Cardboard Fever: Recent Episodes
Mike Joachim
Welcome to cardboard fever! We'e here to bring you everything about the card collecting hobby. Honest product reviews, sales trends, player trends, a look into our collections. We'll also have live breaks on twitter and TikTok, highlight prominent hobby breakers, sellers, card stores, and companies that are changing & leading the industry!
Billy (Hive Cards) and Travis (Jokers Tribe) join Mike and Matt this week to discuss many things card related including:
- The growing retail market
- NBA draft
- NFL prospects
- The newest local card show in the Philly area
And more!
Ever wondered what it takes to open up an LCS? Look no further, new card store owner Charles from Wheelhouse Cards joins Mike to discuss the store and lots of topics about the hobby in general! Grading, who he collects, card shows, the store, and more, Charles is a great guy and we hope the store is massively successful!
With the new(ish) mosaic NFL cards with college jerseys on them for rookies and other players already in the league, Mike and Matt debate why they like/don't like (you'll have to listen to find who takes what side), discuss some strange eBAY findings and a little MLB home run derby musings.
As always, thanks to our sponsor: Pastime Marketplace, the BEST storage for your cards.
We're back! Mike and Matt interview Brett, who has founded the Fishtown card show ... www.fishtowncardshow.com for tickets or instagram @fishtowncardshow for more information!
We talk collecting, the hobby good and bad, the show, why this show will be so unique compared to others, and more! Brett is a great guy and if you are in the area please come out to the show!
We're back! Again sponsored by https://pastimemarketplace.com/ ! Check it out to keep your cards safe!
- Trade show/card show advice
- Product releases
- And more!
Obviously rookie cards arent out yet, but when they are, we give you a list of some of the more under the radar rookies to get some cards of !
Live the hobby!
Topics this week!
- The NFL draft
- NFL select release and why Matt likes them so much
- MLB early season thoughts. Sleepers to buy now.
- Would You Rather Buy Game
Thanks as always to our show sponsor PasTime Marketplace! The best place to buy cases to keep your cards safe today!
The 2019 NBA draft was one of the better drafts in many years! Who are we buying/selling from the draft? AKA, who should you target or avoid!!
It's officially the regular season and we make some MLB predictions, talk about who we're buying (Yes, Im still buying Tatis, I jinxed his injury) and our thoughts on how the baseball will play out.
In the remaining few minutes, we discuss the beginnings of the NBA buy out market, which we will continue to discuss as the buyout market unfolds.
The biggest question, who are YOU buying in baseball this year? let us know on twitter, @cardfeverpod.
Keep Living the Dream and Living the Hobby
As always, this episode is brought to you by our friends Pastime Marketplace, Inc ! Keep your cards safe and secure.
A quick Mini Monday that is a hot take from us, why we're not usually fans of things like mystery packs, razzes, and things like that!
Full episode on Wednesday with a heavy baseball focus including some predictions for the season!
It was truly an honor to be joined by DJ Skee this week. Talking everything from Project 70, to cards in general, sports and music, and much more. This is an interview episode you WON'T want to miss, so listen now!
Please remember to check out https://pastimemarketplace.com/ to keep all your cards safe!
*We'll also have a DJ Skee mini monday episode later this summer!
We're back with another mini monday brought to you by the best storage cases on the market, Pastime Market Place Inc !
We're talking some of the bigger names trades on/right before the NBA trade deadline this weekend and the premise is simple. Are we buying their cards or selling their cards? Plus does the trade move the needle for teams to head towards a championship?
We also tease at the end who our guest is for Wednesdays main full length episode!
Back with another full length episode, no guests this week so plenty of debate!
- Who is undervalued in the NBA right now that we want to collect?
- Spring training MLB standouts going under the radar worth investing in
- How did we both decide our personal collections would be what they are
- "Would You Rather"
Mini monday time! What is Loupe the app and how does it help card breakers do business? Learn more here!
- How did the app start?
- How has it improved since it launched?
- What's coming?
This week, Mike and Matt are joined by artist Lauren Taylor , who is one of the artists on the Topps Project 70 collection, but one of the most awesome people we gotten to speak with!
- Her journey from athlete to artist
- The important of mental health awareness.
- Her art inspiration
- How Project 70 works from her standpoint, whose next? When is her next card?
- MUCH more. WE cannot thank Lauren enough for her time.
Guest Kris Brown, @MLSCARDGUY on twitter, walks us through the ins and outs of the soccer card market.
- The MLS card market
- Who is popular world wide?
- The products releasing in 2021
- Some names to look out for as up and comers!
Welcome back to another episode, as always sponsored by our friends at Past Time Market Place, the only card storage us hosts trust to keep our collection safe!
We're joined by Jimmy from Turf and Dirt Sports to discuss plenty about the card hobby including:
- How his business got started
- How they adapted during COVID
- Grading
- Who he collects and how owning a store has changed his collection
- And more!
Listen in and we'll have a contest to announce soon!
This episode is sponsored by our friends at Past Time Marketplace, the best cases to keep your cards safe!
This week's mini monday features an interview with owner of the one of the newest card grading companies on the market - Hybrid Grading Approach and owner Tyler Hitt.
- How were they founded?
- How does HGA operate?
- AI technology?
- Dealing with the drama
What do you think? Will you use HGA for grading? Why or why not?
Matt and Mike are back this week with a few different main topics to hit on in this weeks full episode. Again, sponsored by our friends at https://pastimemarketplace.com/ . The BEST storage cases for your cards
- Ethics and bots.
- NBA all star snubs
- Rainbow chasing Topps Series 1
- Project 70 update
Mini Monday is back! An interview with Project 70 and Project 2020 guru CRT Sports Cards!
- What makes the 2 artist series' different?
- Which artists does he like?
- How does he compile all of the data and what type of data is available?
- What does his patreon give access to?
- https://www.crtsportscards.com/topps-project-70
Thank you as always to our presenting sponsor, https://pastimemarketplace.com/ , the best cases to keep your cards / graded cards safe and secure!
For the first part of the episode, we are joined by TJ the Card Collector, one of the fastest growing twitter hobby guys in the past 6 months! Talking a lot of NBA, card conventions & more!
Second half of the episode, Mike and Matt discuss the Carson Wentz trade, loopholes in retail hunting while Matt was at target, and a brief introduction to Topps Project 70!
Welcome to another mini monday bonus episode! A simple one this week that will have a corresponding video (Tiktok @cardfeverpod). Discussing the many tools/apps/sites you can use for research!
- Ebay
- Social media
- Market Movers
- Card Ladder
- Cardbase
Did we miss any? Let us know and we'll be sure to review it !
Welcome back to another episode! This week's topic list:
- Rainbow Dave calls out Gary Vee
- Topps Series 1 / Target / Donruss Nascar
- Buying into breaks, buying boxes, or buying singles?
- Patrick Laine trade. Good or bad?
- And more!
Another bonus mini monday episode! Talking racing cards hours before the 2021 Daytona 500 started! What to expect from both of the Formula 1 card releases in 2021 and a product review of the very recently released Donruss Nascar 2021. We discuss why the market is rebounding, a shortfall with the nascar checklist & some general racing card related topcis.
Stay tuned to our tiktok @cardfeverpod for a video review of the NASCAR set later today & hope we can find a way to score some of the Formula 1 cards, because the February release sure is pricey!
We're joined by one of the best and brightest young minds the card collecting hobby this week, Billy, @hivecards on social media.
- How did he get into collecting?
- How did @hivecards grow to what it is??
- The future of https://www.hobyn.co (hint *buy there and not eBay)
- Who he collects and NBA thoughts
First off, Host Mike's super bowl prediction at the end is really bad, make fun of him all you want he deserves it.
We break down some positions across sports & a few players within those position groups that we think are undervalued in the hobby and are due for an increase!
We'll be back with a full length episode in 48 hours!
Back with another episode! Action packed from start to finish
- NFL optic delays and why it stinks
- Formula 1 and NASCAR cards
- Who to look at buying before the Super Bowl
- Super Bowl MVP bets
Welcome to our first bonus Monday mini episode! These will be more informational based to help see if we can pass on some words of wisdom on a given topic in the car & hobby world!
This week: shipping cards!
- Is it okay to use a plain envelope?
- Bubble mailers - best place to get them?
- Printing labels at home using www.pirateship.com
- How to package together multiple cards in the mail
This episode is sponsored by Fanatics!
Welcome back! We've got our first interview on deck. Ben from Midwest Box breaks joins us to discuss everything about collecting.
- How did he get into collecting?
- What is midwest box breaks?
- Why he loves the hobby community
- And more!
Check out his site at www.midwestboxbreaks.com or @midwestboxbreak on twitter!
Welcome to the very first episode of Cardboard fever. We're here to discuss everything in the sports card and hobby market as it continues to grow in popularity again! Follow our social media @cardfeverpod across all platforms
Episode 1 details:
- What the show will entail most weeks
- NFL playoffs, whose undervalued in the card market?
- A short NHL discussion
- Hobby trends we hope stay back in 2020 & some we want to see continue
- Hobby product wishes for 2021
We'll be back next week with an awesome interview!