Apr28th

Price Guide sneak peek

By Adam McFarland | Posted at 10:53 am | Filed Under Site News, Price Guide

Last month when we launched the new SportsLizard we announced that we were working on a free, live price guide. Well that time has come and we’re putting the finishing touches on something that promises to turn a few heads. We use real prices from the most popular collectibles sites on the web […]

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Apr27th

MLB Briefs - The First Three Weeks

By Adam McFarland | Posted at 3:27 pm | Filed Under MLB, Cards, Cardcollectingrambler

We’ve seen a lot of hobby action through the first 3 weeks of the season. The hottest player has been Alex Rodriguez (NYY). His record HR pace has pushed his 94 SP RC to incredible heights. The average selling price (incl S&H) for the month leading up the season was $56.33. Since opening day (through […]

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Apr27th

Is SCD Magazine in trouble?

By Adam McFarland | Posted at 3:14 pm | Filed Under Tuff Stuff, SCD

Is Sports Collectors Digest, the “hobby’s oldest and largest publication” about to shut it’s doors? Anytime you have to ask the question, you know something is wrong (it’s like asking your girlfriend if you’re still a couple…if you have to ask, you’re in big trouble). That’s the subject of an article on NWI.com […]

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Apr18th

Error cards like Gordon and Jeter bad for the hobby

By Adam McFarland | Posted at 4:11 pm | Filed Under MLB, Topps

I recently stumbled across a great post about error cards on El Blogo Del Juan. The crux of the post is that error cards released on purpose (Alex Gordon) or doctored up in Photoshop (Derek Jeter) might be good PR but aren’t really error cards and don’t serve the hobby as well as real […]

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Apr18th

Mr. Potato Head Sports Spuds - are you kidding me?

By Adam McFarland | Posted at 3:47 pm | Filed Under Starting Lineups

I recently became aware of the fact that Hasbro is selling “Sports Spuds” Mr. Potato head dolls. Apparently these “collectibles” have been around since 2005. Hasbro, the company that purchased Kenner and Starting Lineups back in 1991, will manufacture and sell a potato-head sports figure but not continue a line of realistic sports […]

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Apr18th

Bonds and Topps renew their vows

By Adam McFarland | Posted at 3:32 pm | Filed Under MLB, Topps

In a move that shouldn’t surprise anyone, Topps and Barry Bonds signed a new deal for the 2007 season. Until now Barry has not appeared in any of the early 2007 baseball product, but that will soon change. A few years back Barry pulled out of the MLBPA Licensing agreement so that’s why […]

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Apr11th

Starting Lineups making a comeback?

By Adam McFarland | Posted at 8:53 pm | Filed Under Starting Lineups

Anyone who has read my writing for a while will notice my bias towards figures. While I have cards and autographs and other memorabilia, the majority of my collectibles are Starting Lineups and McFarlane figures. I have a particular allegiance to SLU’s because (like Nintendo) they remind me of my youth. Back […]

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Apr11th

UD All-Star Vinyl - why so popular?

By Adam McFarland | Posted at 8:13 pm | Filed Under Upper Deck

I recently read a review of the new Upper Deck Sidney Crosby All-Star Vinyl figure on Plastic and Plush. Like it’s predecessors The LeBrons and a trio of NFL Quarterbacks, the figure sold out instantaneously (all figures sold out within 3 hours according to UD) and are now selling like hot cakes on eBay. […]

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Apr5th

McFarlane NFL 15 - Lewis WOW, Thomas not so much

By Adam McFarland | Posted at 8:14 pm | Filed Under McFarlane, NFL

McFarlane released photography for the NFL 15 Series, which includes Peyton Manning, Tony Romo, Brian Westbrook, Vince Young, Cedric Benson, Ray Lewis, and William Thomas.
First off - Brian Westbrook and Cedric Benson and no Frank Gore or Steven Jackson….but I guess the third and fifth leading rushers aren’t good enough for you???
Now that I got […]

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Apr5th

No computer? Try Mobile SportsLizard

By Adam McFarland | Posted at 7:39 pm | Filed Under Site News

So you’re sitting in the movie theater. Your film doesn’t start for 30 minutes and you’re sick of answering those stupid trivia questions. What do you do? Flip open your cell phone (you don’t have to turn it off until the movie STARTS) and visit mobile.sportslizard.com.
We update our mobile site […]

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