www.86thfloor.com     PREVIEWS VOL. XVIII #2 February 2008 

TRADING CARDS SECTION


SPORTS CARDS

PLAYOFF CORP.

PLAYOFF 2008 PRESTIGE NFL TRADING CARDS
Playoff’s first offering in the new NFL season, Prestige NFL will feature a selection of veterans and new 2008 rookies. Each box will be highlighted with an average of 2 autograph or memorabilia cards, 24 rookies (1 per pack – including short prints), 3 parallel cards, and 9 additional insert cards. 8 cards per pack, 24 packs per box. (C: 1-1-2) NOTE: Available only in the United States, Canada, and U.S. Territories.
Pack MSRP: $3.00

PRESS PASS INC

PRESS PASS 2008 SE FOOTBALL TRADING CARDS
Press Pass SE Football will feature the newest NFL talents picked in the 2008 Draft. Each pack will deliver an autograph or jersey card, with each box yielding a total of 8 autographs and 4 jersey cards. Autographs are featured on multiple levels, including many numbered to 200 or less. Jersey cards are available in several levels, including Premium Hobby Only Multi-Color Swatches numbered to 25. 5 cards per pack, 12 packs per box. (C: 1-1-2) NOTE: Available only in the United States, Canada, and U.S. Territories.
Pack MSRP: $12.99

SAGE COLLECTIBLES INC

SAGE 2008 ASPIRE FOOTBALL TRADING CARDS
Offering more from the top 2008 draftees than any other product, SAGE Aspire Football will deliver an average of 6 autographs per box (twice as many as last year!), including 2 Exclusive Hula Bowl Autographs, 1 Swatch card per box, and randomly inserted Exclusive Date and Place cards, featuring game-used tickets and/or program covers from BCS games, with autographed versions available numbered to only 10! Watch for exclusive School Pride inserts, featuring actual pride stickers like those used on the player’s helmets, and rare Century Club (numbered to 100) and 5-Star (numbered to 25) Autographs from top players with all signatures inserted and no Redemptions! 4 cards per pack, 24 packs per box. (C: 1-1-2) NOTE: Available only in the United States, Canada, and U.S. Territories.
Pack MSRP: $5.99

SAGE 2008 HIT FOOTBALL TRADING CARDS
The 2008 SAGE HIT Football will feature the most celebrated 2008 draftees, expected to include Boston College QB Matt Ryan, Arkansas RB Darren McFadden, LSU DT Glenn Dorsey and many other young future stars. Each 30-pack box will deliver an average of 5 autographs and 1 jersey card, including possible Write Stuff Autographs numbered to 25, 1 Make-Ready insert numbered to 50, and randomly seeded 1/1 Printing Plates and Autographed Printing Plates. As with all SAGE releases, all autographs are inserted, with no Redemptions! At least half the total autographs are from top picks and over half are rarer “premium” levels (numbered to 100 or less). Releasing in April, SAGE HIT will provide collectors with an early glimpse of the 2008 Draft. 5 cards per pack, 30 packs per box. (C: 1-1-2) NOTE: Available only in the United States, Canada, and U.S. Territories.
Pack MSRP: $3.99

TOPPS COMPANY

BOWMAN 2008 MLB TRADING CARDS
Bowman Baseball offers the most comprehensive selection of available rookies and prospects in Major League Baseball, including 110 Prospects available in both Bowman and Bowman Chrome versions, each seeded 2 per pack and available only in this release. Each box will deliver an average of one Autographed Rookie or Autographed Bowman Prospect card. Also watch for randomly seeded 1/1 Parallels and 1/1 Printing Plates. 10 cards per pack, 24 packs per box. (C: 1-1-2) NOTE: Available only in the United States, Canada, and U.S. Territories.
Pack MSRP: $3.00

BOWMAN 2008 BASEBALL HOME TEAM ADVANTAGE JUMBO TRADING CARDS
Available to qualified Topps Home Team Advantage members, exclusive content in the 2008 Bowman Baseball Jumbo includes Signs of the Future Autographs (1 box topper card per box). Each pack will deliver 17 regular Bowman cards, 8 Bowman Prospect cards, 6 Bowman Chrome Prospect cards, and 1 Bowman Gold Parallel. Each box will yield 3 autographs, including the box topper, and 2 Autographed Rookies or Prospects. 32 cards per pack, 12 packs per box. (C: 1-1-2) NOTE: Available only in the United States, Canada, and U.S. Territories.
Pack MSRP: $10.00

TOPPS 2008 CO-SIGNERS BASEBALL TRADING CARDS
Each box of Topps Co-Signers Baseball will deliver 3 autographs on 2 cards, including 1 Co-Signers Dual Signature card. Each base card is available in multiple low-numbered parallel versions. Every pack will deliver a parallel card or an autographed card! Each case will contain a Tri-Signers triple-autographed card, including possible cut signatures from historical and sports figures. 6 cards per pack, 12 packs per box. (C: 1-1-2) NOTE: Available only in the United States, Canada, and U.S. Territories.
Pack MSRP: $10.00

TOPPS 2008 TRIPLE THREADS BASEBALL TRADING CARDS
Offered in 2-pack boxes, each pack of Topps Triple Threads Baseball will deliver 3 regular cards, 2 low-numbered parallel cards and 1 low-numbered Triple Relic or Autographed Triple Relic card! Autographed Triple Relic cards are seeded in every other pack or one per box! In each 18-box case, collectors will find a 1/1 Autographed Triple Relic Card and Triple Autograph/Triple Relic Cards numbered to 36 or less! There are multiple low-numbered parallel versions of each card, including 1/1 Printing Plates. Look for Cut Signatures from some of Baseball’s All-Time Legends, 1/1 Bat Name Plates, 1/1 MLB Logo All-Star Jersey Patches, and Game-Used All-Star Patches. 6 cards per pack, 2 packs per box. (C: 1-1-2) NOTE: Available only in the United States, Canada, and U.S. Territories.
Pack MSRP: $100.00

THE UPPER DECK COMPANY

UPPER DECK 2008 SERIES 2 BASEBALL HOBBY EDITION TRADING CARDS
The benchmark brand for Upper Deck, featuring the finest photography that trading cards can offer, 2008 Upper Deck Series 2 Baseball contains 400 additional cards, including veterans and top rookies with the new Rookie Card Logo. Each 24-pack box is highlighted with an average of 1 Autograph and 2 or 3 Memorabilia cards. Additional chase cards include Team USA and Junior Team USA inserts and memorabilia cards, Mini Parallel cards of the entire 800 card set printed on vibrant rainbow foil board and seeded 1 per pack, and the Yankee Stadium Legacy Promotion (1:4 packs), the most comprehensive insert set ever created! Each hobby box will include a bonus pack previewing 2008 Goudy and Masterpieces Baseball. 20 cards per pack, 24 packs per box. (C: 1-1-2) NOTE: Available only in the United States, Canada, and U.S. Territories.
Pack MSRP: $4.99

UPPER DECK 2008 SERIES 2 BASEBALL RETAIL TRADING CARDS
The retail edition of 2008 Upper Deck Series 2 Baseball offers increased margins with the lower priced alternative to the hobby version, featuring the same great 400-card base set. Look for an average of 1 Memorabilia card per box and an insert card in every pack, including randomly seeded Yankee Stadium Legacy inserts. 18 cards per pack, 24 packs per box. (C: 1-1-2) NOTE: Available only in the United States, Canada, and U.S. Territories.
Pack MSRP: $2.99

UPPER DECK 2008 SP LEGENDARY CUTS BASEBALL TRADING CARDS
SP Legendary Cuts is the most popular high-end product in the hobby when it comes to cut signatures. This year, it offers a variety of historically significant cuts outside of baseball, including U.S. Presidents, and for the first time with current stars, collectors will be more focused than ever before on repeat purchases. Each box is highlighted with 4 memorabilia cards, including a Legendary Materials card numbered to 99 or less. Case chase cards include 2 Cut Signatures, 2 One-of-Ones, and 2 additional signatures per case. 4 cards per pack, 12 packs per box. (C: 1-1-2) NOTE: Available only in the United States, Canada, and U.S. Territories.
Pack MSRP: $9.99

UPPER DECK 2008 ARTIFACTS NFL TRADING CARDS
Delivering some of the first regular and autographed Rookie cards for the 2008 NFL Draft Picks, Upper Deck Artifacts Football is highlighted with an average of 3 memorabilia cards and 1 Sequentially Numbered Autograph card per box, with every pack featuring a Rookie, Parallel, Memorabilia or Autograph card. Watch for rare 1/1 Autographed Memorabilia cards featuring a tag, patch and a logo swatch! Case chase hits include 4 to 5 Patch cards numbered to 50 or less and 3 multi-swatch memorabilia cards. 4 cards per pack, 10 packs per box. (C: 1-1-2) NOTE: Available only in the United States, Canada, and U.S. Territories.
Pack MSRP: $9.99

NON-SPORTS CARDS

INKWORKS

OFFERED AGAIN

O/A BUFFY THE VAMPIRE SLAYER 10TH-ANNIVERSARY PREMIUM TRADING CARDS
Creator Joss Whedon started the phenomena of Buffy The Vampire Slayer. Through 7 years of apocalypses, loves, and losses, fans followed Buffy and her friends as they made television history. This 90-card ultra-premium set features 18 pt. stock and includes "Joss’ Notes," exclusive cards for each season from the creator himself, Joss Whedon; 8 Buffy “Season 8” Cards, featuring Season 8 storylines and the amazing Dark Horse Comics cover art; and much more! Plus, look for the special “Slayer’s Essential” Propworks Card, and own you very own piece of the stake! 8 cards per pack, 24 packs per box. (C: 0-1-2)
Pack MSRP: $3.49

FAMILY GUY PRESENTS EPISODE IV — A NEW HOPE PREMIUM TRADING CARDS
A long time ago, but somehow in the future, a special episode of Family Guy was aired, “Blue Harvest,” presenting an outrageous look at the Star Wars universe! Timed to the January DVD release of this fan-favorite episode, Inkworks announces Family Guy Presents: Episode IV — A New Hope Premium Trading Cards, which finds Peter, Lois, Chris, Stewie, Brian and some of Quahog’s finest in the middle of George Lucas’ beloved science-fiction epic. Feel the Farce! With a retro look and hilarious fun, this 50-card series will be loved by Family Guy and Star Wars fans alike! Look for six levels of randomly-inserted bonus cards: 9-card foil puzzle “A New Hope” (1:7 packs), an amazing piece featuring painted artwork of Chris Griffin as Luke Skywalker, Stewie Griffin as Darth Vader, and more; 9 foil “Spaceships And Transports” cards (1:9 packs), die-cut cards featuring the ships and transports from the show; 6 foil “What Happens Next” cards (1:11 packs) with the hysterical punchlines you didn’t see in the original film; 6 “Scenes From Space” cards (1:11 packs) including three clear character cards that can be mixed and matched over three background scenery cards to create different Family Guy space scenes; and 3 holographic foil “Droid Chat” cards (1:23 packs) with hilarious exchanges between Quagmire as C-3PO and Cleveland as R2-D2! 6 cards per pack, 24 packs per box. (C: 1-1-2)
Pack MSRP: $2.99

RITTENHOUSE ARCHIVES

THE WOMEN OF MARVEL TRADING CARDS
A comprehensive 90-card trading card collection, The Women of Marvel covers all the key female characters in the Marvel Universe, including the Invisible Woman, She-Hulk, Spider Woman, Rogue, Mystique, and many more! The most-powerful and sexiest women ever drawn in comics are featured in an 18-card Swimsuit Edition Bonus set, 9-card Embossed set, 9-card Embrace set (featuring famous pairings of male and female characters). Limited to a production run of only 8,000 sequentially-numbered boxes, highlights include 1 Hand-Drawn Colored SketchaFEX card in every box! House your set in a custom-designed album, with twelve 9-pocket pages and a bonus promo card. 5 cards per pack, 24 packs per box. (C: 1-1-2) NOTE: Available only in the United States, Canada, and U.S. Territories.
PACK—Pack MSRP: $3.50
ALBUM—Binder SRP: $19.99

STELLAR COLLECTIBLES

PLAYBOY VIXENS TRADING CARDS
SEE PREVIEWS ADULT FOR MORE INFORMATION (C: 1-1-2) NOTE: Available only in the United States, Canada, and U.S. Territories.
ADULT MATERIAL
PACK—Pack SRP: $3.49
FACTORY SET—Set SRP: $129.99
PREMIUM FACTORY SET—Set SRP: $499.99

TOPPS COMPANY

TOPPS HANNAH MONTANA STICKERS
She’s the youngest recording artist in history to have two #1 albums in less than one year! Her nationwide tour sold-out instantaneously! Don’t miss your chance to tie-in with the most popular young entertainer on the planet as Topps presents Hannah Montana Stickers, releasing in time to capitalize on the release of her own 3-D concert movie when it hits thousands of theaters the first week in February! With 90 stickers based on the hit Disney show, each pack contains 6 Hannah Montana Sticker cards plus 1 insert Foil, Glitter or Mega Sticker! (C: 1-1-2) NOTE: Available only in the United States, Canada, and U.S. Territories.
Pack MSRP: $2.00

OFFERED AGAIN

O/A TOPPS INDIANA JONES HERITAGE TRADING CARDS
The perfect accompaniment to the release of Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull, coming to theaters in May, Topps offers a fresh look at the original Indiana Jones movie trilogy with new photography never before seen on trading cards. Inspired by the Topps card designs from the 80’s and printed on classic gray-back stock, this is the ultimate retro-cool Indy experience — each pack even comes with a stick of bubble gum! Inserts include Hobby Exclusive Authentic Autographs and Hand-Drawn Sketch Cards combining to fall one per box and Sequentially-Numbered Parallel cards. 5 cards per pack. 24 packs per box. (C: 1-1-2) NOTE: Available only in the United States, Canada, and U.S. Territories.
Pack MSRP: $2.00

TOPPS INDIANA JONES AND THE KINGDOM OF THE CRYSTAL SKULL MOVIE TRADING CARDS
This Memorial Day weekend, Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull swings into theaters and one of the greatest adventure heroes of all time returns to the big screen! Harrison Ford reprises his trademark role, teaming up once again with director Steven Spielberg and producer George Lucas to create movie-going and merchandising excitement. Topps is releasing a 90-card set based on this highly anticipated movie event with all-new, breath-taking images of Indy in action. Inserts include Foil Cards (1:6 packs), Authentic Autographs and Hand-Drawn Sketch Cards combining to fall 1 per box! 7 cards per pack, 24 packs per box. (C: 1-1-2) NOTE: Available only in the United States, Canada, and U.S. Territories.
Pack MSRP: $2.00

THE UPPER DECK COMPANY

MARVEL MASTERPIECES SET 2 TRADING CARDS
Marvel Masterpieces brings super hero trading cards to new heights! All your favorite Marvel Universe characters spring to life in a new 90-card set, with original art by legendary Marvel artists! Every card’s a masterpiece! Chase cards will include “Women of Marvel,” “Avengers” subset cards, and “Hulk/Iron Man” inserts, as well as one original Art Sketch card per box! No Marvel True Believer will want to be without this latest exquisite set in Upper Deck's Marvel Masterpieces line. The fate of the world depends on it! 7 cards per pack, 36 packs per box. (C: 1-1-2) NOTE: Available only in the United States, Canada, and U.S. Territories.
Pack MSRP: $2.49