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2009 Topps National Chicle Football Product Review
2009 Topps National Chicle Football is one of the best vintage products I’ve ever opened. The art used for the cards is inspired, imaginative, refreshing, and does justice to the game of Football. What’s even cooler is they used artists from Videogames, Comics, Sports, and various other walks of life. Topps National Chicle is Topps Mayo done […]
2009 Topps Unique Football Product Review
Good: Awesome design, tons of potential hits, plenty of numbered rookie cards. Bad: Hits seem a bit toned down when compared to Topps Unique Baseball, parallels get old fast. The Bottom Line: 2009 Topps Unique Football doesn’t measure up to its baseball counterpart but still makes for an interesting and entertaining experience. Design Topps Unique […]
The 1960 Football Card Sets
1960 was a great year for football cards as it ushered in a decade where collectors could buy two different football card sets. Two football leagues were now vying for fans across America as the fledging American Football League brought their wide open play to the Gridiron that fall. And two different card manufactures, Topps […]
2010 Topps UFC Main Event Product Review
Good: Packed with hits, sleek design, strong checklist. Bad: Price is heavily marked up by dealers, gold parallels are boring and uninspired. The Bottom Line: 2010 Topps UFC Main Event, Topps’ third UFC trading card product to date, delivers in a big way. As good as the first two UFC trading card products were, Main […]
2010 Topps UFC Main Event Uncaged
2010 Topps UFC Main Event continues the wildly popular Topps UFC trading card franchise in a strong way. In addition to featuring a checklist of top notch MMA talent, Topps UFC Main Event (formerly known as Topps UFC Uncaged) boasts a number of compelling new inserts such as Cage Fragment Relics and Autographed Mat Jumbo […]
Collecting Ryan Miller: A New USA Olympic Hero is Born
It wasn’t quite the “Miracle on Ice,” but Sunday’s USA Olympic hockey victory over Canada – the first such win since 1960 – ranks just a notch or two below it in the country’s history in the sport. Though the U.S. team is comprised entirely of NHL players just like Canada’s squad, most observers gave […]
2010 Topps Heritage Baseball Cards
Paying homage to 1961 Topps, 2010 Topps Heritage Baseball commemorates the unforgettable ’61 home run chase between Roger Maris and Mickey Mantle and brings back Topps Player Stamps.
2009 Topps Platinum Football Product Review
When opening 2009 Topps Platinum Football, it felt like I was opening a product that should cost a lot more than $5.99 a pack! Topps Platinum for the most part is on par with the considerably more expensive Finest and Bowman Sterling products. I liked how the “non-rookie” base cards were made on a considerably […]
2010-11 Ultimate Collection Basketball
2010-11 Ultimate Collection Basketball Card Product Reviews, Price Comparisons, Set Details and More.
Upper Deck Settles Lawsuit With Konami
Upper Deck has come to a successful resolution with Konami over their year-long dispute regarding Yu-Gi-Oh!® trading cards. On the eve of trial, the court issued several rulings in Upper Deck’s favor which eliminated and gravely threatened many of Konami’s monetary claims requests. These rulings sent Konami and its attorneys into retreat as Konami’s case […]
2009 Bowman Sterling Baseball Product Reviews
Good: Comprehensive checklist of prospect autographs, tons of hits in every box, sleek design. Bad: No Stephen Strasburg, lack of refractors, hefty price tag. The Bottom Line: After the train wreck that was last year’s set, 2009 Bowman Sterling Baseball is a breath of fresh air that puts the Bowman Sterling Baseball brand back on […]
2010 Topps Attax Baseball
Release Date: 02/15/10 Booster Box Configuration: 36 packs per box, 5 cards per pack After a successful launch in 2009, Topps Attax is back in 2010.- The only MLB card game that lets kids battle head-to-head against friends Dedicated in-stadium program, with all 30 MLB teams sampling throughout the season Massive grass roots sampling program […]
2010 Press Pass Elements Racing Cards
Release Date: 01/22/106 cards per pack, 24 packs per boxLook to pull (1) Game-Used Memorabilia card and (1) Autographed card per box (on average). -Memorabilia Cards – Authentic race-used flag cards including single, double, triple and oversized memorabilia cards (1:24) -Special Ink Autos – Featuring authentc autograph cards signed in drivers’ sponsor colors -Element Mystery […]
2010 Press Pass Eclipse Racing Cards
Release Date: 02/24/10Box Configuration: 5 cards per pack, 24 packs per box, 20 boxes per case- (1) Autograph Per Box Featuring Press Pass Autographs Found Only In Press Pass 2010 And Press Pass Eclipse. Also Look For Hobby Only Press Pass “Track Edition” Autographs, Seq. #’D To 10. – (3) Memorabilia Cards Per Box Featuring:*Big […]
2009-10 Upper Deck SP Authentic Hockey Cards
Incredible only begins to describe the number of autographed cards in SP Authentic Hockey. The multi-tiered “Sign of the Times” insert kicks things off with a single-signed version that has a tremendous heritage. The Sign of the Times lineup then parlays to “Duals,” some of which are Mystery Redemptions; “Trios” (numbered to 25); “Quads” (numbered […]
2009 Upper Deck Exquisite Football Cards
Release Date: 02/23/10 – The Bonus Pack is Back. Every box of 2009 Exquisite Football will contain a BONUS PACK that includes one additional AUTOGRPAHED-MEMORABILIA card. – Features hinged design with rookies, veterans and legends. – Look for Exquisite Book Marks featuring multi-signed hinged cards. – Rookie Autographs are numbered to 225 or less. – […]
2009 Topps Unique Football Cards
Box Configuration: 24 packs per box. 7 cards per pack. PRODUCT HIGHLIGHTS: BASE CARDS (200) – 6 PER PACK.Rookies (50) 1:2 packsVeterans (150) BASE PARALLEL CARDS (800 card variations) – 1 PER PACK.Unique (200) #’d 1/1Reserve (200) #’d to 25Select (200) #’d to 99Premier (200) #’d INSERT CARDS (200 card variations) – 10 PER BOX.Unique […]
2009 Topps Platinum Football Cards
Release Date: 02/01/10Look to pull (2) Autographed Refractor Rookie cards and (1) Autographed Refractor Patch card per box (on average). Approximate Release Date: 2/1/2010 -Every card is refracted-Every Autographed Refractor card is sequentially numbered-Each pack contains 4 Topps Platinum Veteran base cards PLUS 1 Chrome Rookie card AUTOGRAPH REFRACTOR ROOKIE CARDS – 50 subjects – […]
