash attendees who have won one-sheets and lobby cards in the past: If you don't see your prize here, it's because I didn't get a decent picture of it before giving it away. If you'd be so kind as to send a photo of it to me, I'll add it to the collection.

Below are thumbnails of original theatrical release one-sheets, lobby cards, soundtrack albums, and other advertising materials for targets of Mystery Science Theater 3000. Click on any image to the left to see a full-size version.

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A one-sheet is a standard 27"x41" movie poster. The rarer half-sheet is a 13.5"x41" poster, usually similar to the one-sheet. A lobby card is 14"x11". There is usually just a single one-sheet issued for a movie, but there are exceptions to this (especially starting in the '80s). One-sheets got the name because there are also two-sheets, three-sheets, and even more-sheets, which join together to form a much larger poster. These are rare, but did get issued from time to time. Even for cheesy movies. For instance, The Unearthly had a two-sheet issued.

Older one-sheets, like the ones seen here, usually consisted of stylized paintings depicting something exciting from the film (or not from the film, in the case of many MST3K targets).

Lobby cards, named for the fact that they're strewn about the lobby for the unsuspecting public to goggle at once they've been lured inside by the one-sheet, are generally distributed in sets of six to ten different cards.

Lobby cards generally feature color (or colorized) stills from the film. In the case of cheaper production companies, it will be black & white stills (viz Santa Claus Conquers the Martians).

Several of the one-sheets that appear here were found on the alt.binaries.pictures.misc newsgroup. Some of those are of middling quality. Most of the lobby cards and other items are from my collection; I found quite a bit during a stay in Hollywood a couple of years ago. Most of the all-black & white items are from books and magazines.

Herewith, the images in order by MST3K episode number. Click on any image to see the larger version.

Season 1:

Episode 107
Robot Monster
Lobby card

Season 2:

Episode 201
Rocketship X-M
Reissue soundtrack album (1979)

Episode 209
The Hellcats
Original soundtrack album
 A gift from my pal Becky (seen here with our sand Gamera)

Season 3:

Episode 309
The Amazing Colossal Man
One-sheet

Episode 311
It Conquered the World
One-sheet

Episode 315
Teenage Caveman
Lobby card

Episode 320: The Unearthly
Evil Boston 'Bot Bash cohost Frank Coleman stands at his original two-sheet during BBBII. Several of his and my original lobby cards are to the left. Yes, that's Kathy Ireland on the poster to the right.

Episode 321
Santa Claus Conquers the Martians
Lobby card

Season 4:

Episode 402
The Giant Gila Monster
One-sheet

Episode 404
Teenagers from Outer Space
One-sheet

Episode 407
The Killer Shrews
Lobby card

Episode 411
The Magic Sword
Lobby card

Episode 414
Tormented
Lobby card

Episode 416
Fire Maidens of Outer Space
One-sheet

Episode 420
The Human Duplicators
Lobby card

Episode 423
Bride of the Monster
One-sheet

Season 5:

Episode 509
The Girl in Lovers' Lane
Newspaper ad

Episode 513
The Brain That Wouldn't Die
Newspaper ad

Episode 517
Beginning of the End
Lobby card

Episode 521: Santa Claus
Boston 'Bot Bash II M.C. John Chmaj framed by my Santa Claus and Frank Coleman's The Brain That Wouldn't Die. My Santa Claus one-sheet has since been retired to the offices of Best Brains, Inc., where Kevin Murphy reports that it's next to the emergency eyewash station and sitz bath.

Episode 523
Village of the Giants
One-sheet

Season 6:

Episode 610
The Violent Years
Ad selection sheet for theater owners. I was amazed to find this pristine copy in a small poster shop in Atlanta (well before Ed Wood came out, so it was cheap, too).

Episode 617
Sword and the Dragon
Lobby card

Other:

Mystery Science Theater 3000: The Movie
This Island, Earth
Lobby card

Glen or Glenda (Ed Wood)
One-sheet

Plan 9 From Outer Space (Ed Wood)
One-sheet

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