One box supplied to me (for free) by Upper Deck of 2008 UD Masterpieces Baseball
Twelve packs per box, six cards per pack.
The Video
The Pulls
Base Set: 58 of 120 (48.33%)
2 doubles
Short Set: 52 of 90 (57.78%)Parallels
6 Short Prints (1:2): F. Robinson, N. Ryan, L. Brock, D. Jeter, R. Jackson, J. Carter
4 Black: L. Berkman, W. Ford, Chutley, J. Bench
1 Red: M. Young
1 Blue (numbered to 125): H. Killebrew
Inserts: NONE
Mirrors
4 Yankee Tedium Lunacy (1:3): #320 (T. Lazzeri), 345 (B. Meusel), 370 (E. Combs) 5934 (T. Martinez)
Autogamers
1 Captured on Canvas (1:12): N. Markakis
1 Autographed Captured on Canvas: B. McCann
The Bottom Line
Yeah, yeah, I got my precious six SPs. I'm happy. I still don't think SPing the base set was a smart idea though. Like I said, I love the base set but UD should had left well enough alone.
If you recall, in the Hobby box I paid for, I pulled a blue framed parallel of Hideki Matsui. This card was serial-numbered to 50 copies. In this box I got a framed blue parallel of Harmon Killebrew, but this one was numbered to 125 copies. (The frame on the Matsui is a slightly lighter shade of blue.)
There are a grand total of ten parallel insert sets in 2008 UD Masterpieces; however, Upper Deck does not list anywhere on their website, or on the pack wrapper, what the specific production figures for each set are. So, even though I pulled a Harmon Killebrew parallel numbered to 125 copies, I have no idea whether it is a "Deep Blue Linen" or a "Perisan Blue Linen."
I also can not determine whether the Michael Young red parallel I pulled is a "Hades," "Red Linen," or a "Pinot Red."
And now the $64,000 question: If I had actually paid hard currency for this box, instead of getting it for free, would I have been happy with this box? Well, it was better than the one I actually did pay for. But if I had spent $70-$75 for this box, I don't believe I would have gotten my money's worth.
Box Rating: 2 Gumsticks
Product Rating: 2 1/2 Gumsticks
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4 comments:
I am very unimpressed with masterpieces. I like the base set, alot. However, the price of the box is way out of line with the value. Those parallels are nice but they do not add much value to the box at all. I think a few blasters of these would be fine. I could care less about the plain jersey cards of average players.
i absolute hate the wasteful and useless point of 10,000 parallels in different colors of the rainbow (and in this case, different shades of colors)
Are you keeping the Jeter SP or are you will to part with via trade.
I'd like to know how I could get myself a FREE box of 2008 UD Masterpieces. Please share. LOL Thanks. Take care!
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