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Exquisite Football 2009 Hits Shelves Today!
Posted by: | CommentsYou’ve seen us recap the history.
You’ve seen us review the exciting rookie class for the product.
You’ve even seen us packout the cards live on Facebook and Twitter.
The only thing left to do? Go out there and get your hands on a pack of the legendary product!
Exquisite Football 2009 hits store shelves today, and we’re excited to see it finally get into the hands of collectors. It’s always a big day when the big product arrives in stores, and we’re sure this year’s edition will carry on the legacy of quality and collectibility that comes with the Exquisite brand.
Click here to find a hobby store near you, and call to see if they have Exquisite on their shelf. Once you start cracking these high-end packs, make sure you post your hits to our Facebook page to show us your big pulls!
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Vote Now for the Upper Deck Awards!
Posted by: | CommentsNominations started last week, and today we’re announcing the nominees for the Upper Deck Awards! If you missed last week’s post, here are the details:
- We will be giving out three awards: Best Online Community, Best Blog and Best Video Box Breaker.
- The Best Online Community will receive: a trophy, a variety of unopened product, a LeBron James UDA basketball and a 2009 NFL Rookie Photo Shoot signed football (autographed by more than 25 players) to use as giveaways with their community of loyal collectors.
- The Best Blog will receive: a trophy, a variety of unopened product and a 2009 NFL Rookie Photo Shoot signed football.
- The top five Video Box Breakers will receive a box of product to break and review, which we’ll post on Upper Deck Diamond Vision. The winner will receive product from us throughout the year, and all of their box breaks will be featured on Diamond Vision!
And here are the nominees!
Best Blog (click here to vote now!)
7th Inning Stretch: blog.tuffstuff.com/7thinning
A Cardboard Problem: acardboardproblem.com
The Basketball Card Blog: basketballcardblog.com
Canada Card World: canadacardworldblog.com
Cardboard Icons: cardboardicons.com
Cardboard Junkie: cardjunk.blogspot.com
drewscards: drewsbbcards.blogspot.com
Field Level View: fieldlevelview.com
First and Goal: firstngoal.wordpress.com
Mojo and Beardy’s Fantastic Card Blog: mojobeardy.wordpress.com
Opening Day Cards: openingdaycards.com
Trader Crack’s Card Blog: tradercracks.blogspot.com
Voice of the Collector: voiceofthecollector.com
Wax Heaven: waxheaven.com
Best Online Community (click here to vote now!)
Cardboardconnection.com
Cardboardtalk.com
Cardcollectorsworld.com
Cardinformant.com
Cloutsnchara.com
Freedomcardboard.com
Hobbyinsider.net
Hobbykings.com
Hockeyden.net
Hoopography.com
Ozcardtrader.com.au
Sportscardforum.com
Sportscardfreaks.com
Sportscardhaven.com
Sportscollectorsdaily.com
Thebenchtrading.com
Thetradersarena.com
Traderretreat.com
Tradingcardcentral.com
Ultimatecardboard.com
Best Box Breaker (click here to vote now!)
allenmpc – Attyball23
ATMSportscards
Box Rippers – blackmagik44
BoxBreakersAnonymous
Cloutsnchara
The Doctor Wax Battle Show – TheBackstopDOTnet
FoxSportsCards
The Hobby Box – CHRI5784
SBLEZ AKA SCOTT
ThetTruth17 – TheTruth17
The polls will be final at 9AM on April 5th, with the winners announced on April 7th. So vote now for the Best Blog, Best Online Community and Best Box Breaker!
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Brag Photo: Guess Who’s Back . . . Back Again
Posted by: | CommentsHere’s a good look at the tools of the trade we have here at Upper Deck:
The shirt you see here is what Tiger wore in his last round of competitive golf at the Australian Masters, making it a very significant item. Oh, and he’ll be signing it for us in about two weeks.
What’s even more important is that Tiger will be making his return to competitive play a little more than a week from now. Upper Deck has been affiliated with Tiger for almost a decade now, and we’re very excited to see him back in action.
Oh, and about the items above? The polo and glove are available now through Upper Deck Customer Service at 1-800-551-8220. The other items will be available on our online store soon. And the ball? It was hit by Tiger himself at a range, and will be available in one of these:
You’ve seen us show off this new curve display for hockey before, but this is the first time we’ve shown it on the blog for golf. A great item for any Tiger fan, for sure. It comes with an autograph, and this one will be limited to only 50. And hey, check out the shirt he’s wearing in the photo! Stay tuned, this item will be released the week of the Masters.
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The Upper Deck Awards: Nominate Your Favorites Now!
Posted by: | CommentsWhen we started UpperDeckBlog.com about a year ago, a big motivating factor was to get involved with the passionate online communities that are dedicated to the hobby. Whether it’s opinionated blogs, forum communities or box breaks (a great concept that has been around for years), there are so many ways for collectors to get involved, and make their hobby into a shared experience. We’ve been fortunate enough to bring some of the top hobby bloggers on board here to do features for us, but we also monitor forums, blogs and box breaks closely, so that we always have the pulse of our customers. It’s something we take a lot of pride in, and we were happy to see Voice of the Collector rank us #1 in the industry for social media last year.
To recognize the best of the hobby community, we officially launched the Upper Deck Awards yesterday. In case you missed it, here are the basic details:
- We will be giving out three awards: Best Online Community, Best Blog and Best Video Box Breaker. The top five in each category will receive exposure on Upper Deck’s official websites and social media outlets.
- Want to nominate your favorites? Click on the links above, and post your nominations as comments on each trophy’s photo page. Once voting starts, we will provide a link to a URL where you can cast your ballot for the final winner in each category.
- The Best Online Community will receive: a trophy, a variety of unopened product, a LeBron James UDA basketball and a 2009 NFL Rookie Photo Shoot signed football (autographed by more than 25 players) to use as giveaways with their community of loyal collectors.
- The Best Blog will receive: a trophy, a variety of unopened product and a 2009 NFL Rookie Photo Shoot signed football.
- The top five Video Box Breakers will receive a box of product to break and review, which we’ll post on Upper Deck Diamond Vision. The winner will receive product from us throughout the year, and all of their box breaks will be featured on Diamond Vision!
Nominations have started, so make sure you visit our Facebook page and recommend your favorites today! Voting will start on March 29, and we’ll announce the winners on April 7. Keep checking this blog and our social media outlets for the latest!
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Brag Photo: Simply Exquisite
Posted by: | CommentsIn case you missed our post from earlier in the week, 2009 Exquisite Collection Football packed out this week, and all our fans on Facebook and Twitter were able to see some of the coolest cards in the set.
If you didn’t join us on our social media pages, here’s a taste of what you missed out on:
It’s fun to brag about these, but at the end of the day, the cards go into these boxes for our collectors to find:
Click here to find a store near you carrying Exquisite Football, and feel free to post your big hits to our Facebook page! While we like to brag about the cool stuff we get to work with here, we like seeing our collectors brag even more.
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