Who had a positive impact on your collection ?

[Leon]

Getting back to this question the early influencers were Smiling Dave (don't know his last name), Scott Brockelman and Lew Lipset..... The latter 2 helped me a lot when I first started out.

[Rich Klein]

Originally Posted by Leon

Getting back to this question the early influencers were Smiling Dave (don't know his last name), Scott Brockelman and Lew Lipset..... The latter 2 helped me a lot when I first started out.

If Smiling Dave is a local DFW person, his name is Dave Marshall

Rich

[sb1]

it was Dave Hopkins(not the ball player), lived down by Gun Barrell city.

[Rich Klein]

Originally Posted by sb1

it was Dave Hopkins(not the ball player), lived down by Gun Barrell city.

Thanks Scott! Dave Marshall was also a good guy

[Bicem]

That GI Joe base brings back a lot of memories.

[Chuck9788]

Originally Posted by Bicem

That GI Joe base brings back a lot of memories.

Yea, I was given the base towards the end of my GI Joe playing days. So therefore many wartime atrocities were committed in that facility. I vaguely remember the jail cell being overfilled with Cobra Commander foot solders. Poor Scarlett was also put in the cell before her brutal execution via fire crackers.

[Aquifer]

That last comment cracks me up. Right there with you!

[Leon]

Originally Posted by Rich Klein

If Smiling Dave is a local DFW person, his name is Dave Marshall

Rich

Not sure he is very local but somewhere like Waxahachie....Scott B knows him. I think he might be from East Texas or could be from around here, just not sure. My very first (as an adult) card experience was seeing him set up at the Valley Ridge (in Allen but almost vacant now) mall card show. He had table after table of bicycle spoke 50s and 60s cards and I thought they were the coolest thing. A crumpled Banks rookie for 15 bucks (that card is still worth about 15 bucks)!! This was around 1995 I guess...

.(thanks Scott for the above ID)