Upper Deck has released parody cards of V.P. candidates Joe Biden and Sarah Palin. The cards will be sprinkled into 2008 Upper Deck SP Authentic Baseball, which releases next week.
Upper Deck’s director of Sports Marketing had this to say, “Our goal is always to be timely and topical,. And with so much at stake in this year’s election, we thought it was only fitting that we produce a pair of cards chronicling the vice-presidential candidates to go along with our earlier cards of the presidential candidates.”
Biden is depicted as longtime Washington Senator’s pitcher Walter Johnson, a seasoned veteran who’s looking for the biggest win of his career. Palin, meanwhile, is shown rounding the bases near the White House in a most unusual manner – atop a dogsled and sporting a tiara – a fitting portrayal for a candidate who’s determined to blaze new trails.
“The caricatures are great,” added Stockholm. “We’ve taken some liberties with both of the VP candidates, but we believe collectors will see the cards as entertaining as well as informative.”
The Palin card certainly has a lot of detail and themes in it.
WGR550 - a local Buffalo Sports Radio Station - has launched a new Sports Card Radio Show - The Hobby. The show is hosted weekly by Mike Schopp and discusses all aspects of the sports collecting industry.
Our Director of Purchasing, Reed Kasaoka was recently featured on the show. You can listen live to the weekly show every Saturday morning from 8 to 9 a.m. EST on wgr550.com or pick up the podcast anytime.
In addition to this morning’s announcement regarding 2008 Bowman Draft Picks & Prospects Baseball, Topps has added another key enhancement to the product.
Topps is reaching into its vaults and for the first time is issuing a selected list of its treasured AFLAC High School All-American Autographed Cards from 2006 and 2007. The cards, which will include 3M Authentication stickers, will appear as additional autographed content and can be found one per every other Hobby Case.
The subject list is as follows:
Adrian Nieto
Anthony Ferrara
Blake Beavan
Danny Rams
Drake Britton
Freddie Freeman
Isaac Galloway
Jason Heyward
John Tolisano
Jon Gilmore
Josh Smoker
Josh Vitters
Madison Bumgarner
Michael Main
Nick Noonan
Paul Demny
Quinton Miller
Rick Porcello
Tim Alderson
Xavier Avery
In the Game Ultimate Memorabilia 8th Edition is scheduled to release on 11/12/08. The team over at ITG has released some initial image preview cards for the upcoming product.
Images shown are from Battle of Quebec, Cornerstones, and Past Present and Future.
Ultimate Memorabilia 8th Edition delivers 5 Memorabilia Cards and 5 Autograph Cards Per Box.
