Boba Fett Has Been Captured

I'm a huge Star Wars fan and Boba Fett is one of my favorite characters. His armor and arsenal of weapons are second to none. Anyways, a few weeks ago, I saw a YouTube video with Daniel Logan (Logan played the young Boba Fett in Star Wars: Attack of the Clones) signing autographs at the 2010 Phoenix Comicon. I had one of those impulse moments and immediately searched for his autograph on eBay and COMC.

I came across his 2009 Donruss Americana autograph for $2.50 on COMC and snatched it up.


I have officially captured Boba Fett and placed him in a penny sleeve, which has been securely placed in a top loader. Last, but not least the top loader is locked inside of a team bag. Escape from my PC is not an option.

Damn... I'm such a nerd!

Sports Card Bust #9 & #10: Matt Bush & Todd Van Poppel

These guys have several things in common. First, they were both drafted out of high school. Second, both were recommended to me by collectors on Sportscardforum.com. Third, their autographs were purchased off of Checkoutmycards.com for $2 or less. Last, but not least, they both played on my favorite teams (Bush w/Padres & Van Poppel w/A's), which is awesome because I get to add their autographs to two different PC's. Another 2 for the price of 1 deal!

Let's start with Matt Bush, the first overall pick in the 2004 MLB draft. Bush wasn't chosen by the Padres, because he was the top talent in the draft. He was drafted by the Padres to save money. Jared Weaver, Jeff Niemann, and Stephen Drew were considered the top prospects in the draft, but they would have commanded premium bonuses that the Padres didn't want to pay. You've gotta love them. At 24 years of age, he still has time to turn things around, however at this stage in his career, he's a huge bust. He has never played in a major league game. In fact, he's never played in a AA or AAA game either. His lifetime minor league average is .219 and he's hit a total of 3 homeruns. In 2007, the Padres switched him from shortstop to pitcher, where he's found minor success. Unfortunately, injuries and issues with the law have slowed him down the past three years. Currently, he has a minor league contract with the Tampa Bay Rays.

While Matt Bush has never been to the Show, Todd Van Poppel was a seasoned 11 year veteran when he hung up his cleats in 2005. He was the 14th pick in the 1990 amateur draft. I've made an exception to my PC rule, because I spent a lot of money on Van Poppel in the early 90's and it still hurts to think about him.

Although he had a fairly lengthy career, he's struggled through most of it. His best season came in 2001 with the Cubs, when he had a 4-1 record with an ERA of 2.52. He's never had more than 7 wins in a season and his career ERA is 5.58, with a 40-52 record to show for it.

Both of them might be considered busts to many collectors out there, but at least they're appreciated in my collection. Welcome Matt & Todd to my Sports Bust PC.

Seven More Marks

On Sunday, I showed off my massive Garbage Pail Kids collection that I saved from my childhood. Well, three days later and my GPK collection has more than tripled in size. After writing my blog entry, I went searching on the internet for site selling GPK singles.

The first site I found was GPK Monster and they took care of all of my needs. I was looking for more "Marks" and was able to find seven. My personal favorite is "Skid Mark". I also like "On The Mark" (with the arrows), because I remember having this card as a kid. It's probably still stuck on one of my binders.

In addition to these seven cards, I also picked up three other GPK cards for some friends. They also offered free shipping if I spent $25 or more, so I bought a 2010 GPK Flashback "Yellow" set which contains 160 of the greatest Garbage Pail Kids from the past.

If you interested in buying singles or sets, I encourage you to check out their inventory. They have an amazing selection and reasonable prices.

I love the 80's #1 - Garbage Pail Kids

I was born in the 70's, however I was child of the 80's. While my older brothers were listening to Boston, Kansas, and Blue Oyster Cult... I was listening to The Cure, Run DMC, and Michael Jackson. They had posters of Farrah Fawcett and Hank Aaron, while my walls were covered with Michael Jordan and (if I ever found one) Phoebe Cates. The simple fact is... I love the 80's.

I decided to write about some of things I enjoyed during that decade, after I stumbled across this video on YouTube this morning...

I remember the first time I bought a pack of these, I was visiting my cousins in Hawaii and a couple of the collected them. When I got back home, I bought as many packs of these as I could get my hands on. In fact, I'm pretty sure I took a break from baseball cards and focused on my Garbage Pail Kids collection.

Well, 25 years later, I only have three GPK cards left. I'm not sure what happened to the rest of them, but I know I kept these for a reason.

1st up: Mark Bark - I kept this card for obvious reasons. My first name is Mark. It's funny though, I have friends who don't even know that. Almost everyone I know calls me Fuji. The only exceptions to this rule are my family and my girlfriend.

The final 2: Rappin' Ron & Ray Gun - Growing up in a Republican household, I admired our 40th President and his achievements.

This is my first installment in a series dedicated to collecting and the decade I grew up in.

My 2009 Archie Comics Sketch Card Collection

Approximately 11 months ago, Archie Comics and the March of Dimes Foundation released the 2009 Archie Comics Sketch Card Series. The March of Dimes is charity whose focus is to improve the health of babies.

There were a total of 2,199 packs produced. Each pack contained at least 1 sketch card, plus there were 30 hot packs produced that contained 2 to 3 sketch cards. An additional 50 packs contained a redemption card for an original page of Archie artwork. The suggested retail price of these packs were $24.95 and all of the proceeds were donated to the March of Dimes.

I think I paid around $100 for 6 packs last summer. However I was looking to pick up a few more, but the price seemed to go up. On eBay, I found some for $32.95 a pack and another online store had them for $40 a pack. You can also find singles for as low as $19.99 a card.

If anyone knows where I can find these at a little more affordable price, please contact me. I'd love to add more of these beautiful sketch cards to my collection.