May 29, 2026

Nick Barton of MeanDaddy Cards returns! E390

Nick Barton of MeanDaddy Cards returns! E390
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Nick Barton of MeanDaddy Cards returns for Part II of our great conversation.


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*Where it all began.

*What do you collect?

*Why is nostalgia important to the hobby?


*Where did the name come from?

*Starting out at shows.

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to the show. All right, that being said, we got

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our second half of our conversation with Nick Barton, a

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guy doing great things, and on this episode we're really

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going to talk about a show he's putting on that's

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never been done before in the hobby. That's all I'm

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gonna say. I'll tease you with that. So with that tease,

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let's get this show started. Sees says are like so

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important and I you know, I had one myself for

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seven years in the nineties, right, And most Elsie owners

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care about customer service. They care about what their customers

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collect or what they're looking for.

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Right.

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And most once they get to know like you, and

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they know, hey he collects, you know Bryce Harper cards.

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You know, Uh, they'll they'll put stuff away. They'll they'll

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you know, when you come in, they'll remember, hey, I

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got these in or hey I got this I picked

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it up in a bigger deal. I'm giving it to you,

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you know, Merry Christmas early or whatever. You know. I

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thought of you when when I got this, uh in

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a collection that I acquired and I put it aside

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for you, right, and that that sort of stuff goes

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a long way, right, Uh, to those experiences being positive

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where someone gets enjoyed the hobby stay in it. And

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you know, I when when people get in the hobby,

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I you know, someone say, oh man, you know like

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the old guard. You know, I've been calling the old

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guard like you don't like new people. I love new people.

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I want, but I want people not to come into

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having stay in the hobby and not maybe leave after

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a year or a couple of years. And so anything

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we can do, you know, I always say we're all.

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We're all, whether we want to be or not. If

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we're in the hobby, we're sort of ambassadors and advocate

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for the hobby. And so anything you can do, and

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you don't have to be a show dealer or an

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LCS owner, you can do do things to promote the

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hobby and do good things to to have other people

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have good hobby experiences. Uh, and stick around. I think

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we're seeing I think that stuff's contagious, Nick, and I

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think we're starting to see more. But there's always there's

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always room for even even more, right, there can't When

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it comes to that positive stuff, we can't have uh

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too much, right, So the more we see it, I

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just think it makes the hobby a better place, just the.

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You know, the relationships. Like you mentioned that. What that

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triggered me is I have a really close friend. We

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met in the army. I'm out now, he's still in

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he's he's finishing up his twenty years and then retiring,

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so he's out in Colorado. But he's from Seattle. So

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he's a big Griffy fan. Obviously he grew up there.

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You grew up in Oregon, but he's a Seattle fan.

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So whenever I come across like cool Seahawks cards or

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Mariners cards, I pick him up for him. He does

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the same thing for me with Phillies and Eagles stuff.

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And every once in a while, you know, there's a

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package on the doorstep with cards, and you know it's

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it's a fun bond to not only look for cards

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for you, but for other people that are that you're

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close with and that you can share those those memories with. Yeah,

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it's just awesome. I mean that that's that's part of

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the in person uh, you know, getting to know people

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thing and and sharing the experience of the hobby with them.

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It's all just it's all tied together. And and as

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you mentioned too, like everybody really is an ambassador for

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the hobby at this point, and it's up to us,

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like if we want this hobby to continue to grow

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and sustain itself and you know, uh, for a future

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generations to be able to enjoy it, we have to

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shepherd it properly.

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Yeah, yep, yeah, And you never know, I always you know,

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when I started doing show, I did my first show

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as a dealer at fifteen years old. I was I

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was probably on the young side of things. And you know,

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I always say this to like people I set up

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near or I know that are fellow dealers. And this

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doesn't just apply to dealers, you know, Nick, this applies anyone.

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You never know who's watching, and so you should always be,

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you know, cognizant of that. And so you know, whether

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I'm home by myself working with cards, or I'm at

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behind my table at a show where there's nine hundred

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people in the room, I tried to, you know, have

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integrity no matter what, whether it's no one's watching or

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everyone's watching. And there's something to be said about that.

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And so, uh, and I take pride in it. So

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you know, whether it's a know, like I mentioned, maybe

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I bought a collection or I bought a lot of

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you know, a pocket of cards off someone, and I know,

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like certain you know this this friend of mine, like you,

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like you just said, what your your your military buddy,

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right when even when I purchased things, I'm not only

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just thinking about me, but hey, like so and so

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would really enjoy that. So if I get that, it's

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already earmarked uh for that person, right, and so that's

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that's the kind of stuff that that pays more dividends

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than even the probably what the card's worth, the just

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the thought and the deed itself is worth more uh

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than the cardboard and in most cases, but it really

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just sets a nice tone and it's just positive, right

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you Just I feel good. You know, I'm not doing

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it because it looks good. It makes me feel good

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that I can can do it. And I appreciate like

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the look whether it's a kid or even not a kid, right,

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like you're given this to me. Yeah, that's I thought

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about you when I got it, so I put it aside,

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and man, you know, I can't believe he thought about me.

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You know, sometimes it's even more than the equal eyem itself.

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It's the fact that you know that that person realizes

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you thought about him when they're when they're not right

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in front of you. Uh, you know, and so that goes,

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that goes a long way.

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Yeah, absolutely, you know, it doesn't. It doesn't take a

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lot to be kind to one another. And uh no, yeah,

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I mean, and it honestly, like you said, it's contagious, right,

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Like I've like, you know, people have given me cards

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to give out to other kids because they see me

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giving cards to other kids, and you know, it's just

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that that spreads, that positivity spreads, and you know, unfortunately,

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I think one of the things we do see sometimes

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is I mean, every the world has negative but I

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think if you stay positive and keep that outlook and

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try to just as my son would say, you learn

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this from his grandmother, be cool, be kind. So he

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likes to tell me, you know, just be be kind

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other people, and that just the feeling you get from

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from doing that is is worth more than anything monetarily

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in my opinion.

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Yeap, And it is contagious. I've had fellow dealers say hey,

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you know, hey Newman, I hope you don't mind. I'm

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kind of I saw what you're what you did. I'm

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kind of taking a page out of your book, you know.

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I'm giving out some packs or I'm giving out some

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they put like card packs together like team bags of

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with some stars and some and I'm like, you don't

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have to pot like do that. You know, you know

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you did, you know, I didn't. I didn't invent that,

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Like I got that from someone else did that before me.

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So just keep that, keep that trend going. You don't

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have to like ask permission to do that. That just uh,

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you know, and I love to see it, right, And

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the more we see that, just the hobby becomes a

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better place. For now, I know how you got your

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your name mean Daddy for those listening of mean Daddy's

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for like, where did demonic? How did you come up

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with demonic?

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Yeah, so it is is funny. I get asked this

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fairly off, especially with the logo. So when my son

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was born, uh, pretty much, anytime he cried for any reason,

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if I was anywhere near him crying, his mother and

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my wife would come in and say, what did mean

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daddy do to you? What did mean Daddy do to you?

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And the name just kind of stuck. It was it

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was funny. Uh So that kind of just stuck as

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the moniker. And I'm paying her back now with our

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daughter because anytime my daughter cries and she's there near it,

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she's mean mommy. So you on the lookout for that

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for me and mommy. No, that's that's how the that's

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how the moniker came up. And the logo I just

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I don't know, my son kind of inspired it.

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So very cool and unlike the name, right, you're not

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you're not a mean daddy, and you're not you're you're

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a great advocate and ambassador as we kind of discussed

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earlier of the hobby, right, And so I read this

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I believe it was Sports Collectors, uh Daily when I

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read the piece on. Yeah, I'm or Digest who I

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write for. But uh, you know you're you're thinking outside

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the box, and you're trying to do some different stuff

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with card shows. Right. Not everybody enjoys card shows the

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same way, and as some that listen to this podcast. No,

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I'm a teaching assistant in the special education department, so

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I work with young men and young women, you know, adults.

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I'm at the high school level who you know have

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different disabilities and maybe you know they don't like crowd

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too too much. Crowds make them nervous or uncomfortable, loud

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noises or too much, too much noise, all different sort

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of things. And that's just some of it. You know,

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we could do two hours of all the different types

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of disabilities, so you know, we don't have that much time.

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But but you're doing shows. You're gonna do a show

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that's sort of you know with people uh that uh

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and geared towards kids that have some of these things

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that we sort of take for granted when we don't

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have these things right, we don't realize that others are

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dealing with this and what might be you know, easy

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to do for us, may not be easy to do

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for them. You're thinking about those those folks and uh,

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it's near again. I know I said this before we

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even start recording. That's near and dear to my heart.

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So when I read this and like, I believe it's

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to be the first first show that's that's geared uh

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in that direction, you know, talk about the show, you

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know how you came up, you know how this this

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this was planned and launched and kind of the birth

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of what you're about to do, and and you know,

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I of it, but it's your thing, so I'll let

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you kind of you know, I know about it for

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reading about it, but this is your your thing, so

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I'll shut up and let you talk about.

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It, all right, thank you. Yeah, So the show is

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called the All Star Card Show. I started this with

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my good friend Brett he is. He owns the Fishtown

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Card Show in Philadelphia. Area's one Philadelphia. There's one Cherry

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on New Jersey, one of Delaware, so we we partnered

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up on this. But yeah, so basically I had originally

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I had a family reach out to me and said, hey,

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you know, kid wants to come to a card show,

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but I'm afraid that, you know, it could be overwhelming

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for him this and that he has anxiety, so on

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and so forth. Sorry, well, you know, how about this,

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Why don't you guys come out? You guys do my guests.

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I'll get you guys some tickets, come out, have some cards,

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we'll hang out at my table, we'll rip cards, and

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then hopefully he's feeling good and having fun. He want

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to walk around and do mo stuff. So that all

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worked out. We had him come out, hung out with them,

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and it was a great time and he really enjoyed it.

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And then after that we started kind of getting more

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inquiries about that and and more families, and one thing

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led to another, and I kind of thought to myself,

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you know, I noticed like sometimes the kids would get overwhelmed.

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They you know, they'd beople come to the parents book

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were some more quiet to take them to to kind

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of calm down a little bit. And I totally get that,

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Like the card shows can be crazy for sure. So

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I thought to myself, all right, is there a card

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show for these families and these kids? And I looked

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and searched and didn't see any thing. I was like,

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all right, well, I think there should be one. So

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so I kind of started with that, and then one

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thing led to another, and I started to think about

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you know, we talked about the financial aspect of how

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hard it is for anybody to be able to afford

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some of this stuff, and I said, there's got to

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be a way where we can put this show on

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and make it be one less thing that these parents,

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these kids have to worry about. They can just show up.

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They'll be cards, they'll be starter kids, you know, boxes

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for the for the kids to keep their cards and supplies.

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Food's going to be free, everything's need for you. I

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just want these kids to be able to come with

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their families and have a fun night out. And luckily

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we've had a really great reception from not only people

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in the hobby but outside the hobby that have contributed

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to this. We are all together are going to be

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doing just that is making a night like this for

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these kids that hopefully they won't forget, their families won't forget,

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and you know, for someone would be a good introduction

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to the hobbies. Some of them have been been in

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the hobby already, so you know, it's just that's that's

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the whole thing. I think it's gonna be a really

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really fun thing all the way around for everybody, from

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these kids, the families, to me to the other volunteers.

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It's going to be a really good time.

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I love it. Kudos to you. And you know, think

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about someone say do we need this show? And the

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answer is an easy yes, right because think about maybe

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how many kids are going to attend, and not just kids, right,

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just people. But I know it's scared kids kids, but

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think about how many people might go to the show

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that would have never thought about going to a show

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before for for the reasons kind of We discussed whether

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it be you know, crowds or the noises, or they

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just don't feel they feel maybe not like they belong

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even and you're you're you know that you're designing the

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show to eliminate a lot of those, you know, things

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that may cause them to not come to a show

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in the first place. And this it might be in

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many cases the first show for for folks coming uh

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to the show, and that hey, you can do this

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right there. There's there's avenues to you to you don't

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have to just enjoy the hobby. You know in your room,

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you can come out. There's ways to enjoy the hobby

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even with some of your disabilities and things like that,

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that you can we can design an event where that

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shouldn't be an issue anymore or not like your your

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typical show and you know, to think outside the box

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like that. I mean, it just it. I think it

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says a lot about you, Nick and the people involved

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obviously that are helping out. Kudos to them as well.

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And you know, I think sometimes we forget about you know,

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we I think sometimes we think well, we're all, you know,

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cookie cutters, We're all the same, and that's that's so

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far from the truth. I know that firsthand from what

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I do. I knew that beforehand before that, but even

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all the more so when you're working with those youngsters

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day in and day out, you know, what might be

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simple for me and you or somebody else is a

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big hurdle for them. And I think sometimes I guess

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we all can be guilty of taking that for granted occasionally.

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And here you are, you know, designing in an event

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that's going to you know, hopefully where those folks can

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enjoy it like anybody.

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You are listening to the sports Card Nation podcast.

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Talk about some you know, the difficulties and and you know,

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how how does something like that all come together? You know,

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when it happens, it's probably going to look seamless, but

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it's it's anyone that's done any kind of show or

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an event. You know, it's never as easy as it

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sometimes looks.

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Yeah, definitely, I mean I think number one and it

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couldn't do this out without Brett. He has the expense

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of running shows and that was a huge because I

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don't have that experience. So him being able to help

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with that type of stuff, and you know, getting the venue,

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and just all the kind of things that go in

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behind There's a million things behind the scenes that go

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into having a show. And it's it's different, right because

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most shows you have vendors and you know, they pay

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a fee or whatever to come to it and have

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a table, and I like, I didn't want to do

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any of that. I wanted to make this solely about

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the kids and these families, and I wanted to do things.

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We talked about having a place to go it's quiet.

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We we're gonna have a full censor at this show,

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so if kids need to go to a sensory friendly

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place that we have that. We're gonna have education zone

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with teachers that are also in the hobby like yourself,

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and and they're gonna teach these kids about the hobbies.

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But they have you know, they have worked with kids

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with special needs before. So yeah, I mean there's a

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ton that goes into it. There's so I think the

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biggest thing, uh, is just the outpouring of support from

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I mean too many people to name businesses like a

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Children's Hospital of Philadelphia is sponsoring the event or one

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of our sponsors. I mean, it's it's amazing just the

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outpouring of love and support that we've gotten for this

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from people that's really helpful. People within the community just

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kind of saying, hey, this might be a good idea,

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or hey, I'd like to help them do this. What

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do you guys think this would be cool with the event,

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and just kind of everything kind of fell in place,

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like believe it or not, it was a lot of

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hard work from a lot of people, but it's really

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falling into place. It's really going to be a group

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effort and hopefully start something, start something great, you know.

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Yeah, And there's that contagious part of the hobby, right

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when when people when you're doing something good, right, there

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should be and hopefully it'll be always the case. Right,

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there should be no shortage of people who want to

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get on board and be part of it, and you know,

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make it easier. Right, The more people involve, the easier

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it should should be. But even that being said, right,

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to put together the event, you got to have a

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lot of people sort of rowing in the same direction,

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if you will, and sometimes that's easier said than done.

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But you know, I think it's gonna be great. Uh.

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You know, again, kudos to you and everyone uh involved

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and I mean this is something I read too, like,

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this is something you you don't want this to be

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a one time thing and done. This is something you

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want to bring to different locales and sort of like

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gain momentum. And so no matter where you potentially may live,

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uh in the country, right, you should maybe this event

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can be something you can attend kind of speak. I

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know it's early in the process and you're getting this

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one off the ground, but you know, kind of the

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the big picture or the down the turn down the

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turnpike view of an event like this.

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Yeah, definitely we I mean, this has all happened pretty quickly, honestly,

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and I think we're always gonna have things to learn

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about it. I think we'll learn a lot from the

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first one. But yeah, we've had interest from all over

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the country and and honestly, I don't see why this

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couldn't be some then that's international at some point. Uh,

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this is this is for others. This is for other people,

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and this is for people that you know. It may

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it's harder, like I said, it's harder for them to

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just go to a run of the Middle Card show

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on a Saturday. So I hope that we can continue

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to get support for this cause. You know, obviously I'm

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from Philadelphia. It's the first ones in that area. And

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hopefully we can continue to expand out and more people

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are interested in being a part of this and we

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can try to uh you know, touch on as many

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people and families as we can, uh and and spread

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the body of them.

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Yeah, I love it. I hope that's the case. That

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and maybe you know, we talked about the National which

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is coming up here in a couple of months, and

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that's uh, you know, I call it the super Bowl

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to have. I mean obviously if you're someone that has

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some of those disabilities, that that that's an overwhelming event.

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Oh and just to anybody, uh in many cases. But

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maybe you know, obviously not this year, but maybe in

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a future year, maybe as soon as twenty twenty seven, right,

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maybe you know they're starting to expand, right, they're going

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to the second four. Maybe they can even dedicate you know,

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a certain level or part of that show where if

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someone's coming in, especially if someone's coming in special needs,

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even just for the day, where that they can still

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attendant say they attended the National and partake in it.

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Where before they may be like there's no way, you know,

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Jimmy or Susie can do this kind of event. But

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maybe that wouldn't be the case of it's something they consider,

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you know, putting into place and using you know, your

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blueprint if you will, you know, as sort of the

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or get you involved, maybe even have you work with

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them to have part of the National sort of be

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available for you know, people with disabilities who might not

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be able to go in the main ballroom, if you will,

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but still want to attend, you know, the show or

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be in that city. I hope that's something that you know,

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obviously not this year, but maybe in future Nationals that's

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something we may see and not just Nashville. I mentioned

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the National because it's the granddaddy of them all, as

469
00:26:24.000 --> 00:26:26.680
they say, But we're seeing a lot of these regional

470
00:26:26.799 --> 00:26:30.680
shows right your East Coast Nationals, your bird Bank shows,

471
00:26:30.680 --> 00:26:33.920
your Dallas card shows and others. I don't mean to

472
00:26:34.000 --> 00:26:38.119
leave anybody off, but maybe some of these other shows

473
00:26:38.240 --> 00:26:40.680
can take a page out of your book or get

474
00:26:40.759 --> 00:26:44.240
you involved, like how do we bring what you're doing here,

475
00:26:45.160 --> 00:26:47.839
how can we offer that and how can we do

476
00:26:48.000 --> 00:26:51.359
it that way the show can be for everyone and

477
00:26:51.440 --> 00:26:58.000
doesn't have to necessarily you know, preclude or exclude anybody, right,

478
00:26:58.599 --> 00:27:02.359
I believe the hobby should be inclusive, not exclusive, and

479
00:27:03.359 --> 00:27:06.640
you know, hopefully that's you know, maybe we'll someday we'll

480
00:27:06.680 --> 00:27:11.000
be talking nick about your your inaugural event just being

481
00:27:11.200 --> 00:27:15.640
sort of the you know, the de president to uh

482
00:27:15.680 --> 00:27:19.400
you know, have the hot you know, more inclusion, no

483
00:27:19.519 --> 00:27:23.079
matter where the low coal or even size of the show.

484
00:27:23.440 --> 00:27:26.440
Yeah, definitely, I mean I would love that anybody that's

485
00:27:26.519 --> 00:27:29.559
you know, interested in doing something like this feel free

486
00:27:29.559 --> 00:27:33.319
to reach out. I think definitely, Like the National is

487
00:27:33.359 --> 00:27:36.359
the super Bowl, right, and it's it's a special thing,

488
00:27:36.440 --> 00:27:38.119
the first one you go to when you first walk

489
00:27:38.160 --> 00:27:41.400
in for the first time, and I think anybody that's

490
00:27:41.440 --> 00:27:44.480
in the hobby you should experience it. And yeah, I

491
00:27:44.480 --> 00:27:46.960
mean that I think too. You know, some of these

492
00:27:47.000 --> 00:27:51.000
bigger shows, especially probably have the infrastructure and staff and

493
00:27:51.039 --> 00:27:53.559
team to to be able to do something like what

494
00:27:53.599 --> 00:27:57.039
you're saying. And yeah, I mean the like the more

495
00:27:57.079 --> 00:28:00.400
the merrier. For lack of a lack of a better cliche,

496
00:28:00.519 --> 00:28:02.680
I guess, but yeah, I mean it'd be awesome if

497
00:28:02.680 --> 00:28:04.720
we could get as many people as we can to

498
00:28:04.759 --> 00:28:07.759
these types of things, and really whatever level and the

499
00:28:07.880 --> 00:28:10.640
national to your local card show down the street, you

500
00:28:10.680 --> 00:28:12.640
know what I mean. So I just want people to

501
00:28:12.680 --> 00:28:15.480
experience the hobby the way I got to experience as

502
00:28:15.480 --> 00:28:19.000
a kid. Even throughout my adulthood, especially the times in

503
00:28:19.039 --> 00:28:22.319
the army, opening a box of cards or a couple

504
00:28:22.319 --> 00:28:24.640
of tax cards with some buddies was always a good

505
00:28:24.680 --> 00:28:27.039
time for me and sometimes even help me through some

506
00:28:27.079 --> 00:28:30.200
tough times. So I think that, you know, that could

507
00:28:30.279 --> 00:28:32.359
that could also have the same effect on others. And

508
00:28:32.480 --> 00:28:34.880
you know, if I can help people find that, then

509
00:28:35.079 --> 00:28:35.640
let's do it.

510
00:28:36.000 --> 00:28:39.240
Yeah, I love it. I love it. You know, I'll

511
00:28:39.240 --> 00:28:41.359
say this out of there. I'll say this out there.

512
00:28:42.200 --> 00:28:45.680
You know, there's anything I can do, you know, and

513
00:28:45.720 --> 00:28:48.839
it's in my power. I'm willing to help. This is

514
00:28:49.079 --> 00:28:51.799
near and dear to my heart. You know, I work

515
00:28:52.200 --> 00:28:56.799
five days a week with young, you know, male and

516
00:28:56.880 --> 00:29:01.160
female students that have a lot of these disabilities. It's

517
00:29:01.200 --> 00:29:04.279
it's tough, it's tough. It's it's stuff that me or

518
00:29:04.319 --> 00:29:07.480
you may not think twice about. It's a huge hurdle.

519
00:29:07.559 --> 00:29:10.720
And so to think someone that's dealing with that stuff

520
00:29:10.759 --> 00:29:15.079
on such a daily basis can can still go to

521
00:29:15.160 --> 00:29:18.599
an event and enjoy it like everyone else. Right, that's

522
00:29:18.599 --> 00:29:21.680
so awesome even just talking about it. It's awesome to

523
00:29:21.720 --> 00:29:26.319
think that that's what something was not even on their radar,

524
00:29:26.640 --> 00:29:28.720
is not only going to be on the radar, but

525
00:29:28.880 --> 00:29:32.119
something they can partake in. Uh, that's a big that's

526
00:29:32.160 --> 00:29:34.319
a big deal. I don't care, you know, And that

527
00:29:34.319 --> 00:29:38.759
should be a big deal, whether you you know, I

528
00:29:38.799 --> 00:29:42.400
think if you like again that ambassador and abg uh

529
00:29:42.519 --> 00:29:46.119
you should want to see that, whether you work with kids,

530
00:29:46.279 --> 00:29:49.160
whether you're a parent or a relative, it shouldn't matter.

531
00:29:49.880 --> 00:29:55.160
That should be something new. Endorse and and applaud and uh,

532
00:29:55.200 --> 00:29:58.240
I for sure do and uh you know and and

533
00:29:58.279 --> 00:30:00.680
you again you you you don't have to do that,

534
00:30:00.839 --> 00:30:03.319
right you can say, well, you know, this is a

535
00:30:03.359 --> 00:30:07.640
big undertake in someone else, you know, well, everyone sometimes

536
00:30:07.640 --> 00:30:10.480
has that, right, I have someone else to do it, right,

537
00:30:10.519 --> 00:30:12.960
But you're not as someone else would do it. You're like,

538
00:30:13.039 --> 00:30:16.319
let's do this, and here you are, so uh you

539
00:30:16.359 --> 00:30:20.759
know again, kudos to you and everyone involved. I think

540
00:30:20.799 --> 00:30:23.799
it's uh, you know, such a great hobby story. And

541
00:30:24.240 --> 00:30:26.799
it's not a hobby store. It's a great human story

542
00:30:27.680 --> 00:30:30.799
that just happens to take place in the hobby right,

543
00:30:30.960 --> 00:30:35.200
and I think it's just just so and it's so important.

544
00:30:35.200 --> 00:30:37.640
We don't really realize it, you know, I think some

545
00:30:37.680 --> 00:30:43.279
people do, but it's it really is an important you know,

546
00:30:43.759 --> 00:30:46.559
kudos to you. Uh, you know, we're coming down to

547
00:30:46.680 --> 00:30:50.079
termin We're approaching the hour mark here, so I'll give

548
00:30:50.119 --> 00:30:52.759
you kind of you know, give out any of the

549
00:30:52.799 --> 00:30:58.039
info you want to give out, social media, website, dates, time,

550
00:30:58.920 --> 00:31:02.400
no rush, take your time. Hi, Nick, I appreciate you

551
00:31:02.480 --> 00:31:05.480
making some time for us, so give out all that

552
00:31:05.559 --> 00:31:08.880
infro so people can find out more.

553
00:31:09.160 --> 00:31:11.400
Awesome. We first and foremost, thank you for having me

554
00:31:11.440 --> 00:31:13.559
on here. I appreciate it. I appreciate you giving me

555
00:31:13.559 --> 00:31:15.440
an opportunity to talk about me and Daddy and the

556
00:31:15.480 --> 00:31:18.680
All Star Card Show. Like I said earlier, there's so

557
00:31:18.680 --> 00:31:21.480
many people that have contributed to this, and just too

558
00:31:21.519 --> 00:31:23.400
many of a name. But thank you guys all for

559
00:31:23.480 --> 00:31:27.160
everything that you put forth towards this and it's it's

560
00:31:27.200 --> 00:31:29.920
gonna be a special thing and hopefully it will continue

561
00:31:29.960 --> 00:31:32.480
to grow more to hear about it stuff like that.

562
00:31:33.279 --> 00:31:34.920
If you want to learn more about the All Star

563
00:31:35.000 --> 00:31:38.359
Card Show, we're on Instagram. It's at All Star Card Show.

564
00:31:38.759 --> 00:31:41.400
And then for myself Me and Daddy Cards at me

565
00:31:41.400 --> 00:31:44.480
and Daddy Cards and Instagram. Those are those are the

566
00:31:44.519 --> 00:31:48.039
two social media platforms we have. I'm working on a

567
00:31:48.079 --> 00:31:52.319
YouTube but then did a little busy, so yeah, that's

568
00:31:52.599 --> 00:31:55.720
that's not fully updated yet, but but yeah, that's where

569
00:31:55.759 --> 00:31:58.880
you can find out more about the show about myself.

570
00:31:59.279 --> 00:32:02.799
Feel free to DM me or the card show. Get

571
00:32:02.839 --> 00:32:05.519
back as best as I can, and uh, yeah, that's

572
00:32:05.559 --> 00:32:06.400
that's pretty much it.

573
00:32:06.759 --> 00:32:10.000
Awesome stuff. Man, I'm not a lip service guy. That's

574
00:32:10.039 --> 00:32:12.759
from the heart, right, And I always say, and it

575
00:32:12.799 --> 00:32:16.079
wasn't something like you know, even the smallest ripples, if

576
00:32:16.079 --> 00:32:19.200
we all make them, it becomes a big wave, right

577
00:32:19.319 --> 00:32:24.599
And hopefully that's what's gonna happen here. And you know,

578
00:32:24.640 --> 00:32:28.279
we're talking about it because it's it's a precedent setting thing.

579
00:32:28.720 --> 00:32:31.519
But maybe we'll be having a conversation in the future

580
00:32:31.880 --> 00:32:35.319
where this will just be a normal thing, right. Uh,

581
00:32:35.359 --> 00:32:37.559
And that's I think. I don't want to speak for you,

582
00:32:38.000 --> 00:32:40.240
but I'm sure that's probably a goal. Like you'd like

583
00:32:40.319 --> 00:32:44.240
to see this just become no matter where you live,

584
00:32:44.359 --> 00:32:48.960
like you said, even international, that this can be available

585
00:32:49.000 --> 00:32:52.519
to you where maybe you could never you know before

586
00:32:52.599 --> 00:32:56.359
where you wouldn't even think about attending, and now now

587
00:32:56.400 --> 00:32:59.960
that person can, and that's huge. That's huge. That can

588
00:33:00.160 --> 00:33:03.440
make somebody's day, that can make someone's month, that can

589
00:33:03.519 --> 00:33:06.640
make Someboddy's life. Not to be dramatic, but I've seen

590
00:33:06.759 --> 00:33:11.960
stuff like that on the ground level, so it's important.

591
00:33:12.680 --> 00:33:15.799
Like I said, when I read about it, I actually

592
00:33:15.839 --> 00:33:18.839
talked about it on one of my pods, Nick, and

593
00:33:18.880 --> 00:33:21.119
I said, I'm gonna reach out and see if we

594
00:33:21.160 --> 00:33:24.400
can get this gentleman on and shed some more light

595
00:33:24.440 --> 00:33:27.240
on it, because it's important. And here here we are.

596
00:33:27.319 --> 00:33:31.160
So I know you're busy, So thank you for making

597
00:33:31.200 --> 00:33:34.039
some time, you know, whatever you need for me, whether

598
00:33:34.160 --> 00:33:37.559
it's whatever you know, even just talking about it or

599
00:33:37.599 --> 00:33:42.279
getting out some dates or pertinent infro. Don't hesitate. My

600
00:33:42.400 --> 00:33:45.720
door will be open all the time to something like this,

601
00:33:46.160 --> 00:33:50.039
not just this event, but any future ones as well.

602
00:33:50.359 --> 00:33:53.079
Awesome. Thank you so much. I appreciate that, appreciate all

603
00:33:53.079 --> 00:33:55.200
the kind words. And I guess, like I say, one

604
00:33:55.200 --> 00:33:59.240
work than everybody go to a card show, open some packs, YEA.

605
00:34:00.160 --> 00:34:03.440
Enjoy the hobby in person, right, it can't be replicated.

606
00:34:03.920 --> 00:34:07.359
You know, the hobby's find in your room in your house,

607
00:34:07.400 --> 00:34:10.320
don't get me wrong, but in person, it's a whole nother.

608
00:34:10.639 --> 00:34:12.239
It's a whole another level.

609
00:34:13.400 --> 00:34:16.760
Thanks Nick, all right, thank you guys, appreciate it all right.

610
00:34:16.880 --> 00:34:21.039
Awesome getting to know Nick Barton and what he's about

611
00:34:21.199 --> 00:34:25.039
and what he's doing. Check out Mean Daddy cards and

612
00:34:25.920 --> 00:34:29.039
you know the name might say mean Daddy, but buy

613
00:34:29.119 --> 00:34:31.840
one of the nicest guys in the hobby. And what

614
00:34:31.880 --> 00:34:35.679
he's doing with this show here in June coming right

615
00:34:35.760 --> 00:34:41.320
up here just amazing stuff. So check out what he's doing.

616
00:34:41.400 --> 00:34:44.280
I'm sure you're gonna hear a lot more from him

617
00:34:44.480 --> 00:34:47.559
in the future, and we'll love to have him back

618
00:34:47.639 --> 00:34:50.440
on too and kind of catch up with things going

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00:34:50.480 --> 00:34:53.800
on there. So we're gonna hear from our hobbies the

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People announcer of the week, and if it's something you

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would like to do, there's directions how to do it

622
00:35:00.760 --> 00:35:05.360
and be a part of the show for eternity or

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as long as the show runs. And we're gonna rap

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after the Hobbies the People announce through the week. So

625
00:35:12.800 --> 00:35:16.079
we'll wrap up this week's episode and we'll see you

626
00:35:16.199 --> 00:35:17.719
very soon. Thanks everybody.

627
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Time for our Hobby is the People Announcer of the week.

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This is Ray from Philly and remember the hobby is

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the People.

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If you'd like to be the hobby is the People

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file and send it to Sportscard Nation PC at gmail

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