2009 Panini Basketball Preview
In just a few weeks the base product of Panini Basketball releases. This should be a great product for a team collector. Everyone in the NBA should be featured in this product from what I heard at the National. It should be the most expansive checklist of any of the Panini sets and includes highlights such as the “Next Day” authentic ON CARD signed rookies of the top players from last years NBA Draft.
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Episode 21 with Scott Prusha posted
We were lucky enough to have Scott Prusha on Episode 21 of The Card Podcast. We talked with Scott about Donruss’ recent releases including Contenders Baseball, National Treasures Football, and the exclusive cards to the Super Bowl. We also got Scott to hint at one HUGE piece of news for Donruss plus a great number of other subjects. Click here to subscribe to The Card Podcast on ITunes, or click listen above to hear it.
Jordan Buybacks in 2008-2009 Fleer!
I got this in from Chris Carlin at Upper Deck today. These twenty three cards that Upper Deck is inserting in to 2008-2009 Fleer Basketball look amazing. I do personally wish there was a silver signed 86-87 Jordan in the product, but they do have a picture on their Facebook page of the inserted reprint of that historic card.
Twenty-Three Reasons to Pre-Order 2008-09 Fleer Basketball Today
One-of-one autograph buy-back cards of Michael Jordan will be randomly inserted into 2008-09 Fleer Basketball!
North Las Vegas, NV (December 12, 2008) – Throughout Michael Jordan’s career, the Upper Deck exclusive spokesmen had never signed a Fleer card. It wasn’t until Upper Deck acquired Fleer a few years back that MJ-signed cards began appearing in Fleer products much to the delight of collectors.
This year, to create excitement around the release of 2008-09 Fleer Basketball, Upper Deck bought back 23 unique Fleer cards of Michael Jordan. Recently Jordan added his signature to each of these cards and now they’ll be randomly inserted into the upcoming release which is scheduled to launch on January 6, 2009.
Each of the hard-signed autograph cards will be numbered as 1-of-1’s and all will pack out live in the product. Jordan signed some of the cards in blue ink and some in silver, based on the cards’ varying backgrounds.
“He was the type of player who never let you down,” said Brandon Miller, Upper Deck brand manager for Basketball. “If he was playing, you had to watch. To be able to procure such a unique variety of Fleer cards of MJ from throughout his career and then have them signed is just awesome. We know collectors love promotions like this so it’s highly likely that they will all be chasing these cards when 2008-09 Fleer Basketball lands in stores.”
To view the entire card gallery, visit Upper Deck Basketball’s Facebook page. Go to www.facebook.com and search for Upper Deck Basketball. Go ahead and become a fan today
Topps Letterman Redemptions Revealed.
Topps is pleased to announce the subject list for the 2008-09 Topps Letterman Basketball Lottery Pick Patch Card Redemption Program.
Each 2008 NBA Draft Lottery pick has a corresponding letter (A-J) that entitles redemption card holders to a letter patch card sequentially numbered to 25. Collectors will receive one letter patch card for every redemption card received.
Redemption cards can be found one in every four master boxes of Topps Letterman.