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Panini Adds More For 2012 NSCC

  By Sports Card Blog | July 20, 2012 - 11:04 am |
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Panini already announced some big plans for the 2012 National Sports Collectors Convention in Baltimore in a couple of weeks. But we all had a suspicion that there was more than Panini was letting on, and there definitely is.

Not only has Panini announced their wrapper redemption program that will be taking place at the National, they announced a special program for the “ballers” at the National who open over $6500 of Panini product.

The VIP program was instituted to show those die hard collectors how much Panini cares for their business. And the VIP treatment they will get – from mingling with Hall of Famers, free autographs, Black Boxes, and the chance to bid on some rare Panini experiences…these collectors are being treated like royalty.

The only catch is that you have to buy specific items from specific retailers at the show to get Panini Bucks. These items also will be up for wrapper redemptions.

Baseball

  • 2011 Limited
  • 2011 Prime Cuts
  • 2011 Contenders

NBA

  • 2011-12 Gold Standard
  • 2011-12 Limited
  • 2011-12 Past & Present

NFL

  • 2012 Elite
  • 2012 Prestige
  • 2011 Totally Certified
  • 2011 Playbook
  • 2011 Prime Signatures

NHL

  • 2011-12 Elite
  • 2011-12 Contenders
  • 2011-12 Rookie Anthology

For more information check out this post on the official Panini blog.

So good luck to those heading out to Baltimore for the NSCC. It looks like you’ll have a ton of different options when it comes to wrapper redemptions with each company.

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Panini’s Big Plans For the 2012 NSCC

  By Sports Card Blog | July 14, 2012 - 9:45 am |
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With the National Sports Collectors Convention coming up on August 2, 2012, Panini has made a huge announcement for one of their plans at the National.

One of the most interesting and innovative concepts for redemption replacements is being brought live to the show. If you are attending this event and have outstanding redemptions of at least 4 months, you’ll be able to get involved with this “trade up” program.

Combining the book value of your cards that you request replacement for, you will be able to get a “grab bag” style redemption replacement for your cards. They will fall in different sports and categories with you being able to redeem for several different valued grab bags. Yes, you can combine multiple cards for one higher value grab bag.

It’s really quite interesting what may be involved here. Will these cards be redemptions that were never redeemed? Cards that were never inserted into product, but produced anyway? Will these be NSCC show stamped items?

Either way, I have a feeling most collectors are going to end up happy with their replacement. Just the fact that you can combine 15 Nathan Eberle autographed rookies into 1 $200 grab bag card makes this interesting. I really can’t wait to see the results and what collectors end up pulling from these grab bags.

Find out more about this program on the Panini blog.

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July 2012 Sports Card Releases

  By Sports Card Blog | July 5, 2012 - 11:34 am | ,
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July is here. What’s coming out in July? Well a whole bunch of fun stuff…looks like I have a bunch of previews coming in the next couple weeks!

Baseball:

2012 Upper Deck SP Signature Edition Baseball – July 3, 2012 – $255 – 5/10

At the point of this post, the rumors are true and I can’t get excited about a product without images.

2012 Topps Allen & Ginter Baseball – July 11, 2012 – $85 – 9/10

One of the favorites of everyone in the card collecting community, A&G returns for another season of fun with collecting. Full preview coming soon.

2012 Bowman Platinum Baseball – July 25, 2012 – $87 – 7/10

Another Bowman product that isn’t as good as Chrome. Really, that’s what everyone is just waiting for at this point…but this should hold you over.

Basketball:

2011-12 Panini Limited Basketball – July 7, 2012 – $100 – 8/10

One of the last basketball products of the season is coming up and it looks to be a doozy. I must say Panini has really brought it in the basketball arena this season with the shortened product season.

2011-12 Panini Gold Standard Basketball – July 18, 2012 – $200 – 8/10

Loved this product last year, expecting big things once again this year.

2011-12 Upper Deck Fleer Retro Basketball – July 31, 2012 – $300 – 7/10

Full preview coming soon.

Football:

2012 Topps Inception Football – July 11, 2012 – $94 – 9/10

One of the hits of last season, this rookie product features some of the best designs of the season with usual on card autographs. Let’s just hope they are all in their NFL uniforms for this one. Full preview coming soon.

2012 Panini Score Football – July 18, 2012 – $36 – 9/10

One of the best values of the year in football returns with this dollar per pack product with a ton of rookies and veterans…and still your chance to hit some autographs! Full preview soon.

2012 Panini Elite Football – July 25, 2012 – $120 – 8/10

A revamped product with some awesome looking cards this year, I’m excited to see what the improved Panini design team can do after the initial success of Prestige.

Hockey:

2011-12 Upper Deck SP Authentic Hockey – July 12, 2012 – $112 – 7/10

Full preview coming soon.

2011-12 Upper Deck Ultimate Collection Hockey – July 31, 2012 – $96 – 7/10

Full preview coming soon.

Other:

2012 Upper Deck MLS Soccer – July 10, 2012 – $95 – 7/10

While it’s nice they have the regular set, I think the price is set a little bit high for what’s in the product. (3 mem/1 auto) Full preview coming soon.

2012 Upper Deck SP Authentic Golf – July 24, 2012 – $112 – 6/10

While I’m not a golf collector, this product looks decent, especially with Tiger hot on the links and Ernie Els signing his first autographs for a product.

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Topps to Feature Fight Used Mouthpieces in UFC Product

  By Sports Card Blog | July 2, 2012 - 1:03 pm |
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Now I don’t normally cover UFC products, but it looks like I might have to start after seeing this news.

In 2012 Topps Finest UFC, Topps is producing a card that is almost unparalleled in any sport they cover. A full piece of used memorabilia in a single card. I guess that is sort of hard to do with the current sports out there, but Topps will be taking it one step closer to the action with fight used mouthpieces.

You heard that correctly. Topps will be putting full mouthpieces embedded into their trading cards of your favorite fighters. That is crazy stuff. Now I’m not a huge fan of MMA fighting, however this collectible is extremely intriguing and could start something across all companies and sports.

I know most basketball, football, and hockey players use mouth guards to protect against elbows, sticks, big hits, etc. Will this be the start of a new trend in the hobby of sports card collecting? Did Topps stumble upon something huge? It’s probably the one piece of an athlete that no company has touched yet, until now.

You will be able to find these in 2012 Topps Finest UFC set to release this month on July 18, 2012.

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Upper Deck’s Plans for the 2012 National Sports Collectors Convention

  By Sports Card Blog | June 29, 2012 - 11:44 am |
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Upper Deck is up next in providing information on what they will be doing for collectors at the 2012 National Sports Collectors Convention in Baltimore.

Upper Deck will be providing quite the wrapper redemption program featuring an array of Upper Deck products. These products must be purchased from a Diamond Dealer at the show, and in return you will be given a voucher. To redeem your packs you must bring the 5 empty packs needed and the voucher to the Upper Deck table.

You will be able to get vouchers for these products:

2011-12 NHL SP Game-Used
2012 Upper Deck Football
2011-12 NHL SPx
2011 College Football Legends
2012 SPx Football
2012 SP Signature Edition Baseball
2011-12 NHL SP Authentic
2012 Upper Deck Soccer

While I’m not sure if you will be able to get the vouchers before the show, make sure you grab some of these products at the show so you can get your packs. As always, Upper Deck supplies some pretty sweet autographs in their NSCC packs like Lebron, Jordan, Tiger, etc., so it should be great for collectors.

You will only be able to claim 5 packs per person, per day.

Here is the schedule of the card sets:

Thursday, August 2
NSCC-1 – Michael Jordan
NSCC-2 – Thierry Henry
NSCC-3 – Alonzo Mourning
NSCC-4 – Roger Staubach
NSCC-5 – Cody Buckel

Friday, August 3
NSCC-6 – Wayne Gretzky
NSCC-7 – Robert Griffin III
NSCC-8 – David Robertson
NSCC-9 – Don Mattingly
NSCC-10 – Dwayne DeRosario

Saturday, August 4
NSCC-11 – Tiger Woods
NSCC-12 – John Kruk
NSCC-13 – Sidney Crosby
NSCC-14 – Landon Donovan
NSCC-15 – Trent Richardson

Sunday, August 5
NSCC-16 – LeBron James
NSCC-17 – Bobby Orr
NSCC-18 – Jack Morris
NSCC-19 – Brodie Merrill
NSCC-20 – Alex Ovechkin

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