| If you liked the look of last years Heroes sets, | | | | Football does. Each hobby box yields a robust |
| then you will like the look of the 2009 Upper | | | | average of 2 autographed cards and 2 game |
| Deck Heroes Football Set. Heroes Football looks | | | | used memorabilia cards each, as well as an |
| almost identical to last year's set, but has a little | | | | abundance of inserts and rookie cards. Throw in |
| bit of a Pieces of History feel to it as well. I still | | | | the fact that it is being sold at a lower mid end |
| dislike the design, but it has grown on me since | | | | price point, and 2009 Upper Deck Heroes Football |
| experiencing 2009 Upper Deck Heroes Football | | | | is one heck of a great value. |
| firsthand. | | | | 2009 Upper Deck Heroes Football sports a very |
| I love the fact that Upper Deck has | | | | diverse checklist that few products can match. |
| demonstrated such a strong commitment to | | | | The base set is essentially made up of 5 different |
| featuring on-card autographs in their sports card | | | | types of cards - NFL Legends, NFL Rookies, |
| sets. They distribute more on-card autographs in | | | | active NFL Veterans, Celebrities (mainly rock |
| their products then any other card company, and | | | | stars), and non-football Athletes. Many subjects |
| 2009 Heroes Football is a fantastic example of | | | | from each of these groups also have |
| this. Every autographed card (and there are a lot | | | | autographed cards for the set as well. |
| of them) in the set has been signed on-card. This, | | | | The only problem I have with the 2009 Upper |
| combined with the set's strong autograph | | | | Deck Heroes Football checklist is that it features |
| checklist, makes for some incredible potential | | | | multiple base cards for each player. These are not |
| autograph pulls. | | | | simply variations, they are part of the set. For |
| I was happy with the overall box break, but was | | | | example Mark Sanchez has not 1, but 3 unique |
| especially pleased with my autograph pulls. Never | | | | rookie cards in the base set. This is one of my |
| in a million years did I expect to pull a card | | | | biggest pet peeves, and I suspect that many |
| autographed by Tony Iommi, one of the founding | | | | collectors feel the same way, particularly those |
| members of Black Sabbath. I'm not a huge fan of | | | | who are player collectors or set collectors. |
| Black Sabbath but that doesn't mean I can't | | | | This is a fun product that makes for a great box |
| appreciate a card as cool as this. | | | | break. Each of the 24 packs includes rookie cards |
| I also pulled an on-card autograph of NFL Hall of | | | | and/or inserts, which adds balance and |
| Famer Paul Hornung. This is a great addition to my | | | | excitement to breaks throughout the experience. |
| Hall of Famer collection and is another genuinely | | | | Set builders, however, will likely get more |
| great looking on-card signature. Hornung even | | | | enjoyment elsewhere as inclusion of 1-3 cards per |
| went out of his way to inscribe his jersey number | | | | player in the base set all but ruins the appeal of |
| on the card. | | | | building the set. |
| You will be very hard pressed to find a 2009 | | | | All in all I really enjoyed 2009 Upper Deck Heroes |
| football card product that gives you more bang | | | | Football and it far exceeded my expectations. |
| for your buck then 2009 Upper Deck Heroes | | | | |
