Douglas Cox
Featured Retailers: Visit Sports Dome in Kenosha, Wisconsin!
For years I have been hearing about this great shop in Kenosha, Wisconsin called Sports Dome and I had met the owner Vera Maloof along with her family at a variety of events over the years. They are incredibly kind and great representatives for the hobby. Recently during a visit to Chicago I took some […]
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My Father: An Upper Deck Card Collector Through and Through
My father has collected Upper Deck products exclusively for well more than a decade. During that time he has assembled some of the most amazing sets the Company has ever produced. Most notably was his completion of the 2009-10 Exquisite Rookie Flashback set. He has a loyalty and appreciation for Upper Deck cards and as […]
READ MOREMONSTERS! Cards in 2014 Goodwin Champions Cater to Kids and Kids at Heart
Collectors opening packs of 2014 Goodwin Champions are discovering some frightening creatures inside packs, and we are not talking about athletes with bad haircuts! It is the new MONSTERS! insert set that can be found in the latest iteration of the popular Goodwin Champions product featuring original art and storylines on a 3-dimensional lenticular substrate. […]
READ MOREVisit the Hockey Hall-of-Fame this Summer for Team Fan Days and Score an Exclusive Upper Deck Game-Worn Jersey Card!
This summer season The Hockey Hall-of-Fame is rewarding hockey fans all over and encouraging them to celebrate their favorite teams with NHL® TEAM FAN DAYS! The event will span over 30 days (through July and August) and for each special day a different team will be in the spotlight! As part of Upper Deck’s exclusive […]
READ MOREUpper Deck Brings Smiles to Hockey Fans of All Ages at the 2014 NHL Draft®!
Upper Deck pulled out all the stops to make sure the 2014 NHL Draft® wasn’t just exciting for the players who heard their names called over the weekend. We worked hard to make sure that hockey fans both young and old all had something enjoyable to do throughout both days of this annual event. It […]
READ MOREUpper Deck Throwback Thursday Create the Caption Promotion: 2014 Goodwin Champions
It’s Throwback Thursday so let’s go back through Upper Deck’s trading card history and come up with a fun giveaway. Upper Deck’s always popular set 2014 Goodwin Champions released yesterday and it features a variety of young stars and legendary players. The cards are all based off of original hand-painted art we had commissioned for the set and […]
READ MOREThe Elements Return to 2014 Goodwin Champions!
One of the more polarizing insert cards potentially ever created came in last year’s Goodwin Champions set in the form of a redemption card. The reason being is that the cards were so thick that they could not fit in a pack and production delays kept them from being completed for quite some time. It […]
READ MOREAnimal Kingdom Patch Cards Evolve into Origin of Species Patch Cards in 2014 Goodwin Champions
The popularity of Upper Deck’s Animal Kingdom patch cards in Goodwin Champions, and the astronomical amount the cards sell for on the secondary market, has been well documented. The series ran its course last year after dominating the non-sports collectibles category for three years. New this year is an interesting take on those popular Animal […]
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