Upper Deck Stands By Tiger Woods

By Tracy Hackler

Upper Deck officials on Tuesday morning announced that the company stands in full support of the embattled Tiger Woods and will continue fulfilling an exclusive relationship with the golfing superstar that’s been in place since 2001…

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Card Football and Madden 10: a great pair for Christmas

Card Football and EA’s NFL Madden 10 are offered as a special bundle on Amazon.com. Check out the bottom-left corner:

Gem Mint George Mikan RC Eclipses $218K

By Tracy Hackler

… SCP Auctions officials revealed today that they purchased the card for the record-shattering sum of $218,550 — the most ever paid for a basketball card — on behalf of an anonymous client…

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The Blind Side’s box office success sparks interest in Michael Oher cards

By Chris Olds

While its $34.1 million opening weekend was lost in the shadow of the new Twilight movie, The Blind Side – a film based on the real-life struggles of a current NFL rookie — is holding on to the No. 2 spot at the box office again this week.

And that has helped spark interest in Michael Oher’s football cards.

Oher, a first-round pick by Baltimore in this year’s draft who has started every game for the Ravens, was a star offensive lineman for the Ole Miss Rebels. But, before that, he was a homeless child in Memphis, Tenn., who was taken in by a family. His story inspired a book by Moneyball author Michael Lewis and the film, which stars Sandra Bullock and Tim McGraw…

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BGS 10 Pristine Michael Jordan Rookie Card sells for $200,000

By Chris Olds

A BGS 10 Pristine copy of Michael Jordan’s 1986-87 Fleer Rookie Card has sold for $200,000 in a privately brokered deal.

The card, one of only two BGS 10s in existence, was purchased by Georgia native Sean Storms, an investor who focuses on elite cards such as these. His plans for the card? To pair it with its other BGS 10 buddy and tuck them away in his private collection…

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McFarlane Toys Announces ‘PLAYMAKERS’ Sports Action Figures

TMP International, Inc.

Inaugural Assortment of Highly Detailed, Articulated, 4-inch Figures Coming Spring of 2010

McFarlane Toys is pleased to announce our newest addition to our ongoing sports action figure product, Playmakers. Playmakers are a completely new type of McFarlane Toys’ product based on our existing sports licenses.

Playmakers action figures include the high level of detail that McFarlane Toys is known for in a newly developed 4-inch scale figure. The addition of tremendous articulation, more than 20 moving parts, will allow for complete playability and will enable consumers to recreate countless sports action poses…

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Topps: Out of Football?

By Tracy Hackler

Topps is out of football! Topps is out of football? Topps is out of football.

Wow! I didn’t see that coming. Topps without a football license? That just seems… odd. After all, the New York-based trading card giant has produced at least one football product a year since 1955. For those counting at home, that’s 55 consecutive seasons…

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Simply, the best baseball memorabilia collection ever

See for yourself:

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CSE Games: new Hockey Canada licensee

CSE Games is pleased to announce that the company is now an official licensee of Hockey Canada. “We are very excited to have the opportunity to offer our unique line of products starting in 2010,” says Fabio Del Rio of CSE Games. “It’ s a very important year for hockey in Canada and we’re honoured to be a part of it.”

Look for these exciting Hockey Canada products coming soon:

- Ice Breaker: The Card Hockey Board Game (Jan. 2010)
- RPS 27: The Rock-Paper-Scissors Jigsaw Battle (Jan. 2010)
- Versus Scoreboard (Mar. 2010)

More details to follow at http://www.csegames.com

McFarlane Toys’ latest project takes things to another level

By Beckett Media

McFarlane Toys announced Friday evening that it is adding a new program that allows for a higher-end and specific chase aspect to its upcoming SportsPicks figure lines.

Its new “Collector Level” program has been created to give collectors something extra with the variant figures that they have come to expect with the popular toys. What’s that something extra? Anything from an alternative paint job to autographs or game-used memorabilia swatches included with the figure. As with past products, some type of variant or Collector Level figure will be found in every case…

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