Preview: Upper Deck Football 2013

2013 Upper Deck Football releases in April and brings back some favorites from last year such as the College Mascots as it continues the series of them. It also brings a pretty impressive autograph list including the possible #1 pick in Geno Smith. The card set is 50 base cards and 200 rookies.

In a box you should find:

6 cards per pack
20 packs per box

Product Arrival Date:
April 9, 2013

Break Summary: (on average)
Three (3) Autographs in every box!

Get Four (4) 1995 SP Football or 1995 SP Prospects cards per box!
One (1) rare parallel numbered to 10 or less per case!

To find more info on this set..visit Upper Deck on Facebook
 https://www.facebook.com/media/set/?set=a.10151186970893951.457294.61698633950&type=1

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Review Topps Baseball 2013 (2 Rack Packs)

The first product that says 2013 on it from Topps. I do collect baseball on and off and this is a product that I get every year to get things going for baseball. We all dabble into other sports time to time. By they way, my first 2013 baseball card was a C.C. Sabathia Base card.

I have been disappointed in the past few years as Topps has killed it a little with the overload of inserts that look lame. But this year...they turned the corner on the product and I am very impressed.

Rack Pack Break Down:

• Packs will run you around $5
• Comes with 3 blue border parallels per pack (Walmart version)

BASE CARDS: Topps has always stuck with basically the same design on the base cards. There is not too much different about them year in and year out. My one complaint about this every year is how much the border takes up the card. I wished they could minimize it some and give us the full baseball photography more. Since they like having a white border on their base product, maybe minimize the bottom a little and just put the name in silver right onto the card itself centered.

INSERTS: FINALLY!!! The Topps officials must have sat down and said..how do we impress Sport Card Collectors this year with our inserts??? Lets take time on them and improve them and that they did. After busting into the first pack and seeing the glimmer and shine and inserts that jumped out to me..I actually looked forward to busting the second one and possibly more now. Kudos to Topps for going back in time and taking some of their best classic inserts and bringing them back. I can actually feel the collectability in these and would put sets together. And finding 4 or 5 per pack doesn't bother me as much anymore. Hope they keep this trend up!

AUTOGRAPHS: N/A (it would be rare to find in a retail, but you never know)

JERSEY/PATCH CARDS: Was surprised to find this in my second of the two rack packs. Brought even more value. I also like the design.

OVERALL THOUGHTS: I hope all Topps products are like this, this year and I hope they bring to football Topps like they brought to this one. If they do it will be epic. I am finally very happy to buy baseball cards again and hope the effort they put into this product carries onto their other 2012 products.

RATINGS:  Bloggers Note: Our ratings are based specifically on the blaster, box or packs we opened and do not express what the overall product could bring. Ratings based on a 1-5. 1 Being the lowest and 5 being the highest.
                Packaging: 5
                Base Design: 3
                Insert Design: 5
                Memorablila/Autographs: 4
                Blaster, Hobby Box, or Pack Value: 4

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Upper Deck's National Hockey Card Day 2013

National Hockey Card Day is coming!! National Hockey Card Day is coming!! National Hockey Card Day is coming!! Just in case you are realizing this, Upper Deck's National Hockey Card Day is coming up on February 9th for those of you in Canada and on the 16th for those of you in the United States.

Just visit one of these shops:

http://www.upperdeck.com/nhcd/

On one of the participating days to receive you FREE National Hockey Card Day pack.

Canada Design: 


  

United States Design:

 

It has been said that Upper Deck has improved this years collation with the product with better mix of players in each pack and you never know when you will come across one of the sweet randomly inserted autograph cards.

Here is more info if you need it on the Upper Deck Blog:

http://upperdeckblog.com/2012/12/brag-photo-national-hockey-card-day-returns-to-canada-and-the-u-s-a-for-2013/

http://upperdeckblog.com/2013/01/brag-photo-upper-deck-shares-new-plans-and-images-for-2012-13-nhl-trading-card-sets/

Let us know if you participate in this program would love to hear your thoughts in comments!

Here is a video with Upper Deck's Chris Carlin talking about the promo on ESPN
http://espn.go.com/video/clip?id=8926226

Another place to find the packs:
http://www.hhof.com/htmlNewsPromo/promo.shtml#CardDay

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February Monthly Giveaway!

To start off the new year we have decided instead of doing weekly giveaways, we will stick with a monthly one. The weekly giveaways seemed to have lost interest of many of you so we think switching to a challenging monthly one where you control your own destiny of winning. We really enjoy watching the competition. And as always there are daily deadlines and some twists involved on some days. The best way to make sure you don't miss any deadlines is to subscribe to the blog. You can find that on the main page of the blog. You can also follow us on Twitter @sportcardcollec or on Facebook at Sport Card Collectors.

The Daily challenges will change as the sports do.This month will be a range of NBA, NCAA BB, NHL, and even some racing if that starts before the contest ends.

Every month the prize lot will include 2-3 autos or jersey cards. Mix of inserts. Some rookies. 2 unopened packs of something. And other odds and ends. The lot is based on what we get and put together. Each month the size and value of the lot will be different as well.

The contest will run for 20 days.

Here are this months prizes:

At least 10 Rookies

Upper Deck Insert Lot

Nolan Ryan, Sandy Koufax to name a few Baseball insert lot

Rookies and Stars Insert Lot

AJ Hawk jersey card

Quinton Coples auto rookie

Devon Still auto rookie

2 packs

The combined estimated value of this months lot is: $75-$80.

Good Luck to everyone!! Remember, the more contestants....the more prizes!! If we can AT LEAST 15 contestants playing on a daily basis..there will be three place prizes awarded! But would love to have a ton of people participate. The more competition, the more fun!

This months 2nd and 3rd place prizes are rookie cards including the 2nd place one with a card # to 25. Each month the 2nd and 3rd place prizes vary. It could be inserts, rookie cards, jersey, auto, a pack of cards, team lot or something else. 

And of course we want to build anticipation for March...our One Year Blogversary...who knows whats going to happen! Make sure to RT all of our contest, review and any other posts that we have on Twitter. And on Facebook share the posts!

 *Contests open to US Residents only

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Fan Box Break: 2013 Topps Baseball 2 Blasters

We would like to thank Jammin JDcards for the quick turnaround for getting this product to us to post for you guys to see. We personally will get some at some point to review and give you our thoughts on it. But for now, a Fan Box Break of the product is a great way to show off what you could get from the two blasters. If you don't know yet, this product releases in retail early and hobby is out today!

Just like Jammin JDcards did, if you buy any, feel free to email us something like this for us to share on Fan Box Breakers. We can be reached at sportcardcollectors@hotmail.com

"2013 Topps Series 1 Baseball – I am more of a football, Basketball, Hockey collector and just dabble a little in baseball. So, I have been excited after opening a box of baseball maybe a handful of times and that is it. OH MAN – This stuff has me excited. Topps has done a great job this year with the inserts, die-cuts and parallels. This was just 2 Blaster Boxes from Wal-Mart and the excitement was high. These have the Blue parallel since they are from Wal-Mart. Target will have a red parallel and I have heard rumors of Toys R US having a Purple. Also, everyone keep your wrappers – Topps is having a Silver Parallel for exchange. Every 50 wrappers will get you 1 pack of silver. The design of the inserts is awesome and the patch cards are actually pretty sweet. I give this product an 8.5/10 for design, 8.5/10 for quality and 9.95/10 for Value – I just don’t want to give out a 10. Great product, go out and buy some."

Find these cards available here http://marketplace.beckett.com/jdsportscards_1232

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Preview: Topps Baseball 2013

The fields may still be covered in snow, but most of us know baseball season is creeping upon us. And no one knows that more than Topps. As always, the first release of the 2013 Baseball card season there is a ton of excitement to see your favorite players with updated stats, photos, and the newest rookies.

 

I know I speak for many when I say the words..can't wait! Whether its winter or not, when the season is football season is done..its time for baseball and I usually give this product a run with retail. I don't usually put too much stock into it. 1, only one hit per box. 2. way too many inserts (the inserts are not worth what they used to be when you get three per pack). 3. hard to tell rookie cards in baseball. But on a retail end, its cheap and I usually do well in terms of return value.


 
 
Each hobby box breaks down as follows:

• 36 Packs Per Box, 10 Cards Per Pack
• (1) Autograph or Relic Card Per Box! 

 Most places will have this product for under $60 a box. And as always, if you bust some. Please share with us your hits and your break for others to see!

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Panini releases images for Super Bowl 47 Cards

Here are images Panini released of special Super Bowl 47 cards that you can find at the game at the Panini America Booth during the Super Bowl XLVII NFL Experience.


Here Some of your AFC Champion (8 Cards in all)

     

Here are some of the NFC Champion (8 Cards in all)

    

To see more of these..visit the Knights Lance blog of Panini America:
http://paniniamerica.wordpress.com/2013/01/22/the-drool-gallery-panini-america-previews-special-super-bowl-xlvii-promo-set/

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Topps Baseball Series 1 2013 Cardsmith Upcoming Break

2013 Topps Series 1 Baseball Jumbo Case Group Break #1

From: $10

6 Box Jumbo Case Group Break by Team

Click the box link and join in!

  

Some of the Pulls you could get:

     

 

This break will take place Jan 30th on its release date!

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