Hepcat Posted May 7, 2011 Share Posted May 7, 2011 Wonder how hard this one is to find Pinballs from the seventies and later are surprisingly common - but the trick is to find one locally because they're enormously expensive to ship. The other problem of course is finding a spot for them in the house. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hepcat Posted May 7, 2011 Share Posted May 7, 2011 (edited) Is that yours, Hepcat? Looks like it may be even nicer than mine. If so, congrats. Unfortunately no. I really love seventies pinball machines but I'd need to do some serious rearranging of my house to find room for one. At present I have to content myself with large encyclopaedic books on pinball machines. Here are the three I have: Edited May 7, 2011 by Hepcat Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tortoise Posted May 7, 2011 Share Posted May 7, 2011 I just got some frames from gweedo's comic book heaven. I think they look great Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Senormac Posted May 7, 2011 Share Posted May 7, 2011 I just got some frames from gweedo's comic book heaven. I think they look great So do the books that are in them Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
asteroid-comix Posted May 8, 2011 Share Posted May 8, 2011 I just got some frames from gweedo's comic book heaven. I think they look great Is that an Iron Man lamp or just a statue? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tortoise Posted May 8, 2011 Share Posted May 8, 2011 I just got some frames from gweedo's comic book heaven. I think they look great Is that an Iron Man lamp or just a statue? just a helmet. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
batman_fan Posted May 8, 2011 Share Posted May 8, 2011 (edited) Well, I know it doesn't look like much now, but here is my future comic room. That's my 8 yr old son trying to provide perspective and showing off for the camera. They just finished the 1st set of fill on the drywall. We expect to move in around the end of July. I am excited because it will be the 1st time I have had a dedicated comic room in 10 years Edited May 8, 2011 by batman_fan Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
comicdonna Posted May 8, 2011 Share Posted May 8, 2011 I can't wait to see it when it's finished, Greg. I know you have some great stuff to put in it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AGGIEZ Posted May 8, 2011 Share Posted May 8, 2011 Well, I know it doesn't look like much now, but here is my future comic room. That's my 8 yr old son trying to provide perspective and showing off for the camera. They just finished the 1st set of fill on the drywall. We expect to move in around the end of July. I am excited because it will be the 1st time I have had a dedicated comic room in 10 years Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
oakman29 Posted May 8, 2011 Share Posted May 8, 2011 I can't wait to see it when it's finished, Greg. I know you have some great stuff to put in it. I love living vicariously through other board members projects,can't wait to see it when it's done. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bryan91 Posted May 9, 2011 Share Posted May 9, 2011 I can't wait to see it when it's finished, Greg. I know you have some great stuff to put in it. +1 Congrats! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ringfinger Posted May 10, 2011 Share Posted May 10, 2011 +2 from me! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hepcat Posted May 16, 2011 Share Posted May 16, 2011 (edited) One thing I didn't see - and expected to - were Wacky Packages, considering you have a heavy non-sports collection. I grew up collecting the O-Pee-Chee ones, printed in London, Ontario - not the Topps ones from the US. They are scarcer than hen's teeth. I'll post some scans of the wonderful 1960 Leaf Foney Ads set that was a precursor to the Wacky Ads though. Here are scans of the precursor sets to the Topps Wacky Packages. The first is the Leaf Foney Ads set that came out in 1960: The second is the Goodies Baloney Ads set which was a Canadian issue shortly thereafter: The Baloney Ads set was a blatant rip-off of the Foney Ads set. It includes a lot of the very same imagery found in the Foney Ads set but rather sloppily redrawn . Edited May 16, 2011 by Hepcat Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hepcat Posted May 16, 2011 Share Posted May 16, 2011 Here are scans of some of my Topps Space cards from 1957 showing more of the detail: \ And here are scans of some of my Topps Outer Limits cards: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ringfinger Posted May 16, 2011 Share Posted May 16, 2011 Those are cool! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Darth Corgi Posted May 16, 2011 Share Posted May 16, 2011 I've never seen those pre-Wacky Pack cards. Cool stuff! I love those creature designs for Outer Limits! I've never seen any of these episodes before... Anyone on here seen Outer Limits? Any good? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hepcat Posted May 17, 2011 Share Posted May 17, 2011 (edited) Here are scans of some of my Spook Theatre/Stories cards, stickers and wrappers: The Spook Stories were the first non-sport cards I collected aggressively as a kid. Edited May 17, 2011 by Hepcat Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hepcat Posted May 18, 2011 Share Posted May 18, 2011 (edited) Here are some closeup scans of my 1967 Topps Terror Tales cards: I love the contrast between the fronts with their sickly greenish tinge and the bright pink backs. It's a very tough set to complete though. Edited May 18, 2011 by Hepcat Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
randyf-migration Posted May 18, 2011 Share Posted May 18, 2011 And here are scans of some of my Topps Outer Limits cards: I distinctly remember having the first card at upper left back in the day! Like with comic books I read at the time, certain images are burned into longterm memory even after nearly 50 years! But my memory wouldn't have been jogged without your post. Thanks Hepcat! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hepcat Posted May 18, 2011 Share Posted May 18, 2011 (edited) There's an interesting background story to the following cards from my collection. The cards were based on Hammer Horror Films and first released under the name Shock Theater when test marketed in the States in 1975: The set had two number 17 cards but no number 47 card. Some of the images were changed and most of the captions ended up being altered and the set was then released in the U.K. in 1976 under the name Shock Theatre. Both number 17 cards were changed to number 47. Edited May 20, 2011 by Hepcat Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
