UPPER DECK WILL NO LONGER BE PRODUCING BASEBALL CARDS

[Bob Loblaw]

Let me see if I can say it another way:

DEMOLITION WON THE TAG TEAM TITLES!

 

[200lbhockeyplayer]

Read this

http://upperdeckblog.com/2010/03/will-i ... n-be-lost/

Love this line..."Upper Deck’s debut baseball release also introduced the industry’s first-ever anti-counterfeit hologram on each of its cards. It was groundbreaking. That security device would revolutionize the industry, put competitors on notice, and force card counterfeiters out of business."

Of course, it didn't stop Upper Deck from "counterfeiting" their own product by opening up the presses on the Griffey.

That said, we give Upper Deck's 1989 release far too much credit for changing the hobby. For those who collected back then 1988 Score was the true revolutionary charge in card quality and the beginning of packs of high quality cards....1989 was just fortunate enough to have Griffey coming out as a rookie.

It seems hilarious now to think of 1988 Score as "high quality" considering the press run and virtually no value...but their product blew Topps, Fleer and Donruss out of the water when talking about quality.

 

[kentuckyderby]

THIS JUST IN: THE POPE IS CATHOLIC.

Jesus was a Jew.

Rod Carew too according to the song but I read somehwere that it was a false statement

 

[autocut]

I smell unreleased cards.

 

[uniquebaseballcards]

I'd rather limit UD to one high-end HOF release, but otherwise agree.

Competition isn't going to change the way Topps makes cards. What helps makes cards better is limiting the number of releases per year. The more releases any company has the easier it is for them to put out garbage.

NIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIICE!!!

 

[RiceLynnEvans75]

Read this

http://upperdeckblog.com/2010/03/will-i ... n-be-lost/

Love this line..."Upper Deck’s debut baseball release also introduced the industry’s first-ever anti-counterfeit hologram on each of its cards. It was groundbreaking. That security device would revolutionize the industry, put competitors on notice, and force card counterfeiters out of business."

Of course, it didn't stop Upper Deck from "counterfeiting" their own product by opening up the presses on the Griffey.

That said, we give Upper Deck's 1989 release far too much credit for changing the hobby. For those who collected back then 1988 Score was the true revolutionary charge in card quality and the beginning of packs of high quality cards....1989 was just fortunate enough to have Griffey coming out as a rookie.

It seems hilarious now to think of 1988 Score as "high quality" considering the press run and virtually no value...but their product blew Topps, Fleer and Donruss out of the water when talking about quality.

I loved '88 Score.

 

[phillyfan0417]

NIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIICE!!!

Yeah, because no competition is a good thing.

Me thinks your fixation on licensed and unlicensed has fogged your outlook on what this means.

 

[Viking4Alpha]

Embrace the suck.

 

[Pills]

THIS JUST IN: THE POPE IS CATHOLIC.

Jesus was a Jew.

Rod Carew too according to the song but I read somehwere that it was a false statement

Could've sworn he converted for his wife (Carew, not Jesus... I'm not opening THAT can of worms!)
EDIT: According to wikipedia, he married a Jewish woman, but never converted himself. His kids are Jewish, though.

So, no UD2 this year... I wonder if I should even bother completing UD1. UD base was one of the sets I was limiting myself to. I also enjoyed getting me some Sweet Spot on occasion.

Here's the thing, though. Wasn't UD the FIRST company to have an exclusive license with a major sport? I don't know if they really have anyone to blame for any of this besides themselves.

 

[ChasHawk]

I'd rather limit UD to one high-end HOF release, but otherwise agree.

Competition isn't going to change the way Topps makes cards. What helps makes cards better is limiting the number of releases per year. The more releases any company has the easier it is for them to put out garbage.

NIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIICE!!!

Soooo....let's follow this logic to it's conclusion, shall we?

Does the bolded mean that Topps is going to release less products this year, and that they will all be good?

I fail to see how UD not making cards makes Topps better at making cards.

 

[uniquebaseballcards]

You didn't read what I said.

Can someone say *exactly* how Topps and UD compete, and how one company makes the other better?

Why doesn't anyone here complain about Topps' unfair licensing advantage with regard to minor league players...?

I'd rather limit UD to one high-end HOF release, but otherwise agree.

Competition isn't going to change the way Topps makes cards. What helps makes cards better is limiting the number of releases per year. The more releases any company has the easier it is for them to put out garbage.

NIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIICE!!!

Soooo....let's follow this logic to it's conclusion, shall we?

Does the bolded mean that Topps is going to release less products this year, and that they will all be good?

I fail to see how UD not making cards makes Topps better at making cards.

 

[bballcardkid]

I'd rather limit UD to one high-end HOF release, but otherwise agree.

Competition isn't going to change the way Topps makes cards. What helps makes cards better is limiting the number of releases per year. The more releases any company has the easier it is for them to put out garbage.

NIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIICE!!!

BENSON. Your right, Topps did whatever the hell they wanted with 2008 Bowman Chrome Draft. Seriously...

 

[ChasHawk]

It's been said over and over in the last few weeks. People are going to buy Topps no matter what they put out because they are the only game in town.

So where is their motivation to innovate, add value, and make better products?

edited to add: I don't give a rat's hairy ass about minor league products, which is a big reason why many Topps products don't appeal to me.