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Keeping Kids Interested
Jun 16th
By Joe Simanis aka GHCHambone
To me there is no better joy than ripping open a pack of wax, finding that card you have been searching high and low for, or trading cards with another member here on Sports Card Forum. These are the things that card collecting and trading are all about. However, card collecting can be an expensive hobby at times, and this may possibly turn some kids away from the hobby. So what can be done? Here are a few of my ideas to help bring this wonderful hobby to a new generation.
Companies should produce a wide range More >
My Wife Is a 1/1
Jun 15th
By Henry Salazar aka FL Henry
My wife and I went to high school together so we have known each other for over twenty years. At sixteen years old she won the beauty pageant in our small town. She finished third in her high school class and went on to a 4.0 GPA in college. She also earned the highest academic honors for her master’s degree in accounting and now has a fantastic job in financial management. As one might imagine there are plenty of reasons why I may have been attracted to her way back in the day. I clearly More >
Your Love for your Hobby Will Find a Way
Jun 13th
by Tommy Gast aka munchiesthemonkey
Like most other card collectors out there, I wake up each day, I make coffee in the morning, I even have a job I have to go to, mainly to support my various collecting habits. Hey it could be worse, I could be snorting drugs or boozing it up Chris Farley style, or even smoking two packs of Marlboro’s a day, all habits much worse than collecting cards. Yeah of course the bills have to be paid, but you need to really understand the psyche of the card collector to appreciate that sometimes the rent or More >
The Sports Heroes Set
Jun 13th
By Joe Simanis aka GHCHambone
Every person involved in sports or card collecting has a sports hero and most people probably more than one. Maybe it was your first coach who taught you the rules and fundamentals of the game. It could be your favorite player growing up, the player you wanted to be just like. Or it might be your parents or your siblings who introduced you to the world of sports. That’s why my idea for a new product would be the Sports Heroes Set. Each card relates in some way to the heroes that both athletes and fans More >
Upper Deck’s Basketball Game Changer
Jun 12th
By Henry Salazar aka FL Henry
Upper Deck changed the hobby with the 2003-04 basketball Exquisite Collection.
Until Upper Deck introduced Exquisite Collection the basketball hobby world kind of flew under the radar. When friends and family discovered I was into sports card collecting they always asked about my baseball card collection. After gently setting them straight that I am a basketball card collector they all pretty much inevitably said the same thing:”I didn’t even know they made basketball cards.”
I heard that the suggested retail price was going to be around $500 for Exquisite Collection and I got very excited. I had More >
The Year of the Big Three
Jun 12th
By Karine Hains aka Pheebs888
No, I’m not talking about sometime in the 1970s when Lapointe, Robinson and Savard ruled the NHL’s blueline, I’m talking about the 2010-2011 hockey season. After years of Upper Deck monopoly as sole licencee of the NHL, this year saw another player enter the ring in Panini. Both companies were allowed to produce NHL licenced cards and of course, as usual, In The Game was also on the battlefield churning out their usual amazing line-up of products even without a licence. As the hobby year draws to a close, I’m trying to decide who my favorite More >
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