About Us

Hello and thank you for choosing The Hobby Box! My name is Nick Ventrone and I am the owner of The Hobby Box, LLC. I have an amazing, supportive family made up of my wife Cortney, our two boys Vincent and Zavier, and our baby pooch Auggie. I am a long-time collector of trading cards and enjoy collecting a wide variety of sports and TCG. Hockey cards were my first passion. I played hockey as a kid and was instantly drawn to the cards of my favorite players and team, the Detroit Red Wings. When I was young, my friends and I would load up our wagon and walk the neighborhood selling our cards. “Sports cards for sale! $0.05 each, packages and pages too!”, we sang as we happily roamed the streets hoping to make enough money to buy one more Pokémon pack. Thinking about it now, it’s no surprise that I’m here today with The Hobby Box.

Based out of Brighton, Michigan, The Hobby Box aims to provide unique and exciting ways to acquire trading cards. The foundation of our business is high-end trading card vending machines. We partnered with Joe at The FanStand to secure our first high end trading card vending machine. You can find that machine in the center court of Briarwood Mall in Ann Arbor, Michigan. In addition to our location at the mall, we have smaller machines that will be deployed at various locations and events in southeast Michigan.

We are not stopping there though. The Hobby Box is also launching a subscription box soon. A monthly box of trading card packs, supplies, singles, and more delivered every month to all the collectors in your life. Stay tuned for more information on our subscription boxes coming soon!

You can also find us on WhatNot and Instagram @TheHobbyBoxVending. We go live every Sunday with hockey talk and breaks. Click the WhatNot tab to join the fun there!

I am so excited about what is coming and cannot wait to share with all of you. Thank you for joining The Hobby Box on this adventure!