Picked up a few packs of Upper Deck's 2011 World of Sports.
On the Upper Deck site they boast the return of the set for it's second year as exciting, with the addition of Football (college) to the previous sports baseball (college), basketball (college), Hockey (Team Canada), Soccer (MLS, WPS and college), golf, surfing, college coaches, lacrosse a video game champion, snowboarder..a truly strange collection of athletes. Upper Deck stated that last years set was the surprise hit of collecting, while most of the blogs I have seen disliked the product...
I find it interesting that the wrapper features Landon Donovan (MLS-LA Galaxy), golf and basketball...no football or baseball (not complaining)...I can see collectors of one sport having difficulty with a set like this, as it is difficult to obtain the sport of interest. And do I really need a card of a video game champion (like pulling the hot dog eating champ in the Allen & Ginter set!) I also do not understand the use of college photos of pro, like Josh Wolff in his South Carolina jersey?
In my view the card designs are good, nice clear photos, with the World of Sports banner at the bottom. The checklist for the soccer cards:
| 214 Kevin Hartman |
| 215 Donovan Ricketts |
| 216 Davy Arnaud |
| 217 Andy Najar |
| 218 Marvell Wynne |
| 219 David Ferreira |
| 220 Michael Stephens |
| 221 Chad Barrett |
| 222 Chad Marshall |
| 223 Kyle Beckerman |
| 224 Kasey Keller |
| 225 Landon Donovan |
| 226 Javier Morales |
| 227 William Hesmer |
| 228 Josh Wolff |
| 229 Omar Gonzalez |
| 230 Justin Braun |
| 231 Fabian Espindola |
| 232 Jamison Olave |
| 233 Robbie Keane |
| 234 Stefan Frei |
| 235 Steve Zakuani |
| 236 Matt Reis |
| 237 Conor Casey |
| 238 Marco Pappa |
| 239 Zack Schilawski |
| 240 Omar Cummings |
| 241 Heath Pearce |
| 242 Teal Bunbury |
| 243 Juan Pablo Angel |
| 244 Shalrie Joseph |
| 245 Sean Franklin |
| 246 Macoumba Kandji |
| 247 Matt Pickens |
| 248 Chris Pontius |
| 249 Diego Chaves |
| 250 Amy Rodriguez |
| 251 Tasha Kai |
| 252 Laura Kalmari |
| 253 Eniola Aluko |
| 254 Brandi Chastain |
| 255 Cat Whitehill |
| 256 Ella Masar |
| 257 Jordan Angeli |
| 258 Jillian Loyden |
| 259 Karen Bardsley |
| 260 Lori Lindsey |
| 261 Lauren Fowlkes |
| 262 Leslie Osborne |
| 263 Nicole Barnhart |
| 264 Shannon Boxx |
| 265 Meghan Klingenberg |
| 266 Hope Solo |
| 267 Heather Mitts |
| 268 Christie Rampone |
| 382 Will Bruin |
| 383 Juan Agudelo |
| 384 Rafael Marquez |
| 385 Sebastien Le Toux |
| 386 Dwayne DeRosario |
| 387 Thierry Henry |
| 388 Charlie Davies |
| 389 Landon Donovan |
| 390 Chris Wondolowski |
| 391 Omar Salgado |
| 392 Tobin Heath |
| 393 Alex Morgan |
| 394 Kelly Smith |
| 395 Christine Sinclair |
| 396 Mia Hamm |
| 397 Marta |
| 398 Abby Wambach |
The set features the expected autograph cards (the use of stickers, which I do not like) and relic cards...
I can see collectors of sport having difficulty with a set like this, as it is difficult to get the sport of interest.Golf Trips
ReplyDeleteI agree, my preference is for single sport card sets. With a set like this a collector ends up with many unwanted cards.
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