Wednesday, February 3, 2010

Is the Card Industry a Joke?

Hey guys, Drew back here. I had a big science test planned for today, but we had a 2 hour delay so the test was re-scheduled. I was studying all of yesterday after school. Even though most of the computer issues were solved, we had a few more technical difficulties and hopefully after re-starting the computer they will be gone. Nothing major, except YouTube and iTunes and other media players are flipping out and won't play videos or music!

Today's post was to just clearly talk about the recent card industry, and the problems with it. As you probably all know by now, Upper Deck was recently sued by the MLB for using their logos without a trading card license. Talk about stupid. It's almost as idiotic as this guy:



Their 3 most recent products all have used MLB logos without the MLB's consent. 2009 Ultimate Collection, 2009 Signature Stars, and 2010 Upper Deck flagship. 2009 Ultimate has lived up to the expectations, and only a few different hits can suck in the product. No offense to any O's fans (I know a few) but Nick Markakis and Kojo Uehara autographs do not pay for a box like this. People aren't happy when they see a penny sleeve, which guarantees a 6 or 8 swatch relic card, which really means something. There are some nasty looking patches in the product but MLB had to come in and ruin the fun by stomping on all of the cards and sueing like crazy. So a recall could happen, and all of the boxes would be gone. That shoots up the value of all the other cards pulled already, and would lead to some massive prices. But I highly doubt that would happen.

2009 Upper Deck Ultimate Collection Baseball Hobby Box - Click Image to Close

2009 Signature Stars looks like a major disappointment. Wait, I never heard of it until it was released. So I guess it just plain old SUCKED! They covered the front and everything with veterans and stars, but almost every hit you pull is a Team USA relic card. Talk about sucking. Mr. Scott recently did a break of this, and he really didn't feel excited with the pulls he had I can tell. I wouldn't mind this product going back to Upper Deck though.

2009 Upper Deck Signature Stars Baseball Hobby Box - Click Image to Close

2010 Upper Deck is just starting to hit eBay, and they also show full logos. The base design looks fairly decent and some of the other cards look ok, and you can tell they put a tiny amount of effort using pictures without logos. I probably will buy it, or just trade for an awesome card like this:



This card of the captain looks awesome, and I definitely will have this card in the next few months. If I don't pull it, somebody will, and I want you to offer it to me. You will, and you know it. Getting back to the issues that are Upper Deck....

WHY IN THE WORLD DO YOU GO AGAINST THE MLB!!!!! YOU GUYS ARE IDIOTS!!!! SUCK IT UP AND DEAL WITH THE FACT THAT YOU CAN'T PUT A LITTLE LOGO ON THE HAT AND USE SOME BRAIN CELLS TO THINK OF SOMETHING THAT WOULD LOOK GREAT WITHOUT THEM!!!!


My rant is officially over (for now), please feel free to express your thoughts on the aggressiveness of Upper Deck.

See Ya. for now. Until next time. Drew

3 comments:

  1. I wrote Upper Deck a nice letter about 2009 Signature Stars I hope they reply back soon.

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  2. My thoughts is that it's kinda funny that they're giving a giant middle finger to MLB. I may pick up some base packs just to say did... hey, it's not like I'm the one being sued, so what do I care?

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  3. Really interesting, nice blog by the way.

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