Archive for December, 2011

Hobby News – The Saturday Edition – 31/12/2011

From Cryptozoic Entertainment: Cryptozoic Entertainment is planning a number of non-sport sets for 2012 including Smallville. For additional information on Cryptozoic’s upcoming Smallville product, see the February/March issue of Non-Sport Update magazine. From Topps: Believe it or not, Topps is already revealing a sneak peek at Topps Baseball 2012 Series 2. Although Topps Baseball 2012 Series [...]

Christmas Wishes (and Give-Aways) from Panini America!

Panini America’s Tracy Hackler and Scott Prusha sit down to wish Panini collectors everywhere a Merry Christmas in this special episode of Panini Unwrapped. If you’re interested in some free give-aways, make sure to visit their YouTube page and comment on this video. It’ll be an extra happy holiday season for the lucky winners. Make [...]

Merry Christmas from Canada Card World!

Good morning and Merry Christmas from Canada Card World. We at CCW would like to wish you and your family Happy Holidays. Good luck with your Xmas box breaks and we hope your stockings were full of packs from your favourite sports! Merry Christmas!

2011-12 Upper Deck Artifacts Rookie Redemption Checklist

Collectors who pulled rookie redemption cards from 2011-12 UD Artifacts have been curious as to which player they will receive. As late December approaches and most teams have rookies in the line-up, the list is ready for release. Regardless, some NHL teams still have not called-up a rookie (Boston Bruins, Dallas Stars). Collectors with redemptions [...]

Product Preview – 2011-12 In The Game Heroes and Prospects

In The Game’s Heroes and Prospects was introduced during the 2004-05 season and it has become an annual hobby tradition for many collectors. The first year of H&P featured cards from the very popular Sidney Crosby before he was eligible for the NHL Draft. Featuring the brightest prospects from the AHL and CHL along with [...]

Product Preview – 2011-12 Panini Crown Royale

One of last season’s most popular hockey brands is returning for another shot at the title. If it’s anything like last year, 2011-12 Crown Royale Hockey will be popular and in short supply after a few months. Last year’s version is still rising in price. Most importantly, the new edition of Panini’s Crown Royale will [...]

Hobby News – The Saturday Edition – 2011/12/17

From Canada Card World: Don’t forget to check out Canada Card World on Facebook. Recently, CCW has started running Facebook ‘Guess the Winner’ Contests for free cards. Don’t miss out! From Topps: The AFLAC High School All-American Autographed cards that were inserted into packs of the recently-released 2011 Bowman Draft Picks & Prospects did not [...]

Product Preview – The Complete Brady Bunch

Wanna go retro? How about a flashback to the 1970′s? Rittenhouse is bring all 117 Episodes of the classic Brady Bunch television series to collectors as a 59-card factory set (2 episodes per card). In addition, there will be 5 autograph cards signed by starring cast members Barry Williams (Greg), Eve Plumb (Jan), Christopher Knight (Peter) [...]

Sneak Peek – 2011-12 Panini Limited Hockey

Curious what Panini has in the queue? Early next year, collectors can expect the release of 2011-12 Limited Hockey, the second season for the high-end product. This season, the dual-signed Back to the Future autographs will be highly sought after. In addition, rumours from Panini indicate that they will be hard-signed. Each card in the insert set [...]

Classic Auctions Winter 2012 Preview – Jacques Lemaire

Jacques Lemaire played his entire NHL career with the Montreal Canadiens, and was part of eight Stanley Cup winning teams. He is one of only six NHL players to have scored two Stanley Cup winning goals (1977 and 1979). Lemaire also won two more Stanley Cups as assistant GM with Montreal in 1986 and 1993. He was inducted [...]

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