Carlsbad, CA (March 26, 2012) – As exciting as boxing is, it just has not been the same since “Iron” Mike Tyson left the ring. When he fought it was truly an event much like watching Michael Jordan in the NBA Finals or seeing Tiger Woods go for a win on Sunday at Augusta. He achieved greatness by unifying the WBC, WBA and IBF heavyweight titles and was recently inducted into the Boxing Hall-of-Fame. Now Tyson joins the Upper Deck team to appear in new trading card releases and to lend his signature to trading cards and Upper Deck Authenticated memorabilia.

“Having the opportunity to partner with Mike Tyson provides Upper Deck the chance to bring the boxing community innovative and quality collectibles the likes of which they have never seen,” said Jason Masherah, Upper Deck’s vice president of Marketing and Business Development. “Collectors will get quite a thrill when they pull an autograph card of ‘Iron’ Mike from new Upper Deck packs. Our Upper Deck Authenticated team is thrilled about developing signed memorabilia for Tyson that will become the primary talking piece for any room they are displayed in.”

Mike Tyson will make his trading card debut in Upper Deck’s 2012 Goodwin Champions and appear in several other trading card releases this year. Rare signed versions of his cards can be found in these releases as well.

Upper Deck Authenticated is holding a signing session with Mike Tyson soon and will be sharing a variety of signed items of the champ from there. One of the more anticipated pieces will be the Mike Tyson “Tegata” piece which will not only include Tyson’s signature, but also an ink hand print. This Japanese inspired collectible made their debut from UDA with exclusive spokesmen Michael Jordan and LeBron James in the last year.

Mike Tyson UDA memorabilia will be available online at www.upperdeckstore.com, by calling (800) 551-8220 or through one of Upper Deck’s authorized UDA distributors.

About Upper Deck

Upper Deck is the leading sports and entertainment trading card and collectibles company. For more information on Upper Deck and its products please visit www.upperdeck.com.

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If you have an XBOX 360 or PS3 add me as a friend.  My gamertag is NHL23

’til next time.

Didn’t however see any redemptions for the autographed Jerseys.  Have to get a better checklist.  I’ll probably never be able to get a case, but maybe I can get an empty tin someday, they’re sick (in my opinion).

In my last post I mentioned about the graphic, the client didn’t like it, so I have to make another, but I will recycle and use the design here on CardStuff.com

Someday I will find a theme for this sight that I like.  For now we will play with this one, but it will probably change before the end of the month lol.

anyways, good night and talk to you soon!

Also put my famous patriotic eagle image on a candy jar and some business cards on zazzle.com Great Zazzle Products

Unfortunately it doesn’t work on the iPhone…yet

We Also accept Serve (American Express) and Paypal.

TIPPING OFF: PANINI AMERICA ANNOUNCES NEW ROSTER OF 
NBA-LICENSED 2011-12 TRADING CARD PRODUCTS

- The NBA’s exclusive trading card partner plans five products for new season, including the return of the Hoops brand and special cards honoring 2011-12, 2012-13 Rookie Classes -

IRVING, Texas (December 20 , 2011) –Panini America (www.paniniamerica.net), the world’s largest sports and entertainment collectibles company and the exclusive trading card partner of the NBA, will celebrate the NBA’s return with a completely overhauled roster of products for the 2011-12 season engineered to appeal equally to casual fans and hardcore collectors alike.

Panini America will tip off the new NBA collecting season with a late-February hobby release of 2012 Preferred Basketball, a new high-end addition that will deliver three autographs and one six- or eight-swatch memorabilia booklet card in every pack and will retail for $200.

Preferred will be followed by the triumphant return of the venerable Hoops brand (March), a collecting landmark that ignited the basketball collecting craze with a history-making debut in 1989-90.With a $1 retail pack price, Hoops will appeal to a broad fan base and will also include autographed buybacks of original 1989-90 Hoops cards. Panini also will release a hobby-specific version of Hoops ($2 a pack and $72 a box) that will feature 29 inserts, autographed copies of original 1989-90 Hoops cards and two autographs per box.

“We are excited by the return of the NBA and look forward to delivering NBA trading cards to basketball fans around the world with the release of our 2011-12 NBA products,” said Panini America CEO Mark Warsop. “There was so much excitement for the NBA and its players last season and we are looking forward to picking up where we left off.  The time away has only strengthened the demand for Panini NBA trading card products and we’re confident that our new product roster will be well received.”

After Hoops, Panini America will release 2011-12 Limited (May), 2011-12 Past & Present (June) and 2011-12 Gold Standard (July). The Limited and Gold Standard releases will include unique cards redeemable for the first Rookie Cards of members of the 2011-12 and 2012-13 NBA rookie classes.

Panini America is the only company in the world that manufactures fully licensed trading cards and stickers for the NBA, NFL, NFL PLAYERS, NHL, NHLPA, MLBPA and FIFA World Cup. The company also owns exclusive entertainment licenses with Disney, Justin Bieber and Michael Jackson, and more than 600 global licenses with other sports and entertainment properties.

ABOUT PANINI:

The Panini Group, established almost 50 years ago in Modena, Italy, has subsidiaries throughout Europe, Latin America and the United States.  Panini is the world leader in officially licensed collectibles and is the most significant publisher of collectibles in the U.S., with official licenses for NBA, NFL, NHL, FIFA, Disney, Nickelodeon, Warner Bros. and other key properties from many other licensors. Panini has distribution channels in more than 100 countries and employs a staff of over 800. For more information visit us at www.paniniamerica.net, www.paninigroup.com or www.paniniamerica.wordpress.com. You can also follow Panini America on social media platforms Facebook, Twitter and on YouTube.

Media Contact:
Tracy Hackler, Panini America
817-662-5325
thackler [at] paniniamerica [dot] net

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| Rookie Showcase Threads Signatures Redemption #6 Nazem Kadri (redeemed)
| Matt Carkner Boys of Winter 1 colour jersey

- 1 Press Proof parallel
|Michael Frolik 001/100

- 6 Rated Rookies
|267 James Wyman
|272 Evgeny Dadonov
|280 Brock Trotter
|289 Trevor Frischmon
|294 Magnus Paajarvi
|300 Anton Klementyev

- 3 Boys of Winter
|22 Ales Hemsky
|30 Daniel Sedin
|66 Alexander Ovechkin

- 2 Ultimate Draft
|13 Zach Parise
|29 Jaroslav Halak

- 1 Les Gardiens
|3 Patrick Roy

- 1 Tough Times
|2 Ron Hextall
|7 Paul Baxter

- 1 Fans of the Game
|4 Michael Ontkean

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|1 Ray Bourque

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