This moved on the AP wire today:
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By LARRY NEUMEISTER
Associated Press Writer
NEW YORK (AP) - Baseball card maker Topps says it caught a competitor stealing and wants the rival product thrown out.
The Topps Co. Inc. made the accusation Tuesday against The Upper Deck Co. Inc. in a lawsuit in U.S. District Court in Manhattan.
Topps said baseball cards published this year by Upper Deck and some cards about to be published should be tossed because they imitate the layout and design of cards it printed in the 1970s.
Topps, based in Manhattan, said the 2009 cards already distributed by the Carlsbad, Calif.-based Upper Deck copy the 1975 Topps cards in their layout and design. Other cards about to be sold by Upper Deck imitate the 1971 and 1977 Topps cards, the lawsuit said.
A spokesman for Upper Deck did not immediately return a call for comment.
In its lawsuit, Topps described how it believes Upper Deck mimicked its design with just a few variations.
It said similarities between each company’s cards included the use of a colorful, divided two-tone border, the player’s photograph superimposed on a thin white border, the player’s autograph toward the bottom of the picture and the use of an image of a baseball on a bottom corner of the card.
Topps said its competitor’s cards will confuse or deceive customers because each of the Upper Deck designs are nearly identical to the Topps cards.
Topps asked that Upper Deck be ordered to destroy the cards and turn over any profits, along with other unspecified monetary damages.
Showing posts with label 2003 Topps. Show all posts
Showing posts with label 2003 Topps. Show all posts
January 25, 2009
It's Your Fault
No, really it is. To the people who mentioned bargain packs or shopping to me in the comments yesterday, and you shall remain nameless I went and bought packs. Though it's really only half your faults because I still had my $4.00 left today from not spending it yesterday.
After I worked out, I went to the rip-off card store around here to grab some packs. They have a box with packs that are half price, so I like to rummage and see which ones are marked for less than the rest of the same packs and buy those. I grabbed 3 packs of 2001 Victory because they were $1 (marked $2), then found a pack of 2003 Topps Series 2 Jumbo marked $2.99 instead of $4.99 like the rest and took those for $1.50, and while flipping the rest I saw one 2003 Topps Chrome Series 2 marked $1.99 instead of $3.99 like the rest, and finished the day with that $1 pack. I spent a whole $5.50 plus tax.
I opened the Chrome pack first, and it sucked as far as I'm concerned. Sooz will beg to differ because this is what she got for my $1:
The rest of the cards in that pack were Quentin McCracken, Eric Brynes, and Felipe Lopez.
The 3 Victory packs weren't great, but they scratched the itch. I scanned a couple of the better cards for the blog, the rest are too many to list (and most of you would not care, trust me).
Now for those of you who are still with me, here is where I thank the people who tempted me to look for sale packs of cards.
The 2003 Topps Series 2 Jumbo pack for $1.50....
That was enough for me. That card made my whole trip worthwhile. I did get about 12 team picture cards (snooze), and some others I scanned for your viewing enjoyment.
They also had some 2002 or 2003 Topps Gallery packs marked $4.99, but I couldn't see them really being worth $2.50 a pack. Maybe I'm just cheap. There were 2002 SP Authentic marked $5.99, and I couldn't bring myself to spend $3 a pack on those either. I would have liked to have bought a couple of those, but I'm happy with Cole.
After I worked out, I went to the rip-off card store around here to grab some packs. They have a box with packs that are half price, so I like to rummage and see which ones are marked for less than the rest of the same packs and buy those. I grabbed 3 packs of 2001 Victory because they were $1 (marked $2), then found a pack of 2003 Topps Series 2 Jumbo marked $2.99 instead of $4.99 like the rest and took those for $1.50, and while flipping the rest I saw one 2003 Topps Chrome Series 2 marked $1.99 instead of $3.99 like the rest, and finished the day with that $1 pack. I spent a whole $5.50 plus tax.
I opened the Chrome pack first, and it sucked as far as I'm concerned. Sooz will beg to differ because this is what she got for my $1:
The rest of the cards in that pack were Quentin McCracken, Eric Brynes, and Felipe Lopez.
The 3 Victory packs weren't great, but they scratched the itch. I scanned a couple of the better cards for the blog, the rest are too many to list (and most of you would not care, trust me).
Now for those of you who are still with me, here is where I thank the people who tempted me to look for sale packs of cards.
The 2003 Topps Series 2 Jumbo pack for $1.50....
That was enough for me. That card made my whole trip worthwhile. I did get about 12 team picture cards (snooze), and some others I scanned for your viewing enjoyment.
They also had some 2002 or 2003 Topps Gallery packs marked $4.99, but I couldn't see them really being worth $2.50 a pack. Maybe I'm just cheap. There were 2002 SP Authentic marked $5.99, and I couldn't bring myself to spend $3 a pack on those either. I would have liked to have bought a couple of those, but I'm happy with Cole.
January 13, 2009
2003 Topps Series 2 Jumbo Pack
I was bored. That's my defense. Well, and it was half price, so for $1.50 I figure I would see what I get. The answer is not much. My intention on going to the store I went to was to see if there were any 2001 packs in the half price box, and there were Topps Chrome and Topps Series 2. I was unsure what the price for just the Pujols card would be by itself, so I decided against buying packs. The Chrome was 4 cards per pack, and $2 per pack. The Series 2 was the same price for 10 cards. I did buy 2 packs of Series 2 and got air.
Here are a couple of cards I pulled from the 2003 Jumbo pack:
-13 Team picture cards were at the front of this pack.
-Joe Mauer/Justin Morneau Prospect card (made the pack an instant success since I love Joe Mauer)
I scanned a couple of the better cards (not sure why the left side of all of them is cropped), the rest were nothing to write home about.
I was going to go back to that store at some point to possibly pick up some Chrome packs, but I figure I won't get the card anyway so it would probably make more sense to just buy the one card either on eBay or at the card show Friday.
Here are a couple of cards I pulled from the 2003 Jumbo pack:
-13 Team picture cards were at the front of this pack.
-Joe Mauer/Justin Morneau Prospect card (made the pack an instant success since I love Joe Mauer)
I scanned a couple of the better cards (not sure why the left side of all of them is cropped), the rest were nothing to write home about.
I was going to go back to that store at some point to possibly pick up some Chrome packs, but I figure I won't get the card anyway so it would probably make more sense to just buy the one card either on eBay or at the card show Friday.
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