Tag: 2000s
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Iconic Rookies: 2008 Rittenhouse Archives Iron Man Movie Casting Call CC1 – Robert Downey Jr. as Tony Stark Before the MCU became the MCU, there was one casting decision that changed the whole hobby-adjacent pop culture universe: Robert Downey Jr. as Tony Stark. And for non-sport collectors, one of the cleanest “early movie-era” pieces you…
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Iconic Rookies: 2005 Inkworks Family Guy Season One #7 – Stewie Griffin If Peter is the engine, Stewie is the chaos. And the hobby loves chaos… as long as it’s still cheap enough to pretend we’re “early.” So for Iconic Rookies, we’re going with one of the most important character base cards in the entire…
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Iconic Rookies: 2005 Inkworks Family Guy Season One #2 – Peter Griffin Some cards are “key” because they’re rare. Peter Griffin is key because he’s inescapable. If you collect modern pop-culture non-sport, you eventually end up at Family Guy whether you planned to or not. So for Iconic Rookies, we’re going straight to the clean…
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Iconic Rookies: 2000 Topps X-Men The Movie #2 – Professor X Some cards get love because they’re loud. Others deserve love because they’re the anchor of an entire franchise. For the original X-Men movie, there’s no bigger “foundation” character than Professor Charles Xavier — and his cleanest, most straightforward base card in the set is:…