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03-07-2007, 05:57 AM
Posted By: <b>Neal</b><p>Mike Eisner former Disney CEO will be showing his baseball card collection! <br /><br />Topps company being purhcased by Eisners company!<br /><br /><a href="http://www.prnewswire.com/cgi-bin/stories.pl?ACCT=104&STORY=/www/story/03-06-2007/0004540145&EDATE" target="_new" rel="nofollow">http://www.prnewswire.com/cgi-bin/stories.pl?ACCT=104&STORY=/www/story/03-06-2007/0004540145&EDATE</a>=
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03-07-2007, 06:30 AM
Posted By: <b>Frank Evanov</b><p>Considering Eisner's work with Disney, Topps is in for trouble.<br /><br />Frank
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03-07-2007, 06:30 AM
Posted By: <b>Neal</b><p>I tend to agree with you!
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03-07-2007, 09:06 AM
Posted By: <b>Glenn</b><p>What's this I hear about a Derek Jeter card with George Bush and Mickey Mouse in the background?
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03-07-2007, 09:14 AM
Posted By: <b>JimB</b><p>Couldn't be any worse than new card production has been for the past 25 years.<br />JimB
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03-07-2007, 09:41 AM
Posted By: <b>Chris Counts</b><p>Jim B, I totally agree. As far as I'm concerned, it's been mostly downhill since 1957 ...
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03-07-2007, 11:54 AM
Posted By: <b>Bob</b><p>Michael Eisner will do as great a job for Topps as he did for Disney. That spells trouble for Topps <img src="/images/sad.gif" height=14 width=14>
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03-07-2007, 02:02 PM
Posted By: <b>Jason L</b><p>a strategic buyer? sounds financial...which means things will be rationalized, optimized, and lipstick put on the pig for re-sale...
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03-07-2007, 04:28 PM
Posted By: <b>Jim Dale</b><p>The company was in good shape for a take over; for one they had (don't know what they have now) almost $100 million in cash laying around doing nothing. It added a great deal to their worth - they were buying back some stock but that was about it. <br /><br />The new baseball license deal helps them out; puts them on an even road with upper deck; but the hockey exclusive to upper deck hurt them badly. However big hockey really is to them I don't know. The thing is the card part of the industry is really small; its a confectionary business that is really big. Eisner might make hey with that; might start seeing cards at disney only stores .... yikes
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03-07-2007, 04:34 PM
Posted By: <b>peter chao</b><p>Guys,<br /><br />You might see the rebirth of Comic Cards something that Upper Deck tried about 10 years ago without much success.<br /><br />Peter