The Hobby With Cage

THWC 174: How to Find Balance 18.11.2024 22:55 ↓

Bounties to the Left- Collectors to the right- how do you walk the line in the middle? How do you find balance?

THWC 173: Time to 10X the Boring! 13.11.2024 20:09 ↓

The space is getting quiet... and I don't really mind Do you?

THWC 172: What Keeps You Coming Back? 01.11.2024 20:53 ↓

Can you buy everything? Will that be sustainable? Is there a sport/release etc- that is the one you should focus one? I think my Friday Openings with my son will start to be more tailored to the stuff he actually likes opening. What a crazy idea!!!

THWC 171: How To Know When It is Time to Sell? 23.10.2024 24:52 ↓

Topps Now lottery fail? When to sell a Huge Card? Help!

THWC 170: The Market is up.. Just not what you own! 16.10.2024 26:23 ↓

Fanatics cancelled Fan Fest. Geoff is on a plane with a box of Mercury and my cards are selling for peanuts! What a week!

THWC 169: First its Mercury- But they are headed for Uranus! 10.10.2024 20:01 ↓

Wemby was the test rocket.. But they aren't stopping at the moon or Mercury! They will do Messi to Mars- and put Lebron in Uranus! and I am all for it! Enjoy!

THWC 168: Cash Grabs: Can they Actually Be a Good Thing? 08.10.2024 23:17 ↓

Its Mercury Release time- and while Topps will be flooding the market with Wemby Autos- can that actually be a good thing?

THWC 167: Hobby Lessons From My Daughter 02.10.2024 30:01 ↓

A fun look at the hobby from a purist standpoint. An eye opener for me. Oh yeah- and lets talk Star Jordan one more time.

THWC 166: Fanatics Is Coming for the Repackers 30.09.2024 24:02 ↓

Repackers should be nervous because Fanatics is Coming for them. Lets talk about liquidity and consolidation. Lets also discuss how Topps Now could wipe out the repackers.

THWC 165: Holy Grails? More Like Holy Fails 25.09.2024 36:38 ↓

With more cards selling for below estimates than above- was the Holy Grails auction really a "Holy Fail"?- For certain individual cards- the answer is yes... but for the hobby, I don't think the answer is quite that simple.

THWC 164: Chasing a Big Hit- Now What? 23.09.2024 19:04 ↓

My Son hit a big card this weekend. Lets talk about the product and lets talk about the lessons learned in the process.

THWC 163: The New Hobby Scratch Off Ticket 20.09.2024 18:36 ↓

Is the hobby headed in the right direction?

THWC 162: What a Night! 16.09.2024 17:08 ↓

No matter how you slice it- this was a good weekend for the hobby!

THWC 161: Its Not Politics- Its a Hobby! 13.09.2024 17:44 ↓

Yes- my DMs had some passionate arguments being made- but NO- I didn't block any of them. How do you learn and grow if you don't listen to other people's opinion.

THWC 160: Is Manipulation Okay? 11.09.2024 17:27 ↓

Is it ever ok to pump? Is Manipulation a good thing?

THWC 159: Taking the Money Out of the Hobby 06.09.2024 21:43 ↓

What is it about the hobby that you love? What brought you here? What keeps you here? Maybe we need to focus more on that

THWC 158: Jordan Star 101: A Course on Manipulation 05.09.2024 23:28 ↓

Lets talk about the Jordan Star 101!

THWC 157: Who is Right In This Situation? 03.09.2024 24:48 ↓

A New York show with some fun characters and a situation that needed to be "mediated". What side are you on?

Don't Buy What the "Prices are Going Up- Hobby Cheerleaders" are selling 02.09.2024 20:55 ↓

Topps Chrome is trash Jordan prices may be going up- but so is everything else.

THWC 155: The Fanatics Fen Fest Experience Pt. 2 20.08.2024 19:12 ↓

Did East Coast National and Fan Fest have to be the same weekend? Can Fanatics roll out the same type of firepower in future events?

THWC 154: The Fanatics Fan Fest Experience Pt. 1 19.08.2024 33:31 ↓

I went to East Coast National and to Fanatics Fest. I had fun at both- lets talk about the shows.

THWC 153: Don't Get Mad When the House Wins! 12.08.2024 24:01 ↓

Some good- some bad. All Hobby!

THWC 152: The Hobby... For Now... 07.08.2024 20:59 ↓

Topps Chrome is trash. Am I wrong?

THWC 151: Time To SELL! 01.08.2024 16:35 ↓

It is that time of year again! Time to sell! Who am I talking about? Someone I don't love... not at these prices. Not after the run up he has seen.

THWC 150: Why Can't We Have Both? 29.07.2024 19:40 ↓

National is over and Fan Fest is right in front of us. Today had me asking why can't we cheer for both of them to be successful? After all, a successful Fan Fest is good for the hobby.