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Panini Announces Multi-Year Trading Card Deal With NFL and NFLPA
Coinciding with the release of 2010 Prestige, Panini America announced that they have come to a multi-year agreement with both the NFL and the NFL PLayer’s Association.
2010 National Chicle Short Print Quiz
How good are you at spotting base set short prints? Put your skills to test with this 10 question 2010 Topps National Chicle short print quiz!
Cardboard Cliff Notes: 2010 Bowman Baseball
Prospect, Auto, Insert, and Relic rankings to prepare you for the latest Bowman.
2010 Topps National Chicle Baseball Review
Good: Set Builder’s Dream, Intriguing Parallels Within Base Set, Amazing Card Art, Throwback Parrallels In Base Set, Captures Great Players From Every Era in MLB History, Cabinet Cards Are Worthy of Being Framed Bad Disappointing Auto Checklist, Too Many Artist Auto’s, No Mini Cards, Chicle and Bazooka Back Parallels are too similar Bottom Line: This product is […]
Top 100 Playoff Contenders Football Card Autographs of All-Time
Playoff Contenders is a yearly right of passage for Football Collectors world wide. Contenders has a unique history and mythology all it’s own. From legends like Manning and Brady to urban legend short prints like Kenny Irons and Aaron Kelly, Contenders has captured the imagination of set builders since 1998. Below we rank the Top […]
Family Ties In Minor League Baseball
From Kyle & Doug Drabek to Dee & Ton Gordon, we cover all the bases and have the cards to prove it.
2010 Topps Pro Debut Product Review
Good: Prospect checklist is filled with future stars, low print run on Gold and Blue Parallels, jersey cards are worth something, Topps brings credibility to minor league cards, Aaron Hicks cut AFLAC auto Bad: Autograph line up is weak compared to the jersey card line up, no Jason Heyward Auto, inserts are worthless and a […]
Jaroslav Halak Rookie Card Checklist
In case you missed it, Jaroslav Halak and the #8 seed Montreal Canadiens upset Alexander Ovechkin and his #1 seeded Washington Capitals, in the process becoming the first #8 seed in NHL history to come back and beat a #1 seed after trailing a series 3-1. The reason for this was simple, Goalie Jaroslav Halak held […]
Topps Reaches Agreement With NFL To Make Football Cards in 2010
NFL, NFLPA welcome Topps back to the NFL Family.
2009-10 Panini Classics Basketball Product Review
Good: Tons of hits and inserts, reasonable price, robust checklist. Bad: Cheap feel to the cards, lackluster design. The Bottom Line: 2009-10 Panini Classics Basketball is the first basketball card product from Panini that I’ve broken to date. I was pleasantly surprised with the product, which is really saying something as I’m a lackluster basketball […]
2010 Topps T-206 Baseball
2010 Topps T-206 is an above average baseball card product that offers collectors a variety of collecting angles.
2010 Topps Opening Day Baseball
Box Configuration: 36 packs / 7 cards per pack. PRODUCT HIGHLIGHTS: Fun, Easy-To-Collect, Celebratory Brand Attracts Kids Early In The MLB Season. Five Entertaining Insert Sets – One Per Pack. PRODUCT DESCRIPTION BASE CARDS 220 players, including a preview of 74 base card subjects from Topps Baseball Series 2, plus a checklist card OPENING DAY […]
Football Trivia Challenge: 2009 Football Cards
Are you a great football card mind?
Upper Deck Announces Winners of “Social Media” Awards
On behalf of The Cardboard Connection, I would like to thank all of you who voted for us! Once we figure out what we’ve won, we will run some cool contests to give out the prizes!
LeBron James Rookie Card Quiz!
Put your “King James” cardboard knowledge to the test!
Upper Deck Loses NFL License
Upper Deck announced on Wednesday that they will no longer be licensed to produce Football Cards. Over the last year and a half, Upper Deck has seen it’s fortunes change drastically: January 27th, 2009- Panini secures exclusive rights to manufacture license NBA Cards November 30th, 2009- Topps secures exclusive rights to manufacture licensed MLB Cards […]
How to Spend $100,000 on E-Bay in 15 Minutes
My dream Joe Mauer card, a 1/1 Jason Heyward Printing Plate Auto, a Ruth Rookie, and other cards I can only afford in imagination land.
2010 Topps Pro Debut Series 1 Baseball
This highly anticipated release highlights 220 Top Minor League Prospects and 2009 Top Draft Picks. It will mark the first time that many of Razor’s large crop of exclusive 2008 MLB draft picks (including Tim Beckham and Pedro Alvarez) appear on Topps cards.
