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PCE CoverPromo Card Encyclopedia & Price Guide - 2008 Edition
New!NOW SHIPPING! The 2008 edition of Promo Card Encyclopedia & Price Guide features listings for thousands of promos, prototypes, samples, comic inserts, product premiums, and toy/action figure inserts. If you are a promo card collector, this is a must-have! Look inside for hundreds of photos and over 8,000 promos listed alphabetically with their dollar values completely updated and revised for 2008. This year's edition is 192 pages and features two eight-page full-color galleries showing seldom scene promos and the 10-year evolution of "PCE." Click on the book cover above to see a larger version. See special 'PCE' page here.

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$18.95 plus postage ($5-USA, $9 - CAN, $11 - overseas)

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ENSEC CoverWacky Packages
New!NOW-SHIPPING! Celebrate 35 years of Wacky Packages with the brand new book, Wacky Packages, by The Topps Company. Known affectionately among collectors as “Wacky Packs,” Wacky Packages stickers have been illustrated by such notable comics artists as Kim Deitch, Bill Griffith, Jay Lynch, and Norm Saunders. Pictured inside the brand new book is the first ever collection of Series One through Seven stickers. Also inside is an interview with Art Spiegelman, Pulitzer Prize winning artist and editor best known for Maus, and a key force behind Wacky Packs. The book also includes a bonus pack of four rare and never-before-printed Wacky Packages stickers. Click the book cover thumbnail for a larger image of the cover with the stickers.

Please Note: Sorry, but at this time, we are only able to accept orders for this item for customers in the USA and Canada only.

$19.95 plus postage ($6-USA and Canada)

ENSEC CoverThe Encyclopedia of Non-Sport & Entertainment Trading Cards Volume 1, 1985-2006
The Encyclopedia of Non-Sport & Entertainment Trading Cards Volume 1 covers cards from 1985 to 2006. This 528-page book is printed in full color. Its the book collectors have been waiting for! Inside are descriptions, price guide values, and checklists for more then 1,700 card series including base, chase (sketch, autographs, memorabilia, holograms, prism, stickers, etc.) and promo cards. The book contains nearly 2,000 color images of cards from the two decades covered. There are also 3 extensive indexes included listing artists, sketch card artists, and autographers with the series they appear in. Two pictorial galleries show a variety of sketch and autograph cards. This is a must-have reference book for all collectors. Click on the book cover above to see a larger version. See special 'Encyclopedia' page here.

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Star Wars Tribute CoverNon-Sport Update Vol. 18, #5 Chicagoland Variant Star Wars Tribute cover
Here's a great looking variant cover and card offer; one which gives back to boot! We've created a special version of the Oct/Nov '07 issue of Non-Sport Update especially for the Chicagoland Entertainment Collectors Expo in Carol Stream, IL. Did you miss the show? Here's your chance to purchase the issue. The issue features a beautiful cover image illustrated exclusively for NSU by Cynthia Cummens. $1.00 from every copy sold will be donated to the Chicagoland charity of choice, The Treasure Chest Foundation.

For those could not make the show, Non-Sport Update has secured a small portion of the run to offer Non-Sport Update web site viewers. This issue contains one promotional card: a very limited edition Star Wars Tribute card. It is numbered NSU-SW1 and can only be found in this issue of Non-Sport Update. Only 900 copies of this issue have been produced (30 years of Star Was x 30).

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Due to the limited nature of this offer, we will only accept orders for no more then three copies per household. Issue subject to prior sellout.

$6.49
Elvis Lives Variant CoverNon-Sport Update Vol. 17, #6 Variant Elvis Lives cover
This limited-edition Convention Issue was produced for two shows NSU will exhibiting at in November of 2006: Memorabilia (Birmingham, England) and Jaarbeurs Utrecht (Utrecht, The Netherlands). Did you miss the shows? Here's your chance to purchase the issue.

The issue was limited to just 999 copies. It contain an exclusive Elvis Lives promotional card from Press Pass and may only be found in this issue of Non-Sport Update.

$5.99
Lost Variant CoverNon-Sport Update Vol. 17, #4 Comic Con International Variant Lost: Revelations cover
Did you miss the 2006 Comic Con International in San Diego? Here's your chance to purchase the very special variant issue of Non-Sport Update printed especially for the show. It's sure to be a sell-out!

The majority of these copies were offered for sale at Comic Con International 2006 by Inkworks. Non-Sport Update has secured a very small portion of the run to offer Non-Sport Update web site viewers. This issue contains one promotional card: a very limited edition Lost: Revelations trading card. It is numbered LR-NSV and may only be found in this issue of Non-Sport Update. Only 1,623 copies of this issue were produced.

Please Note The Following:
Due to the limited nature of this offer, we will only accept orders for no more then three copies per household. Issue subject to prior sellout.

$5.99

Quotable James Bond CoverNon-Sport Update Vol. 15, #6 Variant Quotable James Bond cover
Here's your chance to order the "variant" edition of the Non-Sport Update's Dec '04/Jan '05 issue. This limited-edition Convention Special was produced for the 2004 NJ/NY Entertainment Card Show and 2004 Memorabilia & Sporting Memorabilia convention. Each copy contains an exclusive Quotable James Bond promotional card from Rittenhouse Archives in addition to the beautiful exclusive Bond cover. A small quantity of copies have been held back for those who were unable to attend one of the two conventions. Order now while supplies last.

$5.00

LOTR Return of the King CoverNon-Sport Update Vol. 14, #6 Variant Lord of the Rings Return of the King cover
Order the "variant" edition of the Non-Sport Update's Dec '03/Jan '04 issue. This limited-edition issue was produced as a special convention issue for two November '03 shows Non-Sport Update exhibiting at: The Fall 2003 Pre-Holiday Spectacular (Secaucus, NJ) and Memorabilia (Birmingham, England). For those who were unable to make it to the shows, here's your chance to order a copy!

The issue features a beautiful Lord of the Rings Return of the King cover and a special Return of the King Action Flipz from Artbox Entertainment found only in this issue. This one is sure to be a fast mover!

$5.00

24 CoverNon-Sport Update Vol. 14, #5 Variant 24 cover
Order the "variant" edition of the current Oct/Nov '03 issue of Non-Sport Update. This limited-edition issue was produced as a show special for The Midwest Nonsport Card Expo in Chicago, IL.

The issue features a beautiful "24" cover and a special "24" promo card from Comic Images found only in this issue (numbered P1).

$5.00

LEXX CoverNon-Sport Update Vol. 13, #2 Variant LEXX cover
We have the special LEXX variant issue of Non-Sport Update's Vol. 13, No. 2 back in stock. This issue has a great LEXX cover with three exclusive Dynamic Forces promos inside — LEXX, Witchblade, and Battle of the Planets. LEXX and promo card fans worldwide ate this issue up when we offered it last year. Now's your chance to acquire it again before they're gone for good.

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Gotta Pea?Gotta Pea "Pea-View" Set
New!Now Shipping! The Gotta Pea? Pea-View set features 12 cards by artist Douglas Ian Koozer. A special 13th card includes autographs by the artist at a rate of one-in-ten. The series features cards from four fun categories and is limited to just 1,000 sets. Click on the image above to see a larger version or click here for a second sample. Or click here for our "Gotta Pea?" page.

Postage in U.S. and Canada is $1.00 (50 cents per additional set). For overseas order, the charge is $2.00 ($1.00 per additional set).

$12.00 plus postage

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Elvis TV Guide Covers Trading Card SetElvis TV Guide Covers Trading Card Set
This 16-card series features 16 classic TV Guide covers featuring "The King". The series was manufactured by Rittenhouse Archives and is polywrapped. Click on the Elvis card image for a larger image of two other cards from the series. Very nice!
$15.00

2005 NSU Convention Cards2005 NSU Convention Cards
Order your own set of 2005 NSU Convention Cards! This six-card set has been produced for the six conventions NSU is exhibiting out throughout 2005. Those who visit us at one of the show will get a card free* and those who subscribe or renew at the shows will get a set free*! For those who are unable to attend one of the shows, here's your chance to get the complete set. We hope to see many of you at the shows!

The six 2005 conventions are Pittsburgh Toy, Comic & Childhood Collectibles Show (Jul. 30-31; Monroeville, PA), New Jersey/New York Entertainment Card Show (Aug. 26-27; Secaucus, NJ), Chicagoland Entertainment Collector's Expo (Sep. 16-18; Itasca, IL), Philly Non-Sports Card Show (Oct. 7-8; Mt. Laurel, NJ), Las Vegas Coin, Stamp, & Collectibles Show (Oct. 28-30; Las Vegas, NV), and Memorabilia (Nov. 26-27; Birmingham, England).

Our Convention Card promos feature the NSU 15-Year Anniversary cover art by fan-favorite artist John Czop. The back of the cards features each city's skyline in dramatic form. Click on the image above for larger view.

PLEASE NOTE: We will only accept orders for no more then two sets per person. Postage will be $1.00 per set and will be automatically added on to the set price.

* While supplies last.

$9.95

Non-Sport Update Promo PuzzlersNon-Sport Update Promo Puzzlers
Order your own set of Promo Puzzler cards! These cards were produced for five shows Non-Sport Update exhibited at in September through November of 2003. Did you miss some (or all) of the shows? Here's your chance to order a complete set of the cards.

Our Promo Puzzler cards feature great art and riddles by famed artist Jay Lynch. The fronts are all the same and ask a riddle about each city. All card backs are different and include the answer to your city's "puzzler."

PLEASE NOTE: We will only accept orders for no more then two sets per person. Sets are subject to prior sellout. Postage will be $1.00 per set and will be automatically added on to the set price.

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ENSEC CoverWacky Packages
New!NOW-SHIPPING! Celebrate 35 years of Wacky Packages with the brand new book, Wacky Packages, by The Topps Company. Known affectionately among collectors as “Wacky Packs,” Wacky Packages stickers have been illustrated by such notable comics artists as Kim Deitch, Bill Griffith, Jay Lynch, and Norm Saunders. Pictured inside the brand new book is the first ever collection of Series One through Seven stickers. Also inside is an interview with Art Spiegelman, Pulitzer Prize winning artist and editor best known for Maus, and a key force behind Wacky Packs. The book also includes a bonus pack of four rare and never-before-printed Wacky Packages stickers. Click the book cover thumbnail for a larger image of the cover with the stickers.

Please Note: Sorry, but at this time, we are only able to accept orders for this item for customers in the USA and Canada only.

$19.95 plus postage ($6-USA and Canada)
Official Wacky Packages Collector Album
Official Wacky Packages Collector AlbumGet your official Wacky Packages Collector Album including an exclusive Wacky Packages bonus sticker inside ("Stella Dorko" numbered B1). This collector album is licensed by Topps and contains 4-pocket pages which can hold over 100 stickers. The album measures approximately 6.5 x 8 and has great Wacky graphics inside and out!
$5.99
Official Wacky Packages Backpack
Official Wacky Packages BackpackWhat a great idea! Now you can carry your Wacky Packages around in this great backpack. Or show your appreciation for Wackies at school or on campus with this cool backpack. Backpack measures approximately 11 x 16 and has great Wacky graphics front and back and includes a cool "choperation" zipper pull. {note: due to the size of the backpack, an additional $2.00 will be added to your order for shipping}
$10.99

Wacky Packages Reprint CoverWacky Packages Reprint Mini-Magazine
Non-Sport Update Vol. 8, No. 1 with a Wacky Packages cover (art by Jay Lynch) was one of our most popular issues ever and quickly sold out. Here's your chance to order a very special reprint issue, which will include all of the issue's original Wacky Packages related stories compiled in this 16-page mini magazine.

SPECIAL Order the Wacky Packages mini-magazine and receive The Beat Goes On (described below) at half-price, and no additional postage charge!

Please Note: The postage charge for orders shipped to the U.S.A. will be $1.00 per copy and for all other areas will be $2.00 per copy. Postage will automatically be added to the magazine price.

$3.00 plus postage
($1 per copy U.S.A. & Canada; $2.00 per copy overseas)

The Beat Goes On (And On)
The Beat Goes On (And On)The book that started it all. A comprehensive guide to Wacky Packages including: checklists for more than 30 series, complete history, alphabetical index for the original 16 series, information on the artists, and never-before-seen roughs. This 5 1/2 x 8 1/2 48-page book includes 16 pages of color.
$9.95
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Non-Sport Update Back Issues
All available back issues are offered at their original cover price (except where noted: issues are $4.50 for issues published in 2005 and prior; $4.99 for issues published in 2006 and after) plus postage. See the "shipping rates and policies" link at the top of this page for postage rates.

Click on the magazine cover for the issue's complete table of contents and promo images.

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Vol. 1, #1 Vol. 1, No. 1 - more articles & promo imagesG-Men
NSU Premiere Issue, Card variations, New International Dealer's
Organization

This issue costs $10.00 plus postage
Vol. 2, #1 Vol. 2, No. 1 - more articles & promo imagesMars Attacks
Dart Flipcards, American Indian Chiefs, Mars Attacks - Living In Infamy

This issue costs $7.50 plus postage
Vol. 2, #2 Vol. 2, No. 1 - more articles & promo imagesCrazy Collector Cards
Tobacco Cards, Cards of the 1930s, Moon/Mars, Desert Storm
Vol. 2, #3 Vol. 2, No. 1 - more articles & promo imagesMom Throws Away Cards
Mutoscopes, Desert Storm, California Happenings, Inventory Software
Vol. 2, #4 Vol. 2, No. 1 - more articles & promo imagesComic Boy
Impel Marketing, KISS, Marvel Universe, Bubble Gum Law, Desert Storm, Promotional Cards
Vol. 3, #1 Vol. 2, No. 1 - more articles & promo imagesToxic High
Exploring the Non-Sport Underground, Star Trek, 1991: The Year in Review, Monogram Model Cards, Auctions
Vol. 3, #2 Vol. 3, No. 2 - more articles & promo imagesCrazy Collector Cards #2
R. Crumb and Walter Koenig interviews, Updated G-Men, Horrors of War, and Jets, Rockets, Spacemen Info
Vol. 3, #4 Vol. 3, No. 4 - more articles & promo imagesWolverine/ Marvel Masterpieces
The Art of Basil Wolverton, Indiana Jones, All The President's Cards
•  Garfield 2-card panel
Vol. 4, #1 Vol. 4, No. 1 - more articles & promo imagesNon-Sport Nut
Superman: R.I.P, A Guide to Mars Attacks, An Inside Look at Topps
Vol. 4, #3 Vol. 4, No. 3 - more articles & promo images1993 Star Trek Master Series
Test cards, Dinosaur cards, Bazooka Joe cards, Milestone comic cards
•  1993 Star Trek Master Series
•  Jurassic Park
Vol. 4, #4 Vol. 4, No. 3 - more articles & promo imagesBatman Animated 2
Mars Attacks News, Freedom's War Discovery, Autos of 1977, National Geographic World
•  Creators Universe (‡)
•  Batman The Animated Series, Series Two
•  Funimals (‡)
Vol. 5, #1 Vol. 4, No. 3 - more articles & promo imagesTek World
William Shatner Interview, Charlie's Angels Cards, Produce your own Licensed Movie Set, Cereal Cards, Transformers
•  Sanjullian
•  Pin-Up Girls II
•  John Berkey
•  Saved by the Bell (‡)
Vol. 11, #6 Vol. 11 No. 6 - more articles & promo imagesRoswell
Test Sets, Redemption Cards, Grinch, Charmed
•  Roswell (PR-2)
•  Golden HorseShu Cards
Vol. 12, #1 Vol. 11 No. 6 - more articles & promo imagesFarscape
New Civil War and Tobacco Cards, Foreign GPK's
•  Crimson† (NSU1)
•  Stargate SG-1 (P1)
•  Dr. Who
Vol. 12, #3 Vol. 12 No. 3 - more articles & promo imagesSeven of Nine/Tomb Raider
Final Fantasy, LEXX, Cartoon Network
•  Tomb Raider (tr2)
•  Powerpuff Girls Ser. 2 (PPGS2#1)
•  The Mummy Returns (MR-2)
•  Jurassic Park 3 (JP3-2)
•  Sailor Moon Expansion† (4 of 70)
Vol. 12, #4 Vol. 12 No. 4 - more articles & promo imagesPlanet of the Apes
Anthony Stewart Head interview, Star Wars Evolution
•  Star Wars Evolution (P1 -or- P2)
•  Planet of the Apes (2 of 4)
•  Hercules
•  LEXX (P1)
•  Thunderbirds (P1)
Vol. 12, #5 Vol. 12 No. 5 - more articles & promo imagesCrocodile Hunter
Silly, CDs, Disney Sets, Harry Poter, Monsters Inc.
•  Farscape Season 2
•  Buffy Season 5 (B5-2)
•  Top Cow Universe
•  Crocodile Hunter†
Vol. 12, #6 Vol. 12 No. 6 - more articles & promo imagesLord of the Rings
SimpsonsMania!, Andromeda, Beatles Card Mysteries
•  Lord of the Rings (P2)
•  SimpsonsMania! (P2)
•  The Outer Limits (P2)
•  Dawn
•  Xena Season 6
Vol. 13, #1 Vol. 13 No. 1 - more articles & promo images2002 Preview
America's New War Cards, Dawn, Stargate SG-1
•  Dark Angel (P1)
•  The X-Files Season 8 (XF8-2)
•  Dr. Who Series 2 (NS-1)
•  Best Defense (Promo 1 of 4)
Vol. 13, #2 Vol. 13 No. 2 - more articles & promo imagesThe Scorpion King
Lexx, The Complete Babylon 5, Spider-Man
•  The Complete Babylon 5 (P1)
•  Spider-Man (P1)
•  Lexx
•  Scorpion King (SKP-2)
•  Butt-Ugly Martians (‡)
•  Witchblade
Vol. 13, #3 Vol. 13 No. 3 - more articles & promo imagesStar Wars Attack of the Clones
James Bond 40th Ann., MIB II, Scooby-Doo
•  Star Wars Attack of the Clones (P1)
•  Scooby-Doo (SD-2)
•  Complete Star Trek: Voyager (P1)
•  Battle of the Planets
Vol. 13, #4 Vol. 13 No. 4 - more articles & promo imagesEnterprise
Buffy Evolution, Hard to Find promos, Angel Season 3
•  James Bond 40th Anniversary (P2)
•  Men In Black II (P2)
•  Dragonball Z FilmCardz (‡)
•  Olvia Metamorphosis (‡)
•  Enterprise (P1)
•  Benchwarmer (‡)
Vol. 14, #4 Vol. 14, No. 4 - more articles & promo imagesGarbage Pail Kids
The New Outer Limits, Two Towers Collectors Update
•  Buffy TVS Season 7 (B7-2)
•  The Midwest Non-Sport Expo
•  Angel Season 4 (A4-2)
•  Women/James Bond In Motion (P2)
Vol. 14, #5 Vol. 14 No. 5 - more articles & promo imagesThe Quotable Xena
Smallville Season 2, 24 Collector Cards, An Examination of Card Backs
•  The Quotable Xena Warrior Princess (P2)
•  Enterprise Season 2 (P2)
•  Smallville Season Two (SM2-2)
•  24 ()
•  Lord of the Rings Return of the King (P1)
Vol. 14, #6 Vol. 14, No. 6 - more articles & promo imagesLord of the Rings, The Return of
the King

Battlestar Galactica: 25 Years Later, The Topps Vault
•  Alias Season 2 (A2-NSU)
•  The Fantasy Worlds of Irwin Allen (P2)
•  The Complete Battlestar Galactica (P2)
Vol. 15, #1 Vol. 15, No. 1 - more articles & promo imagesAlias
2003 Gummies Winners, New Andromeda and Star Trek sets, 2004 Preview
•  Hellboy (P2)
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