Brag Photo: A Mammoth Mail Day at Upper Deck

I think these cards are awesome. I think people get tired of regular sports cards, and they need something special to shake them up a little. These cards sure do that, and you guys do a great job of keeping us guessing as to what’s next !

Was lucky enough to pull a Woolly Mammoth femur card from Champs last year. I would love to have another chance to pull one this year. Thanks UD!

I think this is a great idea and you guys have always been known for pushing the envelope and being one of the best most innovative card company around! I would love to pull one of these unique cards! Great job Upper Deck!!!

As a kid growing up in Western New York..I collected 2 things growing up..fossils and hockey cards. I really love the idea of the 2 together with Upper Deck Champs. I have yet to find a fossil card but I am trying. Keep up the great and unique work Upper Deck! Thanks for bringing two of my favorites together.

I love this set. its so awesome. great looking product.

I think these are great! absolutely nothing wrong with a little education and what great historical pieces these will be! will these pieces ever fade?

These cards are just amazing. It is like owning a mueseum piece if you are lucky enough to have one.

These fossils are amazing. It is nice to see the wolly mammoth get some great recognition. that femur looks amazing considering its age and would be a great peice to put at the centre of my, or anyone elses collection. The alligator tooth is just spectacular. That is a real gem of the set. I started collecting the Champs cards last year, and they have quickly become one of my favorites. They might not be the nicest looking cards but the inclusion of the fossils makes this set special and great. Keep up the good work Upper Deck!

Champ’s is a great product all around. Last year’s set is the first hockey set I’ve ever put together and am in the process of finishing this years. I was lucky enough to get an Aterian Scraper from last year’s product and am awaiting for a redemption from this year. Just a personal critique, I think having the Rookies represented on the mini cards only this year is an improvement. As far as only pulling fiver per box, well that’s part of the challege of completing the set. The non sport minis don’t speak to some, they’re good in my book. The Hall of Legends, Champions autographs, & Museum Pieces especially are great. Keep up the good work and innovative cards.

I’ve also seen a Tavares rookie auto pulled from my favorit store as well as a redemption for a Crosby auto!

WOW just amazing cards and very cool pieces to be processing! would be just awesome to pull on of these

I will be honest and say I never really thought Dinosaurs could have anything in common with sports cards but these card are really intriguing. I think you guys really stumbled on a great idea here…. I have always been fascinated with history and dinosaurs. Now you really got me thinking I might have to try to acquire some of these beauts lol. Keep up the good work UD!!

awesome!

i got two of these last year and got two for this year! I have assembled entire base sets and minis from both champs issues and thoroughly enjoy the set building that this product reinvigorated in this 44 year collector!

thank you for a wonderful product and a chance for prehistoric history

It is Awesome..Good to see some different stuff in sports products.

It great to have something to get my kids excited with the past. Great job Upper deck!

Amazing is pretty much all I can say. Crazy how the card landscape has changed so much. Awesome stuff UD!

they are incredible. where else can you find a tyrannosaurus rex femur bone? that is better than any autograph or jersey swatch, these are so limited. great job i am so excited to see them up close.

Personally, I love the idea of these. It’s fun, original and very cool. Would LOVE to get the 1 of 1 giant alligator tooth. Always fun pulling something that you can put on display and have “regular” people appreciate as well

Wow, really neat stuff, Need one of those!!!!

T-Rex Cards Look Great!

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WOW! This is simply awesome! There is no way any average person can simply aquire a piece of any of these prehistoric artifacts/animals other than this program. Major kuddos to UpperDeck for giving everyone a chance to own a real piece of history! These are definately keepers for anyone who pulls them!

I have been looking for a way in which I could bring my kids into the hobby and the prehistoric cards were the big winner. They love the cards and are actually wanting to go to the hobby shop. We have yet to score a fossil card but the hunt continues.

I would love to get my hands on a piece of history like that. Those are some great additions to add to a set. I think Champs is a great idea. Hockey and the Prehistoric was an amazing idea. Keep up the great work UD.

Awesome with a capital A. My daughter is so excited about the cards, I thought the bug cards got her excited these are off the chart.

I have a really nice spot next to my UD Entomology card that needs filling. That alligator tooth is just the ticket lol. Keep it up UD your headed in the right direction esp with this release!

Joseph

Being intersted in Dinosaurs as a child, not only does this bring back fond memories. It also add’s a little more excitement to the normal card collector. Upper Deck has alway’s had their finger on the pulse of the collector’s desires. The T-Rrex Card is amazing, why not just do a whole set?

I just started collecting hockey cards this year and spent some big bucks on other ud products, my local card shop talked me into trying some of the champs and wow I love them. It is something so different from other cards and comeon you can get fossils! How cool is that!!! It is on the top of my list for hockey cards!!! Keep up the awsome work ud!!!

The evolution of sports cards; UD have Revolutionized the way we collect cards today. It’s unbelievable how UD turned the card industry to a multi-million dollar hobby!
Love the fresh, new ideas, love the passion and quality that goes into UD’s products!!

Great subset, any thoughts of digging up a “Chelios” bone for the dino subset…. just saying.. the dude is old.

Wow! UD really hit the nail on this one, first it was gu cards, then patch, then other pieces, now they have the ability to get their hands on fossils, bones, and other rare things from millions of years ago! these can be great for kids of any age. i’d love to get my hands on one.

When I was a kid, when I was a little boy, I always wanted to be a dinosaur, I wanted to be a Tyrannosaurus Rex more than anything in the world, I made my arms short and I roamed the back yard, I chased the neighborhood cats, I growled and I roared, everybody knew me and was afraid of me, and one day my dad said “Bobby you are 17, it’s time to throw childish things aside” and I said “OK Pop”, but he didn’t really say that he said that “Stop being a dinosaur and get a job”.

this is awesome. i have been a dino love since i was a kid. and to actually own a pic of a bone from one is even better. i havent bought any of these boxes yet but i will do that in the near future.

I love for you guy’s decided to add this very unique product to the lineup in 2008-09. It gives collectors the chance to pull some unique and extraordinary pieces of history! The Wolly Mammoth cards are beyond amazing, but the idea of mini cards such as mini jersey’s and rookies is quite impressive. I bought 1 box last year to try it out, I loved it instantly. So that lead me to buying a case this year and im still not finished if you know what I mean

These cards are awesome, instead of pulling a 4th line player no one likes, you have a chance to grab a piece of something prehistoric. Unbelievable.

That card containing the tooth is going to be enormous! I’m a fan of this kind of thing–I got my first “Hollywood History” relic today: Ben Stiller. They’re pretty cool cards and as long as they don’t overpower the sports cards in a sports product, they’re A-OK! Have you guys ever considered an actual prehistoric product, having nothing to do with sports?

My boyfriend had bought 3 boxes of Champs a couple of months ago telling me how he could get actual dinosaur pieces on the cards.After opening all his packs he was so disappointed that he didn’t get any.He keeps on telling me how he would love to buy another box but they are too expensive.I would love to make him happy,and getting another box would do that for sure. Thank you.

This is probably my favourite Upper Deck product. I pulled an auto and a redemption the first day it was available. I can’t wait to get my “game-used” dinosaur!

I love the fossils in the Champs. It doesnt stop me from opening up packs with real hockey players in them, theyre just extra so why not? I love the Champs too though, it makes up for not having the Parkhurst sets anymore… I use to love those, but as long as theres something along these lines I am very happy… and with Champs… I am very happy.

i love to collect cards and these r something crazy if you pulled out a piece of old,old history. keep up the great work upper deck

my grandchildren love the t-rex how nice would that be if i could win a box to give them as a present and they really found a bone inside. thank-you for doing this upperdeck

Upper Deck has always produced a great premium product, but this year it looks like they are making history…literally. I’m not sure which would be better – to pull a Sidney Crosby Auto or a fossil!? Maybe a Buffalo Saber or a Sabertooth? Possibly an Atlanta Thrasher or a thrashing Tyrannosaurus Rex? Inserts keep the hobby exciting! These cards can truly be called “the legends of the ice!!!” Great job!

Congratulations to Hubert Repetowski for being selected as the random recipient of the 2009-10 NHL Champ’s Box. Thanks to everyone for their feedback!

that is amazing stuff i like the pic of the alligator jumping out of the water and getting that animal. but im not quite sure what that animal is? beats me and cool wooly mammoth sweet tusk. these are real awesome things!