Popular Post Hut ad Infinitum Posted May 19, 2014 Popular Post Share Posted May 19, 2014 (edited) Awhile back I made a handful of TSB football cards and sent them out to players to see if I could get some of them signed. I recently got one back and I thought I'd share. It went against every instinct I have as a Chiefs fan to send a card to a Raider, but Janikowski is one of the best to ever play the game. Edited May 19, 2014 by Hut ad Infinitum MvG Sports, rmm1976, HADDIX45 and 9 others 12 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pambazos88 Posted May 19, 2014 Share Posted May 19, 2014 Acts like these are always worth to acclaim! Hope you get back some others! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
buck Posted May 20, 2014 Share Posted May 20, 2014 that is awesome Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hut ad Infinitum Posted May 20, 2014 Author Share Posted May 20, 2014 I sent them out to Jamaal Charles, Christian Okoye, Bo Jackson, Megatron, Ray Lewis, Clay Matthews and Tony Gonzalez. I had luck with Tony in the past; I just hope he took his fan mail with him to California. The one I sent to Andrew Luck got sent back unsigned, so, yeah, he can go jump in a lake. Slippery Nips and stalltalk 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MvG Sports Posted May 20, 2014 Share Posted May 20, 2014 Uhhh, this is awesome! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
~Tailback King~ Posted May 20, 2014 Share Posted May 20, 2014 Someone PLEASE make a Johnny Johnson................................I got his autograph, but I'll still buy it!!!!!!!!!!!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ghost Posted May 21, 2014 Share Posted May 21, 2014 I sent them out to Jamaal Charles, Christian Okoye, Bo Jackson, Megatron, Ray Lewis, Clay Matthews and Tony Gonzalez. I had luck with Tony in the past; I just hope he took his fan mail with him to California. The one I sent to Andrew Luck got sent back unsigned, so, yeah, he can go jump in a lake. I'm not surprised about Tony, I saw a documentary where he talked about playing the crap out of Tecmo growing up. I think in the same documentary Phillip Rivers said he STILL plays Tecmo, did you try him? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hut ad Infinitum Posted May 21, 2014 Author Share Posted May 21, 2014 It was the documentary that first gave me the idea. I did send one to Rivers as well. He and Tony seemed like the most likely to sign them. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tacomanarrows Posted May 21, 2014 Share Posted May 21, 2014 I really like these. Im going to college to study graphic design, so this kinda thing is all i do and i think these cards are extremely well designed(im sorta jealous lol). And i hope you get your cards signed by the players, oh and make a TOM BRADY CARD!!!!!!!!!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hut ad Infinitum Posted May 21, 2014 Author Share Posted May 21, 2014 I've had a lot of luck getting cards back signed, and I actually did get one back from Tom Brady. You always wonder when you get one back from a superstar if it was autopenned or signed by an assistant. Autopen at least is easy to spot. I like to think Brady signed it. Back in the 90's, I probably got about 80% of them back signed. It was probably a mistake sending these out a couple of weeks before last season ended. The Janikowski card was originally sent to Oakland, naturally, but was returned from Florida. If you're in to graphic design, you should try designing some of your own. Mine are primarily made in MS Paint, and then graded and textured in Photoshop to give them a slightly weathered look. Then I just got them printed on card stock for a couple of dollars. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tacomanarrows Posted May 22, 2014 Share Posted May 22, 2014 (edited) I would love to see your Tom Brady card.(hes like my hero) And i actually made one of myself using my own rom. I made them look like Ultimate Team cards. Edited May 22, 2014 by tacomanarrows rmm1976 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ghost Posted May 22, 2014 Share Posted May 22, 2014 Autographs aside the cards are really cool in and of themselves. Good work! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HADDIX45 Posted June 23, 2014 Share Posted June 23, 2014 (edited) Like yours better, but I had a similar idea in the past. these are 5x7 photos however. Wish I had the patience/talent to make actual cards out of them. Edited June 23, 2014 by TEKMOWBOL buck, TimBone, pambazos88 and 1 other 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HADDIX45 Posted June 23, 2014 Share Posted June 23, 2014 (edited) Edited June 23, 2014 by TEKMOWBOL DFM, pambazos88, buck and 2 others 5 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ghost Posted June 23, 2014 Share Posted June 23, 2014 Very cool man! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tacomanarrows Posted June 23, 2014 Share Posted June 23, 2014 Steve Grogan is one of my fav players of all time#76patsforever Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hut ad Infinitum Posted October 21, 2014 Author Share Posted October 21, 2014 I had some more success today. I was starting to wonder if I'd get any more of these back. But I did, and it was from Megatron. Also included was an ad for his charity, the Calvin Johson Jr. Foundation. Here's a link to it: http://calvinjohnsonjrfoundation.org/ TimBone and rmm1976 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ghost Posted October 22, 2014 Share Posted October 22, 2014 Megatron! Nice! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DFM Posted October 22, 2014 Share Posted October 22, 2014 Mind explaining a bit of the process on where to actually send these? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
deadfaulkner Posted October 22, 2014 Share Posted October 22, 2014 This is a TREMENDOUSLY cool idea. What sort of cost is associated with getting these printed up? I would love to make a set of these as a tournament raffle prize. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hut ad Infinitum Posted October 22, 2014 Author Share Posted October 22, 2014 (edited) Sending them out is easy. All I do is write a nice short letter to the player, include a card and a self addressed stamped envelope, and mail it to the team address. From there, it probably goes into a heap of hundreds of other fan letters, so it could be many months before you get it back (if you do get it back). Johnson's was sent out over 10 months ago. But the bigger the star, the longer the wait. If you're a fan of offensive linemen, punters or backup QBs, you might get it back in a few weeks. I recommend using Forever Stamps for the SASEs, because they stay valid regardless of whether they raise the price of stamps. A couple of cards took so long to come back that the player had to add a 1 cent stamp to send it back to me. I got a Tommy Maddox card back 3 years after I'd sent it! The cost is minimal. Once I've designed them, I just take them to Office Max on a flash drive and get six of them printed on a single piece of card stock for about a dollar. If you're wanting to mail them, I suggest card stock, because it's sturdy and less likely to get damaged in the mail. It also looks more like a real football card. Edited October 22, 2014 by Hut ad Infinitum rmm1976 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TimBone Posted October 22, 2014 Share Posted October 22, 2014 That's cool man. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tikker Posted October 23, 2014 Share Posted October 23, 2014 that's really awesome to be honest the cards themselves I mean Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ComptonEMT Posted October 31, 2014 Share Posted October 31, 2014 This is sweet!!!! The next thing you should do is do team cards lol... idk who would sign them as not every player could but creating an 8bit version of a normal team photo would be the hardest part. Its just a matter of hughs numbers and shading after that. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hut ad Infinitum Posted March 23, 2015 Author Share Posted March 23, 2015 No new autographs, but I felt like making an old school wax pack for the cards and thought this would be the place to put it. Slippery Nips, MvG Sports and rmm1976 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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