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ATTACK OF THE BASEBALL CARDS NAMED NATIONAL RETAILER OF THE MONTH!!!

Each month Upper Deck, Inc. spotlights one of its hobby retailing partners and shares a few reasons why shoppers need to visit their store. On August 24, 2010, the card company announced that their selection for National "Retailer of the Month" was ATTACK OF THE BASEBALL CARDS!!!. An article appeared at: http://upperdeckblog.com/category/retailer-of-the-month/ which featured ATTACK's history and accomplishments in the industry. The story also features photo's of the current location as well as great stories about such subjects as the naming of the store.
A lot of people ask me why I named the store Attack of the Baseball Cards, said Mandy. While spending an evening with friends, my task for everyone was to come up with a trade name that would start with an so I would be listed first in the phone book. We blew out names for almost an hour before getting tired and moving on to watch television. Well a PBS channel happened to be on with the cult film Attack of the Killer Tomatoes. Someone said that we should call the store Attack of the Baseball Cards where you can have giant baseball cards chasing people down the block. Everyone laughed except me and I took that idea to the bank. In fact my first ads showed me covered with baseball cards with only my face and hands sticking out. Needless to say, the name stuck and no one ever forgets it.
A video clip from the promotional commercial of Attack of the Killer Tomatoes is also included in the story.


ATTACK GOES FACEBOOK & YOUTUBE!!!

Attack now has more outlets for internet users. Attack now has more timely updates daily on Facebook.com. In addition, Attack is now producing video's of many in-store events. These video's are available for viewing on faceboo.com as well as youtube.com.


Kids Receive FREE MERCHANDISE For Good Grades In School!

Always education minded, Attack of the Baseball Cards will begin, for the 19th year it's Good Student Redemption Program. The program will start with the beginning of the new school year after Labor Day. Students can bring any Quiz, test, report or report card (dated post January 1, 2011) into Attack. Students will receive Good Student Bucks for good grades. Papers can be brought into Attack in quantities of 10 or less and only shown to Steve. Good Student Bucks can be save up (no expiration date) and redeemed for special merchandise that includes supplies, packs and single cards. This program (among others) was a model for Topps "Topps of the Class" Education Program.


GOOD STUDENT GETS GREAT PULL!

Being a good student can pay off with a great education, a wonderful future career and a fantastic hockey card!!! That's one of the results of Attack's Good Student Redemption Program. For Tyler B. from South Orange, the end of school and good grades turned into Good Student Bucks. The Good Student Bucks were than used to purchase a pack of 2007-08 UD Mini-Jersey Hockey. Oh, what a surprise Tyler found inside that pack. The youngster found a redemption card, placed in just, one in every 360 packs, good for an $80.00, Autographed Mini-Jersey signed by NHL star Ryan Miller! The South Orange 11 year old, who just two weeks earlier attended an Attack Seminar, will redeem his card and give the autograph a proud resting place in his home.



ATTACK'S TO HOLD SECOND APPRAISAL DAY!!!

Attack of the Baseball Cards will hold it's second Free Appraisal Day this fall. The first one was a big hit. In May 2008, owner Steve Mandy along with longtime autograph expert Mike Kushner did verbal appraisals on cards, card collections, autographs & memorabilia. There was a fee for written appraisals. Among the top items were a 1984 Detroit Tigers World Championship Autographed Team Ball appraised at $1,000.00 and a 1930 Philadelphia Athletics World Championship Team Ball signed by Hall of Famers Lefty Grove, Jimmie Foxx and Connie Mack. The Athletics ball was appraised at over $3,000.00. Several card collections were also appraised as well as memorabilia that included NY Mets 1969 World Series Ticket Stubs valued at $150.00 each. Watch this site for times & date of the next Free Appraisal Day at Attack!
Topps VP, David Reel hold Q&A session.
SPECIAL TOPPS NIGHT AT ATTACK ATTENDED BY TOPPS VP!!!

Topps Official Attends & Holds Q&A Session!!!

Attack of the Baseball Cards was selected as the site of a Special Topps Night which was held on Thursday evening, July 29th. The event was attended by David Reel, Director of Topps Hobby Sales and almost sixty ATTACK customer. ATTACK also held a questions & answer session with the Topps VP. There were several contests, FREE PACKS of 2010 TOPPS ALLEN & GINTER BASEBALL, and prizes including boxes of 2009 Topps National Chicle Football as well as discounts on purchases.


TOPPS BASEBALL DIAMOND GIVEAWAY COMING IN 2011!

Topps has announced a new promotion coming in 2011 called the Topps Baseball Diamond 60th Anniversary Giveaway. The slogan for the contest sums it up perfectly, Topps is giving you back the cards your mom threw out & 2011 one of one cards with a DIAMOND embedded into the card!!! Codes have been printed on select cards & will be inserted into packs of 2011 Topps Series 1 Baseball. Code cards have been seeded at an overall rate of 1 in 6 hobby packs or 1 in every HTA jumbo 50 card pack! Upon entering a code on a special website, you will win a random Topps card manufactured between the years of 1952 and 2010 or you will win a new 2011 one of one DIAMOND card. The cards can be delivered, used in a special Topps sweepstakes, or even kept online and traded using one's online Topps account.


ATTACK SELLING SHEA STADIUM BRICKS!!!

Fans of the NY Mets can place items from Shea Stadium on their gift lists. Attack of the Baseball Cards is now carrying relics from Shea Stadium. The sale features one of a kind items from the NY Mets home for the past 45 years. Included in the sale are small bricks which were located in foul territory and large bricks that were in fair territory. Each brick has a special hologram attached to it and also comes with a matching Certificate of Authenticity from the NY Mets.

ATTACK OFFERS MLBPA'S HOBBY COLLECTING SEMINARS FOR LOCAL SCOUTS & YOUTH GROUPS!

The Major League Baseball Players Association has announced an exciting new den meeting program available for Boy, Cub and Webelos Scouts and Attack of the Baseball Cards will be a participating store! Packs are invited to visit Attack to learn all about baseball cards, ways to collect them and play fun card games. Scouts will be able to earn the Wolf Achievement #6: Start A Collection and the Bear Elective #22: Collecting Things! All Scouts who attend the learning seminars will receive a free Starter Kit featuring packs of Major League Baseball trading cards, a guide to collecting and a collectors tin to store their new cards. For additional information contact Attack.
FREE FREE CARD EACH WEEK!!!
TOPPS OFFERS FREE BASEBALL CARDS AT ATTACK!!!

Topps has announced a FREE hobby store giveaway for the 2011 baseball season. TOPPS Hobby, DIAMOND CARD OF THE WEEK are available only at Hobby stores like ATTACK. All you have to do to get the cards each week is buy a pack of any Topps BASEBALL product. Among the stars already given out has been BABE RUTH, HANK AARON & EVAN LONGORIA. Stop in now for these cards each week!!!