Upper Deck is promising to hold products for as long as it can to cut back on the number of redemption cards. Collectors hate them and often accused the company of not being as responsive as they should when redemptions would go unfulfilled for months--even years at times. They aren't alone, though. Waiting on players to sign cards has caused nightmares for other … [Read more...] about Hobby News and Notes from the Editor’s Blog
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2012 Topps Chrome Baseball: Shine On
by Chris Harris Pitchers and catchers have yet to report, but is hasn’t stopped Topps from taking the wraps off a product that won’t be released until late August: 2012 Topps Chrome Baseball. As with previous Topps Chrome sets, the base set will consist of chromium-stock reprints from the Topps flagship, and each 24-pack Hobby box will yield two autographs. The base set … [Read more...] about 2012 Topps Chrome Baseball: Shine On
Topps’ Golden Ticket Baseball Pulled by Shop Owner
It'll be a nice payday, a great little advertising tool--or a nice display piece for his shop. Either way, it's a win-win for a northern California card store owner. Chris Seibel, owner of D&P Sports Cards in Sacramento, has landed one of the ten 'Golden Ticket' gold baseballs that are the big prizes in 2012 Topps Series One. The redemption cards were placed inside boxes … [Read more...] about Topps’ Golden Ticket Baseball Pulled by Shop Owner
2012 Topps Prime 9 Program Opens with Willie Mays
Topps has announced that redemption card #1 in the 2012 HOME RUN LEGENDS PRIME 9 program is Willie Mays. Every week (for nine straight weeks), Topps will announce a “Prime 9 Player of the Week”. Collectors holding the corresponding Prime 9 Redemption card for that week can bring the card into their participating local HTA store and redeem it for an exclusive limited … [Read more...] about 2012 Topps Prime 9 Program Opens with Willie Mays
2011 Topps Magic Football Will Be Online Only, All Rookie Cards
Topps has gotten lean and mean with its 2011 Topps Magic Football card release. Bypassing hobby shop dealers and retailers, the company announced Wednesday that the product would be sold only through the company's store and consist entirely of rookie cards. Topps seems to be cutting right to the chase of what drives collectors these days: rookies and guaranteed autographs … [Read more...] about 2011 Topps Magic Football Will Be Online Only, All Rookie Cards
Hoops Cards to Return in March
It's the set that gave us David Robinson's rookie cards (both of them); draft pick redemption cards and borderless photos that will take today's 30-somethings back to their childhood. Hoops brand cards are coming back, ready to launch in March as part of the Panini America NBA license. After more than a year of buildup that included special preview cards at last year’s NBA … [Read more...] about Hoops Cards to Return in March
2011-12 Upper Deck Hockey: No Auto Redemptions
The newly released 2011-12 Upper Deckhockey product will have no autograph redemption cards in Series One. The company says it was able to secure all of the autographs it needed prior to launch. The company's base brand again features the “Young Guns” rookie cards spotlighting up-and-comers like Ryan Nugent-Hopkins (Edmonton), Gabriel Landeskog (Colorado), Cody Hodgson … [Read more...] about 2011-12 Upper Deck Hockey: No Auto Redemptions
2011 Parkhurst Champions Offers Fossils On and Off Ice
Upper Deck released 2011 NHL Parkhurst Champions on Tuesday, marking the first time in several years the company has produced a product consisting entirely of retired NHL stars. The base set consists of 160 cards seeded at varying rates of scarcity. Included in the autograph checklist are signed cards of Ray Bourque, Mario Lemieux, Mark Messier, Brett Hull, Joe Sakic and … [Read more...] about 2011 Parkhurst Champions Offers Fossils On and Off Ice
2011 Topps Triple Threads Baseball Box Break
By Rich Klein Topps Triple Threads baseball has been around as a product for several years now. The best aspect of this popular product is that most of the players represented on these cards are going to be among the best from the past and present. According to the "master box" which consists of two "mini-boxes", each seven-card mini box includes both a relic card and an … [Read more...] about 2011 Topps Triple Threads Baseball Box Break
2011 Topps Five Star Football Preview
Topps has released preliminary information and some preview images for the second edition of a super high end product that debuted last year. 2011 Topps Five Star Football is slated to be released just after Super Bowl XLVI. Five Star drew rave reviews last year, despite a hefty price tag and the reaction was enough for Topps to offer it again, this time with what appears … [Read more...] about 2011 Topps Five Star Football Preview