Feature Article #1

Elite Has Lots of Changes in 2010

There are many changes to Elite this year, some of which may not be too obvious when first looking at this new product. These changes help shake up a product that has been a favorite early season release for some time now. [b]Status and Aspirations. [/b] The parallel set has reverted back to an older [...]

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| June 24th, 2010 | Continued

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Feature Article #2

Month in Review – May 2010

May brought many nice new pickups to the collections of TCGers. Here are a few highlights. onyxdragon5977 kings things off with this sweet Donald Brown numbered to 5 that he brought in. tigerkal brought in a Lightning Spiller jwilliammoore got a Jim Kelly auto SPd to 16 Brad brought in this CJ Spiller auto numbered [...]

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| June 5th, 2010 | Continued

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Feature Article #3

New Photos From Premiere: A Cause For Concern?

This was the week of the NFL Rookie Premiere. Even though Upper Deck on has a college license, they still were present. This year they were doing college photos and getting jerseys worn so they can place them into their own products. The photos released by Beckett and Upper Deck do pose some potentially concerning [...]

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| May 25th, 2010 | Continued

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Feature Article #4

Where Are The Action Shots?

When Upper Deck was awarded an exclusive collegiate contract, we all knew cards would change. However, we are three products into the April 1 change; there has been one noticeable difference: the lack of action photos. When I first heard of the exclusive deal, I was expecting cards to return to their early 2000s form. [...]

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| May 16th, 2010 | Continued

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Feature Article #5

Press Pass PE Spicing It Up for Collectors

Press Pass PE is one of the first products to drop after the April 1, 2010. That is the date Upper Deck’s exclusive license of collegiate products kicked in. This caused them to have to make changes. PE stands for Portrait Edition and appears to take of the place of a favorite product SE, Signature [...]

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| May 9th, 2010 | Continued

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Feature Article #6

Month in Review – April 2010

April once again saw many nice new pickups from our members. Here are some of the highlights: Since Clemson is the best we will start with them… Brad added this months featured card – a card he has coveted for some time now – CJ Spiller “Lightning” Inscription. Our other fellow Clemson collector, tigerkal, brought [...]

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| May 8th, 2010 | Continued

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Feature Article #7

Month in Review – March 2010

So the Week in Review kind of went by the wayside . . . . . again.  Due to its long hiatus from this page, I figured a Month’s worth of cards was necessary.  However, demand for the return of Week in Review has been high, so I’ll try my best (recognizing the flaws in [...]

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| April 4th, 2010 | Continued

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Feature Article #8

2010 NFL Draft Preview: Hobby Edition

On April 22-24th, the NFL will welcome in its next group of talented rookies from the college ranks. From a card collector’s perspective, this is an exciting time to begin building new player collections. With such a diverse assortment of collectors in the hobby today, you will see many different motives for collecting these newcomers. [...]

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| March 25th, 2010 | Continued

Feature Article #9

Send it like Salter 2009

Once again this year, we have requested that in honor of our beloved Jamie Salter, on or around his birthday, you send freebies to members of the site. Today would have been his birthday.  He loved a variety of things, obviously his family, the Dead, the Kansas City Chiefs, and playing guitar.  Though I dont [...]

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| October 24th, 2009 | Continued

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Hope You’re Enjoying Exquisite

While Exquisite football once again is churning out the most high-end of cards of the 2009 football season, Upper Deck’s run in the football card arena has come to an end, at least for now. Apparently Upper Deck has multiple Twitter accounts (who knew?), and on one of them, Upper Deck made the announcement, “UD [...]

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