Trading Cards go High Tech

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Upper Deck has been in the trading card business since the ‘80’s providing high-end cards to collectors worldwide. The company has always been an innovator in the business and is continuing on that path by introducing the Evolution Series of trading cards. What’s so different about these cards you might ask: How’s a battery powered on-board memory chip and an LCD screen do for starters?


There’s no price yet, but the four cards will start shipping out in random boxes of 2011 Upper Deck football cards this week on April 12
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And every card seller will buy a sensitive scale and weigh every package out, pull the rare cards and rebox the unopened packages and sell them to unaware buyers
 
Wait just read the article like a scrub, these aren't rare cards? Poo.
 
This isn't about video cards? Those are the only type of cards I ever trade.
 
Sweet so soon we'll be able to reflash shitty cards to high end, "rare" cards and make craploads of money selling them to card/comic shops.

I'm down. :p
 
half inch thick card? At what point are we just going to say it's a cell phone... that can't make calls and plays clips from nfl.com
 
When I think about all the money I spent on cards like this when I was a kid, I cry. If I were a kid now though....I think I'd be wasting my money on something else. Cards aren't a half-inch thick. A deck of cards? Yes. One card? No.
 
Why so thick? I think I could order a load of components and make a thinner model...and I don't have the facilities they have.
 
Think of this as a trial run.. eventually it will be much much smaller than these.. with better technology...but still cost a dumptruck load of money... I did find one thing a bit puzzling though...

Actually there are FIVE 5 cards in the evolution set... according to the checklist...
2011 UDVC-1 Adrian Peterson (2007) Sooners Evolution
2011 UDVC-2 Adrian Peterson (2007) Sooners Evolution
2011 UDVC-6 DeSean Jackson Golden Bears Evolution
2011 UDVC-7 Patrick Willis Rebels Evolution
2011 UDVC-9 Tony Romo Panthers Evolution

There are also what looks to be a few cards missing.. im guessing the NFL ones are just part of every single major sport getting a few this year...1..2..6..7..9... no card manufacturers number their cards out of order without a reason... so look for a base set of multiple sports.. or multiple product lines...I see boxes are selling for around $85...cases around $1200... just way to much money for sports cards.
 
the spokes on my bike wheels aren't going to like these!!

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As already mentioned in this thread - these cards are going to be exploited and their overall worth with probably remain low as a result of it.
 
High tech trading cards?

I'll give you a Bill Gates and a John Carmack for a rookie Woz.
 
the internet ruined and devauled the trading card business. cards used to be valuable because they were literally hard to find. now they're all a google search away :(
 
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