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About Pro Sports Memorabilia: Pro Sports Memorabilia offers one of the largest selections of authentic sports collectibles around. Unlike some companies or individuals that specialize in sports memorabilia, Pro Sports Memorabilia only sells items that come directly from the athletes themselves.

The big pitch: Are you an avid sports fan who enjoys collecting an assortment of memorabilia? Perhaps you have a favorite team or player that you admire. While collecting sports memorabilia can be both exciting and rewarding, many buyers are often hesitant to make a purchase. How do you know you’re getting exactly what you’ve been promised? Buying sports collectibles can be expensive and not all dealers are trustworthy. Fortunately, sports fans from around the world can now turn to Pro Sports Memorabilia.

All items sold by the company are officially licensed by the MLB, NBA, NFL, and NHL. No matter what type of product you wish to purchase, you can rest assured your item is authentic. Over the years, Pro Sports Memorabilia has established an ongoing relationship with several famous athletes including Dan Marino, John Elway, and Vince Carter. This allows them to provide customers a constant supply of some of the best sports memorabilia available.

The company offers a wide selection of sports collectables including those from some of the less popular sports such as tennis, soccer, or boxing. Whether its photos, clothing, or autographed game balls that you desire, Pro Sports Memorabilia can provide you with the items you need. They even carry a number of NASCAR items for racing fans. Whether you collect sports memorabilia for yourself or your business, Pro Sports Memorabilia can provide you with top quality name brand items that have the endorsement of both the players and the establishments. You’ll no longer need to be concerned about an item’s authenticity.

At Pro Sports Memorabilia, all signature items are obtained from athlete appearances. Pro Sports Memorabilia have a number of popular autographed items that make the perfect incentive award for companies to give their employees. Whether you’re looking to boost overall morale or just award the outstanding achievement of one individual, Pro Sports Memorabilia can provide you with a number of affordable gifts to choose from. Instead of the usual ink pen or mug, why not give your employees a gift that they’ll truly appreciate?

Company rating: Pro Sports Memorabilia is one of the most trusted names in the sports collectables industry. They offer authentic quality items from a number of different sports. Best of all, purchases can be made 24 hours a day via their website or toll free number. In addition, most in stock items will ship the next business day. Four and a half stars.

About StarStruck/Proteam: StarStruck is one of the biggest catalog and internet retailers of licensed Major League and Minor League goods and merchandise. Not only do Star Struck / ProTeams produce their own catalogs, they are also responsible for the official catalog for the Pittsburgh Pirates, Tampa Bay Devil Rays, Baltimore Orioles and the New York Mets. Star Struck/ProTeam stocks an enormous range of sports-related goods, including (amongst other things) caps, T-shirts and jerseys, as well as paraphernalia and collectibles. Customers can browse their impressive selection over the internet or in their attractive print catalogues.

The big pitch: Not only does Star Struck/Pro Teams stock merchandise for all the major and minor leagues of baseball, football, basketball and hockey in the United States, their range also extends to soccer, auto racing and college goods.

If you are a sports fan that likes to show your loyalty by wearing your team’s gear, then Star Struck/Pro Team is the perfect place for you to shop! If you are looking for a gift for a sports enthusiast, then look no further because you are almost guaranteed to find the ideal present at Star Struck/Pro Team. And Star Struck/Pro Team makes gift-giving even more hassle-free, since you can easily browse their goods and pay online, as well as arrange for direct shipping to the gift recipient at the same time.

Star Struck/Pro Team also carries an impressive international range of sports goods, as well as patriotic paraphernalia such as USA Army, Navy, Air Force and Marines items. If you want to add that very personal touch to your item, you can arrange for your cap or jersey to  your name or your favorite player’s name.

Star Struck/ Pro Team has exceedingly high production standards and their major league sporting merchandise is made from only the best and most durable fabrics and materials. As such, you are assured of getting a strongly-stitched, long-wearing item to take you through season after season of your favorite sport.

Product Trends Rating: Star Struck/ Pro Team is THE website for sports fans. Whether you are a die-hard or a dilettante, Star Struck/ Pro Team offers an absolutely massive range of items spanning both American as well as international teams. Because of their focus on excellent production techniques, their goods are without doubt the best quality merchandise of their kind, and with easy pay-online options, shopping is a pleasure. Star Struck/Pro Team rates 4.5 stars.

About the company: No matter whether you’re looking for video games, toys, games, standees, soundtracks, home furnishings, gift certificates, convention items, DVDs, collectibles, clothing, books, stationery, artwork or posters, if it has something to do with Star Wars, you’ll find it sold at the officially mandated, Lucasfilm-owned Star Wars Shop.

The big pitch: Discounted items for sale everyday, including exclusives that you won’t find anywhere else.

I have to admit, I hated, hated, hated the last three Star Wars movies. I know certain people love them and get all up ins, but to me, they were some of the worst big budget filmmaking in the last thirty years, like a trio of Waterworlds all lined up in a row. But hey, what do I know? I have a life that doesn’t involve Yoda-talk, so maybe I’m just missing out.

For those that aren’t missing out and worship the ground that George Lucas walks on, there’s the Star Wars Shop, the official Lucasfilm merchandise outlet that sells everything from ‘holiday edition Darth Vader statues’ to something called a ‘Lando in Skiff Guard Disguise Mini-Bust’.

I have to say, I wouldn’t know a ‘Covert Ops Clone Trooper Figure’ from a ‘Star Wars Porcelain Character Ornament Set’, but one thing I can tell you is that the items on sale at the Star Wars Shop are a lot cheaper than you would expect, especially seeing as much of it is limited edition collectible gear. I don’t know that I’d personally spend $279.99 on an ‘Attackus Wicket Statue’ or $399.99 on a 15 inch ‘Attackus Tusken Raider Statue’, but presumably someone out there will be saving every last penny of their summer babysitting money to do just that, in the expectation that one day it’ll be worth, like, $405 or something. So good luck to ‘em.

But you don’t have to be the geekiest geek of all geekdom to shop at the Star Wars Shop. Even a Star Wars hater like me can geek out a little at the General Greivous Bobbleheads (for just $16.99!), or the Framed Episode IV Film Cells (a snap at $69.99). And yeah, okay, I’ll admit that I wigged out a little at the Dark Side basketball jersey, though there’s no way I’d meet the hundred-dollar price tag for it.

All in all, what could have been a giant nerd rip-off is actually a collection of reasonably priced merchandise (for the most part) that will find a warm place in the hearts of those who dig it. We abide.

The Product Trends rating: It’s not our scene, but credit where it’s due, some of this is good stuff, especially to those who have The Empire Strikes Back memorized down to the last line, or have hung an Attack of the Clones poster over their john. If you go to sleep at night thinking about scenes from Return of the Jedi, then this is the store for you. 3.5 stars.

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