Turtle Binder and Cards
 

Okay, I am looking for a 3 ringed binder of sorts with a TMNT (original cartoon) cover on it for cars and or sleeved comics.

I am also looking for a bunch of the cards from the first bubble gum card line. The ones with the yellow borders. I can put together a list if people have doubles.

I also have a number of the comics I am looking for which I will post later.

I have many doubles of those cards your looking for. Which ones do you need?

I'll go through them this week and post it on here. Thanks man!

I got rid of all my trading card doubles last year, but I still have a bunch of the Upper Deck TCG cards if you're interested in those.

Canadian, I wish I could help ya out, but I can't even picture a TMNT original toon binder! I'm sure one must have been made at some point, and I'll bet I've seen it, but I think finding one in good condition (or at all) might not be real easy. Good luck there.

For the cards, you might have good luck here, but if you have an account, Ebay is CRAWLING with them for cheap. You can get anything from the Brooke Bros. "Hero Turtles" tea cards from the UK to the OT tote packs to unopened boxes of movie cards and the 2K3 fleer stuff for next to nothing a lot of the time.

For your comics, I would reconsider the binder if condition is real important. You shouldn't store comics any way other than with mylar sleeves, acid free boards, standing upright and packed in a comic box (snugly, not tightly!) I've also heard of many people using bookshelves with bookends and that seems to work real well for large collections.

I know that all sounds crazy but it is the best way to keep your stuff. Of course, if your goal is more to display than to preserve, a comics binder is a nice presentation I suppose.

Okay I'll stop rambling on now.

yeah, that seems the problem. I want to display the comics. Some of which I would like to stand face out so you can see the covers. What is the best way to do this?

The card list is as follows for the original 88 card set with the yellow borders. Thanks all, I know there's a lot but what ever I can find is cool. I'll keep checking on ebay as well!!

5
9
11
14
18
20
23
25
26
28
31
32
33
34
35
36
37
38
39
41
45
49
50
52
53
56
58
59
60
63
64
65
69
73
75
77
79
80
83
85
87
88
+ any of the ones that went together to form the turtle bike puzzle.

There is no good storage method that involves displaying comics. If you want to display comics, buy them in cheap lots with no expectations of maintaining condition.

What happens to them if they are displayed? Bending/discoloration?

Regular exposure to light is going to cause fading and yes, there would be a higher likelihood of bending.

I've got a Turtle binder for trading cards, but it's really just a normal binder that I drew the Turtles on way back when. It's still kind of cool. Right now it's empty.
I used to have comics on display when I was a teen. But I only kept them up for a short while and then rotated them. I also had action figures on display (MOC), and the ones I had up the longest are the same ones that have yellowed plastic and fading today.

So is the exposure to sun light? Or to any house hold bulbs, because this major sucks. I want to display all of the collection including some of the original comics and MOC figures. Has anyone heard of cases or glass that protects against light damage?

I think it's sunlight mainly, which is what damaged my figures. However, to keep in the best shape, probably limit exposure to any light and pack the stuff away. But then how will you enjoy it?

Exactly. At the moment the conditions are pretty ideal. They are in a clean dry room with no windows. The display lights are hardly on so they should be okay. in the future when I have them all out in their proper display area I will keep these conditions in mind. But again, I am all about the enjoyment of my collection and less about their future worth. (I'm a pack rat, what are the chances of me letting these things go in the future... not much)

Dude believe me, I can sympathize with collection display woes. My entire office is like floor to ceiling with boxes and I've got stuff I don't remember I've got because it's been packed away so long.

Basically, everything except being packed away in the dark in the right archival materials is bad for any kind of collectible. It's a bitch but it's true. There ARE archival frames for your comics so that you can mount them on a wall, and they can be had with UV protected glass, but we're not talking a cheap option here. For displaying figures, your best bet is acrylic holders for either loose or MOC, to keep dust off them. You'll just have to place them away from a window, out of direct light.

Of course, I sort of break my collection into two categories - the really minty stuff that I tuck away until I can afford to properly display it, and the more used stuff like the loose figs that I just stick on shelves and reading copies of the comics that I keep on hand for anyone who's over here to check out.

I do have these dreams of designing a TMNT-themed room for my collection, complete with a big green couch, TMNT tv & dvd player, and TMNT arcade and pinball machines, but this is at least 6 years off when my girlfriend is done with her phd and we're building our dream house.

This is cool!! I love the idea of having a room like that.

I too am a poor post secondary student (or at least I was until April) A few months ago I passed up a turtle pinball machine for under $1000 in my own city!!!! I am crazy I know... but I didn't have the money and my girl friend would have left me.

Heh. I was looking at an all original arcade machine, extra parts, manual, the whole deal, for like just $900 plus the cost of fuel for driving about 5 hours, & I already had a co-worker who was willing to come with me and lend the use of his truck & trailer to get it back. I was all set to sell off a few of my extra old comics and figs real quick to get the rest of the cash I needed but then, enter my girlfriend. She's a TMNT fan herself and usually pretty understanding about my mania, but let's just say she didn't think the time was right yet. :lol:

Hey there, I don't know if I am having problems getting PM's I have posted a couple to some
people and some have said they had sent PM's to me that didn't get there...

ANYWAYS, that's why I'm posting to say thanks to Bigfoot who had a lot of the cards I am
looking for. Let me know big guy what your paypal address is and I'll send payment!!

On the subject of the binder. I was watching ebay for one a while ago and didn't buy this one that
was going for 15... should have.

The only cards left I am looking for are:

14
18
25
39
50
56
59
63
65
73
80

I am the worst for double posting... BUT I just wanted to shout out to Bigfoot, who is the man!! He sent some cards to me for a great deal and went the extra mile! Thanks dude!!!!

Let me look, I have a big stack of them here

Wow. The only one I have is 39 that you are missing.

From series 1, I am missing

2
13
23
34

and sticker/puzzles #

1
8
10
11

From series 2, I am missing

89
90
93
94
96
98
100
101
102
105
107
108
109
112
114
119
121
123
124
126
127
129
130
131
132
134
135
137
138
143
144
145
147
148
149
150
152
153
154
155
156
157
158
159
160
161
162
163
164
165
166
168
170
171
172
173
174
175
176

and stickers #
1
2
3
4
6
7
8
9
10
Thumbnail card

I have doubles of:

Series 1:

33
66
78
81
88

Series 2:

97 (x2)
106
116
122
128 (x2)
125
167

I also have the following TMNT movie cards I would like to dump as a set:

9
13
29
54
82
106
107
Michelangelo sticker


Anyone got any of those I'm lookin for?