Trading Cards

SDCC The Art Hustle giveaways

July 17, 2011 - no comments. Posted by in Trading Cards.

Four different cards will be given away to all who request them at the San Diego Comic Con.  To get yours, visit the DKE Toys booth (#4728) and just ask!  Each day a different card will be given away.  Quantity is limited to 250 of each.

sdcc the art hustle trading cards

The four different cards will all be gold  foil embossed with a special seal.

What are they?

Amanda Visell promo card

Dave Kinsey promo card

KRK Ryden Art card

KRK Ryden profile card

The two KRK cards have not been released before.  They are numbered, and are part of the Art Hustle numeric sets.  But they have not been included in the wax pack boxes.

SDCC Ron English cards production

July 17, 2011 - no comments. Posted by in Trading Cards.

Hot foil Stamping:

ron english sdcc trading cards hot foil stamping

Assembling 8-packs:

SDCC Ron English mini set

July 17, 2011 - no comments. Posted by in Events, Trading Cards.

SideKick has produced an 8 card mini set of Ron English art, to be sold exclusively by ToyTokyo at SDCC.

Two Different Fronts:

ron english trading cards SDCC

“Superboy” and “McSupersized”.  All cards gold foil embossed.

8 different backs, forming a puzzle:

ron english sdcc puzzle back trading cards

Cards will be sold throughout the show, at the ToyTokyo booth (#5437).  Ron English, and Morgan Spurlock will be in attendance at the ToyTokyo booth for signings, at several times over the 4 day show.

Packaging:

These special trading cards will be available for purchase as single cards ($3.50 each), in an 8-pack ($25), or an uncut sheet of 8 ($50).

ron english table displayron english 8 pack trading cards sdcc

SDCC (San Diego Comic Con) news

July 17, 2011 - no comments. Posted by in Events, Trading Cards.

SideKick will be at SDCC!

what we are bringing
A look at the stuff we will be packing to bring to the Con.
We have several different cards, and events, at the show.

The Art Hustle:
4 different cards embossed with a 2011 SDCC gold foil seal will be given away to those who ask for them, available at DKE Toys booth (#4728 in the Toy section).
A different card will be given out each day.
2 of them are Promo cards, and 2 are part of the regular numbered series, and have not been released to the public yet. These are not part of Series 2, but instead are the next 2 cards in numeric sequence.
http://blog.thearthustle.com/?p=1443

Ron English:
A special set of cards, available through ToyTokyo (booth #5437) exclusively. These are a mini set, with 2 different fronts and 3 different backs. Artwork is by Ron English, “Superboy” and “McSupersized”. The 8 different backs form a puzzle of another Ron English artwork. Ron English and Morgan Spurlock will be at the ToyTokyo booth at various times during the show for signing.
Harris Toser did a nice writeup: http://www.nsu-magazine.com/sidekick-comic-con-international-trading-card-details/

SideKick:
We have a guest slot at a booth, 5pm Saturday booth #4397, where we will give out promos, and have for sale Suckpax and The Art Hustle cards.

I will be roaming the show the rest of the time.

For social media during the show:
Twitter: @sidekicklab
Foursquare: SideKickLab (experiment to see if it will work with booth locations, for finding and being found)
I will be posting photos on http://www.sidekicklab.com in the evenings (as time and energy allows).

 

Print run for The Art Hustle series 2 cards

June 9, 2011 - no comments. Posted by in Production, The Art Hustle 2.

Simeon from CardHacks was up from New York, to do a press check for the card printing.

Examining the first sheet off the press.

press check

Pressman checking the color and registration.

pressman

Printed on front side only, the pressman now preps the sheets for printing the reverse side.  Corners are curled, and the entire stack is flipped over.

prepping to flip sheets

First sheet of back printing, last check before hitting the go button.

presscheck on backs

Finished sheets are now cut into individual cards.  about 200 sheets cut at a time, and each final card stack is called a “lift”.  The shop took great care of us, mounting a fresh new blade on the cutter just for our run.

trading card cutting

Lifts are packed into cartons for shipping to the SideKick Lab.

card cutting

Simeon is pleased with the finished cards.

Happy Simeon

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