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February 13th, 2026 at 7:14:53 AM
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Quote: billryanQuote: avianrandyThe blurb I seen said they were released in 1979
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I owned two comic shops in the mid-1980s and set up at many card shows. There was almost nothing geared towards girls, so I'm surprised that these were around at the time.
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I think these were where their money went.
Tiger Beat, 16, Bop, and Seventeen. Anyone selling teen idol posters?
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February 13th, 2026 at 9:05:20 AM
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Quote: rxwineQuote: billryanQuote: avianrandyThe blurb I seen said they were released in 1979
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I owned two comic shops in the mid-1980s and set up at many card shows. There was almost nothing geared towards girls, so I'm surprised that these were around at the time.
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I think these were where their money went.
Tiger Beat, 16, Bop, and Seventeen. Anyone selling teen idol posters?
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When I had my shops, I sold a ton of Menudo stuff. These days, almost anything with either Ricky Martin or Draco Rosa will sell quickly. Not for big bucks but steady money.
I figured selling Menudo stuff would attract girls, and nothing brings in teenage boys like teenage girls. It didn't work out as I expected, but it opened the door s to my moving to Puerto Rico for two years.
The older I get, the better I recall things that never happened
February 13th, 2026 at 9:09:16 AM
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Charles Schulz passed away on this day in 2000 and as per his wishes, the last original Peanuts strip ran the next day.
I was in second grade when A Charlie Brown Christmas first aired, and Linus reminded us of what the true meaning of Christmas is, was, and always will be.
I was in second grade when A Charlie Brown Christmas first aired, and Linus reminded us of what the true meaning of Christmas is, was, and always will be.
The older I get, the better I recall things that never happened
February 13th, 2026 at 9:28:35 AM
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Quote: billryanCharles Schulz passed away on this day in 2000 and as per his wishes, the last original Peanuts strip ran the next day.
I was in second grade when A Charlie Brown Christmas first aired, and Linus reminded us of what the true meaning of Christmas is, was, and always will be.
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Not exactly. The last strip was planned for months. It was just chance he died the same day. Sunday comics sections are printed days in advance.
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February 13th, 2026 at 10:43:43 AM
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In the late 1980s, the baseball market was truly the Wild West, as it was almost completely unregulated. People were producing unlicensed sets and selling out before anyone could stop them. I produced a set of American players playing in the Puerto Rican league. My partners thought 500 sets would flood the market, but producing 2500 sets cost about $300 more than producing 500, so we went large. They cost us $ 2,200 to produce the finished sets, and after a $45 ad, we sold over 1,000 in a week, and sold out in a month.
I produced a second set, consisting of West Coast players like Jose Canseco and Wally Joyner. Our lawyers said we should include those players in a set rather than do individual cards. We made 1500 sets and sold nearly half in a week. We ran afoul by using the name Big Apple Cards, as we didn't know there was already a company with that name. They quickly filed a cease-and-desist letter with us, and our lawyer told us we were screwed. The owners turned out to be pretty nice, and we agreed to take an ad out explaining the set had nothing to do with The Big Apple Card Company and that we'd stop selling them. I kept about a dozen sets, and we donated the remaining sets to a charity that distributed them to children in need in Central America. Soon afterwards, the leading publications agreed not to allow advertising for unlicensed products, and our little venture died on the vine, after producing only three sets.
I'm purging 90% of my baseball stuff, and while digging through it, I found ten sets of these. Looking it up on eBay, I see the set is now considered scarce and selling for about $100 each.
I produced a second set, consisting of West Coast players like Jose Canseco and Wally Joyner. Our lawyers said we should include those players in a set rather than do individual cards. We made 1500 sets and sold nearly half in a week. We ran afoul by using the name Big Apple Cards, as we didn't know there was already a company with that name. They quickly filed a cease-and-desist letter with us, and our lawyer told us we were screwed. The owners turned out to be pretty nice, and we agreed to take an ad out explaining the set had nothing to do with The Big Apple Card Company and that we'd stop selling them. I kept about a dozen sets, and we donated the remaining sets to a charity that distributed them to children in need in Central America. Soon afterwards, the leading publications agreed not to allow advertising for unlicensed products, and our little venture died on the vine, after producing only three sets.
I'm purging 90% of my baseball stuff, and while digging through it, I found ten sets of these. Looking it up on eBay, I see the set is now considered scarce and selling for about $100 each.
The older I get, the better I recall things that never happened
February 19th, 2026 at 8:47:41 PM
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https://www.youtube.com/shorts/6IgT7DDuAQc
20 MB hard drive! I got my first computer 1992 it was not a laptop but it wasn't much better than that. And it was extremely expensive like $1,500. But it was truly wonderful as pitiful as it was.
20 MB hard drive! I got my first computer 1992 it was not a laptop but it wasn't much better than that. And it was extremely expensive like $1,500. But it was truly wonderful as pitiful as it was.
"It's not called gambling if the math is on your side."
February 20th, 2026 at 1:30:27 AM
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Quote: EvenBobhttps://www.youtube.com/shorts/6IgT7DDuAQc
20 MB hard drive! I got my first computer 1992 it was not a laptop but it wasn't much better than that. And it was extremely expensive like $1,500. But it was truly wonderful as pitiful as it was.
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The portables... those look like the next iteration of the Compaq Portable, Kaypro, or Seequa.
May the cards fall in your favor.
February 20th, 2026 at 8:51:14 AM
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Quote: EvenBobhttps://www.youtube.com/shorts/6IgT7DDuAQc
20 MB hard drive! I got my first computer 1992 it was not a laptop but it wasn't much better than that. And it was extremely expensive like $1,500. But it was truly wonderful as pitiful as it was.
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My first hard drive was 5 MB, I would guess that was in the mid 1980's.
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