Vintage Trading Cards available at Hake’s

hakes mars attacks trading cards

There are so many incredible items up for bid over at Hake’s this week, but if I could buy just one thing, I think it would be the complete set of Mars Attacks trading cards. Hake’s has a bunch of trading card sets in their current Auction #203, and they all make my Garbage Pail [...]

Wax Eye’s Cereal Killers Trading Cards

Cereal Killers trading cards by Joe Smiko

[Guest post by Jeremy Harvey from Geek Chunks, AKA IAREGeek on Twitter.] Recently Shawn Robare over at Branded In The 80′s had a contest for some of the doubles of the Cereal Killers cards he had left over and guess who won. Me! Let me just start by saying Shawn really knows how to package trading cards. [...]

Star Wars 3D – Exclusive Sneak Peek!

star wars 3d exclusive sneak peek

There’s been a lot of buzz going on around the recently announced StarWars 3D re-release. Today, I present you with an exclusive sneak peek of how “amazing” the 3D versions will be… I think I need a dramamine. These 3-D trading lenticular cards are available on store shelves now. We can only hope the movies [...]

Wacky Packages – Halloween Edition (part 2)

wacky packages series 7 - Wolfman sticker

Here are several more Halloween-themed Wacky Packages stickers from the new series 7 cards. Being a wolfman on the losing side of the battle with grey hair, I particularly enjoyed the first one. Enjoy!

Wacky Packages – Halloween Edition (part 1)

wacky packs - Log Coffin

In the spirit of the season, I thought I’d share some of the Wacky Packages Series 7 stickers that I would love to receive in my trick-or-treat bucket this year — that is, if I was eight. Of course, I’m not eight. I can barely even remember being eight, but I would not be too [...]

Wacky Packages – Series 7 Web Bonus Cards

wacky packs Series 10 bonus card

As promised, I will be posting some images of the Series 7 Wacky Packages stickers for your viewing pleasure. Today, we start with the three Web Bonus Cards: Fishbook, CrudeTube, and Qwitter. The best parts of the Fishbook sticker: “Hammerhead Ted wants you to be his chum” and “Orca Winfrey wants you to try her [...]

Wacky Packs are back! Who knew?

wacky packages topps 2010

Remember Wacky Packages, those awesome trading card-sized stickers from the 70′s, with titles like “Cap’n Crud” and “Skimpy Peanut Butter?” I had no idea that Topps was still making these, but when I stumbled across them the other day at Target, a nauseating whiff of nostalgia came over me, and they were dropped in my [...]