Mars Attacks Heritage - Coming in July!

[dd316]

Don't know if anyone saw this: Mars Attacks Sells Out…More Destruction On The Way! Non-Sport & Entertainment Trading Card News from Non-Sport Update

[rmaheras]

Originally Posted by dd316

Don't know if anyone saw this: Mars Attacks Sells Out…More Destruction On The Way! Non-Sport & Entertainment Trading Card News from Non-Sport Update

Based on every indicator I saw in the past month, I can't say I'm at all surprised.

[MarsAttacks]

I really like my new pick up.



Ted, it is cool you painted all your cards! How long would you say you spent on each one roughly?

[dd316]

Originally Posted by MarsAttacks

I really like my new pick up.



Ted, it is cool you painted all your cards! How long would you say you spent on each one roughly?

Sweet! Where'd you land that?

It varied all over the place. I started out penciling them first then switched to going straight to the paints. I was doing 4-5 a night from like 9 til 2, so I guess about an hour on each.

[Buickrob]

Originally Posted by Cujobyte

How are there "hot" packs of this product though? I honestly think these should just be sold by the box, and not the pack. Just my opinion tho.

Got the hot packs, pretty happy. Paid $95 for 4 packs, turns out they were retail showing 1:96 odds. Got a black & white Joe Simko and Neil Camera. The two others are nice and I will research. Will post pics later.

Psyched about that Simko, knew what it was right away!

[buckycap]

Picked up one of Jeff Zapata's returns on eBay and it arrived today:

Check out the package he sent it in
Front:


and back:


He must have guessed that I was a Captain America fan by my eBay name.
Very cool of him to do these sketches for me.
He's got a new fan for life in me now!

[killerturtle]

Score, that makes it very personal, which is awsome.

[Buickrob]

Hot pack results

[MarsAttacks]

Ted, I picked up your sketch on EBay. Nice cards all round guys.

Buickrob, those were some great sketches in your hot packs!

[natbornkiller]

Originally Posted by Buickrob

Hot pack results

better sketches than i expected to see in a hot pack

[dd316]

Originally Posted by MarsAttacks

Ted, I picked up your sketch on EBay. Nice cards all

Ah, I just saw it. The seller didn't have my name in the title, nice find!

[dd316]

Got a return on Ebay right now: Mars Attacks Heritage TED DASTICK JR Artist's Return sketch card painted color | eBay

[IronMonkey415]

Is all the good hit gone? I want to try a box.

[lucky4444]

Originally Posted by MarsAttacks

I really like my new pick up.



Ted, it is cool you painted all your cards! How long would you say you spent on each one roughly?

I must say that is the best looking card i have seen great pick up

[killerturtle]

Originally Posted by dd316

Got a return on Ebay right now: Mars Attacks Heritage TED DASTICK JR Artist's Return sketch card painted color | eBay

That is amazing!

[MarsAttacks]

Originally Posted by IronMonkey415

Is all the good hit gone? I want to try a box.

I think a hobby box is a hobby box and they probably all got randomized. So I would say that no, the good hit is not gone.

[Buickrob]

Originally Posted by MarsAttacks

I think a hobby box is a hobby box and they probably all got randomized. So I would say that no, the good hit is not gone.

Have 4 more boxes coming tonight and hit another Puis on Monday. Hope I pull something big tonight!

[killerturtle]

Originally Posted by Buickrob

Have 4 more boxes coming tonight and hit another Puis on Monday. Hope I pull something big tonight!

That's cool looking!

[Buickrob]

Originally Posted by killerturtle

That's cool looking!

Thanks man, a definite PC keeper.

The 4 boxes tonight weren't great as far as sketched go. Did grab a gold and my first Len Brown auto. Will sell those to help out. Will PC the bottom left sketch and maybe the top middle. Now it's time to build sets and clean up my desk in the basement

EDIT, had a few more packs and hit another gold. So, two gold and an auto in four boxes is pretty good to me!

[rmaheras]

Originally Posted by rmaheras

Good question! But since Mars Attacks Heritage was my first sketch card gig, I have no idea what other sketch card artists normally do. I only know that I checked because I'm naturally curious, because I've been an off-and-on collector of pop culture stuff since the 1960s, and because there are a some of the sketch cards I drew and had to turn in that I wouldn't mind owning myself!

About 18 of my cards have popped up on eBay so far, and I bid on two of them, but lost. One, which I really, REALLY liked (the one where the soldier is beating the snot out of the Martian), was put up as a "buy it now" for $59.99 and was gone before I ever even saw it on sale.

To date, four of my 23 variations have popped up on eBay. And since I received my six "after-market" sketch cards from Topp today, I can say with certainty which of my card variations are still floating around out there and unaccounted for.

Believe it or not, because I was torn as to which six I wanted to keep, I'd forgotten exactly which six I had asked Topps to set aside. The six I got back are:

1.) The centipede destroying Big Ben
2.) The blue spider grabbing the guy in its pincers
3.) The air battle between the USAF and the saucers (my Mom wanted this one)
4.) The color Martian head shot
5.) The A-12 (SR-71 predecessor, which was actually built in 1962) being chased by three saucers
6.) The five saucers approaching the Earth (one in close-up)

What this means is one of my other favorite cards, "Destroying a Cat," is out there somewhere. I also mentioned in an earlier post that I wished I could have kept the sketch card where the soldier is beating the snot out of a Martian. Another one I wanted to keep was the scene with the giant Martian robot looming over a crowd, walking towards the viewer.

I also liked the red beetle attacking the Washington monument, the army of giant worms, the giant praying mantis, the... oh, hell... like I said, it was hard to pick the six I was allowed to keep!

[MarsAttacks]

Yeah, got my Scott Zambelli return cards in the mail today!

[jlzinck]

So I bought a few packs hoping to hit a Ted Dastik sketch...

Got this one...Anyone tell me the artist?

[Tim]

Originally Posted by jlzinck

So I bought a few packs hoping to hit a Ted Dastik sketch...

Got this one...Anyone tell me the artist?

i think that's tod smith

[alvin]

btw, my wife Lark Sudol also did sketch cards for MA (even fewer than I did due to scheduling issues).

so we may be the only husband/wife team on the series!

[alvin]

Here's one of her return cards (on sale now, wink wink).