The Rebel Base Card Podcast

40 years later, the passion for the last chapter of the original Star Wars trilogy, is as strong as ever. In 1983 Topps once again brought out cards, stickers and gum much to the delight of fans eager to add them to their collection. On the first of a two part Rebel Base Card Special series- Tom Gross and David Modders return to the program to talk about their favorite cards and memories of that c...

Josh Trout is an artist who is licensed with TOPPS Baseball has added Star Wars to his portfolio of work. He is one of the many amazing sketch artists in the newly released Masterwork set, that debuted on Friday December 8th. I first met Josh earlier this year at the Chicago Sports Spectacular and again at the National in the summer and am exited to finally get to sit down with him and talk about...

A Star Wars insert podcast series that asks more questions than it answers - this time between Star Wars shows. Today on Hot Stove Breakfast pack #65 - We are asking questions on the Ahsoka Series as a whole. Much like holiday leftovers we have had our fill of Ahsoka and are going back for seconds. I am curious now that we’ve had some time from it, if there are lingering questions, comments and th...

2023 marks the 100th Anniversary of the Walt Disney Company, and part of that celebration is a touring exhibit that displays many items from the archives that made its way to Chicago this month. It's housed at the 35,000 square foot Exhibition Hub Art Center that will open to the public on Saturday, November 18th - also a special date as it marks the first appearance of Mickey Mouse in Steamboat W...

Held in the western Chicago suburbs, we return to the Chicago Non-Sport show to find more stories from collectors, vendors and show guest artist, J Lynn Warner on Oct 6th at the Holiday Inn & Suites Carol Stream Illinoi. Chicago Non-Sport Card Show: https://www.nonsportcardshows.com Spring 2024 Show 5/10-11 May 10th, 3pm-8pm May 11th, 9am-3pm Guests on this show: J Lynn Warner Instagram @jlwarner7...

A returning Star Wars insert podcast series that asks more questions than it answers. Today on Breakfast pack #64 - that’s Breakfast Ahsoka side up- We are asking questions on Ahsoka part 8- The Jedi, the Witch and the Warlord which premiered on Disney+ on Tuesday October 4th. With me for breakfast is my co-host and card squadron winger Gregory Cass from eyeoncanon.com. So if you are joining us fo...

A Returning Star Wars insert podcast series that asks more questions than it answers. Today on Breakfast pack #63 - that’s Breakfast Ahsoka side up- We are asking questions on Ahsoka part 7 - Dreams & Madness which premiered on Disney+ on Tuesday September 26th. Co-host and card squadron winger Gregory Cass from eyeoncanon.com was unable to sit in on this this one, but we do have a nice group toni...

A Returning Star Wars insert podcast series that asks more questions than it answers. Today on Breakfast pack #62 - that’s Breakfast Ahsoka side up- We are asking questions on Ahsoka part 6 - Far, far away which premiered on Disney+ on Tuesday September 19th. With me for breakfast is my co-host and card squadron winger Gregory Cass from eyeoncanon.com. But also joining us for Breakfast today is Jo...

A returning Star Wars insert podcast series that asks more questions than it answers. Today on Breakfast pack #61 that’s Breakfast Ahsoka side up- We are asking questions on part 5 - Shadow Warrior, which premiered on Disney+ on Tuesday September 12th. With me for breakfast is my co-host and card squadron winger Gregory Cass from eyeoncanon.com. But due to the nature of tonight’s episode, Greg and...

A Returning Star Wars insert podcast series that asks more questions than it answers. Today on Breakfast pack #60 that’s Breakfast Ahsoka side up- We are asking questions on Ahsoka part 4 - Fallen Jedi which premiered on Disney+ on Tuesday September 5th. With me for breakfast is my co-host and card squadron winger Greg Cass from eyeoncanon.com. And we’d like to welcome friend of the show Dennis Ke...

A Returning Star Wars insert podcast series that asks more questions than it answers. Today on Breakfast pack #59 that’s Breakfast Ahsoka side up- We are asking questions on Ahsoka part 3 - Time to Fly which premiered on Disney+ on Tuesday August 30th. With me for breakfast is my co-host and card squadron winger Greg Cass from eyeoncanon.com. And we’d like to welcome back returning guest and frien...

A Returning Star Wars insert podcast series that asks more questions than it answers. Today on Breakfast pack #58 - We are asking questions on the 2 part Ahsoka episode premiere - which debut on Tuesday August 22nd. With me for breakfast and back from summer vacation, is my co-host and card squadron winger Greg Cass from eyeoncanon.com. This is an insert series podcast in the regular feed where Gr...

The 2023 National Sports Collectors Convention could go down as one of the largest ever for the 43 year old event, if not largest in some time. Taking nearly all the bottom floor of the Donald E. Stephen’s Convention Center in Rosemont Illinois, this 5 day event is drawing large crowds from all over. All kinds of cards and collectibles were up for sale or purchase. Card shops, card manufacturers,...

Dappz from Dappz Sports runs a a cross platform sports & entertainment media company in trading cards and signed memorabilia. His goal is to modernize the pastime of trading sports cards through engaging, 24/7, online live-shop experiences, as well as on-demand card revealing, giveaways, educational content, live events and more. Dappz Sports has amassed a global community of engaging fans who don...

A Returning Star Wars insert podcast series that asks more questions than it answers. Today on Breakfast pack #576 - We are asking questions on the Ahsoka Season 1 Trailer - which premiered on Tuesday July 11th. With me for breakfast, is my co-host and card squadron winger Greg Cass from eyeoncanon.com. This is an insert series podcast in the regular feed where Greg and I will trade questions to e...

This is the second of two parts celebrating the 30th Anniversary of the 1993 release of Topps Star Wars Galaxy. That spring, Topps launched its first Star Wars product in a decade, after the movie tie in cards and products of Return of the Jedi. In part one we talked to Sean Taggart who was the Topps project manager for the first Galaxy set, under the direction of Gary Gerani. Tonight on the progr...

In the spring of 1993 Topps launched its first Star Wars product in 10 years, since the last cards, stickers and candy were gobbled up by kids after the Return of the Jedi (now passing the 40 year mark). The folks from Topps had a bold idea, to feature an entire set dedicated to the art of the famous trilogy, plus bring in new art from renowned comic artists of the time which would help define a n...

Tonight we have another artist spotlight. Robert Jimé on the show. He is a fantastic artist who has another set of pulp cover cards coming out in Star Wars Card Trader, and that is among the many other projects he is working on is . If you are on the socials you can find him and his work under the Zerostreet handle or if you go to zerostreet.shop online you can see a lot of his distinctive work. C...

The ICCC or Imperial Commissary Collectors Convention is a sci-fi and pop culture convention that brings a lot of great convention aspects in a package that’s easy on the budget. Moved out of Nashville where they were busting at the seems, they landed at the Farm Bureau Expo Center just east of the airport in the city of Lebanon which is now where you find the Tennessee State Fair. The Expo center...

For May the 4th it’s Homestead keeping, a regular segment within most of the base shows, but since there was a bunch of little bits I’ve recorded over the past few weeks, as Mandalorian came to a close, it made since to coming them into one show, as we get closer to the Galaxy Anniversary show, which wouldn’t have much more room, as it will be crammed with awesome interviews from a good group of f...

A Returning Star Wars insert podcast series that asks more questions than it answers. Today on Breakfast pack #56 - We are asking questions on the Mandalorian Season 3 finale called: The Return- which premiered on Disney+ on Wednesday April 19th. With me for breakfast and back from the outer furnace rim is my co-host and card squadron winger Greg Cass from @eyeoncanon on Instagram and eyeoncanon.c...

In this Rebel Base Card special episode, Celebration veterans Mary Perdue, Jen Sopchockchai, Greg Cass and Ross Hollebon join me to go over highlights and thoughts of this year’s Star Wars Celebration, which was held in London at the Excel Centre April 7-10. They talk about their impressions of the live feeds that kept the Star Wars community not there in person glued to their screens wondering wh...

A Returning Star Wars insert podcast series that asks more questions than it answers. Today on Breakfast pack #55 - We are asking questions on Mandalorian Season 3: The Spies- which premiered on Disney+ on Wednesday April 12th. With Greg Cass off on assignment, I’ve called in a couple of favors and well, brought you part two of the recent Colbycast. Our friend Ross Hollebon - Disco Leader himself,...

A Returning Star Wars insert podcast series that asks more questions than it answers. Today on Breakfast pack #54 - We are asking questions on Mandalorian Season 3: Guns for Hire- which premiered on Disney+ on Wednesday April 5th. Along with me, Greg McLaughlin, is my co-host, and fellow Card squadron winger Gregory Cass from @eyeoncanon on Instagram and Hive. However, since we are clear of The Ba...

The Chicago Comic and Entertainment Expo, or C2E2 as it is more commonly known, is one of the largest pop-culture conventions in the midwest, taking place in downtown Chicago at the McCormick Place convention center. This year, 2023 it was held the weekend of March 31st to April 2nd. Celebrities, artists, authors, fans, cosplayers, collectors, and vendors, converge all in one place to meet, share...