tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4199201726099157936.post248332081844369069..comments2024-03-24T08:31:50.254-07:00Comments on The Chronicles of Fuji: Flowers, Beasties, and an X-Rated RobotFujihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00749100861086458307noreply@blogger.comBlogger20125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4199201726099157936.post-7078423749494172052020-07-05T18:56:48.381-07:002020-07-05T18:56:48.381-07:00apologies for the delay in responding to your comm...apologies for the delay in responding to your comments. sometimes i just drop the ball and forget. i'll try to be better about that. okay, let's do this...<br /><br />adam - i don't own any of the ghostbuster cards, but i'd love to add some of those slime relics to my collection. also... the fright flicks is an awesome set. i have a few singles, but i'd like to own a complete set one day.<br /><br />elliptical man - i just purchased one of those fan of the game cards. hope to write about it in the near future<br /><br />big tone - lol. i deserve that by creating such a click bait title<br /><br />jeremya1um - i sure hope topps eventually releases more nasa relics. based on the comments, they seem to be pretty popular<br /><br />the lost collector - thanks. i have two more, but this one is my favorite<br /><br />commishbob - hope they ship them out to you soon. the problem is... there aren't a lot of online card stores that sell non-sport singles. i wish sportlots would start selling non-sport stuff<br /><br />brett alan - the first time i saw her was in an issue of maxim back in the day when i had a subscription. i was like... who is this woman? years later, i started watching BSG on either netflix or hulu. neither have it right now... which is a shame. as soon as i'm caught up on comments, i'm going to try and find that mr. softee set for my collection.<br /><br />nick vossbrink - yeah. very, very difficult to choose a favorite. i'm sure i left out a bunch that i forgot about.<br /><br />night owl - great list. i know that i went out and picked up that hulk card on your list. the problem is... i have no idea where i put it.<br /><br />sean - i'll have to cut and paste that character for future reference. thanks. i love those english tobacco cards too. not sure why they aren't more collectible<br /><br />johnnys trading spot - lol. you crack me up. your collection of wackys is very impressive. i slowly want to build a 9pocket page of my favorites<br /><br />tim b - i love the goodwin map relics. i hope they make it into a living set and continue to add new places to the checklist<br /><br />sumomenkoman - you should create a list of your favorite non-sport german sets. i'd love to see all of the different ones out there<br /><br />alex markle - one day, i'll have my collection together in one spot... and it'll be organized... so i just need to open up my non-sport box and pick my favorites. not sure if it'll happen within the next two years though ;D<br /><br />chris - love me some yo! mtv rap cards. super jealous of the attic find. actually... i'm super jealos of the attic. wish i had one that i could turn into a card room<br /><br />steve at 1975baseballcards.com - hmmm. maybe i will. i was thinking about going to a nursery this week. i'll see if they have one<br /><br />the snorting bull - your students give you cards? that's awesome. for me it's usually the other way around. i'm dumping cards on them<br /><br />adam kaningher - i'd love to own some of those lenticular harry potter cards. i looked into buying some, but they weren't cheap. $3.99 for a .55oz chocolate frog and one card is a little out of my price range. maybe i'll try to buy some singles thoughFujihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00749100861086458307noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4199201726099157936.post-53870465738499806172020-07-05T15:42:39.610-07:002020-07-05T15:42:39.610-07:00OK, the Space Shuttle relic is one of the coolest ...OK, the Space Shuttle relic is one of the coolest things I've ever seen in this hobby!<br /><br />For other non-sports cards, the lenticular pentagon cards that come with Harry Potter-themed Chocolate Frogs are worth mentioning. As are the chocolate frogs themselves.Adam Kaningherhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05604439081636666350noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4199201726099157936.post-16561504324834853662020-07-04T10:24:30.317-07:002020-07-04T10:24:30.317-07:00That C3PO card is something. I do not have a lot ...That C3PO card is something. I do not have a lot of non-sport cards in my collection. My students have given me some different ones over the years, and I also have a bunch out of Ginter. Never really gone out of my way to collect them. The Snorting Bullhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11376669412007613030noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4199201726099157936.post-52568581457215591582020-07-04T10:13:13.802-07:002020-07-04T10:13:13.802-07:00I like those World Traveler cards. I got one last ...I like those World Traveler cards. I got one last year too. Have you thought about planting a Wisteria? You probably could easily grow one of those outside if you had the space. That seems like it'd be pretty cool given its association for you.Steve at 1975BaseballCards.comhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08091628519330650525noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4199201726099157936.post-84707193818791882962020-07-03T14:32:25.097-07:002020-07-03T14:32:25.097-07:00*oops, turns out I didn't scan up the rap card...*oops, turns out I didn't scan up the rap cards! I have no idea what happened to the scan, but I'll add it to my post as soon as I find it. Chrishttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10268829182522679026noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4199201726099157936.post-85209142924400915552020-07-03T14:30:06.891-07:002020-07-03T14:30:06.891-07:00Lots of standout non-sports cards caught my eye. T...Lots of standout non-sports cards caught my eye. The Grace Park custom, of course, and the Beastie Boys (I just uncovered a bunch of Yo! MTV Raps cards in my crawl space, as you know) The flowering "fuji" is fantastic (I'll spend $3.21 on World Traveler box toppers all day) but my favorites are the Japanese flag card and the German space card. Fantastic!Chrishttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10268829182522679026noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4199201726099157936.post-22733340667288999222020-07-03T10:58:48.839-07:002020-07-03T10:58:48.839-07:00There are plenty of non-sports cards that I like, ...There are plenty of non-sports cards that I like, and it is any area of my collection I plan to grow moving forward. No favorites as of yet...but I'll check back in with you in two years when you have another post like this :)Alex Marklehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02961045775064386055noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4199201726099157936.post-51756038398694167202020-07-03T08:07:57.982-07:002020-07-03T08:07:57.982-07:00I love this list, can definitely see myself collec...I love this list, can definitely see myself collecting each one of those sets. All my German Non-sport cards stick out in my mind. You could pick them up for a song in Germany it seemed. SumoMenkoManhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17461389544030702085noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4199201726099157936.post-89471351837870094962020-07-03T07:46:40.206-07:002020-07-03T07:46:40.206-07:00That's. Really cool map relic from UD. I hadn&...That's. Really cool map relic from UD. I hadn't seen those before. I really like the flag card as well.Tim B.https://www.blogger.com/profile/18320002291230349636noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4199201726099157936.post-32434393978755403892020-07-03T05:11:04.353-07:002020-07-03T05:11:04.353-07:00Absolutely Grace park. Yes indeed. Like Cp30 she&#...Absolutely Grace park. Yes indeed. Like Cp30 she's made a many of um....yeah catches my eye. My Wackys are my favorite non sports cards in my collections, but there are many others that are pretty cool too.Johnnys Trading Spothttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05202597965281782849noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4199201726099157936.post-70773220712714743422020-07-02T21:51:21.078-07:002020-07-02T21:51:21.078-07:00藤 is the Japanese character (well, actually Chines...藤 is the Japanese character (well, actually Chinese) for "Fuji" (wisteria). I have a potted one in my yard, they are one of my favorites (it grows wild here so you find it in forests often too). <br /><br />I have a little collection of non sports cards. I like the old English tobacco cards which have a lot of neat subjects and are way cheaper than American tobacco cards of the same era.Seanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13681778110046124243noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4199201726099157936.post-18247574796054821132020-07-02T21:42:01.387-07:002020-07-02T21:42:01.387-07:00I have lots of nonsports cards I like. I did a non...I have lots of nonsports cards I like. I did a nonsports card countdown a couple of years ago. <br /><br />https://nightowlcards.blogspot.com/2018/01/for-nonsporty-types.html<br /><br />I guess if you can do another one I can, too.night owlhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11673973790245316059noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4199201726099157936.post-26169024999457972342020-07-02T21:00:47.716-07:002020-07-02T21:00:47.716-07:00The Heroes of Spaceflight relics are always cool t...The Heroes of Spaceflight relics are always cool though that's some good competition from the Itsukushima card. I have a decent amount of pre-war non-sport stuff. Hard for me to pick only one though since some of those are jest fantastic sets.Nick Vossbrinkhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04162939001181537887noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4199201726099157936.post-48674561685993118512020-07-02T20:30:38.882-07:002020-07-02T20:30:38.882-07:00Grace Park always catches my eye! I was a BSG fan,...Grace Park always catches my eye! I was a BSG fan, never watched the revival of Hawaii Five-O, but I watch A Million Little Things regularly. Gosh, I hope it doesn't take forever for that to come back! <br /><br />I'm not a big non-sports collector but I have a small set of rock stars put out by Mr. Softee in England around 1965, with the Beatles, Roy Orbison, Dusty Springfield, and others that I'm really fond of. https://www.londoncigcard.co.uk/product/mister-softees-top-10-1965-win-a-big-pri/3570?utm_source=google_products&utm_medium=product_feed&utm_campaign=all_cardsBrett Alanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15909286892005353279noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4199201726099157936.post-62707256219112489052020-07-02T19:55:04.223-07:002020-07-02T19:55:04.223-07:00Non-sports are a big part of my collection. I'...Non-sports are a big part of my collection. I'm working on the original 1962 Topps/Bubbles Mars Attacks set. I'm about 3/4 done but several are at COMC, so who knows if I'll live long enough to actually binder them.Commishbobhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18069472376708715755noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4199201726099157936.post-23988932936814361712020-07-02T18:04:22.893-07:002020-07-02T18:04:22.893-07:00The NASA card is cool! The NASA card is cool! The Lost Collectorhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07281282785351456790noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4199201726099157936.post-20581403894938313452020-07-02T16:21:35.099-07:002020-07-02T16:21:35.099-07:00That Heroes of Spaceflight card is cool. I have a ...That Heroes of Spaceflight card is cool. I have a card from that set with a space flown wire on it, and I’ve thought about getting another one. Maybe next time I’m on COMC. Maybe Topps will put out another set like it with some stuff from the latest space flight. Jeremya1umhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17631055539594841302noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4199201726099157936.post-59470405971554868582020-07-02T16:16:31.310-07:002020-07-02T16:16:31.310-07:00Oh crap after reading the title of this post I tho...Oh crap after reading the title of this post I thought maybe you purchased a one of those robot sex dolls lol. Sorry, my minds been In the gutter lately. Big Tonehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03159094809763970868noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4199201726099157936.post-18098553201335844902020-07-02T15:40:38.687-07:002020-07-02T15:40:38.687-07:00Well, the spaceflight relic card wins this round e...Well, the spaceflight relic card wins this round easily. Good stuff there. <br /><br />The closest I have to non-sport are a cheerleader card and a Melissa Baker Fan of the Game card. They're both in my football collection. Elliptical Manhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02516754757484718622noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4199201726099157936.post-69177115335428915442020-07-02T15:14:36.786-07:002020-07-02T15:14:36.786-07:00My non-sports collection consists of the Cryptozoi...My non-sports collection consists of the Cryptozoic Ghostbusters cards from a few years back, Topps Fright Flicks cards from 1988, and a factory set of Halloween cards from Fright Rags that commemorates the original film from 1978.Adamhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05300769076865200758noreply@blogger.com