Debut of Upper Deck Elements Baseball!!

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Debut of Upper Deck Elements Baseball Brings Three Types
of Technology to Collectors; Acetate, Foil Board & Light F/X

Find Dual, Triple and Quad Memorabilia & Autograph Cards

Carlsbad, CA – (June 28, 2007) – Never one to rest on their past achievements, Upper Deck, the sports card market leader, continues to lead with innovation and technology advances in card designs. Showcasing these card enhancements is the August release of 2007 Elements Baseball. Elements Baseball (SRP $11 per three card pack) will provide something for every type of collector with three mini boxes to choose from – Acetate (PETG), Foil Board and Light F/X – each delivering excitement in every mini box.



“Elements Baseball is loaded with great looking cards from the three different versions of the Daisuke Matsuzaka technology cards, numbered to 550, to the multi-player cards with some of today’s greatest athletes on the diamond such as Ken Griffey Jr./Cal Ripken Jr. and the Vladimir Guerrero/Ken Griffey Jr./Jim Thome/Derek Jeter quad auto card numbered to one,” said Gregg Kohn Baseball Product Manager for Upper Deck. “There is at least one hit per mini box, either a dual jersey, an autograph or autographed memorabilia card.”



Rookie card chasers will enjoy the hunting for this year’s top newcomers like Daisuke Matsuzaka, Hunter Pence, Hideki Okajima and Akinori Iwamura.

Content Highlights:

o Three Mini-Boxes each with its own technology cards – Foil Board, Lt Fx and PETG!

o Per 15 packs, find one memorabilia card, one signature card and one auto/mem card, on average!

o Pull low numbered Rare Elements Patch Cards!

o Look for Numbered Auto/Mem Cards on PETG!

o Collect the rookie cards of Daisuke Matsuzaka, Hunter Pence, Akinori Iwamura and more on THREE unique technologies!

Mini-Box Product Breakdown

Box One: (Foil Board)

· Regular Cards – 42 on Foil Board

· Rookie Elements (Foil Board) – 42 of today’s top newcomers foil numbered!

· Essential Elements Memorabilia Cards – one per Foil Board Mini-Box on average!

· Dual, Triple and Quad Elements – falling one per case, on average!

· Elemental Autographs 2, 3 and 4 – signatures of baseball’s biggest names!

· One of One Printing Plates

Box Two: (Lt Fx)

· Regular Cards – 42 card base set on Lt Fx technology

· Rookie Elements (Lt Fx)– 42 of today’s top newcomers foil numbered!

· Elemental Autographs – Signature cards falling one per Lt Fx Mini-Box on average!

Box Three: (PETG)

· Regular Cards – 42 card base set on PETG technology

· Rookie Elements (PETG)– 42 of today’s top newcomers foil numbered!

· Clear Cut Elements and parallels – PETG auto/mem cards numbered to 350 or less, falling one per PETG mini-box on average!

Falling Across All Three Mini Boxes:

· Rare Elements Patches – foil numbered patch cards falling two per case, on average!