Indholdsfortegnelse for August - September 2025 i Non-Sport Updates

There aren’t many movies that truly stand the test of time. Casablanca, The Godfather, The Wizard of Oz, Citizen Kane, Raiders of the Lost Ark, Star Wars, Raging Bull, Psycho, and Singing in the Rain are among the very few. Another, celebrating its 50th anniversary this summer, is Jaws. As Steven Spielberg’s second film, Jaws became one of the 27-year-old director’s most challenging projects. It also became one of the most frightening films ever made. In 2023, I had the chance to see a Broadway play called The Shark is Broken, a behind-the-scenes dramedy about the time the three main actors in Jaws, Roy Scheider, Richard Dreyfuss, and Robert Shaw, waited for the frequently mechanically malfunctioning Bruce the shark to be repaired. It’s an unusual topic for a play, but…

It's been said that summer is like pizza; even when it's bad it's still pretty good. That kind of positive comparison shows how popular the sunny season is. The non-sport world seems forever drawn to things popular, so the result is a hobby full of interesting summer-related cards. Some feature individuals like Annette Funicello and Frankie Avalon, those 1950s/‘60s teen idols whose legacy is a long filmography full of the sun, sand, ocean waves, swimsuits, and youthful hormones needed to create so many beach party movies. Nu-Card was thoughtful enough in its 1959 Rock & Roll series to present them in numerical order—Annette on card number 2 followed by Frankie on number 3. Or there's the Beach Boys, featured on many cards with Panini America's 2013 The Beach Boys 50th…

STREET FIGHTER 2, VOLS. 3 AND 4 Saturday Morning Cards celebrates one of Capcom’s biggest arcade successes with its Street Fighter 2 product released in a dual-card box creatively featuring two complementary yet adversarial characters from the game’s Champion Edition. A total of 12 characters will be included in six volumes, with the first two already released and offering fans an opportunity to pick up U.S. Air Force pilot Guille vs. Zangief, the Red Cyclone, in Vol. 1 and the beloved Ryu vs. Sagat in Vol. 2. Next up for Vol. 3 and due out in early summer 2025 will be the highly skilled Ken Masters vs. the feared boxer Balrog. Vol. 4 follows thereafter and is set to feature the beloved sumo wrestler E. Honda vs. the uniquely elastic…

82 ND PHILLY NON-SPORTS CARD SHOW HONORS LATE SHOW PROMOTER ROXANNE TOSER The 82nd edition of the Philly Non-Sports Card Show was held on April 5th and 6th in Hall D of the Greater Philadelphia Expo Center in Oaks, Pennsylvania. It was a special show paying tribute to hobby legend and show promoter Roxanne Toser. One of four special Topps Garbage Pail Kids promo cards were given out with admission, all featuring Roxanne engaged in a favorite activity. An exclusive metal card was given to attendees at the Saturday night dinner, as well as another exclusive metal card and regular version for collectors who were in attendance at one o’clock on Sunday. Collector Amber Shelgren provided postcard sized tribute cards in memory of Roxanne. A life-sized cardboard stand-up…

For decades, humanity has puzzled over the mystery of UFOs. Sightings date back to ancient times, with many believing that ancient structures could only be built with such precision if they received alien assistance. Chinese Scholar Shen Kuo (1031-1095) wrote of a “flying object shaped like a pearl, with an opening door that emitted a blinding light.” In the late 1890s there were several “mystery Airships” reported by newspapers across the United States. During WW II, pilots on both sides reported strange disk shaped aircraft; US airmen called them Foo Fighters. The modern age of UFO sightings began in 1947. In June of that year, civilian pilot Kenneth Arnold encountered nine shiny disks over Mt. Ranier, Washington. A newsman coined the term “Flying Saucer,” based on Arnold’s description. What followed…

This year marks the 80th anniversary of World War II’s conclusion with V-E Day on May 8th and V-J Day on August 14th. NSU remembers the wartime service and sacrifice of the Greatest Generation and takes a look back at trading card sets of the era with our picks for the top 10 sets of World War II. 10. ACTION GUM (R1, GOUDEY, 1938-1939) Issued by Boston’s Goudey Gum Company the year prior to Germany’s invasion of Poland, each of the set’s 96 cards features military maneuvers aptly described by the “Action” title but also not depicting any specific historical event. The colorful artwork is not as detailed as Goudey’s other products of the era, though the set does offer collectors a certain mystique if only because it is listed…

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JUST RELEASED • Hello Kitty and Friends Tropical (FiGPiN)• YesterYear Series 2 (Historic Autographs)• All-Time Greats Sets (Historic Autographs)• Celebrity+ (Historic Autographs)• Historic Autographs 15th Anniversary Edition (Historic Autographs)• Craniacs: Series 2 (Ira Friedman Enterprises)• Creatures of Myth and Legend 2 (Perna Studios)• Inspector Gadget (Saturday Morning Cards)• Street Fighter Vol 3: Ken vs. Balrog (Saturday Morning Cards)• 2024 Star Wars Masterwork (Topps)• 2025 Star Wars Meiyo (Topps)• The Avengers Platinum Edition #13 (Unstoppable Cards)• Hammer Films Platinum Edition #13 (Unstoppable Cards)• Return to The Wicker Man (Unstoppable Cards) JULY • One Piece Series 2 (FiGPiN)• 2025 Historic Autographs World War II (Historic Autographs)• Famous Americans Series 2 (Historic Autographs)• Twin Peaks - The Log Lady Chronicles (Rittenhouse Archives)• Stan Lee (Saturday Morning Cards)• Rocketeer Vol 2 (Saturday Morning Cards)•…

Six degrees of separation is the concept that any two people can be connected through a chain of six acquaintances. For example, Don Pedicini Jr. was born in the same hospital as Foo Fighters frontman Dave Grohl, so he can probably connect himself to hundreds of interesting people. Don also teaches art at the Columbiana Public Library in Ohio. Because art has its own power to help us relate and connect, Don Pedicini Jr. is doing far more than simply teaching it. Non-Sport Update: What was the first sketch card set you worked on, and how did you get started? Don Pedicini: My first sketch card sets were for Strictly Ink. They were Hammer Horror and the CSI franchise. I was looking through art pages on the internet and stumbled…

WHAT’S LISTED Products listed in the Price Guide typically: ■ Are produced by licensed manufacturers■ Are widely available■ Have market activity on single items HOW IT'S LISTED The sort order of the checklists are somewhat unique. All sets are listed 1) alphabetically then 2) chronologically. However, some exceptions have been made to further accommodate the reader. For instance, when it comes to recurring series, television seasons or film franchises and their sequels, all checklists will be grouped together in the same block. For example, if a reader was looking for sets devoted to James Bond or Harry Potter, they would find all sets devoted to these franchises in the same block. They would be listed chronologically while still adhering to the alphabetization of the entire section. WHAT THE COLUMNS MEAN…