April 2025 Pickup Thread - Page 3

Mahomie · 04-11-2025, 10:18 PM

Also picked up a couple of Rittenhouse Batman sketches:

(artists: Carlos Magno, Amilton Santos)

jdandns · 04-12-2025, 12:56 PM

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Originally Posted by Mahomie

That Charlie Brown card is pretty funny.

che vergogna = what a shame

I'm gonna start using that in real life.

"Che Vergogna!"

Che Vergogna is real, you know, and he has a girlfriend named Qué Lástima.
It seems like everywhere they go these days, something bad happens.

fabiani12333 · 04-13-2025, 08:05 PM

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Originally Posted by Mahomie

I also recently picked up a John Buscema auto from the 1998 Silver Age set:

Nice -- I got one years ago. His Mephisto artwork is iconic.

fabiani12333 · 04-13-2025, 08:08 PM

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Originally Posted by Mahomie

Just got this Silver Surfer sketch in today from the 23-24 Annual set:

Artist: Bien Flores (Bnfer)

Speaking of Silver Surfer, how are all you collectors feeling about the character being cast by a female actress in the upcoming Fantastic Four movie?

jdandns · 04-13-2025, 09:02 PM

She's playing Shalla-Bal if I'm not mistaken, so the original Silver Surfer, Norrin Radd, probably isn't in the movie.

Mahomie · 04-13-2025, 09:51 PM

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Originally Posted by jdandns

Che Vergogna is real, you know, and he has a girlfriend named Qué Lástima.
It seems like everywhere they go these days, something bad happens.

If that isn't a song lyric, then it should be.

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Originally Posted by fabiani12333

Nice -- I got one years ago. His Mephisto artwork is iconic.

Absolutely - I think his Conan stuff is also up there among some of his best work.

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Originally Posted by fabiani12333

Speaking of Silver Surfer, how are all you collectors feeling about the character being cast by a female actress in the upcoming Fantastic Four movie?

I'm going to hold judgment until I see the final product. Generally speaking, I'm not a fan of movies changing the source material or origin stories for the big screen. I do think that Julia Garner is a talented actress, however.

I have a feeling that I'll enjoy the new Superman movie more, but we'll see.

finfangfan · 04-14-2025, 02:15 PM

Love me some Arnim Zola… along with M.O.D.O.K. he is one of my favorite goofy characters.

fabiani12333 · 04-14-2025, 03:23 PM

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Originally Posted by Mahomie

I'm going to hold judgment until I see the final product. Generally speaking, I'm not a fan of movies changing the source material or origin stories for the big screen. I do think that Julia Garner is a talented actress, however.

The biggest problem I have with it is that Silver Surfer's look is what makes him so unique and iconic. By changing his look -- whether it's changing the gender of the character or something else about him -- you already ruin what makes him so popular.

cardbooker · 04-14-2025, 04:25 PM

I remember trying to buy a Michael B Jordan Beckett witnessed Black Panther signed base card a while back. I think it was around $250. He didn't have any official trading cards at the time, so this was the best option. Well, now it looks like he has plenty of cards to go around. I somehow scored 3x of these 1/1's the last few weeks without actively trying. Under $50 each too. I'm happy with that!

Mahomie · 04-15-2025, 01:34 AM

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Originally Posted by fabiani12333

The biggest problem I have with it is that Silver Surfer's look is what makes him so unique and iconic. By changing his look -- whether it's changing the gender of the character or something else about him -- you already ruin what makes him so popular.

Yeah, I'm interested to see how they portray her character.

There are a lot of people attached to the origin story as told by Stan Lee, so any deviation from that will really have to hit the mark somehow.

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Originally Posted by cardbooker

I remember trying to buy a Michael B Jordan Beckett witnessed Black Panther signed base card a while back. I think it was around $250. He didn't have any official trading cards at the time, so this was the best option. Well, now it looks like he has plenty of cards to go around. I somehow scored 3x of these 1/1's the last few weeks without actively trying. Under $50 each too. I'm happy with that!

Very sleek looking 1/1 mini Rainbow

Mahomie · 04-15-2025, 01:51 AM

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Originally Posted by finfangfan

Love me some Arnim Zola… along with M.O.D.O.K. he is one of my favorite goofy characters.

Good stuff - you must have a ton of plates by now.

Zola's a fun character, for sure. He's one of those villains that's extremely dangerous if you give him enough prep time.

finfangfan · 04-16-2025, 08:35 AM

Wasn’t too big of a fan of the set, but thought this plate turned out great so picked it up.

orion9578 · 04-16-2025, 05:48 PM

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Originally Posted by DynaEtch

Post it up when it gets there! See how it compares to the White Rainbow. Awesome character in Black Cat to have it on

I'll use the autograph in the final framed piece, but I'm still going with the beyond just looks nicer in hand. The rainbow(auto) has the effect on the entire card, which still looks good...just not as good as the "swirl" you get on the beyond. The obvious big upside(for me) is that the rainbow is /10 and autographed by Wolfman(Big Blade fan & I also enjoyed Raven from Teen Titans Go...one of like 10 cartoons my son and I used to watch). Cool cards though, both of them.

DynaEtch · 04-16-2025, 06:25 PM

Two magnificent looking cards right there- very nice!

Mahomie · 04-20-2025, 10:53 PM

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Originally Posted by finfangfan

Wasn’t too big of a fan of the set, but thought this plate turned out great so picked it up.

Cool plate - that's another great movie poster:

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Originally Posted by orion9578

I'll use the autograph in the final framed piece, but I'm still going with the beyond just looks nicer in hand. The rainbow(auto) has the effect on the entire card, which still looks good...just not as good as the "swirl" you get on the beyond. The obvious big upside(for me) is that the rainbow is /10 and autographed by Wolfman(Big Blade fan & I also enjoyed Raven from Teen Titans Go...one of like 10 cartoons my son and I used to watch). Cool cards though, both of them.

Wolfman is a legend, nice cards.

Mahomie · 04-20-2025, 10:53 PM

Picked up a Jon Heder IP auto at a card show recently:

Also picked up this Joe Simko sketch from the 2012 Superman: The Legend Cryptozoic set.

Simko is known more for his GPK work, and it seems he brought some of that same energy to this sketch:

Or maybe the guy just sees something that he really likes with his X-ray vision...

finfangfan · 04-23-2025, 12:52 PM

I’ve had some decent sales during this week’s COMC Spring Cleaning promotion and used some of that credit to pick up this fun plate from the Topps 75th set…

finfangfan · 04-25-2025, 10:56 AM

I love picking up some of the concert ticket and baseball ticket relic cards Leaf puts out. I got this cool Grateful Dead one the other day.

I was also able to track down the playlist from September 5, 1988…

https://www.dead.net/show/september-5-1988

Icollectstuff · 04-26-2025, 06:15 AM

I got this 5 card psa submission back the other day.... these were all pack pulled by me... I'm very happy with the grades even the 9s... I know these are gaming but I wanted to post in here and haven't got anything non sports this month that's worth posting

finfangfan · 04-27-2025, 10:26 PM

Nice Pokemon stuff Icollect! I actually have been dabbling in one character that I might share in its own thread soon. A lot of cool stuff there over the years.

I picked up this Awkwafina card in last hours of the COMC spring cleaning sale. Yeah.. she basically always plays the same character but I like that character.

Icollectstuff · 05-04-2025, 12:04 PM

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Originally Posted by finfangfan

Nice Pokemon stuff Icollect! I actually have been dabbling in one character that I might share in its own thread soon. A lot of cool stuff there over the years.

I picked up this Awkwafina card in last hours of the COMC spring cleaning sale. Yeah.. she basically always plays the same character but I like that character.

Thanks... I'm probably going to drop some more pokemon off for grading tomorrow...

I'm curious to see which character you are talking about... I don't collect any specific character but if I were going to go for one character it would probably be mewtwo... I pulled the mewtwo I graded in one of the very first few packs of pokemon that I opened then on the very next pack I pulled a mega mewtwo.. since then I've always liked mewtwo.

Nice awkwafina auto... if it works nothing wrong with playing the same character all the time

04-11-2025, 10:18 PM	#51
Mahomie Member Join Date: Apr 2019 Posts: 4,467	Also picked up a couple of Rittenhouse Batman sketches: (artists: Carlos Magno, Amilton Santos) __________________ PC: Taylor Heise, Kia Nurse, Trinity Rodman, Grogu, Electric Bill Last edited by Mahomie; 04-11-2025 at 10:35 PM.

04-13-2025, 09:02 PM	#55
jdandns Member Join Date: May 2015 Location: Southern California Posts: 23,455	She's playing Shalla-Bal if I'm not mistaken, so the original Silver Surfer, Norrin Radd, probably isn't in the movie. __________________ You're the emblem of the land I love The home of the free and the brave Every heart beats true under Red, White and Blue Where there's never a boast or brag...

04-14-2025, 04:25 PM	#59
cardbooker Member Join Date: Dec 2009 Location: San Jose, CA Posts: 1,878	I remember trying to buy a Michael B Jordan Beckett witnessed Black Panther signed base card a while back. I think it was around $250. He didn't have any official trading cards at the time, so this was the best option. Well, now it looks like he has plenty of cards to go around. I somehow scored 3x of these 1/1's the last few weeks without actively trying. Under $50 each too. I'm happy with that! __________________ http://s159.photobucket.com/albums/t132/cardbooker/ Last edited by cardbooker; 04-14-2025 at 04:57 PM.

04-16-2025, 06:25 PM	#64
DynaEtch Member Join Date: Sep 2016 Posts: 9,681	Two magnificent looking cards right there- very nice! __________________ ~~~ '90s trading cards === Golden Era ~~~

04-20-2025, 10:53 PM	#66
Mahomie Member Join Date: Apr 2019 Posts: 4,467	Picked up a Jon Heder IP auto at a card show recently: Also picked up this Joe Simko sketch from the 2012 Superman: The Legend Cryptozoic set. Simko is known more for his GPK work, and it seems he brought some of that same energy to this sketch: Or maybe the guy just sees something that he really likes with his X-ray vision... __________________ PC: Taylor Heise, Kia Nurse, Trinity Rodman, Grogu, Electric Bill

04-14-2025, 02:15 PM	#57
finfangfan Member Join Date: Oct 2013 Posts: 11,614	Love me some Arnim Zola… along with M.O.D.O.K. he is one of my favorite goofy characters.

04-16-2025, 08:35 AM	#62
finfangfan Member Join Date: Oct 2013 Posts: 11,614	Wasn’t too big of a fan of the set, but thought this plate turned out great so picked it up.

04-23-2025, 12:52 PM	#67
finfangfan Member Join Date: Oct 2013 Posts: 11,614	I’ve had some decent sales during this week’s COMC Spring Cleaning promotion and used some of that credit to pick up this fun plate from the Topps 75th set…

04-25-2025, 10:56 AM	#68
finfangfan Member Join Date: Oct 2013 Posts: 11,614	I love picking up some of the concert ticket and baseball ticket relic cards Leaf puts out. I got this cool Grateful Dead one the other day. I was also able to track down the playlist from September 5, 1988… https://www.dead.net/show/september-5-1988

04-26-2025, 06:15 AM	#69
Icollectstuff Member Join Date: Oct 2022 Posts: 262	I got this 5 card psa submission back the other day.... these were all pack pulled by me... I'm very happy with the grades even the 9s... I know these are gaming but I wanted to post in here and haven't got anything non sports this month that's worth posting

04-27-2025, 10:26 PM	#70
finfangfan Member Join Date: Oct 2013 Posts: 11,614	Nice Pokemon stuff Icollect! I actually have been dabbling in one character that I might share in its own thread soon. A lot of cool stuff there over the years. I picked up this Awkwafina card in last hours of the COMC spring cleaning sale. Yeah.. she basically always plays the same character but I like that character.