‘Double Take’ Variation Cards in Upper Deck Series One Baseball Will Keep Collectors Hunting through June
First baseball card set for 2010 contains unique variations of select base-set cards; cool prizes await lucky collectors who complete 25-card set!
Carlsbad, CA (February 9, 2010) – With the releases of its first baseball card set of the New Year, the Upper Deck Company is excited to announce a unique “variation card” promotion that should send collectors clamoring for both hobby and retail packs of 2010 Upper Deck Series One Baseball.
Press Pass 2010 Release Schedule
Here is the 2010 Press Passing Trading Card release schedule. This schedule will be updated with the latest information regarding your favorite trading card releases. All information is subject to change and will be updated frequently. Here you can find all of the launch dates for your favorite NASCAR, FOOTBALL, and KISS trading cards.
2010 Press Pass Trading Card Release Schedule
NASCAR Trading Cards
Eclipse Racing– 2/24/10
Premium Racing – 4/21/10
Stealth Racing – 6/02/10
Press Pass Showcase – 7/28/10
Wheels Main Event – 09/15/10
Legends Racing – 10/28/10
Press Pass 2011 Racing – 12/9/10
Football Trading Cards
Press Pass Draft Pick Football – 3/31/10
Press Pass Football Portrait Edition – 5/06/10
Legends Football – 7/22/10
Entertainment Trading Cards
Professional Bull Riding 8 Seconds - 2/03/10
The Legends of KISS - 4/14/10
Upper Deck Unveils 2010 Series One Baseball Set; New Year Kicks Off with 600-Card Base Collection
Loaded with first wave of rookie cards, every hobby box
packs one autograph card and two memorabilia cards!
Carlsbad, CA (February 8, 2010) – The Upper Deck Company is excited to announce the release of its first baseball card set for 2010: Upper Deck Series One Baseball has arrived! Setting the stage for what will undoubtedly be a momentous year for the hobby’s favorite sports card manufacturer, 2010 Upper Deck Series One Baseball packs all the bells and whistles that collectors want and baseball aficionados crave.
Topps Confirms Chicle Football Short Prints
Topps is confirming that there are 25 short printed base cards seeded 1 in 6 packs in the recently-released all-painted 2009 Topps Chicle Football. (image attached). The short prints are as follows:
22
Johnny Knox
24
James Harrison
26
Clay Matthews
Panini Debuts NEW Interactive Trading Card Game- Adrenalyn XL Basketball
Scheduled for a February 15th release, the all new Adrenalyn XL trading card game from Panini, is designed as an entry level product for children 6-11. Designed to affordably introduce them to collecting, with the added element of game play.
The complete sell sheet is attached which includes product specs, pack out configurations, and preview images.
Card Corner Radio Show Is On The Air
Podcast from 2/5/2010 is now LIVE. Join Russ Cohen and Rob "Voice Of The Collector" Bertrand, as we discuss the recent drama with Upper Deck, ITG's made to order Olympic set, Trilogy hockey and more!!
50 card stores to receive full scholarships to 2010 Vegas Industry Summit
More than 50 card stores from across the United State will receive full scholarships to the 2010 Vegas Industry Summit, organizers announced today.
The Industry Summit (www.regonline.com/vegas2010), scheduled April 11-14 at Orleans Hotel & Casino, brings together key players from all segments of the sports licensing and collectibles industry. Through the Retailer Scholarship program, more than 50 brick-and-mortar store owners will interact with leading manufacturers, licensors and service providers in the Summit's educational and planning seminars.
"An incredible opportunity for business leaders and retail shop owners to learn from each other, and create initiatives that will drive the industry forward," said Kevin Isaacson, Industry Summit host.
2010 Scholarships have been funded by several leading wholesale distributors, including Diamond Collectibles, Universal Distribution, Grosnor Distribution, All Sports Marketing, Sports Images, GTS Distribution, Great American Distribution, Sweet Deal, and Magazine Exchange.
Topps / Yankee "Pie in the Face" Variations
During the 2009 season, the World Champion Yankees had a special way of celebrating walk-off heroics…with a “Pie in the Face”.
Topps captures 12 of these fun moments on (very) short printed variations in 2010 Topps Series 1.
Alex Rodriguez- 5/16/09
Johnny Damon- 5/17/09
Jorge Posada- 7/4/09
Hideki Matsui- 7/20/09
Alex Rodriguez- 8/7/09
Robinson Cano- 8/12/09
Upper Deck Launches Special NHL® Team Pack Giveaway Nights at Arenas This Month!
Sports card company teams with 24 NHL clubs for unique
team giveaway nights campaign during remainder of the season
Carlsbad, CA (February 5, 2010) – In order to further promote the NHL and its fan-friendly players, the Upper Deck Company – the league’s exclusive manufacturer of hockey cards – is teaming up with the majority of the NHL’s clubs for a special “NHL Team Pack Giveaway Nights” promotion during the second half of the season. Each of the participating teams will be supplied with 10,000 six-player packs spotlighting sought-after players on their respective rosters to hand out free of charge at gate-entry arena turnstiles on a specified night (see list below). There will also be 1,000 special chase cards produced for each team – spotlighting one fan favorite – so fans are urged to collect the entire exclusive seven-card team set.
Card book authors search for Johnny Weir
The authors of a forthcoming book on sports cards are requesting the help of collectors in searching for an image of a new hockey card being released by Upper Deck.
The book, tentatively titled “The Top 100 Sports Cards of All-Time”, will not only feature the best offerings from the hobby, but also shine the spotlight on some of the worst cards ever produced.
What is Upper Deck Thinking?- We Have the Answers!
Card Corner Club has obtained the official Opposition Brief, filed by Upper Deck in response to the request by Major League Baseball Properties to issue a temporary restraining order on the distribution of questioned baseball cards.
Upper Deck makes it's case and provides their legal reasonings for producing baseball trading cards that use, what was thought to be, exclusive licensed logos and trademarks.
The attached document addresses these issues and more.
A. MLBP Has Not Shown That It Will Suffer Irreparable Harm
B. MLBP Is Not Likely to Succeed on the Merits Of Its Trademark Claims
1. MLBP Has Not Shown Consumer Confusion Is Likely
2. Upper Deck Cannot Compete In The Market For Baseball Cards Unless It Can Produce Cards that Contain Action Photographs of Baseball Players in Their Uniforms
3. Upper Deck’s Use of MLBP’s Marks Is Nominative Fair Use
4. MLBP Has Not Shown That Dilution Is Likely
C. MLBP Will Not Succeed On The Merits of Its Breach of Contract Claim
1. The License’s Language Prohibiting Non–Trademark Use Of The MLBP’s Marks After Expiration Of The License Is Unenforceable
After reading the document, weigh in with your opinions.
Box Break – Press Pass 8 Seconds Trading Cards [Hobby]
Price: Between $37 & $45
Packs: 24
Cards Per Pack: 5
Description: Press Pass always looking for new avenues to deliver quality trading cards has entered another realm, putting their hat in the ring, the cowboy hat that is… delivering the first PBR series featuring autographs and memorabilia from riders, bullfighters and of course the most popular of the bunch – the rodeo clown, entertainer extraordinaire Flint Rasmussen. 8 Seconds hobby boxes deliver an average of 3 autographs and 3 memorabilia cards.
The Danica Age is Upon Us – Press Pass’ Wheels Element In Stores Now!
And so it begins. The Danica Patrick rookie card has arrived and it is part of a beautiful vintage style Press Pass NASCAR release titled Element. Priced at around $80, Element has 24 packs per hobby box for you to dig into and press the pedal to the metal in search of Danica and those other guys…
Ok, seriously, on average you’ll find an autograph and a memorabilia card of a NASCAR personality in each and every box. If the collation is solid you’ll definitely get a Danica rookie, you won’t have to hunt it down as the 100-card set can be attained with a lone box. The chase card will be the green bordered parallel variation; those are seeded 1:6 packs.
Now with a lead in of Danica, do you really need anything else to hype the product? The answer is of course – NO! But, Press Pass has done some amazing things with Element. First off, the collection is printed on completely recycled stock. That stock is not the glossy white stuff we’ve been used to seeing, it is an old-school, traditional brown back cardboard and I personally love it. It’s a cool theme if you think about it, especially since most of the NASCAR memorabilia used by Press Pass are recycled car parts anyway!
TOPPS CELEBRATES EXCLUSIVITY WITH TWO SPECIAL MLB LOGO MAN PROGRAMS
Topps, the exclusive producer of Major League Baseball Trading cards, celebrates 2010 with two special MLB logo man programs. The program highlights the best of players of yesterday, today and tomorrow!
IN PRODUCT
In 2010 Topps Series 1, collectors have been discovering special manufactured MLB logo man patch cards sequentially numbered to 50 (image attached). These are the first cards of a unique 100-card set that can be collected throughout the year. The first 10 cards can be found in Series 1 and the remaining 90 will be seeded in Topps’ other 17 baseball products. Next up will be Topps Heritage, featuring cards 11-15.
U.S. Figure Skaters Headline Upper Deck’s New Inserts in 2009-10 Series Two Hockey Release!
National Champions Rachael Flatt and Jeremy Abbott,
along with former Olympian Nancy Kerrigan, are all featured inside upcoming set
Carlsbad, CA (February 3, 2010) – On the eve of the 2010 Winter Olympic Games in Vancouver, BC Canada, the Upper Deck Company is poised to release its 2009-10 Upper Deck Series Two Hockey cards next week with a new twist: Olympic figure skaters will be part of the insert card mix. A total of 18 different U.S. figure skaters from the past and present will comprise part of the set’s sought-after insert collection entitled “The Champions.”
2009 Bowman Draft Picks and Prospects Baseball Confuses Me
This set has some nice World Baseball Classic cards but that gets buried under the confusion when it gets down to the time when you are sorting your booty are cracking open a box. I love getting rookie cards and prospect cards but then there are 1st Bowman cards and then 1st Bowman Chrome cards, and 1st Bowman Chrome Certified autographs. Not to mention a multitude of serial-numbered cards. For around $65 the price is right but you have to save every card and hope that some of these players turn into gems.
The National Sports Collectors Convention Takes A Positive Step
The National Sports Collectors Convention Retains Schulte Sports to Spearhead Marketing and Public Relations for their 2010 Baltimore Convention
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Woodstock, MD – Schulte Sports, Inc., a full-service sports marketing and public relations agency, today announced that it has been retained by The National Sports Collectors Convention, the nation’s premier showcase event for the sports and entertainment collectibles industry, to spearhead marketing and public relations initiatives for their 2010 event.
The 31st annual National Sports Collectors Convention will held, for the first time, in Baltimore, at the Baltimore Convention Center August 4 -8, 2010. The five (5) day event is the largest collectibles show in the country, with dealers from all over the country exhibiting, including vintage and new cards, game-used and vintage memorabilia dealers, major trading card manufacturers, the top grading services companies and auction houses, not to mention Hall of Fame and current superstar athletes from every sport signing autographs at the TriStar Autograph Pavilion.
Finally!- UD Skips the Preview and Goes Live With 2010 Series 1 Baseball
Look to pull (2) Game-Used Memorabilia Card and (1) Autographed card per (on average)!
-Collect the entire 600 card regular set!
-Look for 2 Season Biography cards per pack, on average. Season Biography captures the highlights of the every day from the 2009 season
- Look For (1) One Regular Exquisite Card In Every Case! 2010 Upper Deck 1 Is The First Baseball Product Of The Year To Have Exquisite Cards!
- Look For Joe Dimaggio Cut Signature Cards!
- Look For 20th Anniversary Heroes Art Cards Celebrating The First-Ever Certified Autograph (1990's Reggie Jackson Heroes Art Card).
- Look For 20th Anniversary Signed Buyback Cards From The Biggest Stars From The Classic 1990 Upper Deck Baseball Set!
PRODUCT BREAKDOWN
Regular Cards and Rookies
- Base Set - 600 cards - Perfect for Set-Collectors!
Inserts and Parallel Cards
- Base Set Gold Parallel- numbered to 99
- Upper Deck Portraits- 1:4
- Upper Deck Portraits black parallel- numbered to 99
- Season Biography- 2 cards in every pack!
- DiMaggio Heroes cards
Upper Deck Trilogy Hockey Always Delivers
But at what price? A box is selling for around $150 dollars so that’s a budget buster for some and for others it may mean they just dabble getting packs of it. Let’s see what we got.
Each box comes with one acetate auto and that’s a great reason to get it by the box right there. Each box yields three rookies, signatures and memorabilia cards. Because of the breakdown I think getting it by the box is the best way to go.
