Bush, Leinart, Young & Cutler Upper Deck cards in Tuff Stuff

Sugar20

This was in my Tuff Stuff newsletter - did anyone know about it?:

TUFF STUFF OFFERS EXCLUSIVE UPPER DECK SET
The first-ever exclusive, extensive and fully licensed sports card set available in a magazine debuts with the June issue of Tuff Stuff, when a 12-month, 48-card set produced by Upper Deck launches with cards of four NFL rookies.

The Upper Deck Tuff Stuff Exclusive Set opens with cards of Matt Leinart, Reggie Bush, Vince Young and Jay Cutler, all on a sheet but perforated for removal and (if desired) grading. The June issue reaches subscribers in early May, just after the NFL Draft. The second month offers four baseball cards of Ichiro Suzuki, Albert Pujols, Ken Griffey Jr. and Derek Jeter. The cards are licensed by their respective licensors: NFL, Players Inc, MLB and the MLBPA.

“Together with F+W Publications, Upper Deck is committed to providing collectors with a rewarding and valuable hobby experience that extends to multiple applications,” said Upper Deck’s Kerri Stockholm. “The opportunity to give Tuff Stuff readers an exclusive trading card set is a great example of our combined dedication to reaching that goal.”

There will be six months (24 cards) of football and six months of baseball, totaling a 48-card set in the next 12 months. The cards are available in all copies of Tuff Stuff. Collectors who would like to subscribe to receive the June issue cards must subscribe by 11:59 p.m. today. To subscribe for one year (12 issues) for $24.98, click here <https://www.krause.com/subscribe/?offer=ABBN1D=us <https://www.krause.com/subscribe/?offer=ABBN1D&country=us&gt; >.

“Tuff Stuff is the sports card industry’s mainstream magazine, reaching places like grocery stores and bookstores with an unmatched newsstand circulation,” said F+W Publications sports publisher Jeff Pozorski. “The card sheet is designed to help us increase that distribution to keep introducing new collectors to sports cards, and because these are made by Upper Deck, they’ll be a great tool to accomplish that goal.”


I thought this was pretty interesting. How would you rate this as far as things like SI for Kids LeBron, etc.? The cards are fully licensed, just exclusive to Tuff Stuff. I would think this would be huge for them. I could see people buy 100 copies and grading them. Anyone else?

fsjeter

Yeah I saw it. Unfortunately, it still wasn't enough to make me renew my subscription. I'll probably buy those two issues and be done with it. The problem is, there are way too many advertisements and not enough hobby info. Also, they repeat the articles from SCD so it doesn't make sense to have both subscriptions anymore. As far as the price guide, the singles prices are pretty far off but the unopened pack/box prices are pretty close.

Scott

tennesseebanker

I dont know if it is comparable to thr Tiger Si card or not. What made the tiger card so big was the fact that it was virtually impossible to remove from the magizine without damaging the card(insert). That and the fact that it was in a magazine of national recognition, although be it the kids version, which the kids who probably got the magazine with the Tiger card really werent concerned with pulling the card out and grading it. These Tuff Stuff cards are in a publication aimed at collecors who take condition a little more seriously than kids, and the cards a perforated for easy removal. Its a nice idea for Tuff Stuff but i dont think they will be anywhere near the Tiger Si card.

Sugar20

Sugar20

Do you subscribe (or read) both SCD and Tuff Stuff? I have a sub to SCD and pick up Tuff Stuff about half the time on the newsstands and I almost never see the same articles. I'm not sure where people get this "same articles" thing. If you go through and read both, you'll find that hardly anything is repeated. The only thing that's repeated is the web stuff where they go through auction house news and that's taken from SCD since SCD is auction house and vintage oriented. There's nothing else repeated - go ahead and look for yourself.

tennessee: I completely agree that it won't be comparable to the tiger SI card, but there's definitely going to be some solid value there, especially since it'll be the first cards to hit the market.

Stone193

Tuff Stuff made an offer last year I couldn't refuse. Less than a buck a month!

I will renew - have been procrastinating - if I want the June issue, I gotta move!

Unfortunately, IMO, Tuff Stuff articles are SCD knockoffs. And sometimes condensed.

I like getting the price guide tho - just to give me an idea - IMO ebay is the priceguide today.

As I said, ya can't go around the corner without spending 10 bucks, so less than a buck a month?

What the heck
mike