Collectors can experience artist renderings of the greatest moments in hockey history with 2008-09 Upper Deck NHL Legends Masterpieces
North Las Vegas, NV (September 3, 2008) – Upper Deck is well known for helping sports fans relive the moments that gave them goose bumps through trading cards. Now the trading card giant is highlighting the top moments in hockey as painted by various artists and printed on a canvas-like paper. These miniature masterpieces will help collectors relive moments like the night Mario Lemieux came back from cancer, or when Bobby Orr scored “The Goal” or when hockey’s heroes were showing off the Stanley Cup.
The 2008-09 Upper Deck NHL Legends Masterpieces product is also a great value for collectors with each box yielding four autograph or game-used cards on average. Additionally, each box will include a 5”x 7” blow-up card along with one autographed blow-up card per case on average. There are also exciting chase elements with “1-of-1” sketch cards from each of the unique artists who contributed to the set and matted parallel cards of the base set.
“We think hockey fans will be excited about adding this Hall-of-Fame-caliber product to their collections,” said Josh Zusman, Upper Deck Hockey brand manager. “To capture these amazing moments in a new way is a real thrill. From Gordie Howe to Wayne Gretzky, we pulled out all the stops to provide hockey fans with the best images from hockey’s long history.”
Upper Deck’s 2008-09 Upper Deck NHL Legends Masterpieces carries a suggested retail price of $6.99 per four-card hobby pack and is available in stores now.
CONTENT HIGHLIGHTS:
· Featuring an entire base set of exclusive artists’ paintings!
· Get four autograph or memorabilia cards in each box on average!
o At least one will be a signature card!
· Collect one 5” x 7” blow-up card in each box!
o Within each case, an average of one blow-up card will be autographed!
· Look for awesome 1-of-1 sketch cards – all unique from great artists!
· Find Matted insert cards throughout the set!
o Five distinct colors differentiate the distinct levels within the autograph, jersey and parallel cards!
PRODUCT BREAKDOWN:
· Autograph Cards (combining with memorabilia cards to deliver an avg. of four per box!)
o Masterpiece Brushstrokes, Brown Border – inserted 1:10
o Masterpiece Brushstrokes, Green Border – #’d to 35
o Masterpiece Brushstrokes, Blue Border – #’d to 25
o Masterpiece Brushstrokes, Red Border – #’d to 10
o Masterpiece Brushstrokes, Black Border – #’d to 1
· Memorabilia Cards (combining with autograph cards to deliver an avg. of four per box!)
o Canvas Clippings, Brown Border – inserted 1:10
o Canvas Clippings, Green Border – #’d to 85
o Canvas Clippings, Blue Border – #’d to 50
o Canvas Clippings, Red Border – #’d to 10
o Canvas Clippings, Black Border – #’d to 1
· Oversized 5” x 7” Box Toppers
o Regular Cards, Blue Border – inserted 1:18
o Autographed Regular Cards, Red Border – inserted 1:252
· Awesome Masterpiece Sketch Cards
o Masterpiece Sketches – #’d to 1
· Parallel Cards (combining to deliver an avg. of 2 per box!)
o Masterpiece Matte, Brown Border – inserted 1:9
o Masterpiece Matte, Green Border – #’d to 99
o Masterpiece Matte, Blue Border – #’d to 50
o Masterpiece Matte, Red Border – #’d to 25
o Masterpiece Matte, Black Border – #’d to 1
· Regular Cards
o 87 Regular Cards
About Upper Deck
Upper Deck is a premier sports and entertainment publishing company which delivers a portfolio of relevant, innovative and multi-dimensional product experiences to collectors, sports and entertainment enthusiasts. For more information on Upper Deck and its products please visit www.upperdeck.com.
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