April 2025 Pickup Thread

Mahomie · 04-01-2025, 11:13 PM

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

Artist: Bien Flores (Bnfer)

the mesiah · 04-02-2025, 12:06 AM

DynaEtch · 04-02-2025, 10:21 PM

Old school pickup. Bob Larkin art

finfangfan · 04-03-2025, 10:49 AM

Do arty crossover sets count as nonsports pickups? I picked up some Topps Project cards that were once popular during COVID…

And these ones below def fit better as nonsports…

finfangfan · 04-03-2025, 07:05 PM

Picked up this cool DOOM plate!

finfangfan · 04-03-2025, 08:59 PM

Picked up this cool Thing plate!

DynaEtch · 04-03-2025, 11:08 PM

What set is that Thing from? That’s a neat one. Also digging the FF #5 plate. Fantastic Four for the win!

finfangfan · 04-04-2025, 01:34 AM

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Originally Posted by DynaEtch

What set is that Thing from? That’s a neat one. Also digging the FF #5 plate. Fantastic Four for the win!

Throwbacks. It’s the plate for the Marvel Greats card…

DynaEtch · 04-04-2025, 02:25 AM

Gotcha- the lack of design elements threw me off. I guess because the black plate. Huh interesting

scotsman · 04-04-2025, 10:29 AM

My big three so far (apologies but I’m not sure how to get larger images off my phone)

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Mahomie · 04-04-2025, 06:57 PM

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Originally Posted by the mesiah

nice card

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Originally Posted by DynaEtch

Old school pickup. Bob Larkin art

Bob Larkin's work always looks epic, like it was made for a movie-poster. That was a great story arc, too.

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Originally Posted by finfangfan

Picked up this cool Thing plate!

Good stuff!

Picked up this John Czop sketch recently to add to my 98MCC stash. Interestingly, he was one of the few artists to utilize a bit of color in those early sketchagraphs.

Mahomie · 04-04-2025, 07:03 PM

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Originally Posted by scotsman

My big three so far (apologies but I’m not sure how to get larger images off my phone)

Great autos, man

One the best TV intros ever

the mesiah · 04-05-2025, 01:00 AM

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Originally Posted by Mahomie

nice card

Thanks took me FOREVER to find a bold auto on both that was perfect..THE GOATS!

jdandns · 04-05-2025, 01:43 AM

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Originally Posted by finfangfan

Throwbacks. It’s the plate for the Marvel Greats card…

Nice. it uses the design of 1961 Fleer Baseball Greats, which is great because that drawing of The Thing is from right around then.
Here's a few of the originals I have.

scotsman · 04-05-2025, 03:20 AM

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Originally Posted by Mahomie

Great autos, man

One the best TV intros ever

Thanks

PoPCulture · 04-05-2025, 11:29 AM

I just got this back today. It was a 25 year project because after getting Prowse on it in 1999 I never bothered to add Daniels until last year. I decided to drop it off to CGC at Megacon in February and this is the result. I was told that if OP hadn’t put the authentication sticker on the back then it would have received an 8.5 so that was a learning experience. Still happy with the grade on a nearly 50 year old magazine. Really though, encapsulating was more about future preservation than current condition.

finfangfan · 04-05-2025, 08:59 PM

Cool Star Wars magazine!

I’ve been continuing my deep dive of COMC crossover sports/nonsports cards and picked up this cool Bob Ross (nonsports) / Aaron Judge (sports) slab… I wish I would have bought a box or two of this…

finfangfan · 04-05-2025, 09:04 PM

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Originally Posted by jdandns

Nice. it uses the design of 1961 Fleer Baseball Greats, which is great because that drawing of The Thing is from right around then.
Here's a few of the originals I have.

Sweet… those are great* cards! Thanks for sharing.

* = pun intended

finfangfan · 04-05-2025, 09:21 PM

And I think the Thing should totally be more popular than he is in the hobby. He’s a great subject for sketch cards and just a fun character. Hopefully this year’s FF movie is good and helps him regain some of his popularity. He should easily be a Top 25 Marvel character.

DynaEtch · 04-06-2025, 01:48 PM

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Originally Posted by finfangfan

Cool Star Wars magazine!

I’ve been continuing my deep dive of COMC crossover sports/nonsports cards and picked up this cool Bob Ross (nonsports) / Aaron Judge (sports) slab… I wish I would have bought a box or two of this…

While quite random concept…that is a visually stunning card. Makes me want to look into the set.

DynaEtch · 04-06-2025, 01:54 PM

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Originally Posted by finfangfan

And I think the Thing should totally be more popular than he is in the hobby. He’s a great subject for sketch cards and just a fun character. Hopefully this year’s FF movie is good and helps him regain some of his popularity. He should easily be a Top 25 Marvel character.

I co-sign this! One of my fav characters growing up. I read FF a ton and Thing was always the most entertaining and funny character, with some deeper themes lurking there too. Heck Hulk, while a similar type of character, gets much more hobby love on the character tier spectrum than Thing. One thing that may have affected things also is FF for the longest time during the UD era being banned. So character collectors might have been discouraged from either bothering with Thing.

One of my recent comc buys (nothing big…but Thing is awesome). Clobberin time!

finfangfan · 04-06-2025, 02:39 PM

Hopefully the new FF movie doesn’t screw up the Thing. I’m not sure why it’s easier for CGI to make a cool Hulk but struggle to make a cool Thing.

Icollectstuff · 04-06-2025, 03:21 PM

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Originally Posted by PoPCulture

I just got this back today. It was a 25 year project because after getting Prowse on it in 1999 I never bothered to add Daniels until last year. I decided to drop it off to CGC at Megacon in February and this is the result. I was told that if OP hadn’t put the authentication sticker on the back then it would have received an 8.5 so that was a learning experience. Still happy with the grade on a nearly 50 year old magazine. Really though, encapsulating was more about future preservation than current condition.

Thanks for posting this... I have a ungraded signed comic by Stan Lee that has a certification sticker and I was wondering how bad it would hurt the grade

cmixer · 04-06-2025, 06:23 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)

^ woah. This is great.

orion9578 · 04-07-2025, 06:05 PM

I got several cards today, but this one stood out to me. Just a parallel. Not numbered, signed, autographed...you get the point. But, man, one of the nicest cards I have ever seen in hand. Regular scanner and regular photos don't do it justice, so I used the app on the Galaxy to take this, which shows it pretty well. No idea how SP'ed the parallel is(10 sold, 4 listed on COMC, plus ePack)...but awful tempting to go out and pick up anyone else I'd like to hold/display.

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04-01-2025, 11:13 PM	#1
Mahomie Member Join Date: Apr 2019 Posts: 4,467	April 2025 Pickup Thread Just got this Silver Surfer sketch in today from the 23-24 Annual set: Artist: Bien Flores (Bnfer) __________________ PC: Taylor Heise, Kia Nurse, Trinity Rodman, Grogu, Electric Bill

04-02-2025, 12:06 AM	#2
the mesiah Member Join Date: Nov 2014 Posts: 5,721	__________________ THE CARD/MEMORABILIA COLLECTION https://www.flickr.com/photos/149024462@N04/albums/ https://www.flickr.com/photos/196556801@N02/albums/ https://www.flickr.com/photos/196511489@N05/albums/

04-02-2025, 10:21 PM	#3
DynaEtch Member Join Date: Sep 2016 Posts: 9,699	Old school pickup. Bob Larkin art __________________ ~~~ '90s trading cards === Golden Era ~~~

04-03-2025, 11:08 PM	#7
DynaEtch Member Join Date: Sep 2016 Posts: 9,699	What set is that Thing from? That’s a neat one. Also digging the FF #5 plate. Fantastic Four for the win! __________________ ~~~ '90s trading cards === Golden Era ~~~

04-04-2025, 02:25 AM	#9
DynaEtch Member Join Date: Sep 2016 Posts: 9,699	Gotcha- the lack of design elements threw me off. I guess because the black plate. Huh interesting __________________ ~~~ '90s trading cards === Golden Era ~~~

04-03-2025, 10:49 AM	#4
finfangfan Member Join Date: Oct 2013 Posts: 11,642	Do arty crossover sets count as nonsports pickups? I picked up some Topps Project cards that were once popular during COVID… And these ones below def fit better as nonsports…

04-03-2025, 07:05 PM	#5
finfangfan Member Join Date: Oct 2013 Posts: 11,642	Picked up this cool DOOM plate!

04-03-2025, 08:59 PM	#6
finfangfan Member Join Date: Oct 2013 Posts: 11,642	Picked up this cool Thing plate!

04-04-2025, 10:29 AM	#10
scotsman Member Join Date: Feb 2010 Location: UK Posts: 111	My big three so far (apologies but I’m not sure how to get larger images off my phone)

04-05-2025, 11:29 AM	#16
PoPCulture Member Join Date: May 2014 Location: In the Goldilocks Zone Posts: 8,698	I just got this back today. It was a 25 year project because after getting Prowse on it in 1999 I never bothered to add Daniels until last year. I decided to drop it off to CGC at Megacon in February and this is the result. I was told that if OP hadn’t put the authentication sticker on the back then it would have received an 8.5 so that was a learning experience. Still happy with the grade on a nearly 50 year old magazine. Really though, encapsulating was more about future preservation than current condition.

04-05-2025, 08:59 PM	#17
finfangfan Member Join Date: Oct 2013 Posts: 11,642	Cool Star Wars magazine! I’ve been continuing my deep dive of COMC crossover sports/nonsports cards and picked up this cool Bob Ross (nonsports) / Aaron Judge (sports) slab… I wish I would have bought a box or two of this… Last edited by finfangfan; 04-05-2025 at 09:02 PM.

04-05-2025, 09:21 PM	#19
finfangfan Member Join Date: Oct 2013 Posts: 11,642	And I think the Thing should totally be more popular than he is in the hobby. He’s a great subject for sketch cards and just a fun character. Hopefully this year’s FF movie is good and helps him regain some of his popularity. He should easily be a Top 25 Marvel character.

04-06-2025, 02:39 PM	#22
finfangfan Member Join Date: Oct 2013 Posts: 11,642	Hopefully the new FF movie doesn’t screw up the Thing. I’m not sure why it’s easier for CGI to make a cool Hulk but struggle to make a cool Thing.

04-07-2025, 06:05 PM	#25
orion9578 Member Join Date: Jan 2009 Location: New Mexico Posts: 2,995	I got several cards today, but this one stood out to me. Just a parallel. Not numbered, signed, autographed...you get the point. But, man, one of the nicest cards I have ever seen in hand. Regular scanner and regular photos don't do it justice, so I used the app on the Galaxy to take this, which shows it pretty well. No idea how SP'ed the parallel is(10 sold, 4 listed on COMC, plus ePack)...but awful tempting to go out and pick up anyone else I'd like to hold/display. White Rainbow Beyond of Black Cat __________________ I ONLY ship to the US and also ONLY buy & sell(No trading).