After selling the Strasburg Gold Refractor on Ebay, I absolutely had to try again. Didn't go as well. And of course had to give some of the new basketball a shot as well!
Saturday, May 22, 2010
Saturday, May 15, 2010
Bowman Baseball Box break!
So each year when Bowman comes out, I like to get a box or three of it. It's fun actually having no idea who or what I pulled. All I know is I like refractors. Blues are nice, Golds are better, Oranges even nicer, Red are sweet, and of course superfractors rule. Yeah, that's all I know, kinda sad. If I pull the player that is on the box, then I guess that's a good sign, haha. I actually didn't get any Bowman last year. In 2007 I got a Jason Heyward refractor, probably my best hit that year. Sold it for $20. Probably should have held it back then since he's blowing up this year. Looks like those are selling for around $50-$60 now.
So maybe I should hold onto this hit?
So what do you think?
:)
- Joe
Tuesday, May 4, 2010
Play "One on One" with Kobe!
PANINI AMERICA LAUNCHES PLAY KOBE “ONE-ON-ONE” ADRENALYN PROMOTION
ARLINGTON, Texas (May 3, 2010) – As the NBA Playoffs continue to heat up, Panini America (www.paniniamerica.net), a subsidiary of The Panini Group, the leading global publisher of sports and entertainment collectables launched today the “Play Kobe One-On-One” Promotion with four-time NBA Champion Kobe Bryant. Basketball fans beginning May 1 through June 17, 2010 will be able to log-on to www.PaniniAdrenalyn.com to compete against other fans, the leading scorer at the end of the promotion will get a chance to meet Kobe Bryant and play him “One-On-One” in a game of Adrenalyn, the new interactive trading card game from Panini.
The Kobe “One-On-One” promotion coincides with the recent launch of the Panini Adrenalyn Xtreme game mode that features new enhancements to gameplay following player feedback during the beta-phase of the game. The new enhancements offer more strategic gameplay along with more shot opportunities, resulting in higher NBA scores. Matchup results are based on a player’s chance of scoring, eliminating players ability to load their decks to guarantee they win a matchup. Instead, higher ratings increase a player’s chance that they will score.
“I’m looking forward and excited to play a fan one-on-one in a game of Adrenalyn. I’ve been practicing, so I’ll be ready,” said Kobe Bryant, Los Angeles Lakers Guard.
An integrated advertising campaign that includes TV spots on Nickelodeon, Cartoon Network and Disney XD channels, as well as online and viral will support the Kobe “One-On-One” promotion along with integration into more than 1,000 movie theatres in select markets across the country. To watch the Kobe Bryant TV ad click here:
As the leading global publisher of sports and entertainment collectables, Panini has license agreements with three of the major U.S. sports, including the NFL/NFLPA, NHL/NHLPA and an Exclusive Trading Card and Sticker Partnership with the National Basketball Association (NBA). Panini’s other partnerships include an exclusive license with FIFA for the 2010 and 2014 World Cup, the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame and with four-time NBA Champion Kobe Bryant of the Los Angeles Lakers. Panini also has a successful collectibles business with consumer brands including DreamWorks’ How to Train Your Dragon, Disney’s Toy Story 3, Hannah Montana and High School Musical, and Warner Brothers’ Harry Potter.
For more information and full rules and guidelines, go to http://nba.paniniadrenalyn.com. There is no purchase necessary to participate or win and the promotion is open to legal residents of the (50) U.S. states & DC, who are 13 years of age or older as of 5/1/10.
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 collectables and is the leading multi-national publisher of comics, children’s magazines and Manga in Europe and Latin America. 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 or www.paninigroup.com.
For more information contact:
Jason Howarth, Conover Tuttle Pace
jhowarth@ctpboston.com, (617) 412-4000/508-353-0063 (Cell)
Scott Prusha, Panini America
sprusha@paniniamerica.net, 817-983-0303
ARLINGTON, Texas (May 3, 2010) – As the NBA Playoffs continue to heat up, Panini America (www.paniniamerica.net), a subsidiary of The Panini Group, the leading global publisher of sports and entertainment collectables launched today the “Play Kobe One-On-One” Promotion with four-time NBA Champion Kobe Bryant. Basketball fans beginning May 1 through June 17, 2010 will be able to log-on to www.PaniniAdrenalyn.com to compete against other fans, the leading scorer at the end of the promotion will get a chance to meet Kobe Bryant and play him “One-On-One” in a game of Adrenalyn, the new interactive trading card game from Panini.
The Kobe “One-On-One” promotion coincides with the recent launch of the Panini Adrenalyn Xtreme game mode that features new enhancements to gameplay following player feedback during the beta-phase of the game. The new enhancements offer more strategic gameplay along with more shot opportunities, resulting in higher NBA scores. Matchup results are based on a player’s chance of scoring, eliminating players ability to load their decks to guarantee they win a matchup. Instead, higher ratings increase a player’s chance that they will score.
“I’m looking forward and excited to play a fan one-on-one in a game of Adrenalyn. I’ve been practicing, so I’ll be ready,” said Kobe Bryant, Los Angeles Lakers Guard.
An integrated advertising campaign that includes TV spots on Nickelodeon, Cartoon Network and Disney XD channels, as well as online and viral will support the Kobe “One-On-One” promotion along with integration into more than 1,000 movie theatres in select markets across the country. To watch the Kobe Bryant TV ad click here:
As the leading global publisher of sports and entertainment collectables, Panini has license agreements with three of the major U.S. sports, including the NFL/NFLPA, NHL/NHLPA and an Exclusive Trading Card and Sticker Partnership with the National Basketball Association (NBA). Panini’s other partnerships include an exclusive license with FIFA for the 2010 and 2014 World Cup, the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame and with four-time NBA Champion Kobe Bryant of the Los Angeles Lakers. Panini also has a successful collectibles business with consumer brands including DreamWorks’ How to Train Your Dragon, Disney’s Toy Story 3, Hannah Montana and High School Musical, and Warner Brothers’ Harry Potter.
For more information and full rules and guidelines, go to http://nba.paniniadrenalyn.com. There is no purchase necessary to participate or win and the promotion is open to legal residents of the (50) U.S. states & DC, who are 13 years of age or older as of 5/1/10.
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 collectables and is the leading multi-national publisher of comics, children’s magazines and Manga in Europe and Latin America. 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 or www.paninigroup.com.
For more information contact:
Jason Howarth, Conover Tuttle Pace
jhowarth@ctpboston.com, (617) 412-4000/508-353-0063 (Cell)
Scott Prusha, Panini America
sprusha@paniniamerica.net, 817-983-0303
Sunday, April 11, 2010
Panini Classics CONTEST!
CONTEST DETAILS:
The three late games on Monday 4/12 are:
OKC vs POR
HOU vs SAC
DAL vs LAC
What will be the combined PAR (Points, Assists, Rebounds) of these three players:
1. Kevin Durant
2. Tyreke Evans
3. Dirk Nowitzki
The closest 4 answers to the correct answer (without going over) will have the opportunity to choose from the 4 hits. Each of the 4 winners will PM me their preference from the hits:
Omar Casspi auto
Chase Budinger auto
Dwight Howard GU
Jermaine Taylor GU
Each member gets one guess, and each number can be guessed once. If there are multiple users with the same guess, the one who posts first will be taken. So if two people guess 90, whoever posted 90 first gets the guess.
Entries will be accepted till 8pm Central on Monday, 4/12
SIGN UP FOR THE CONTEST HERE!
Have fun!
The three late games on Monday 4/12 are:
OKC vs POR
HOU vs SAC
DAL vs LAC
What will be the combined PAR (Points, Assists, Rebounds) of these three players:
1. Kevin Durant
2. Tyreke Evans
3. Dirk Nowitzki
The closest 4 answers to the correct answer (without going over) will have the opportunity to choose from the 4 hits. Each of the 4 winners will PM me their preference from the hits:
Omar Casspi auto
Chase Budinger auto
Dwight Howard GU
Jermaine Taylor GU
Each member gets one guess, and each number can be guessed once. If there are multiple users with the same guess, the one who posts first will be taken. So if two people guess 90, whoever posted 90 first gets the guess.
Entries will be accepted till 8pm Central on Monday, 4/12
SIGN UP FOR THE CONTEST HERE!
Have fun!
Friday, April 9, 2010
FREE Panini Classics Box Break and Contest!
Once again, Panini has been so kind to send HobbyKings.com a free box to open and share with our members. Today's box is 09/10 Panini Classics Basketball. Thank you Panini!
We will be giving the HITS from this box as a contest prize on our site on this thread. Feel free to participate to have your chance of winning these great cards!
- joe
We will be giving the HITS from this box as a contest prize on our site on this thread. Feel free to participate to have your chance of winning these great cards!
- joe
Thursday, April 8, 2010
Upper Deck loses NFL license
News just came out recently that Upper Deck lost its license to make any NFL products. Here's the tweet we all received on the Upper Deck Twitter account: 
So in the span of two years, Upper Deck loses its license with two of the major sports: Basketball (NBA) and Football (NFL). It's no secret that some of the business practices of Upper Deck have been questionable, but the fact is that Upper Deck has been a major player in the trading card industry for over 20 years now. And a hit like this on the industry will cause a lot of people to possibly turn away from the hobby. I will be honest that I have always been on the collector side of this hobby, never really getting into the business side of it all. So most of my opinion comes from what this means as a collector. Upper Deck's designs have always been superior to its competitors. Lately they have gotten lazy, with the design as well as just using the same photos over and over. And of course sticker autographs and the dreaded redemptions *GAG*. But even with all of these pitfalls, I still liked the products, they just "felt" like better quality. Even if they used a similar design from a different product from the year prior, I are it up! I may have been brainwashed by the UD marketing team, but I always thought products like SPX and SP Authentic were just great products. It's probably because you KNEW what you were gonna get out of those products. They were staples in the product release for the year. Since this was the first year Upper Deck didn't release any NBA products, I actually found myself less interested in the hobby. Will this happen to football collectors next year?
So what does this mean for the trading card industry? What does it mean for the survival of Upper Deck? It seems that Panini is taking a strong hold on the industry. I hope that they could do right what Upper Deck has done wrong!
I enjoyed this post by the Voice of the Collector on this situation: VOTC Blog - check it out
I'd love to hear what other collectors think about this as well. Feel free to leave a comment!
- joe
So in the span of two years, Upper Deck loses its license with two of the major sports: Basketball (NBA) and Football (NFL). It's no secret that some of the business practices of Upper Deck have been questionable, but the fact is that Upper Deck has been a major player in the trading card industry for over 20 years now. And a hit like this on the industry will cause a lot of people to possibly turn away from the hobby. I will be honest that I have always been on the collector side of this hobby, never really getting into the business side of it all. So most of my opinion comes from what this means as a collector. Upper Deck's designs have always been superior to its competitors. Lately they have gotten lazy, with the design as well as just using the same photos over and over. And of course sticker autographs and the dreaded redemptions *GAG*. But even with all of these pitfalls, I still liked the products, they just "felt" like better quality. Even if they used a similar design from a different product from the year prior, I are it up! I may have been brainwashed by the UD marketing team, but I always thought products like SPX and SP Authentic were just great products. It's probably because you KNEW what you were gonna get out of those products. They were staples in the product release for the year. Since this was the first year Upper Deck didn't release any NBA products, I actually found myself less interested in the hobby. Will this happen to football collectors next year?
So what does this mean for the trading card industry? What does it mean for the survival of Upper Deck? It seems that Panini is taking a strong hold on the industry. I hope that they could do right what Upper Deck has done wrong!
I enjoyed this post by the Voice of the Collector on this situation: VOTC Blog - check it out
I'd love to hear what other collectors think about this as well. Feel free to leave a comment!
- joe
Friday, April 2, 2010
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