Sunday, December 28, 2008

Delays in Football Products

Several recent delays were announced in highly anticipated football products. Topps Triple Threads, Upper Deck Ultimate and Upper Deck SP Authentic are all going to be delayed at least a month. It is disappointing having all of these products coming out both after Christmas and after the regular season is over. I am guessing that the Upper Deck products are being delayed because they are trying to include more hard signed autographs and are trying to reduce redemptions. I am glad that they are including hard signed autographs, but don’t understand why they can’t plan ahead and get these products out earlier in the season and on time.

Playoff Contenders is coming out in the first week in January, one week later than originally expected. I believe that Contenders will have sticker autographs as it has for the last several years. It will still be a very popular product with rookie card collectors and set builders.