www.86thfloor.com     PREVIEWS VOL. XVIX #5 May 2009 

TRADING CARDS SECTION

SPORTS CARDS

PANINI AMERICA INC

DONRUSS 2009 THREADS NFL TRADING CARDS
Donruss Threads NFL features a base set that includes veterans and sequentially-numbered Rookies. Each 24-pack box will be highlighted with an average of 4 Memorabilia and/or Autograph cards along with 2 numbered rookies and a number of additional insert cards, some sequentially numbered. Watch for a plethora of multi swatch, low numbered memorabilia, and autographed parallels to the insert sets. 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: $4.00

PLAYOFF 2009 ABSOLUTE MEMORABILIA NFL TRADING CARDS
Every pack of Absolute Memorabilia Football will deliver 2 regular cards, 1 Rookie/Parallel/Insert card, and a memorabilia card or autograph, including possible multiple swatch, oversized swatch and 1/1 cards, with at least 1 Autograph, 1 Triple/Quad/Jumbo, or Prime Material card, and 1 Rookie Premiere Material card per box. The base set will include veterans and sequentially-numbered Rookies (1 per box), paralleled on multiple sequentially-numbered levels, including both regular and autographed versions. 4 cards per pack, 4 packs per box. (C: 1-1-2) NOTE: Available only in the United States, Canada, and U.S. Territories.
Pack MSRP: $40.00

SCORE 2009 INSCRIPTIONS NFL TRADING CARDS
With a base set featuring a comprehensive selection of football's stars and rising performers, 2009 Score Inscriptions NFL includes 100 new 2009 Draft Pick Rookies, sequentially-numbered to 999 or less. Each box is highlighted with an average of 3 Autographs, 6 sequentially-numbered Rookies, 4 Parallels, and 4 additional inserts per box. 5 cards per pack, 20 packs per box. (C: 1-1-2) NOTE: Available only in the United States, Canada, and U.S. Territories.
Pack MSRP: $4.00

PRESS PASS INC

PRESS PASS 2009 LEGENDS FOOTBALL TRADING CARDS
Press Pass Legends Football features a 100-card premium base set, highlighting some of the top names in NFL history, as well as the greats of tomorrow from the 2009 NFL draft. Every hobby box will deliver 5 autographs and a rare collegiate game-used jersey card; at least two of the signatures will be legendary players. Collectors can also find dual autographed "Alumni Association Ink" and "Student & Teacher" cards, along with the return of the popular "All Conference" autographs, and the introduction of the new "Legends of the Fall" insert! 5 cards per pack, 18 packs per box. (C: 1-1-2) NOTE: Available only in the United States, Canada, and U.S. Territories.
Pack MSRP: $9.99

PRESS PASS 2009 SHOWCASE NASCAR RACING TRADING CARDS
Press Pass Showcase is the first, hobby exclusive, super-premium NASCAR trading card release of its kind. Every pack includes either an autograph or race-used memorabilia card from a top NASCAR Sprint Cup Series driver. The autograph and memorabilia line-up consists of several rare cards that are only available here, including multi-signed teammate autograph cards, oversized autographed memorabilia cards, and the first autographed memorabilia cards of the 2009 rookies. All base, autograph, and memorabilia cards are sequentially numbered, with four levels of each to collect. Also look for instant win race-used memorabilia items, Dale Earnhardt autographs, 50th Anniversary Lithographs, exclusive Four Wide cards, or Vintage Autograph Hot Packs every ˝ case (6 boxes). 5 cards per pack, 3 packs per box. (C: 1-1-2) NOTE: Available only in the United States, Canada, and U.S. Territories.
Pack MSRP: $75.00

TOPPS COMPANY

BOWMAN 2009 CHROME MLB TRADING CARDS
Year after year the most sought after rookie card product, Bowman Chrome Baseball will consist of 220 veteran and Rookie cards printed on chromium card stock, plus 110 Minor League Prospect inserts (seeded 2 per pack) who were not offered in the regular 2009 Bowman release (#BC131-BC240). Additional inserts include Autographed cards (1/box), randomly seeded 1/1 Printing Plates from all regular cards and Prospects and Autographed Printing Plates from all players who have signed cards available. Watch for "Head of the Class" Dual Autographed cards with signatures from a 1st Round Draft Pick and an MLB star. Parallels of all cards are offered on multiple levels (6 per box), including Hobby Only 1/1 Super-Fractors and several other low-numbered variations. 4 cards per pack, 18 packs per box. (C: 1-1-2) NOTE: Available only in the United States, U.S. Territories, Canada, and the U.K.
Pack MSRP: $4.00

TOPPS 2009-10 NBA HOBBY TRADING CARDS
Being offered for the last time for at least the next 4 years, Topps Basketball is ready to tip-off another action-packed NBA season in 2009-10 with a comprehensive roster of NBA stars and 25 Draft Pick Rookies, with 1 Relic card or Autograph card per Hobby box! Watch for Rookie Photo Shoot Autographs of the 2009 NBA Rookie Class and Hobby Exclusive sequentially-numbered Rip cards, each seeded 1 per case. 10 cards per pack, 36 packs per box. (C: 1-1-2) NOTE: Available only in the United States, U.S. Territories, Canada, and the U.K.
Pack MSRP: $1.69

TOPPS 2009-10 NBA HTA JUMBO TRADING CARDS
Offered to qualified Topps Home Team Advantage members, each box will deliver 1 Autograph and 2 Relic cards! Additionally, look for 1 Rookie Premiere Photo Shoot Autograph card and 1 sequentially-numbered Rip card per case! Retailers may order 1 HTA Jumbo box for every 2 boxes of Topps NBA Hobby ordered. 46 cards per pack, 10 packs per box. (C: 1-1-2) NOTE: Available only in the United States, U.S. Territories, Canada, and the U.K.
Pack MSRP: $10.00

BOWMAN 2009 STERLING NFL TRADING CARDS
Bowman Sterling Football 2009 offers collectors a 195-card lineup of veterans and Rookies, and every pack is loaded with extra value, with 2 memorabilia cards and 1 autograph per pack. Each pack will feature 5 cards, including 2 Rookie cards, 1 Veteran Game Used Relic card, 1 Rookie Autographed card, and 1 Rookie Relic card. Each 6-pack box will include 2 Autographed Rookie Relic cards, replacing the respective Rookie Autograph in that pack. Watch for Refractor Parallels of all cards (including the autographs and relics), sequentially numbered to 199, 50, 25, or 1/1. Each 4-box inner shipper will deliver a Dual Autographed Gold Refractor numbered to 400. Production is extremely limited and allocations may occur. 5 cards per pack, 6 packs per box. (C: 1-1-2) NOTE: Available only in the United States, U.S. Territories, Canada, and the U.K.
Pack MSRP: $50.00

TOPPS 2009 CHROME NFL TRADING CARDS
Year after year one of the most anticipated NFL releases and winner of the 2008 Diamond Gem Award for Best Sports Card Product of the Year, Topps Chrome Football will feature 275 base cards, including Veterans, Rookies (1:2 packs), and Autographed Rookie Variations (1/box). Chase cards are seeded 8/box, with highlights including the popular Ring of Honor inserts. Refractor Parallels will be seeded 9/box. Finally, each box will be topped with a Hobby Only Box Loader, including possible 1/1 Framed Autographed Printing Plates, Gold Refractor Parallels, and Gold Super-Fractor Autographed Rookie Parallels. Allocations are possible. 4 cards per pack, 24 packs per box. (C: 1-1-2) NOTE: Available only in the United States, U.S. Territories, Canada, and the U.K.
Pack MSRP: $3.00

THE UPPER DECK COMPANY

UPPER DECK 2009 BALLPARK COLLECTION MLB TRADING CARDS
Ballpark Collection MLB is a Hobby Only-release catering to the high-end collector looking for multiple sequentially-numbered hits with each purchase. Each pack delivers 3 Multi-Swatch Memorabilia cards or 1 Autograph and 2 Multi-Swatch Memorabilia cards, with every card sequentially-numbered. Every pack includes a Dual Swatch and Quad Swatch relic card, with the 3rd hit being either an Autograph, Six Swatch Relic card, or Eight Swatch Relic card. Look for at least 2 autographs in every box. Watch for rare Dual Signature-Dual Relic, Button Patch, or Laundry Tag Patch hits in each 6-box case! 5 cards per pack, 4 packs per box. (C: 1-1-2) NOTE: Available only in the United States, U.S. Territories, Canada, and the U.K.
Pack MSRP: $50.00

UPPER DECK 2009-10 SP GAME USED NBA TRADING CARDS
The Hobby Only final release (for at least 4 years) of SP Game Used NBA will be loaded with awesome content, with every pack yielding 2 Multi-Swatch Memorabilia cards and 1 Autograph! Look for a Dual Swatch card, a triple, quad, six, or eight swatch card and an autograph in every pack. All memorabilia cards will be sequentially numbered. Each box will deliver 1 Multi-Signature Autograph card, 1 Autographed Memorabilia card, and 1 six or eight swatch relic card. Watch for rare dual and quad Tag Team cards featuring game-used laundry tags. 5 cards per pack, 6 packs per box. (C: 1-1-2) NOTE: Available only in the United States, U.S. Territories, Canada, and the U.K.
Pack MSRP: $50.00

UPPER DECK 2009 NFL HOBBY TRADING CARDS
Delivering the outstanding photography, comprehensive set depth, rookie and chase elements that collectors crave, 2009 Upper Deck NFL delivers new wrinkles that are sure to appeal to both the set collector and the high-end whale! Collectors will be completing the 325-card base set, including top-rated Star Rookies seeded 4 per pack, while chasing two 3D Stars, one Autograph and three Memorabilia cards per box. Look for 1 "Iconic Cuts" Cut Signature, 1 Premier Signature, and 1 Same Day Signature (hard signed cards from the Rookie Premiere Photo Shoot) cards per case. 20 cards per pack, 16 packs per box. (C: 1-1-2) NOTE: Available only in the United States, U.S. Territories, Canada, and the U.K.
Pack MSRP: $4.99

UPPER DECK 2009 NFL RETAIL TRADING CARDS
The retail edition of 2009 Upper Deck NFL offers increased margins with the lower priced alternative to the hobby version, featuring the same great 325-card base set. Look for an average of 1 Memorabilia card per box along with 2 Star Rookies per pack and randomly seeded Autographs from top NFL stars and Rookies who appeared at the Rookie Premiere Photo Shoot. 18 cards per pack, 24 packs per box. (C: 1-1-2) NOTE: Available only in the United States, U.S. Territories, Canada, and the U.K.
Pack MSRP: $2.99

UPPER DECK 2009 SPX NFL TRADING CARDS
The home of the Rookie Signature Memorabilia card, SPx is a wildly popular Hobby Only release, delivering amazing high end chase elements and value with gorgeous design cues and very limited production. Each box is highlighted with 4 Autographs (1 more than last year, including 1 Rookie Signature Triple Swatch Memorabilia card) and 6 Memorabilia cards (all sequentially-numbered to 249 or less). Look for at least 3 Patch or multi-swatch memorabilia cards in each box, with each case yielding at least 3 Autographed Memorabilia or Multi-Signature cards. And new this year — "Shadow Box Signatures" featuring special F/X never seen before on any card! 4 cards per pack, 10 packs per box. (C: 1-1-2) NOTE: Available only in the United States, U.S. Territories, Canada, and the U.K.
Pack MSRP: $19.99

UPPER DECK 2009-10 VICTORY NHL TRADING CARDS
Offering an early look at the new NHL season and featuring Rookies that debuted in the 2008/9 season, Victory Hockey is geared toward the novice collectors and set builders, with a low price point. Every pack will deliver a Victory Rookie or superstar insert card, while collectors chase Gold (1/box) and Black (1/case) Parallels of their favorite players. 6 cards per pack, 36 packs per box. (C: 1-1-2) NOTE: Available only in the United States, U.S. Territories, Canada, and the U.K.
Pack MSRP: $0.99

NON-SPORTS CARDS

ARTBOX ENTERTAINMENT

HARRY POTTER AND THE HALF-BLOOD PRINCE™ TRADING CARDS
Artbox Entertainment presents the most magical trading card series ever! Based on the upcoming film Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince™, this set will include 90 foil-stamp base cards, plus, like previous Harry Potter sets from Artbox, this release will have plenty of special chase cards that are sure to be cherished by Hogwarts and Muggles alike! Look for 1 Costume card per box, as well as 3 Prop cards and 5 Autographed cards per case, and much more! 8 cards per pack, 24 packs per box. (C: 1-1-2) NOTE: Available only within the United States and U.S. Territories.
RES. from Previews Vol. XVIII #9 (SEP084589)
Pack MSRP: $3.29

BENCHWARMERS

BENCHWARMER 2009 ULTIMATE TRADING CARDS
The long awaited Benchwarmer Ultimate is finally here with three super thick and numbered insert cards in every pack! Every single card is numbered including 1/1's for every subset. As always, Benchwarmer will feature some of the most beautiful women in the world, including celebrity WWE Diva Torrie Wilson as well as the best of the best Benchwarmer models such as Mary Riley, Jennifer Walcott, Traci Bingham, Lisa Gleave, Jennifer Korbin, Miriam Gonzalez, and many other popular Playboy Playmates. The series consists entirely of insert cards and includes the most popular Benchwarmer insert sets with all-new detailed Ultimate Designs, including Authentic Shoe cards, Prop cards, Bikini Swatch cards, Lingerie Swatch Cards, KISS Cards, and super thick Autograph cards with different foil color rarities numbered to 99, 25, 10, 5 and 1/1. And signed versions of every card! Each pack is guaranteed to contain 1 Autograph card and 1 Prop card. Plus, as the third card, either a KISS (1:3 packs) or a swatch card (2:3 packs). A 1/1 will be found in every third case. Only 3,600 packs will be produced and allocations are possible. 3 cards per pack, 1 pack per box. (C: 1-1-3) NOTE: Available only in the United States, Canada, and U.S. Territories.
MATURE THEMES
Pack MSRP: $125.00

RAZOR ENTERTAINMENT GROUP, LLC

RAZOR INK ARCHIVES TRADING CARDS
Razor Entertainment Group is proud to present Ink Archives, comprised of more than 400 different entertainment autographed cards from the Inkworks vault. Each card is encapsulated in a protective card holder and offered in pack form to provide an exciting pack opening experience for non-sport and entertainment trading card fans everywhere. Each pack will deliver 1 Inkworks Authentic Autographed card from a variety of entertainment properties including Lost, Serenity, Firefly, Buffy the Vampire Slayer, Angel, Charmed, Seeker, Supernatural, Family Guy, The X-Files, Smallville, The Simpsons, and more. Look for signatures from Ozzy Osbourne, Jennifer Garner, John Ritter, Alyssa Milano, Rose McGowan, Eliza Dushku, Gillian Anderson, and many more! Production is limited. 1 card per pack, 5 packs per box. (C: 1-1-2) NOTE: Available only in the United States, Canada, and U.S. Territories.
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RITTENHOUSE ARCHIVES

JUSTICE LEAGUE OF AMERICA ARCHIVES TRADING CARDS
Rittenhouse Archives presents Justice League of America Archives Trading Cards, the first-ever trading card set to feature the JLA, including Superman, Batman, Wonder Woman, Flash, Green Lantern, Aquaman, and more! The 72-card set will feature full-color art on the fronts and classic comic covers on the back. Bonus chase cards will include an 18-card Superfriends cartoon bonus set, as well as 1 Hand Drawn Color Sketch Card per box! Look for sketch cards from Warren Martineck, Andy Price, Pat Broderick, Kate Bradley, Mark Spears, Tone Rodriguez, and dozens more! Collectors will be looking to store their set in a custom-designed album, with 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
COLLECTOR'S ALBUM—Binder MSRP: $25.00

TOPPS COMPANY

THE JONAS BROTHERS STICKERS TRADING CARDS
The teen sensations Jonas Brothers star in a new Disney Channel weekly TV show starting in May. With fans from all over the world, including the White House, this mash-up of The Monkees and A Hard Day's Night is a sure-fire hit. The 'tween-friendly card series features 5 trading cards and 2 stickers per pack. Cards feature images from the TV show plus fun facts, trivia and episode highlights. Look for super reflective foil stickers inserted 1:4 packs. 7 cards per pack, 24 packs per box. (C: 1-1-2) NOTE: Available only in the United States, U.S. Territories, Canada, and the U.K.
Pack MSRP: $2.00

WORLD LEADERZ INC

MIGHTY HEROES COLLECTIBLE TRADING CARDS
Experience Christian Heroes like never before with Mighty Heroes, the new collectible trading card set from World Leaderz! Each of the 100 cards in this release features high-quality, original artwork depicting a known Biblical or Christian figure, a brief personal background, and web code that unlocks doors to bring the Christian world and the Bible alive. Collect saints and sinners alike, explore their stories, and see the greatest Christian stories ever told with new eyes. These fun, interactive cards makes a perfect learning tool or reference set. 7 cards per pack, 24 packs per box. (C: 1-1-2)
Pack MSRP: $3.99