All regular cards numbered to 450! One memorabilia card per pack! Are you up for the challenge? Take the Epic Quest!
Carlsbad, Calif. (April 5, 2006)- The landscape of baseball cards is changing in 2006 and Upper Deck (UD) is prepared for the new baseball season with its most captivating lineup to take the field in years. 2006 UD Epic Baseball, a new addition this season, brings a fresh new look and feel to the industry, featuring all cards printed on a vibrant rainbow board. Similar to high-end UD products Ultimate Collection and the Exquisite line, all regular cards in 2006 UD Epic Baseball will be crash numbered (#’d to 450) making this a limited and valuable property.
Every pack of 2006 UD Epic Baseball ($50 per pack) will hold tremendous value, featuring one memorabilia card of only the greatest legends from the past along with the brightest current big leaguers.
“Epic Baseball boasts the strongest memorabilia checklist we’ve ever done,” said Gregg Kohn, UD Product Manager. “One of the highlights from the list is that we are introducing the first ever four-bat barrel card. It will have pieces of game used bat barrels from four of baseballs legends, Jimmie Foxx, Babe Ruth, Ty Cobb and Lou Gehrig.”
To make things more exciting with 2006 UD Epic Baseball, Upper Deck is challenging collectors to take the Epic Quest. Rarely are true set builders rewarded for their hard work and dedication to the hobby. Upper Deck will reward the first four collectors who complete and send in the entire 300 card regular set of 2006 UD Epic Baseball. These first four successful set builders will be rewarded with an entire collection of all 300 original printing plates used for 2006 UD Epic Baseball. There will also be special rewards for those who finish a close second.
As mentioned above, 2006 UD Epic Baseball features many prominent inserts. Another of these hot memorabilia items will be the Epic Awesome Eight Materials insert set. These low-numbered gems will be highly sought after as they showcase four individual jersey swatches per side. Historic names like Ruth, Roger Maris, Thurman Munson, Yogi Berra, Jimmie Foxx, Duke Snider, Johnny Mize and Eddie Matthews highlight the Epic Awesome Eight Materials.
2006 UD Epic Baseball hits hobby stores shelves this June with the complete list of inserts and subsets listed below.
Content Highlights:
- Featuring one low numbered game-used or autographed card in every pack!
- All memorabilia cards, including multiple swatch cards, are numbered to 199 or less and all autographed are numbered to 45 or less!
- Find one multi-swatch memorabilia card, including cards with 3, 4 or 8 pieces, inserted 1 per box on average!
- Also featuring one of the strongest checklist ever in an Upper Deck product bearing only the greatest legends of the past and brightest current stars!
- The entire set, including the 300-card base, is printed on vibrant rainbow foil board and crashed numbered!
- Look for the rare Four-Barrel memorabilia cards that feature game used bat barrels from 4 legends or current stars!
- Complete the “Epic Quest” and you can win an entire set of original Epic printing plates (go to upperdeck .com for details)!!
Product Breakdown:
- Game-Used/Autograph Cards: Combine for 1-hit per pack
o Epic Materials Memorabilia – Varied numbering up to 199 (tiered parallels numbered to 99 and 25)
o Epic Pairings Memorabilia – Numbered to 99
o Epic Triple Materials – Numbered to 99
o Epic Foursome Fabrics – Numbered to 50
o Epic Awesome Eight Materials – Numbered to 10
o Epic Swatch – Numbered to 50 o Epic Endorsements – Numbered up to 45 o Epic Materials Signatures – Numbered to 5 o Epic Four Barrel – Varied numbering up to 5
·Numbered box break: Featuring the top 100 events in the history of baseball…3 hits per box on average!
o Epic Events – Numbered to 675 ·300-Card regular set – Numbered to 450 |