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Reznorix draws: Excalibur sketch card

Reznorix — Sat, 04 Sep 2010 20:30:21 GMT

I start this thread, in which I will show my drawings, with a mini set based on characters of Lady Death comics. They are Lady Death (of course), Cremator and Purgatori.

Some eBay items

AyiosYiorgos — Thu, 02 Sep 2010 11:18:21 GMT

Got a few sets of Lord Of the Rings, 4 or so days to go...

eBay Seller: st.george4life: Collectables items on eBay Australia

Group Buy Star Wars Empire Strikes Back 3D

graham — Thu, 02 Sep 2010 02:18:13 GMT

Ok guys got some pricing on this product so will put out an expression of interest for the Group Buy. Product details as follows (from blowoutcards.com)

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2010 Topps The Empire Strikes Back 3D Widevision

Configuration: 8 boxes per case. 24 packs per box. 3 cards per pack.

THE EMPIRE STRIKES BACK: 3D TRADING CARDS
- Celebrate The 30th Anniversary!
- First Ever 3D and Widevision "Empire" Trading Cards!
- Never-Before-Seen Photos!
- Hobby Exclusive! 1/1 Artist Original Sketch Card In Every Box!
- Hobby Exclusive Autographs! Signatures from The Empire Strikes Back Cast!

Experience the Film as Never Before

It's been 30 years since The Empire Strikes Back first captured the imagination of movie audiences around the world. Since its 1980 release, it has grown to become one of the most enduring films of all time - and a merchandising powerhouse without parallel. Topps has been there from the beginning and is proud to continue its long history with Star Wars by introducing this commemorative, premium-quality 3D card set for the 30th anniversary.

The Empire Strike Back 3D is the film's first-ever 3D trading card series - the long awaited follow up to the coveted Star Wars 3D set from 1996. This series presents a whole new look and experience for fans to enjoy. Not only do the cards feature the cutting-edge of 3D print technology (no glasses needed), but also they are in stunning Widevision format to present scenes in original size ratio of the theatrical release.

PLUS HOBBY EXCLUSIVE INSERTS:
- 1/1 SKETCH CARDS - original hand drawings by today's top Star Wars artists 1 PER BOX!
- AUTOGRAPHS -Topps Certified signatures from The Empire Strikes Back cast! SUPER RARE!

Price from DACW is $55 USD per box delivered to me, then cost of postage to you.

If you are interested please post below.

Sell sheet and checklist are also attached.

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Above Par Sketch Cards...

Dangerskillz — Tue, 31 Aug 2010 02:51:53 GMT

As requested..

In reply to the Below Par Sketch Cards... thread

Post the cards in you're collection that are just plain awesome...

I'll start with a couple of mine most of you would of seen before though.

I have alot more that fit the mould in my opinion ...so thats just a couple

Feel free to post cards that dont belong to you.

Below Par Sketch Cards...

bustage — Mon, 23 Aug 2010 04:04:54 GMT

Would be nothing worse than forking out countless dollars for a box of your favourite trading card, only to pull a 30 second sketch card doodle.

This thread is about sketch cards that don't quite make the cut.

Something you don't see every day!

siegeandspike — Wed, 18 Aug 2010 07:38:07 GMT

Have been keeping a bit of an eye on this on Ebay.

It is now more expensive than I would pay, so I thought I would share it with you all :D

I mean how often do you see a trading card with 'glass' in it??

JAMES BOND HEROES & VILLAINS JBR12 WINDSHIELD CASE CARD - eBay James Bond, Action, Adventure, Trading Cards, Collectibles. (end time 19-Aug-10 01:53:10 AEST)

NEW deleted scene from Return of the Jedi

Dangerskillz — Mon, 16 Aug 2010 01:42:23 GMT

Mr Lucas has unleashed one of the new deleted scenes at Star Wars Celebration 5 to be include in a proposed upcoming blue-ray release.

Anyway it's just a short scene showing VADER communicating with Luke (in a cave on Tatooine) from the Death Star who is putting the final touches to his new Lightsabre.

Pretty awesome i reckon...
But any hardcore star wars fans will be sad to know that the proposed Blu-Ray's released will be the 1997 'special edition's'....

New Pokemon TCG Expansion Undaunted

Ultimate TC — Sun, 15 Aug 2010 10:19:01 GMT

Just got back from the Pre Release Tournament for the new Pokemon Series called Undaunted. Some awesome cards in the set Including Rayquaza/Deoxys Legend Cards and Lots of differnt Prime Cards as well as all Eeveelutions. Anyway was a good day here's a scan of some of the stuff I got.

:thumbsup:

My trading card holy grail

tangent — Sun, 15 Aug 2010 01:19:03 GMT

I was going to post this as a blog entry, but that seems to be mostly want to buy/trade/sell so I thought I would post here instead. It's actually a repost from my personal blog (which I started recently to remind myself how to write and nobody actually reads :lol:)

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I started collecting comics from about 1985. DC published the Crisis miniseries, rebooting several series and simplifying the parallel worlds. This seemed like a good point to start my collection as there was some chance of getting everything. Of course, some people are more completist than others - I would never be able to match Mike Voiles, who has an almost complete collection of every comic ever published by DC. For several years I picked up almost all the DC titles, tried to fill in post-Crisis back issues and then I got hooked on the parallel merchandise. I was at a collectables fair (to look for comics) and found some non-sport trading cards about DC comics characters. I think I found 3 different base sets at maybe $5 each. I also started getting into some of the smaller statues (see the header image for my blog), stickers and promotional posters. Eventually I learnt much more about cards: found the most amazing checklist site to identify what I was missing, and eventually Card Talk - a community of like minded collectors (and now OzCardTrader :D).

The next step was that eBay came along. eBay gave me access to international sellers and changed my focus almost entirely to cards. I joined in Feb 1999. At the time, I was buying a card at about $5 and spending another $15 for an international money order and shipping. Even so, the cards were cheaper than in Australia, assuming they existed here at all. Cards became my main focus because comics are too heavy to make the shipping worthwhile for the relatively low cost comics I needed.

Very early in my eBay days, there was a card for auction that I didn't recognise. It was the SW1 promo from the Superman: Man of Steel Platinum set. I had no idea of its rarity and was still very cautious about this new eBay world so I didn't bid. Apparently there were 1500 of these made and they were given out in Walmart stores. It's not clear how many survived the predations and lack of interest by small children. Once I learnt more about cards, I realised what I had missed out on. I added the card to my standing searches (when that function became available) but nothing happened. Every few months I would do a search to look for anyone who might have one. Still nothing. Other serious collectors also had it on their list of wants, so it was clearly a difficult card to find.

A few months ago a UK dealer was going through old stock and found 7 of them. He put them up on eBay (individually) and my standing search let me know. I snapped one up, and so did several other people. The front of the card is taken from one of the base cards, so there's nothing particularly exciting about the content. However, I was actively looking for this card for 10 years and it is one card I had thought I might never be able to find. For me, it's also a symbol of my transition from comics collector to card collector and reminds me of how much I enjoy collecting cards. In the last 10 years, that enjoyment has multiplied because of the many people I now interact with. This card symbolises the change from frustrated sole collector with limited access to new sellers and hence new stock, to a collector who is able to trade around the world and has a realistic chance of filling those collection gaps.

Ebay - Non Sports cards available

AyiosYiorgos — Fri, 13 Aug 2010 08:07:11 GMT

Got a few cards available if anyone is interested..

eBay Seller: st.george4life: Collectables, Sport items on eBay Australia

What's being released in the next few months?

tangent — Thu, 12 Aug 2010 11:59:34 GMT

In the spirit of generating enthusiasm for nonsport, I thought I would start a thread about likely popular forthcoming releases. Most of the info will be about Rittenhouse and Breygent since they are clearer about scheduling.

August:
Sci-fi/horror movie posters (Breygent: sketch per pack, auto per 4-5 packs)
Paranormal Activity (Breygent: 2 auto/cell/costume per pack)
Heroes Archives (Rittenhouse: 6 auto + 1 relic per box)

September:
Warehouse 13 (Rittenhouse: 2 auto + 2 costume/relic per box) - can't wait for this
Dexter season 3 (Breygent)
Ghost Whisperer season 3/4 (Breygent)

October:
Marvel Heroes and Villians (Rittenhouse: sketch) - looks better than I expected so may have to lash out after all
SW Clone Wars: Rise of the Bounty Hunters (Topps: sketch)

November:
Stargate Universe season 1 (Rittenhouse: 2 auto + 1 costume/relic per box)

Upcoming breaks - non sports

tak35bne — Thu, 12 Aug 2010 11:31:10 GMT

Well I have a few boxes coming in over the next few weeks, first will be:

The Golden Compass, also
Star Wars - Episode 1, then
2 boxes of Justice League

will do them on OCT as they arrive.

Help please - trying to identify Sketch Artist - Star Wars Clone Wars sketches

SW-cards-N-bricks — Mon, 09 Aug 2010 03:56:52 GMT

Hi Everyone

Anyone know who the sketch artists are for the below 2 sketches

1st sketch
Light blue pen sketch
Signature appears to be K B 08 or KD 08 ??
I originally through Kate Bradley, however signature looks different to 2 other Clone Wars sketch cards i have
Picasa Web Albums - andrewm6691

2nd sketch
Signature (letter R in box) underneath letter R reads DUB ?
Picasa Web Albums - andrewm6691

Any assistance would be appreciated

Regards,
Andrew