Collectible gift cards can be both practical and fun

By Jeremy M. Simon

Attention "The Twilight Saga: New Moon" fans -- there's a gift card just for you. Although the holidays this year are expected to be heavy on practical presents, gift card giving can still be fun. Several special edition gift cards double as collectibles.

These special-edition items feature characters from "Twilight," "Star Trek" and Japanese cartoon mascot "Domo." Of course for the serious fan, these gift cards present something of a dilemma. "There are only two ways you can use collectible gift cards. Either you keep it in pristine condition or you spend it," Tim Henderson of the consumer research firm Iconoculture says.

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Updated: November 19, 2009

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