Card shops, sports collectible shows and online collecting message boards have been buzzing with fans talking about Upper Deck’s latest high-end release; 2010-11 NHL The Cup. It has been a lot of fun for us to see fans interacting and having such a positive experience with this product. Unfortunately, 2010-11 NHL The Cup is not a product that is in every customer’s price range with individual packs selling for over $300. What’s more, there is a very limited amount of the product in the market, so even if you do have the money, it can be difficult to track down.
Internally we do not get very much of this product to use for samples, but we were able to secure one pack to use for a promotion with our fans. We have heard how much collectors would love the opportunity to open a pack of this product, but how would we go about rewarding something so in demand to just one fan? We wanted to come up with a promotion that would be unique and fun for our loyal customers. Remember those commercials from Klondike where they asked the famous question, “What would you do for a Klondike bar?” Well that is what we are asking our fans now, “What would you do for a pack of The Cup?”
Take a little time and think about it. It can be heartfelt and philanthropic. It can be juvenile and funny. What we are really looking for is something creative, because let’s face it, these packs are not easy to come by so whoever we award it to should have to do something different. Leave what you are willing to do for a pack of Upper Deck’s 2010-11 NHL The Cup product in the comment section below, just please keep it clean.
We will pick our top five favorites from these comments on Friday afternoon and then allow fans to vote on which comment they like the most through the Upper Deck Facebook page for a short period. The comment with the most amount of “likes” will be selected to receive the pack if they accomplish the task they agreed to. After the winner completes the task they agreed to we will then award them a pack of The Cup. So we’ve got to ask you, “What would you do for a pack of The Cup?”
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For a tin of the cup, I would stare at a white wall while listening to a Justin Bieber album, hand pick by the one and only MajorCollector on Cloutsnchara D:
What I would do
– Video tape the break
– Then I would take the contents of the break (even pieces that I would normally keep for my personal collection) and auction them off with 100% of the proceeds going to the Diamond Blackfan Anemia Foundation.
Why the Diamond Blackfan Amenia Foundation? This is the foundation is trying to help find a cure for my daughter’s rare bone marrow/blood disorder.
That’s what I’d do!
Thanks UD for offering this up.
Scott
Scott
I would sit around a campfire and open a box of Panini cards and proceed to throw them in the fire making the comment junk after every pack.
I would make a video documentary of ”The Road to The Cup” filming my travels all the way from Quebec (Canada) to UD’s Headquarters to pick up the pack live in person !
Hopefully my car won’t die halfway through but I’d take the risk !
If i won a pack of THE CUP. First i would not believe i won it as i don’t believe i have ever won anything as important as that. Then i would sit next to my son and watch his priceless face as he opens it. That would be awesome. Thanks for the chance, Mike
What I do for a tin of The Cup? I would travel from school to school (I am a teacher) and show other teachers how to use sports cards to teach their students math and creative writing. I.E. Stats/percentages, and biographies/back stories.
I’d walk around the next Sports Card Expo in Toronto with a T-Shirt that reads “Will do anything for a pack of The Cup” 😉
Hmmm I would do a two parter, videotape it and upload it for all to see:
a) shave an awesome hockey ‘stache, much to the dismay of my wife
and
b) allow my 2 year old son to hit me in the “groinal area” with a hockey stick to show why you need The Cup!
Donate all the proceeds made on sales to the families of the Lokomotiv Team tradgedy.
I would hang out with the cast of “Jersey Shore” for a tin of the Cup. That’s saying quite a lot.
I would listen to every song justin bieber has every made
I don’t know if it’s the right response but I think I would try to do the best possible thing in order to get a pack of the cup!!
I would take Erin Andrews out for a nice steak dinner, and never call her back!
I would eat the stale gum from an entire 1980’s wax box.
Ahhh the chance for a tin of The Cup. Who wouldn’t want that?
What would I do for it? After opening up the tin in a live break on Sports Card Forum, I would offer some of the hits up for a contest at the site. I would keep two of the cards for myself and make the rest available to the members. The online trading community has been very good to me and I would give a little of that good vibe back to my friends and colleagues. The contest would be simple – pick the winners and the scores for one night’s worth of NHL action. Winner gets first pick of the cards available, runner up gets 2nd pick, and third place gets the last card.
As much as I would love a tin of The Cup all to myself, I would love it even more if I got to share it with some good friends!
What I would do for a tin of The Cup…
I would inquire to the Children’s Wish Foundation to see if there are any children who are looking to acquire autographed cards or photos of NHL players. I would then help said child with their collection by trading/donating cards in my collection, or writing to players and sending photographs/cards to be sent back to the Children’s Wish Foundation to be forwarded to the child!
Since I am a big Ohio State fan I will be a Michigan fan for a week. OSU will kill me for this.
I would teach my two young boys that Upper Deck was the countries founding father and the President of the United States talks to Upper Deck before making any decision on World events.
Will follow the habs for one years!!!
i would watch to Justin Biebers Baby video 100 times in a row
I wouldnt nag my boyfriend for a whole month about how much money he spends on them 😉
I would give all my dad’s old cards away for free for one tin of The Cup. They are all players I’ve never heard of anyway. Hopefully he won’t notice!
I would ponder about; “What would Jesus do for a pack of The Cup?” and then it came to me…I must streak the Super Bowl half-time show wearing nothing but a Toronto Maple Leaf speedo and once I have obtained the prize it will forever stay in my collection to cherish!
I’d eat whatever’s under my couch
*sigh*…worth it 🙂
I would take a Zdeno Chara slapshot to the chest without equipment.
For one pack of the cup, I would skate as many suicides as the Olympic team did in Miracle.
I would glue hockey cards to my car like a new paint job.
i would rip up all my panini and ITG cards!
I would give a Wayne Gretzky rookie card away to a youth that cherishes him.
As a Leafs fan the best thing I can think of would be to announce to the entire world that Daniel Alfredsson is the greatest Swede to ever play the game and that Mats Sundin is unworthy to even hold his jock strap. Also that the Senators are the best and the Leafs have never, and never will be, as good as they are.
well i could walk in short in winter in canada not because somebody already put that up…. its because i already do it -35 winnipeg blizzard weather im out there in the cold but if your canad it dont matter. what would i do for the cup? i would stop talkin trash bout the oilers team for a whole month being as though its quite hard since oilers were in last for 2 straight years. no if i got the cup no more eb or hall sucks for a month or more
I would enjoy the thrill of ripping open the pack, then auction off the cards and donate the profits to city of Yaroslavl. RIP Lokomotiv ’11.
I would write a song for Upper Deck and perform it as my baby daughter dances next to me.
P.S.
I would base the lyrics on posts/ideas from everyone else here.
As I am a lifelong Bruins fan I would tattoo the Canadiens logo on my calf for all to see!
I would pass it down to my 10 year old nephew, which would be his very first pack of hockey cards and the start to his collection!!
thanks for your time,
i would eat the weight of a pack of the cup”tin and all” in worms in my local hobby shop in a dress just to open a pack!!!!
I would attempt to steal a fish from a mother grizzly bear while she is attempting to feed it to her young cubs. After stealing the fish I catch the eye of a VERY hungry pack of timberwolves and would attempt to outrun them barefoot over rough terrain and campers hot campfire coals. Realizing I cannot outrun them, I would jump off a cliff into the ice cold ocean until i drifted south to Upper Deck HQ where I would trade you a fresh fish for a pack of the cup.
I would sing Rebecca Black’s “Friday” on the steps of the Upper Deck office….LIVE!
From a Chicago Bulls fan, I would root for the Miami Heat next season. (That really hurts to type, but it’s The Cup!)
What would I do for a pack of The Cup? I would give up all my traders just to get the thrill of opening such an expensive product!!
I’m a college student with loans so I can NEVER afford this stuff. The real question is, what wouldn’t I do to open a tin of the “The Cup.” Please UD, help a student out, thank you.
I would go to school in shorts and a t-shirt for a week during a Canadian winter or wear an Oilers jersey whenever you want and cheer for them for an entire season – I’m from Calgary!
I would ask the legal ramifications of such a claim… Oh heck, I’d go polar bearing with polar bears!
I will eat an entire Tablespoon full for cinnamon without water.
As a Habs die-hard fan, I would wear a Zdeno Chara jersey walking in Downtown Montreal shouting: “We got the cup! We got the cup!” and also get a Habs tatoo!
I would open the pack with my oldest daughter, who I found out was going to be born 20 minutes after hitting my all-time best hits. So I got to 1/1’s in one day, and she and I would go for #3!
I will eat my vegetables at dinner.
I will donated 500 hrs of my spare time to a Childrens Hospital in my area. I will also by blaster boxes of Upper Deck Hockey to pass out to the kids and get them started in an awesome hobby.
Oops wrote habs tatoo I mean bruins tatoo xD
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