Trading Cards Help Unite The Avengers

WARNING!!!  SPOILERS!!! Joss Whedon has officially set the bar pretty high for this summer’s superhero blockbusters.  Perhaps all future superhero movies in general.  Yesterday I witnessed Iron Man, Captain America, Thor, Hulk, Black Widow, Hawkeye, Nick Fury, Loki and many many many more just go at it on the big screen.  This was something I [...]

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Design:  2012 Ignite is a new brand in Press Pass’s racing lineup.  One thing that I really notice is the use dark backgrounds which is then followed by bright colorful images of the drivers and their cars.  It must be a NASCAR thing, but many racing autographs have the team’s COA hologram right over a larger [...]

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This afternoon I received my Harry Kalas replica memorial statue that was a stadium giveaway last Thursday night from the Lehigh Valley Iron Pigs.  It sure looks nice on my shelf.  Anyone pull the Kalas cut signature yet found in Sportkings Series E?  I need it! Holding this thing makes me feel like I won [...]

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Congrats to Cameron Donald on being the lucky winner of the Quinton Coples 2012 Press Pass FanFare Next Level Ink Auto #’ed/25.  Once Cameron Donald sends me their mailing address, I will ship this card ASAP.  Thanks!

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Earlier this week one of the NFL’s best known linebackers took his own life with a gunshot wound to the chest.  Junior Seau was only 43 years old.  Seau was mostly known for playing with the San Diego Chargers, but he also played for the Dolphins and Patriots. I guess being a spectacular pro athlete [...]

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The phrase, “I’m back!” will never get old

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Design:  If you had to make an entire product based on one position, the goalie would be the best way to go.  This is exactly what In The Game discovered when they started producing the Between The Pipes brand 10 years ago.  Goalie masks are some of the most artistically appealing pieces of sports equipment, right [...]

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One of the best things that came out of Gypsy Queen last year were the hand-drawn colorful patch relics created by sports artist Monty Sheldon.  Collectors can look for more of his artwork in the 2012 version of Gypsy Queen.  Here are a few closeups of what you can look forward to pulling. Filed under: [...]

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These are not like today’s booklets.  No autographs, jerseys, patches, or serial numbers.  Just plain old cards.  The 1990 Collect-A-Books Premiere Edition Baseball set was the first in a series of three that year.  Each series has twelve standard size cards that can open up like a book.  They were designed like the 1970 Topps [...]

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The 2012 summer superhero movie season kicks off this Friday with the release of the much anticipated The Avengers.  Along with it will be new trailers for The Amazing Spider-Man and The Dark Knight Rises.  We live in a great time when some of the best superhero films are being made.  Christopher Nolan’s version of Batman [...]

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This week’s contest will be for a Quinton Coples 2012 Press Pass FanFare Next Level Ink Auto #’ed/25.  Coples was drafted in the 1st round of the 2012 NFL Draft by the New York Jets.  He will be a top Defensive End prospect to watch.  Good luck!!! Contest Details: This contest will end Friday, May [...]

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Today is the last day of the 77th NFL Draft.  Besides the standard logo pin you could pickup for $3.00, the NFL also made a 3-pin set for the 2012 Draft.  Each one represents a different day and when placed together form a three dimensional puzzle of the New York City skyline.  You could only [...]

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Congrats to Ron David on being the lucky winner of the Mason Foster 2011 Playoff Contenders Rookie Ticket Auto.  Once Ron David sends me his mailing address I will ship this card ASAP.  Thanks!

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Oh I might as well jump on the bandwagon and talk about these trade cards too.  Lucky collectors have been pulling these from their boxes of 2012 Upper Deck Football.  Its the first licensed college football product that contains rookies of the 2012 Draft Class, and collectors are eating it up like mom’s meatloaf  One of [...]

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Auto Rose-isms – “Some Players You Pat Their Butts, Kick Their Butts, Or Leave Them Alone” Green Ink Auto #’ed/5 Base Headed For The Bleachers #3 Press Interview (1978) #22 Pete Rose (1975) #12 Baseball’s All-Time Hit King #54 Pete & Coach #36 Filed under: Box Breaks

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Here are some new pictures of the Jared Kelley 1/1 Art Cards that can be found within Sportkings Series E.  I know there are only a few Griffey, Jr collectors out there, and I doubt that any of them would be interested in this gorgeous piece of work.  Just kidding  Griffey, Jr collectors will go [...]

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TJ Graham Auto
Dan Herron Auto
Devon Still Auto
Michael Floyd Auto #’ed/99
Brandon Weeden Auto #’ed/99

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This is another one of Topps’ innovations that didn’t go over that well with collectors.  Storage was the main problem when it came to 1985 Topps 3D.  The image on the cards is raised to give it a 3D effect, but this can make it almost impossible for collectors to stack them.  If you stack [...]

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This contest will be for an Mason Foster 2011 Playoff Contenders Rookie Ticket Auto.  Good luck!!! Contest Details: This contest will end Friday, April 27, 2012 @ 8:00 p.m. EST To enter, please leave a comment in this post You can enter once per day The winner will be selected at random Please provide a [...]

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Design:   2012 Press Pass FanFare is a new football brand for this year.  Press Pass started the FanFare brand last year with FanFare Racing, and it looks as if they decided to give a football version a shot. Before opening the box, the very first thing I noticed was the QR code placed on the back. [...]

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