Douglas Cox
Brag Photo: Kids Love Upper Deck Mail Days
Every collector loves Upper Deck mail days when you receive a prize or redemption card from the company, but it seems like kids love them the most. I often here from parents about their excited child checking the mail each day or watching for Fed Ex in anticipation of receiving a package from Upper Deck. […]
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Parents and Shop Owners Share Tips on How to Get Kids Collecting Trading Cards
I saw a really cool post on Twitter this morning from Dave Harrison (@forestrydave) who talked about his plans to share the hobby with his kids from birth by using a different kind of mobile in their cribs. I thought this was very clever. I have two young sons myself and I have been slowly […]
READ MOREOn College Colors Day Upper Deck Staff Say, “We’ve Got Spirit, Yes We Do, We’ve Got Spirit, How ‘Bout You?”
It’s College Colors Day and for Upper Deck, the exclusive manufacturer of collegiate sports trading cards, that’s a big deal. We have a fun company lunch planned for all the hard working staffers here which should be great and company employees turned out in force today in the college gear of their favorite schools & […]
READ MOREUpper Deck Invites You to Get Out and Visit Some Hobby Shops on College Colors Day!
After Upper Deck became the exclusive manufacturer of Collegiate Licensed trading card sets, the company has produced five school specific sets for the North Carolina Tar Heels (Basketball), the University of Texas (Football), the University of Oklahoma (Football), the University of Alabama (Football) and the University of Notre Dame (Football). All of the sets were […]
READ MOREVisit Upper Deck at 2013 Fan Expo in Toronto!
Upper Deck is preparing to take Toronto by storm this weekend beginning Thursday, August 22 through Sunday, August 25 at the Fan Expo in Toronto! And what makes this show great is that it really has something for everyone catering to fans of comics, gaming, sports and more! Both Upper Deck’s Entertainment and Sports teams […]
READ MOREBrag Photo: Upper Deck Releases More Images of Andrew Luck Rookie Trade Cards
Football collectors around the globe were very fired up when Upper Deck announced the company had come to terms with Andrew Luck to have the Stanford legend appear in new and previously issued UD trading card products. And while the exchange cards from those previously released card sets are still a long way off until […]
READ MOREBucket List Dream Come True: Pulling a Michael Jordan Autograph at the National Sports Collectors Convention
Murray Barnett from Brisbane, Australia had a dream of pulling a Michael Jordan autograph card from an Upper Deck basketball product, but doing so can be very difficult, and expensive. Owning a Jordan autograph card can be done somewhat easily as they are actively traded and sold in online communities, but pulling them is a […]
READ MORECollectors Went Crazy for Fleer Retro Products at the National Sports Collectors Convention
Upper Deck offered a special case breaker promotion at the 2013 National Sports Collectors Convention where those collectors who opened a sealed case of 2012-13 NHL Fleer Retro, 2012 Fleer Retro Football and 2012-13 Fleer Retro Basketball could score sets of the company’s wrapper redemption packs and a special bonus item. And with items up […]
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