By Andrew Tolentino | Hockey Editor

One of the hardest working vendors at the show, Rob the hot dog guy took the time to open a few packs of cards from now and then. Although he has been selling his sausages, dogs and other bun-able meats at the Expo for a few years in a row now, he hadn’t opened a pack in 30 years — until this weekend.

Check out his reunion with O-Pee-Chee and a few other Upper Deck products in this episode of Pulling with Everyday People.

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This week in ‘Pulling with Everyday People’

• What could a T-shirt company called Threadless possibly have to do with collecting?

First looks and sneak peeks of the week

• The Supremes serenade details for 2011 Topps Supreme
• Panini delivers a lively look at 2010-11 Dominion Hockey
• Topps adds nine more signers to 2011 Bowman Draft
• A peek at Panini’s 2011 Limited Football line
• Teasing 2011 Topps Tribute Baseball

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Box Busters

• 2011 Complete Star Trek: TNG 1st Series

Questions and contests of the week

• Win a copy  of Nicktoons MLB video game
• Your turn: What one baseball card is the worst ever?

R.I.P. Wade Belak

• 80 Total cards
• 8 Memorabilia cards
• 3 Rookie Cards
• 5 Autograph cards

Auction action

• Signed Nolan Ryan JSA-authenticated baseball ($69.99 Starting bid)
• SP Legendary Cuts lot, featuring Stan Musial, Nolan Ryan and more ($42.99 Current bid)
• 1960 Dallas Texans 7-Eleven complete set ($2,200 Starting bid)

Prime 9 news of the week

• A week 7 update for Topps Prime 9

This week in retail scams, Bryce Harper’s Minor League autographs and more

• Is this Bryce Harper’s solo, non 1/1 MILB certified autograph?
• Ripping Retail: One scam to watch for (Video)
• Stephen Strasburg is baaaaaaaaaaaack
• Upper Deck’s 2010-11 The Cup has overfloweth

Just for fun

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Renowned for having the world’s best and biggest array of unique graphic tees, community-committed Threadless.com provides a hip parallel to the trading card industry.

Offering something that stretches well beyond the buzzverb “crowdsourcing,” Threadless has built an opportunistic empire of user-submitted, user-chosen designs — all the while rewarding artists with cold, hard cash for their awesome designs. As in the story of sports cards, an international network of devoted fanatics has become obsessed (in a good way) with collecting and discussing every print that the company produces.

Luckily located in Chicago (the site of this year’s National Sports Collectors Convention), the affable operation was kind enough to entertain my request to film an episode of “Pulling with Everyday People” at its headquarters.

There, I cozied up in a sweet Airstream trailer with Social Media Coordinator Kristen Studard, Warehouse Manager Bryan Schaefer, Designer Joe Van Wetering and Multimedia specialist Craig Shimala to talk about the collecability of T-shirts over a few boxes of trading cards.

Be sure to take the three-question poll and check out a gallery of images from the visit after the jump.

Don’t let the gate fool you. Threadless HQ has a “light shop” experience open to the public.

Warehouse Manager Bryan Schaefer reviews his epic pulls from 2011 Donruss Elite.

Social Media Coordinator Kristen Studard points out a few of her favorites from her Star Trek break.

The genius behind 'Mr. Mittens' Big Adventure' shows off hits from '10-11 Totally Certified Basketball.

An enormous sculpture of "Mister Mittens" (complete with laser eyes) gives a friendly goodbye to guests at the exit.

A few questions …

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A few weeks ago, I had the pleasure of going to Arlington, Texas to bust open a box of 2010-11 Donruss Basketball with twin brothers Brandon and Tristan Voss and their father, Todd Voss. In this family trio edition of Pulling with Everyday People, two generations of Vosses revisited youthful pastimes and learned a little more about how trading cards have evolved since they last ripped a pack.

(Pardon the low-light situation)

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