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Background Upper Deck’s All-Star Vinyl line has quickly become the most popular sports figure collectible line available. It all began with the LeBrons, and was followed by a trio of NFL quarterbacks. The latest addition to the All-Star Vinyl family…
Upper Deck’s All-Star Vinyl line gets a taste of the NHL with their newest figure – Sidney Crosby. Online ordering for this figure will begin on Tuesday March 27th. If the NFL figures can be used as an example, these…
Upper Deck has released details of their Sidney Crosby All-Star Vinyl figure (designed by MAD). The release date will be on Friday March 27th…through the Upper Deck online store. The figure will be limited to 1,500 pieces in the away…
Upper Deck has posted MAD’s sketch of the newest character to be added to their All-Star Vinyl figure line. Joe Sakic of the Colorado Avalanche will be the 4th NHL player to be released – following Crosby, Ovechkin and Brodeur.
Background The Upper Deck Company was founded in 1988 as a trading card company. I remember trying to find the elusive Ken Griffey Jr. card from that initial series. They really burst onto the scene as the first premium baseball…
Upper Deck has posted the above image on their All-Star Vinyl blog. It’s a photo from their sample review meeting. They looked over the Alexander Ovechkin figures and made needed tweaks. All of those Washington Capitals fans should be excited…
Upper Deck has posted the original artwork of their Babe Ruth All-Star Vinyl figure. As you can see, they had removed the NY logo from Ruth’s jersey (since he never wore the jersey that featured the logo). I’m looking forward…
Jeremy ‘MAD” Madl’s work with Upper Deck continues with the initial drawings of the Alexander Ovechkin All-Star Vinyl figure. It looks as if MAD will be bringing a stylized edge to the line. I think a problem with the NHL…
George Herman Ruth is one of my favorite historical baseball players. I’m not a Yankees fan…just a fan of the history of the national pastime. I was glad to hear that Upper Deck would be producing an All-Star Vinyl figure…
Upper Deck continues to reveal their basketball prototypes as All Star Weekend approaches in Las Vegas. Both the LeBron James (above) and Dwayne Wade (below) are sculpts colored in Photoshop. They also aren’t final images…but you can get the idea.
Upper Deck has released the identity of the 3rd figure in their NHL All Star Vinyl line. After Sidney Crosby and Alexander Ovechkin, Upper Deck will release Devils goalie – Marty Brodeur. The last time I saw Brodeur playing in…
Not only has the Upper Deck All Star Vinyl website been redone, but they have posted some photos of the upcoming Sidney Crosby figures designed by MAD. The figure will be produced in a standard Home edition (1,500 pieces) and…
Background When LeBron James was still in high school, his games at St. Vincent-St. Mary were being televised on ESPN and he was already dubbed as the “next-Jordan”. “King” James now plays in the NBA for the Cleveland Cavaliers and…
Upper Deck has announced their release schedule for the first 3 figures in the NFL All-Star Vinyl line. Just in time for the Super Bowl, Roethlisberger, Favre and Brady will be released on successive days. Ben Roethlisberger – Tuesday Jan…
Being a Sixers fan, it’s nice to see The Answer back in his familiar uniform. Upper Deck is showing off the first in a line of NBA figures…however…Allen Iverson will be wearing his Denver Nuggets garb. This is only a…