The House of Cards

The team at Gimko have some news to share with our collecting community. We are extremely excited to announce that we have partnered with The Hobby to provide bulk submission grading services for PSA to our collecting community. BGS will follow soon, however PSA is thee most used UUS service for grading cards.

“Alone we can do so little. Together we can do so much.” – Helen Keller

What does this mean for our community?
It means that you will be able to submit your cards in person directly at the Gimko Hobby Shop or tell us to grade your hits straight from our breaks whilst your trading cards are still in our possession.

The service is offered as way for people who want to take advantage of the bulk submission price, however do not have many trading cards to grade or the time to submit trading cards for grading the correct way. Gimko will ensure that everything is packaged safely and made ready and easy for PSG to grade the submitted trading cards.

The main benefit of submitting via Gimko instead of The Hobby directly, is that you will be able to drop off your cards in person and not stress that they have been lost by AusPost, whilst in transit to The Hobby. You will also save money by not having to pay excessive insurance costs for shipping your cards to The Hobby directly and then more insurance costs to ship your cards back to you, as you will simply be able to pick them up from the shop.

You will also not have to pay the full grading fee upfront, all you have to pay is the $2 card handling fee at the shop and fill out the simple submission form (which takes 5 mins) nominating if you want your cards cleaned or cleaned and appraised. Once Thee Hobby collect your cards, they will see who wants the cleaning and/or appraisal service done, and send your cards to Cards Cleaning Australia (CCA) who will invoice you for the service.

Once your trading cards are back from PSA graded from the US, and are ready to be provided back to you, The Hobby will then invoice you for the grading! Please refer to the process below for full details how it all works and the grading prices.

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You know summer is just around the corner when cricket season is about to start. This year not only do we get to enjoy watching cricket but TLA are back this year with Traders LUXE cricket cards. The set is due to be released on the 15th of November 2024..

This year’s release features several exciting new insert series. The Hometown Heroes and Stat Stackers series’ are all new for this season’s release. The Greats series features highlights from the career of one of the greats of the game in Meg Lanning, including two rare bonus signature chases.

TLA are also confident that this year’s selection of Authentics, Breakouts and Legends signature players will be extremely exciting for collectors, and there are more signatures than ever inserted into hobby packs.

A Big Bash Spotlight jersey patch also features in this year’s release – with a jersey from one of the most popular players in Australian cricket.

“The Greats” series also features two hand-signed cards from Meg Lanning as a chase to add further value.

#cricket #CollectTLA #CricketCards #tradingcards #sportscards #WhoDoYouCollect #thehobby

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2024 NRL Elite is just around the corner, with the official release date currently scheduled for Wednesday 14th of August 2024. Today Elite has officially gone ON SALE as a pre release via hobby stores. We are pleased to say that there are various combinations for purchase available on our website.

The product will be available for shipping and pick up from the Gimko Hobby Shop in August once it is officially released. Keep an eye out on this post for periodic updates including a full checklist once it becomes available.

#NRL #CollectTLA #TLA #TGI #NRLCards #tradingcards #sportscards #WhoDoYouCollect #thehobby

UPDATE: New USA exclusive release has been announced!

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In 2024, TLA will once again release Traders Titanium, which is exclusive to hobby stores, which can be preordered on Gimko’s website.

The set is due to be released on the 29th of February 2024. In 2024, TLA will also release a retail release version, identifiable by a green box design, as opposed to the Titanium metallic grey. The retail release will be available in over 1200 individual convenience outlets across the eastern seaboard and into NZ to ensure the demand continues and the collector base continues to grow, flourish and refresh itself each year.

2024 Traders Titanium will once again feature hobby box exclusive cards.

All-new inserts included in Titanium this year are:

• NRLW Gold Parallel
• Sword and Shield Team Edition
• Running Machines
• Dally M Predictor Card – Redeemable for a signed Dally M Medallist card (NRL and NRLW)

Returning exclusively to the Titanium set only are:

• NRL Gold Specials
• Authentic Signature – Black Edition

#NRL #CollectTLA #NRLCards #tradingcards #sportscards #WhoDoYouCollect #thehobby

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Episode #216 is part 2 of our look into the 2023 NFL season, this time its the NFC. Same as previous, we break down the off season of each NFC team and who we think can win their respected divisions. Plus a look into the future on who we think will make the superbowl in sin city

Episode #215 is part 1 of our 2 part dive into the upcoming NFL season. We take you through what we think of off season moves/transactions of each AFC team and give you who we think the divisional winners will be and how we think they will fare through-out the season.
Stay tuned for part 2

You know summer is just around the corner when cricket season is about to start. This year not only do we get to enjoy watching cricket but TLA are also back with a new revamped hobby store release called 2023/24 CA Traders LUXE Cricket Cards. The set is due to be released on the 1st of November 2023 exclusively at Hobby Stores.

There will also be a cheaper retail release that will not include the extra hobby inserts at a RRP of $3.99. These RETAIL packs can only be found at participating Newsagents, Convenience Stores, Supermarkets and Rebel Sports across 150 stores in VIC, QLD, NSW, WA and SA.

A cricket release packed with more hits than ever. With all new inserts, including BBL/WBBL jersey patches and dual jersey patches, there is plenty of value for collectors in the LUXE release.

Cricket LUX will feature five insert series that sit exclusively within the LUXE release.

The following inserts are unique to the LUXE release:

– Decorated Parallel: featuring award winners from the 2022/23 season of Australian cricket
– Illustrious Luxe: featuring caricatures from Paul Harvey. Spot the differences between these and the retail release caricatures.
– Breakout Team Signatures: a highly limited team coloured version of the Breakout signature cards.
– Authentic Team Signatures: a highly limited team coloured version of the Authentic signature cards.
– Spotlight Duo Jersey Patch: a dual match-worn jersey patch featuring a BBL/WBBL star from the Strikers, Heat, Hurricanes and Renegades.

#cricket #CollectTLA #CricketCards #tradingcards #sportscards #WhoDoYouCollect #thehobby

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Episode #214 touches on many subjects this time around. We start off with a wrap of the NBA finals and a big congratulations to the Denver Nuggets on winning their 1st title in franchise history. We also briefly get into the NBA draft (21:50) and finally we talk free agency (32:41) in which there was some interesting deals and trades to be discussed

The first ever release of Select AFL GEM Football is due for release in July 2023.

This extremely limited and unique series is produced on a 180pt board and with each insert card inlaid with a natural zircon gemstone.

2023 AFL GEM Football, is a direct only product to collectors, which is currently on pre-sale on Select’s website to SCC Members and will go on sale at 5PM AEST 16th of July 2023 to the general public. This product will be hot so get in early!

Now that the official preview by Select has been shown, we can share with you the full details (set break down, number of cards and the print runs) of this wonderful set.

#CollectSelect #FootyCards #GEMFootball #tradingcards #cardbaordaddicts

Product Break Down (Master Box):
– 3 mini boxes per master box
– 3 cards per mini box
– 2525 master boxes produced

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2023 NRL Elite is just around the corner, with the official release date currently scheduled for Thursday 10th of August 2023. Today Elite has officially gone ON SALE as a pre release via hobby stores. We are pleased to say that there are various combinations for purchase available on our website.

The product will be available for shipping and pick up from the Gimko Hobby Shop in August once it is officially released. Keep an eye out on this post for periodic updates including a full checklist once it becomes available.

#NRL #CollectTLA #NRLCards #tradingcards #sportscards #WhoDoYouCollect #thehobby

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