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CARLSBAD, Calif. (October 3, 2006) - This week, Upper Deck unveils its
very first football-specific television ads, a campaign that leverages
this year's much heralded 2006 rookie class featuring Matt Leinart,
Reggie Bush, Vince Young and Mario Williams and the latest release of
Upper Deck (UD) Football - and gives kids a once-in-a-lifetime chance to
get up close to next year's big name rookies.
Titled "After the Trade," the 15- and 30-second spots follows the
successful TV spots the company aired last April surrounding its 2006
baseball offering, one that launched the industry's first-ever kids
reward web site, www.upperdeckkids.com <http://www.upperdeckkids.com/> .
To date, 70,000 kids have signed up, with more than 4 million cards
being registered.
The ads will air on Nickelodeon, The Cartoon Network, and on a
continuous loop on the Kids Rewards Web site.
"With football being America's favorite sport to watch and millions of
children participating in youth leagues across the country we felt
creating an advertising campaign around these aspects, tied in to card
collecting, we felt this approach made the most strategic sense for the
company to pursue," commented Kerri Stockholm, Senior Marketing Manager
for Upper Deck.
In the commercials, five kids are walking across a football field. The
four in front can't believe it, the kid directly behind them - the one
with an ear-to-ear grin - has just traded them the card they wanted for
a collection of other cards. "Can you believe he gave me a Manning
autograph for Bush, Leinart and Young?!" says one of the kids in the
commercial, holding up his new card featuring the Colts' All-Pro
quarterback.
The protagonist boy with the rookies knows he traded a great card. But:
he got three in return that he can now register online to enter Upper
Deck's "Collect the Rookies, Play with the Rookies" sweepstakes, a
contest that sends the winner to the 2007 NFL Players Inc. Rookie
Premiere in Los Angeles. He got more than lucky all of his cards
because they can be registered at www.upperdeckkids.com
<http://www.upperdeckkids.com/> for a chance to win great prizes.
Upper Deck's "Lucky" spots were created by Paul Posnick, New York, the
agency behind the company's entertainment products, including Yu-Gi-Oh!
and Vs. System (Marvel).
More on 'Collect a Rookie, Play with a Rookie' Sweepstakes
Prior to every season, Players Inc. holds its annual trading card
photography shoot in Los Angeles for its top rookies, an exclusive event
not open to the public. But next spring, one lucky young fan will not
only be invited to witness this unique coming-of-age experience -
they'll be made honorary members of the 2007 NFL rookie class and
participating in every element of the shoot! The winner will be posing
with the rookies in a once-in-a-lifetime photo opportunity, getting
autographs from their favorite players, participating in interviews,
playing in the video game challenge and eating lunch with the top NFL
rookies of the class of 2007.
To register to win, fans 17 and under can collect these rookies from
Upper Deck's 2006 UD Football set and then enter the code on the back of
the card at www.upperdeckkids.com <http://www.upperdeckkids.com/> .
Each card will also build points toward other prizes, such as iTunes
songs, video games and autographed footballs from Upper Deck
Authenticated.
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