Hobby Nonsense
Hobby Nonsense
Podcast Description
Hobby Nonsense: Where Non-Sports Cards and Collectibles Come to Life!
From legendary franchises like Star Wars and Marvel to undiscovered treasures and the hottest new releases, we dive headfirst into the stories, art, and nostalgia that turn ordinary items into extraordinary keepsakes.
Whether you're chasing down rare grails, the most anticipated releases, or reliving your childhood one card at a time, we're your ultimate guide to the wonderfully nonsensical world of collecting. Let’s make your collection as unique as the stories behind it!
Podcast Insights
Content Themes
The podcast focuses on various themes around collecting non-sports cards, with episodes covering significant topics like the history and variations of non-sport cards, the rise of the Pokémon market, and nostalgia in trading cards. Examples include discussions on recent releases such as the new Star Wars and X-Men 97 cards, and important events like the forged Pokémon prototype cards scandal.
Hobby Nonsense is your weekly dive into the weird, wonderful world of non-sport trading cards and pop culture collectibles. Hosted by Jesse Gibson and Ray Solorio, the podcast covers everything from Pokémon, Marvel, and Star Wars to Garbage Pail Kids, sketch cards, and vintage oddities from the junk wax era.
Each episode features news, market trends, release breakdowns, and interviews with collectors, creators, and industry insiders. Whether you’re chasing Charizards, ripping retro wax, or exploring obscure inserts, Hobby Nonsense delivers insight, nostalgia, and a lot of hobby fun.
This week on Hobby Nonsense, we open with some absolutely wild breaking news from the Disney card market 🐭💰: the 2023 Topps Disney 100 Mickey Mouse Superfractor has been listed for $20 MILLION, while the Platinum Mickey Mouse Superfractor insert from the same set has appeared on eBay with a $3.5 million asking price.
Whether anyone pays those prices is another question, but the listings show just how dramatically perceptions around high-end Disney cards have changed. We also look at which other Disney sets could benefit as collectors increasingly find themselves priced out of 2023 and 2024 Disney.
Then we unveil the new look for Hobby Nonsense and our new slogan that sums up what we want the brand to be about:
❤️ COLLECT WHAT YOU LIKE
Before our guest joins us, Ray and I turn our attention to some upcoming Marvel releases and ask whether Marvel could be positioned for the kind of growth we’ve recently witnessed with Disney.
🎙️ Then Ryan Nolan of Breakout Cards joins us for a deep dive into the rapidly heating world of vintage non-sport cards. We cover:
🐭 The recent surge in 1935 Disney cards and what new buyers need to know before jumping in
🦸 The growing market for vintage Marvel and some of the price spikes we’re already seeing
🕰️ An overlooked corner of non-sports collecting dating all the way back to 1888, featuring cards of historic figures that many modern collectors don’t even know exist
After the interview, we check in on more record-setting sales, including a new high for One Piece and continued movement in 1966 Batman 📈.
And we couldn’t end this episode normally…
We dive into a leaked LEGO Star Wars x Marvel crossover featuring mashups we never knew we needed: Iron-3PO, SpiderHan and Hulkbacca. 😂
From $20 million Mickey Mouse asking prices and 90-year-old Disney cards to vintage Marvel, record sales and some truly ridiculous LEGO minifigs, this episode shows just how wide the world of non-sport collecting has become.
Collect What You Like.
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