Showing posts with label Stupid Upper Deck. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Stupid Upper Deck. Show all posts
Friday, July 13, 2012
Upper Deck to launch $200 pack of Marvel Comic Trading Cards
Just got this missive via the Upper Deck folks, all I can say is...$50 per card? Ridonkulous. Definitely NOT a budget collector item.
Upper Deck Announces the Most Premium Marvel Trading Card Product Ever Produced!
Trading card giant announced “Marvel Premier” is coming
at Comic-Con with a suggested retail price of $200 per pack!
Carlsbad, CA (July 13, 2012) – For years the Upper Deck Entertainment team has produced some of the most compelling and collectible Marvel trading cards in the industry. And now Upper Deck has decided to raise the bar in terms of what collectors can expect in a pack of Marvel trading cards announcing today at Comic-Con the company will release Marvel Premier on October 2, 2012. It will be the most premium comic trading card release of all-time with packs carrying a $200 suggested retail price tag.
So what comes in a $200 pack of Marvel trading cards? There are just four cards in each pack, but they all pack a punch! First fans will receive a premium base card on thick card stock from the 50-card base set numbered to just 99 copies. Next they will receive a one-of-one sketch card from top Marvel artists. The third card is an industry first where collectors will find a dual, triple or quadruple hinged sketch card. These are really remarkable trading cards and we will be releasing images of them soon. The fourth card will be either a “Classic Corners” card, a Shadowbox card or an “Emotion” booklet card by Jason Adams and NAR!
“For years we’ve seen die-hard Marvel fans pay big bucks for some of the premium inserts in our Marvel trading card lines,” said Jason Brenner, Upper Deck’s Marvel brand manager. “This is our first opportunity to provide them with a set of Marvel cards that are all high-end insert quality. This is certainly not a product for everyone which is why we are not making very much of it, but the fans it is targeted for are going to love it!”
Upper Deck’s 2012 Marvel Premier really is about the artists and the company has employed some of the best for this project including Cruddie Torrain, Jason Adams and Nar! Additionally there are new innovations besides the hinged sketch cards with Upper Deck’s Shadowbox cards making their debut in the entertainment realm. The “Classic Corners” subset is another one that comic fans will be sure to love that pays homage to some of the greatest Marvel comic corners of all-time in a premium patch card.
So get ready Marvel fans. Upper Deck is about to change Marvel trading cards as you know them for the better!
About Upper Deck
Upper Deck is the leading sports and entertainment trading card and collectibles company. For more information on Upper Deck and its products please visit www.upperdeck.com.
About Marvel Entertainment, LLC
Marvel Entertainment, LLC, a wholly-owned subsidiary of The Walt Disney Company, is one of the world's most prominent character-based entertainment companies, built on a proven library of over 8,000 characters featured in a variety of media over seventy years. Marvel utilizes its character franchises in entertainment, licensing and publishing. For more information visit www.marvel.com.
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Tuesday, January 20, 2009
Next up from UD - Fight Strap Cards
Do you know what a fight strap even is? Since I have an practice-used Kings Jersey, I actually have one of these things, it's a simple strap of elastic with velcro and a button that is used to keep a hockey sweater from being pulled over your head in a fight. Big whoop.
Really, they aren't that exciting. Whenever I wear that jersey I always am aware of the strap since I end up sitting on it most of the time. I also don't wear that jersey whenever I'm going to be sitting in one place for too long, or driving for too long, since I can feel the button big time and it hurts.
According to Upper Deck: "The cards will definitely be rare as the strap is so small, we can only produce a small amount of them. Single cards will be numbered to just three copies and the combo versions will be one-of-one cards. Since these cards will be more premium, they will be produced on a thicker card stock, similar to a patch card."
So they're going to be rare. Not autographed though, and really, they have absolutely no color to them whatsoever.
Are you interested in these, or do you feel like I do, that it's just about scraping the bottom of the barrell when it comes to game-used relics? What's next? Jock-strap cards?
I'm just not feeling this. If Steve Judd in saying:
"Most people in the industry realize that “non-standard” cards, i.e. game –used jersey cards and autograph cards are loss leaders that are needed to sell unopened product. It is a topic that is discussed a great deal at all card companies. The industry does not yet have the next big thing to help sell products so the companies continue to crank out these cards because they have no choice."
And I believe that he is, do you think this is going to be the solution? Sure seems like UD thinks so. Sorry, I'm really not feeling this one.
Tuesday, January 13, 2009
This is getting redonkulous
Just got this from Upper Deck:
Rare Dinosaur Bones Delivered to Upper Deck Headquarters
Prehistoric bones and teeth will be cut, embedded on cards and inserted into 2008-09 Champ’s Hockey
North Las Vegas, NV (January 13, 2009) – When Upper Deck started receiving in rare dinosaur bones and teeth to its offices in late 2008, there was a buzz in the air as many staffers gathered around to see these rare artifacts up close. Upper Deck dug deep to procure a variety of bones from ancient dinosaurs for inclusion in its upcoming 2008-09 Champ’s Hockey set.
These unique finds are currently being cut so they can be embedded onto trading cards in the set. The larger bones from creatures like the Woolly Mammoth and Woolly Rhinoceros will likely yield enough bones to make at least 100 cards, but cards that feature teeth will be much rarer.
“We didn’t want to ruin the feeling that you were actually getting a tooth by cutting them up too much,” said Matt Bromley, Upper Deck’s associate hockey brand manager. “But they were too thick to just include them whole. We moved ahead with cutting them vertically in half so now there will be two copies for each of these unique cards.”
Collectors may find tooth cards of ancient dinosaurs like the Spinosaurus, Pterosaur and the Tyrannosaurus Rex in 2008-09 Champ’s Hockey.
“The 2008-09 Champ’s Hockey product is a perfect vessel to deliver something truly unique like this to the hobby,” said Josh Zusman, Upper Deck hockey brand manager. “When we saw these pieces coming in, everybody was in awe. The inclusion of these cards in this hockey release helps bring the Ice Age to the ice.”
Collectors can sink their teeth into 2008-09 Champ’s Hockey when it hits shelves in mid-March.
First off, what do dino bones have to do with Hockey at all? I love that line "bring the Ice Age to the ice" but seriously UD, what's the motivation behind this? You couldn't create a cheap dinosaur non-sports card set and pepper that with relics? Kids would eat that shit up, I know, I was just at a dinosaur museum in Utah (the largest in North America), kids frickken LOVE dinosaurs. How hard could a dinosaur non-sports set have been to create? Paying artists for original paintings of dinosaurs can't be more expensive than paying Albert Puljols $200 for a single autograph. Heck, there's a new Ice Age movie coming out this year, you couldn't license that and put these in a dinosaur non-sports set?
Memo to Upper Deck - sports collectors don't want non-sports stuff mixed in with their sports sets. Get a clue. The rock stars in various sets haven't worked so far, the Presidential cards in this year's product left a lot of collectors cold (though not me, I loved them), and other than Allen & Ginter, there isn't a sports card product on the market place where dinosaur relics would truly fit the theme, and you can't go creating one just to make it fit.
I also kind of have a problem with them cutting up the bones in the first place. These are bonafide fossils (supposedly), don't you think they could go to some other educational or scientific purpose first before being whored out in trading cards?
All I can say to UD at this point is, SHAME on you.
Here's the pics I got sent too.
Rare Dinosaur Bones Delivered to Upper Deck Headquarters
Prehistoric bones and teeth will be cut, embedded on cards and inserted into 2008-09 Champ’s Hockey
North Las Vegas, NV (January 13, 2009) – When Upper Deck started receiving in rare dinosaur bones and teeth to its offices in late 2008, there was a buzz in the air as many staffers gathered around to see these rare artifacts up close. Upper Deck dug deep to procure a variety of bones from ancient dinosaurs for inclusion in its upcoming 2008-09 Champ’s Hockey set.
These unique finds are currently being cut so they can be embedded onto trading cards in the set. The larger bones from creatures like the Woolly Mammoth and Woolly Rhinoceros will likely yield enough bones to make at least 100 cards, but cards that feature teeth will be much rarer.
“We didn’t want to ruin the feeling that you were actually getting a tooth by cutting them up too much,” said Matt Bromley, Upper Deck’s associate hockey brand manager. “But they were too thick to just include them whole. We moved ahead with cutting them vertically in half so now there will be two copies for each of these unique cards.”
Collectors may find tooth cards of ancient dinosaurs like the Spinosaurus, Pterosaur and the Tyrannosaurus Rex in 2008-09 Champ’s Hockey.
“The 2008-09 Champ’s Hockey product is a perfect vessel to deliver something truly unique like this to the hobby,” said Josh Zusman, Upper Deck hockey brand manager. “When we saw these pieces coming in, everybody was in awe. The inclusion of these cards in this hockey release helps bring the Ice Age to the ice.”
Collectors can sink their teeth into 2008-09 Champ’s Hockey when it hits shelves in mid-March.
WHAT THE HECK?
First off, what do dino bones have to do with Hockey at all? I love that line "bring the Ice Age to the ice" but seriously UD, what's the motivation behind this? You couldn't create a cheap dinosaur non-sports card set and pepper that with relics? Kids would eat that shit up, I know, I was just at a dinosaur museum in Utah (the largest in North America), kids frickken LOVE dinosaurs. How hard could a dinosaur non-sports set have been to create? Paying artists for original paintings of dinosaurs can't be more expensive than paying Albert Puljols $200 for a single autograph. Heck, there's a new Ice Age movie coming out this year, you couldn't license that and put these in a dinosaur non-sports set?
Memo to Upper Deck - sports collectors don't want non-sports stuff mixed in with their sports sets. Get a clue. The rock stars in various sets haven't worked so far, the Presidential cards in this year's product left a lot of collectors cold (though not me, I loved them), and other than Allen & Ginter, there isn't a sports card product on the market place where dinosaur relics would truly fit the theme, and you can't go creating one just to make it fit.
I also kind of have a problem with them cutting up the bones in the first place. These are bonafide fossils (supposedly), don't you think they could go to some other educational or scientific purpose first before being whored out in trading cards?
All I can say to UD at this point is, SHAME on you.
Here's the pics I got sent too.
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