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Hobby Nonsense episodes

October 21Disney Vault Costs $20,000+ PER CASE?! Plus a Massive PSA Card Theft & VeeFriends Update
Potentially MILLIONS of PSA-graded cards have reportedly been stolen from a FedEx shipment — and collectors have some serious questions. Jesse and Ray discuss the growing problem of card theft, insurance concerns, and what collectors can do to protect their collections.
Plus, as a follow up from last week’s conversation, MikeJY, one of VeeFriends' biggest collectors, joins the show to explain why he actually stopped spending, the production issues behind his decision, Gary Vee's response, and why he still believes in the future of VeeFriends.
This week on Hobby Nonsense:
🏰 Disney Vault: $21,000 cases, huge autograph chases, and whether the pricing has gone too far

🦸 Marvel Neon: First impressions, valuable inserts, and where has all the product gone?

💎 VeeFriends: The truth behind a major collector's spending pause and falling card prices

🤼 WWE Stadium Club: New autos, inserts, and potentially overlooked value

🕷️ Marvel Studios Chrome: Tom Holland autos and what Avengers: Doomsday could mean for collecting

🤖 TAG grading kiosks: Could automated grading change the hobby?

🎃 Wednesday trading cards: A new collectible release for Addams Family fans

🔥 NEW SEGMENT — Hobby Hot Takes: Are collectors becoming too obsessed with card values?
Plus, Pokémon, Lorcana, new releases, and plenty of Nonsense along the way.
Presented by Columbia Hobby, in association with Trove.
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2 hr 32 min
October 14Mickey Mouse 1/1 SOLD… Why Is the Price a SECRET?! Plus, Is Gary Vee’s VeeFriends in TROUBLE?!
A Mickey Mouse 1/1 has reportedly sold for MILLIONS… but why is the actual price being kept secret?! 👀 Funcle (Matt Hathorn) joins Jesse Gibson in studio to discuss the mysterious Disney sale, a changing non-sport market, and some troubling developments for VeeFriends collectors.
This week on Hobby Nonsense:
🏰 Disney market update: Falling prices, buying opportunities, and why collectors are still watching

💰 The Mickey Mouse mystery: A reported NDA, a potentially multimillion-dollar deal, and its impact on Disney cards

📉 VeeFriends trouble? A chase card falling from $6,600 to $2,000 and a major collector pausing purchases

💎 Disney Vault vs. Disney Mint: Huge potential price tags and competing high-end releases

🦸 Marvel Neon: $350 presales, autograph chases, and whether boxes are already overpriced

🎮 Vintage Nintendo: A $7,700 Super Mario card and more overlooked collectibles

🐺 Marvel vintage: A 1980 Wolverine sticker sells for $16,000

👽 Mars Attacks, Street Fighter, Rocky, Coca-Cola and other new non-sport releases

🎃 Vintage horror cards, possible character first appearances, and a special Funcle giveaway!
Plus, could a Marvel x Star Wars crossover trading-card set eventually happen?
🎁 GIVEAWAY: Be sure to listen to find out how to ENTER the Giveaway courtesy of FUNCLE!
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2 hr 5 min
October 07Tony Hawk Autos, Blood Meowth & Street Fighter Cards?! Plus Kakawow’s Market Opportunities
More than $940 MILLION was spent on cards and sealed wax in September — while Pokémon recorded its biggest month ever for five-figure sales. 📈 Jesse and Ray break down the numbers and ask what collectors should be watching next.
This week’s hobby rundown includes:
⚡ A record 3,034 five-figure Pokémon sales in September

🃏 Understanding Kakawow products, IPs and pricing

👀 Why Black & White-era Plasma/blue-border cards could be next to move

🩸 Blood Meowth, red tape and what it could tell collectors about foil supply

🥊 Topps x Street Fighter 2026

🏰 Disney Mint, including new NYCC exclusives

✨ Magic: The Gathering introducing God Packs

📱 Topps Digital and the Disney, Marvel & Star Wars Collect apps

📦 USPS shipping slowdowns and what they mean for collectors
Plus, Jesse and Ray cover Mars Attacks out of this world autos, Smurfs, upcoming Pokémon products and some of the biggest Topps non-sport sales of the week.
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1 hr 52 min
September 30We Called the Disney Boom Early… It’s Up 512%! Could Nintendo Cards Be NEXT?
Disney cards are up 512% over the last six months… so what could be NEXT? 👀 Matt Hathorn, aka Funcle, joins Jesse and Ray in studio to break down the Disney boom and another overlooked corner of non-sports that may deserve collectors' attention.
The guys compare six-month card index growth — Disney +512%, Star Wars +106% and Marvel +82% versus +12% for the S&P 500 — before debating 2023 vs. 2024 Topps Disney, recent dips, and why these sets have separated themselves from previous Disney releases.
Then it's time to look for what's next:
🎮 Are video game and Nintendo cards being overlooked?

🏎️ Why the 1997 Nintendo Mario Kart 64 set has their attention

💰 A Mario Kart 64 game sold for $187K, while some related cards can still be found around $20

⚡ An update on Pokémon 30th Anniversary prices

❤️ Why collectors still need to buy cards they love regardless of what the market says they're worth
Plus, Funcle has a special giveaway for the Hobby Nonsense YouTube audience!
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1 hr 58 min
September 23What Cards Are We All Overlooking? 10x Simpsons Jump, Star Wars Unlimited & Hidden Gems
A $2,500 Simpsons card is suddenly selling for $25,000?! 🤯 Jesse and Ray break down the explosion of the 1990 Topps Simpsons market, why Bartman has jumped roughly 10X in such a short period, and the warning collectors need to hear about what could happen next.
🎙️ Cary Williams of American Arbitrage joins the show to talk about making a living finding overlooked collectibles, his success ripping retail packs on social media, and the unbelievable story of pulling a $40K card from a FREE pack at his first National.
Also this week:
⭐ Why Star Wars Unlimited could be a sleeper ahead of serialization and Star Wars' 50th anniversary

🏰 The biggest Disney card sale ever at $600K — and why it could actually signal a market pullback

📦 Jesse and Ray prepare for their biggest Disney break ever

⚡ How Pokémon 30th Anniversary RGB Mew presale prices compare to today's market

🎬 A forgotten comedy card set has collectors asking: What other hidden gems are still out there?

🛒 A look at some of the obscure TCGs and hobby packs hiding on the shelves at Target and Walmart
From forgotten cards suddenly becoming five-figure collectibles to products hiding in plain sight, Jesse and Ray look at where collectors might be searching next.
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1 hr 45 min
September 16Are We Manipulating Card Prices?! Disney 100 Doubles, $100K Harry Potter & Collectibles from Space
Are non-sport card prices exploding because collectors are finally recognizing their value — or are collectors themselves helping create the hype? 📈 Jesse and Ray discuss Pokémon 30th Anniversary prices, accusations of market manipulation, and 2023 Disney 100 boxes doubling from roughly $10K to $20K in just one month.
🎙️ Coby Bell of Edition One joins the show to discuss the future of high-end collecting, show off his recently acquired $150K Spider-Man comic, and share an incredible collection ranging from a NASA Snoopy Space Pin and Winston Churchill memorabilia to a James Earl Jones signed Darth Vader helmet.
Also this week:
🐭 A $91K Mickey /50 sale

🕷️ A $44K Spider-Man /50 sale

🧽 SpongeBob reaches $61K

⚡ Pokémon 30th Anniversary hype vs. actual rarity

⚔️ The new Panini Zelda set and a potential must-own rookie

🎬 Forgotten card sets from childhood — and why aren't there Fast & Furious cards?!

🏆 PSA's 10 most-graded subjects in August included just three athletes
Plus, Jesse, Ray and Coby debate whether the rise of Disney, Marvel and other major IPs is just getting started — and if the biggest non-sport cards could eventually become more valuable than any sports cards.
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2 hr 15 min
September 09Not All Marvel Cards Are Equal! What to Collect, $150K Spider-Man & a Sketchy $33K Disney Sale
Which Marvel cards are actually worth collecting? 🕷️ This week, Jesse and Ray are joined by Justin Underwood of Hobby Hits (Spidey Hits) to break down the Marvel card hobby for new and longtime collectors.
Justin dives into the history of Marvel cards, why certain sets stand above the rest, lower-print-run products collectors may be overlooking, and the story behind acquiring his grail Spider-Man comic that eventually sold for $150,000.
Also this week:
👟 Roman Reigns has his own Air Jordans — could WWE be the next evolution of the celebrity sneaker market?

🦸 Upcoming DC Platinum, Topps Marvel Neon & Marvel Vault

🏰 A $33,000 Disney sketch card sale that comes with an important warning for new collectors

🃏 Why recent changes to Yu-Gi-Oh have sent the newest release soaring

⚡ Multiple Pokémon record sales

📦 Is the Pokémon 30th Anniversary ETB worth buying on Amazon?
Plus, Justin shares what has made Hobby Hits successful and reveals which upcoming Marvel product has him the most excited.
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2 hr 12 min
September 02Was the John Cena 1/1 Patch CT Scanned?! Simpsons EXPLODE + Betting on Pokémon Prices?
Is the non-sport card hobby experiencing a renaissance? 📈 Jesse and Ray look at the incredible growth happening across the market, including record sales for Fortnite and Simpsons cards — and why some of these rising prices may make more sense than they initially appear.
🎙️ Adam Gellman of the Book to Last podcast joins the show to discuss:
The controversy surrounding the John Cena WrestleMania 1/1 Patch currently at auction

Allegations involving CT scanning and what collectors should know

The upcoming WWE Universe release

Underrated wrestlers collectors may want to watch
Later in the show:
⚡ Ray shares some recent pickups he believes are still undervalued

🌎 The biggest Pokémon news coming out of Pokémon Worlds

🎲 Polymarket is taking bets on Pokémon card and product prices

🤔 Could prediction markets actually forecast where Pokémon prices are headed — or could they help create a self-fulfilling prophecy?
Plus, Jesse and Ray discuss why the current non-sport boom may be about more than hype, even as prices reach levels that deserve some caution.
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2 hr 12 min
August 26BREAKING: Upper Deck Lands Transformers, Power Rangers & G.I. Joe + $20K Disney Break & Rare Pokémon
BREAKING NEWS on Hobby Nonsense! 🚨 Upper Deck President Jason Masherah joins Jesse and Ray to reveal a new agreement with Hasbro bringing Transformers, Power Rangers, G.I. Joe and more to Upper Deck trading cards!
Before the interview, Jesse and Ray discuss the explosive growth of the non-sport card market 📈 and whether collectors are witnessing a bubble or a long-overdue correction upward. While emphasizing the need for caution, they also look at what needs to change for this growth to remain sustainable long-term.
🎙️ Jason Masherah joins the show to discuss:
The newly announced Upper Deck x Hasbro partnership

🤖 What collectors can expect from Transformers, Power Rangers & G.I. Joe

👀 Other upcoming Upper Deck products collectors should be watching
Later in the show:
🏰 Jesse explains why he’s running a $20,000 break of 2023 Topps Disney 100 despite remaining bullish on the product long-term

⚡ Ray breaks down the print runs for the upcoming Pokémon Anniversary set

🎯 With a 1:20,000 packs pull rate, they discuss what could be one of the rarest pack-pulled Pokémon cards of the modern era

💰 Ray shares which upcoming Pokémon products are worth paying over retail for — and which aren't
From breaking industry news to Disney, Pokémon and the future of the rapidly growing non-sport market, there's plenty to unpack this week.
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2 hr 6 min
August 19D23 Was HUGE for Collectors! Lorcana Serialized Cards, $75K Sales & Why Pokémon ACTUALLY Cooled Off!
Fresh off Disney D23, there is a TON of news for Disney, Marvel, Star Wars and Lorcana collectors — including a major change that could reshape the Lorcana market. 🏰✨
We start this week's Hobby Nonsense breaking down the biggest announcements from D23, including newly announced movies, TV shows, theme park additions and other Disney IP that could eventually find its way onto trading cards. We also look at the limited-edition Topps D23 cards, new Oswald the Lucky Rabbit promotional cards, and more.
But the biggest card news from D23 belongs to Disney Lorcana. 🃏
Ink from Digital Inkwell joins us fresh from D23 to break down the announcement that a new serialized card rarity is coming to Lorcana next year. We discuss:
🔢 What serialized cards could mean for Lorcana's collectability

🎮 Changes coming to the TCG and the game itself

🤔 Why Ray and other collectors think Lorcana may be jumping the gun

📈 How the announcement could affect the Lorcana market right now and over the next several months

🏰 What Ink actually saw and heard from collectors on the ground at D23
From there, we speculate about the potential for future Bluey and The Simpsons card products following news of new movies coming for both properties.
Then it's time for some HUGE non-sport sales 💰, including multiple cards reaching the $75,000 level, with major sales for both Elsa and Black Panther.
We also turn our attention to Pokémon and discuss what we believe is the REAL reason the Pokémon market has cooled, why it may not be what some collectors think, and when we believe the market could start heating back up. ⚡
Finally, Ray and Jesse address some recent criticism of the show and ask a question that's bigger than any comp:
❤️ Are we spending too much time talking about what cards are worth and not enough time talking about why they're worth collecting?
It's a conversation about the balance between collecting what you love and understanding the market around it — and what we want Hobby Nonsense to represent going forward.
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2 hr 15 min

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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.