 | |
| Industry | Collectibles, distribution, licensing, and publishing |
|---|---|
| Founded | 1989 |
| Founder | John Warsop, Robert Warsop, Robert Windmill |
| Defunct | 1995 (absorbed into Topps, the Merlin name would continue as a brand under the Topps franchise) |
| Headquarters | , United Kingdom |
Area served | United Kingdom, Europe |
| Products | Books, comic books, magazines, stickers, trading cards and trading card games |
| Owner | Topps |
Merlin Publishing Limited, commonly known as Merlin and sometimes branded as Merlin Collections was a British publishing firm who released a variety of sticker collections during the late 1980s and 1990s, they also designed trading cards, card games and pogs. Although most notably releasing football stickers in particularly for the Premier League and Serie A, they also designed collections around television shows and other points of interest.
In 1993 the company became known as Merlin Publishing International PLC before being bought out by Topps in 1995. They were absorbed into the company, being renamed Topps Europe Limited, although the name Merlin would continue as a brand under the Topps name initially until 2008. In 2014 the Merlin brand returned to the Premier League sticker collections until Panini was awarded the contract in 2019. Today the Merlin brand is used by Topps as a retro range designed around its UEFA Champions League trading cards.