@@christopherworks400 Yeah I like the hard signed rookie ticket autos but with the unnecessarily high box price and diluted product, Upper Deck just spoiled a decent product.
@@christopherworks400 With those type of odds of hitting something even remotely decent and that does even account for the poor quality control, I will just buy singles.
Yeah, that "excitement" over getting an insert of Tyson Barrie. Or any friggin card for that matter... I find that Dave & Adams are the worst, like they're really UD shills.
@@JM-lp5hk same with GPS Hockey breaks...still can't get over UD " gave" him the auto Gretzky jersey winner card from Tim's a year or so ago..Anyway he'll make it seem like getting a Mathew Philips auto card is great....
So I work at a sports card store in Canada. The price is essentially set by the 2 major licensed distributors. The cost on 21/22 and 22/23 hobby has been about 80-90% on retail price since the Bedard hype. So your friendly neighborhood LCS is paying $148-ish for a $170 box of 22/23 Ice that absolutely no one wants and will go down to $125 soon just so they can get Bedard hobby….seriously
It all starts at the source. Sure distributors take a significant cut, but UD is the primary culprit. If they weren't, epack would sell out within weeks. The prices for product there would outcompete LCSs to oblivion.
You see the ole' thumb nail mark on a lot of chrome/foil products. It's like the cards get caught on the roller and they still put them in anyway whether it's Topps, Panini or UD. $175/box is absurd
The distributors who are setting these prices have made no sense all year. It'd be a fun rip and might actually get some traction if it was properly priced
Upper Deck really has FOMO when they made this and should be committed to the Contenders feel. Then again, nothing that UD will do to mimic Panini is going to work in the hockey market: the collector base is too crusty and not open to change
This product was better in 20/21 and 70 dollars cheaper. Zeeree, bro, you gotta stop supporting this company. Like, literally boycott this shit. It's not gonna change until the community physically stops lining their pockets. This is why I stopped buying UD a few years ago. It's just not worth it and you say it every.single. video.
175$ for this is a joke. A bunch of filler inserts and maybe an auto if you’re lucky. I will not be buying a single box of this crap. So many better boxes for under 175$
Great video as always, definitely agree the set looks good and the on card autos are a rare touch these days, but these prices man! The average person is absolutely screwed if they want to open a box. Over $300 for a box of series one? Does this ever correct itself?
Bedard has turned everyone into greedy little sh-it’s 😂 From group breaks to scalpers leaves the average collector out of luck…I love ripping series 1+2 but not sure if I’m willing to pay 330$ for 6 young guns.
The only product that hasn’t gone up so drastically is artifacts…maybe because there aren’t live bedard cards wearing Chicago’s jersey…but for 22-23 and no bedard this product shouldn’t be more than 100$ looks like a fun rip but an easier pass
I opened my box yesterday and I was hesitant after watching. Fortunately I pulled the gold bubble hockey of Auston Matthews’s #25 so hopefully that pays for the box
Considering the NBA has AT LEAST 10x more interest in their league and memorabilia; should mean that Hockey Cards should be at least 1/4 of the price of Basketball...but its not. Its about half the price of comparable product...
i love the card designs of this stuff buy my goodness. id rather just get 22-23 ultimate or opeechee plat than this stuff. like synyrgy this is a money grab.
The horizontal ticket access suck. They look like they’ve been miss cut. It’s so lazy it’s just a copy of the regular ones, which I do like fwiw. Here’s an idea. Make the horizontal ones throwbacks to old ticket stubs. Anyone who’s over 30 knows what old concert and hockey tickets looked like. Make that and add a name and face. Come on, get a little creative. As presented those horizontals are lazy AF.
I've only been in the hobby for a month but I was honestly pretty excited for this release. The autos seem cool and the high number of parallels seem interesting. Are other products much better for the price point?
Is it safe to say this product has lost its credentials?
As funny as this should be,,,, it hurts.
@@christopherworks400 Yeah I like the hard signed rookie ticket autos but with the unnecessarily high box price and diluted product, Upper Deck just spoiled a decent product.
@@thehighlanders607 I watched a few breaks and a about 3 or 4 autos in 10 boxes and I think it was like 1 rookie auto out of that.
@@christopherworks400 With those type of odds of hitting something even remotely decent and that does even account for the poor quality control, I will just buy singles.
@@thehighlanders607 the singles don't even look worth buying tbh
I appreciate your hostility. Group breakers won’t say anything because upper deck has them wrapped around their finger
Alot of guys in box breaks own hockey card stores in the city that they're picking from...
Yeah, that "excitement" over getting an insert of Tyson Barrie. Or any friggin card for that matter... I find that Dave & Adams are the worst, like they're really UD shills.
@@JM-lp5hk same with GPS Hockey breaks...still can't get over UD " gave" him the auto Gretzky jersey winner card from Tim's a year or so ago..Anyway he'll make it seem like getting a Mathew Philips auto card is great....
@sportsfix6975 ya that guy scrapes every card together to before the reveal.
I'm convinced every card that comes from him has surface damage
Would definitely not buy this product for anything above 40 bucks
Geez, I got to be honest, the cards look really good. There's just no chance that I would drop 175 bucks on a box right now that isn't 23-24
Well…a 23-24 box of this would probably run at least double the 175 with live cards of bedard 😂
series 2 is going for 330$ a box for young guns!
Thanks for biting the bullet for all of us. Good luck in your OPeeChee breaks next week!
i paid 100 CAD for 21-22 taxes in and it was overpriced even at that price. This is what happens when Upper Deck has zero competition.
Zeeree “I hope they don’t make horizontal future watch auto’s”
Upper Deck *taking notes*
The thing that bothers me the most, is the fact that the rookies are serial stamped on the back…WHY?!
So I work at a sports card store in Canada. The price is essentially set by the 2 major licensed distributors. The cost on 21/22 and 22/23 hobby has been about 80-90% on retail price since the Bedard hype. So your friendly neighborhood LCS is paying $148-ish for a $170 box of 22/23 Ice that absolutely no one wants and will go down to $125 soon just so they can get Bedard hobby….seriously
It all starts at the source. Sure distributors take a significant cut, but UD is the primary culprit. If they weren't, epack would sell out within weeks. The prices for product there would outcompete LCSs to oblivion.
You see the ole' thumb nail mark on a lot of chrome/foil products. It's like the cards get caught on the roller and they still put them in anyway whether it's Topps, Panini or UD. $175/box is absurd
Upper Deck butchered this product with the 21/22 version, and then doubled down and put out basically the same garbage with the 22/23 version.
Boko imama is one of the nicest dudes my kids have ever met. At Duclair hockey camp. A+++ guy
The distributors who are setting these prices have made no sense all year. It'd be a fun rip and might actually get some traction if it was properly priced
Upper Deck really has FOMO when they made this and should be committed to the Contenders feel. Then again, nothing that UD will do to mimic Panini is going to work in the hockey market: the collector base is too crusty and not open to change
This product was better in 20/21 and 70 dollars cheaper. Zeeree, bro, you gotta stop supporting this company. Like, literally boycott this shit. It's not gonna change until the community physically stops lining their pockets. This is why I stopped buying UD a few years ago. It's just not worth it and you say it every.single. video.
175$ for this is a joke. A bunch of filler inserts and maybe an auto if you’re lucky. I will not be buying a single box of this crap. So many better boxes for under 175$
Thanks for taking a hit on these for us, now how about some Trilogy? =D
As an Avs fan…I might need one of these boxes just for the Landy box 😂
WE NEED TO START BOYCOTTING UPPER DECK RAISING THE PRICES. ITS GETTING RIDICULOUS!
Lol dog water product. I wouldn't enter a 20 box canucks break for $40
I wouldn't pay $20 for this
He got a 7/99 McDavid more than $20 lol
this stuff is a mix between panini and tim hortons
I’ll buy that kuch and point numbered bases from the first box if you don’t want them 😂 just love Tampa numbered stuff!
When everything is numbered it just drops the value of all cards. Are numbered the new jersey cards? Once coveted now mostly worthless
Should be 60$ a box
I think it will be shortly
Great video as always, definitely agree the set looks good and the on card autos are a rare touch these days, but these prices man! The average person is absolutely screwed if they want to open a box. Over $300 for a box of series one? Does this ever correct itself?
Bedard has turned everyone into greedy little sh-it’s 😂
From group breaks to scalpers leaves the average collector out of luck…I love ripping series 1+2 but not sure if I’m willing to pay 330$ for 6 young guns.
The only product that hasn’t gone up so drastically is artifacts…maybe because there aren’t live bedard cards wearing Chicago’s jersey…but for 22-23 and no bedard this product shouldn’t be more than 100$ looks like a fun rip but an easier pass
I opened my box yesterday and I was hesitant after watching. Fortunately I pulled the gold bubble hockey of Auston Matthews’s #25 so hopefully that pays for the box
FYI upper deck doesn’t set prices
They set the bulk box purchase price that retailers buy, yeah it might not be as crazy but it’s still higher than it should be
What yes they do 😂😂
Wow that Blankenberg auto was "blank"ed up for a box hit...
Considering the NBA has AT LEAST 10x more interest in their league and memorabilia; should mean that Hockey Cards should be at least 1/4 of the price of Basketball...but its not. Its about half the price of comparable product...
We actually need to protest and start a perdition this is crazy
At least you got autos! But ya not a great product! Keep making great content!
Steering clear of this one
Highly Anticipated is the best looking card in the set. Too bad that's not release by itself.
this stuff deserves to collect dust
"You don't have to flashbang me with so much foil"😂😂😂😂
i wouldn't feed credentials to my dog
Those "highly anticipated" cards look like Panini's "rated rookies."
i love the card designs of this stuff buy my goodness. id rather just get 22-23 ultimate or opeechee plat than this stuff. like synyrgy this is a money grab.
to be fair to blankenburg, he’d be playing if columbus didn’t have a logjam on d
Crazy, looking back at the few Panini Contenders cards I have, it was a much better product than this.
The horizontal ticket access suck. They look like they’ve been miss cut. It’s so lazy it’s just a copy of the regular ones, which I do like fwiw.
Here’s an idea. Make the horizontal ones throwbacks to old ticket stubs. Anyone who’s over 30 knows what old concert and hockey tickets looked like. Make that and add a name and face. Come on, get a little creative. As presented those horizontals are lazy AF.
All hail Hockey Guru Zeeree !
More junk as usual from UD
UD is making money hand over fist. Gotta be the easiest business of all time. I'm 'sure the CEO asks himself. "How much is too much profit"?
5:14 8:48
Looool what an intro.
There is no reason for this set to.exist
I’m a huge fan of the dead I’m chasing a Live Tonight insert
The only way to make that product good is to have ex essential credentials in it!!!! Right!? 🤔
These are down to $90 US now, last years is $48 now LMAO
"Aggressively wiener ride..." 🤣🤣🤣
"First star of the AHL" I'm dying😂
Blanks will be back up eventually
Why they put so many CH Blue Jersey. This jersey is garbage, and we all know it. Nice Guhle pull
I am lost for words and will keep my thoughts to myself, but wow that was bad.
Hey Zeeree
I laughed way too hard at Brad pull.
nice
It’s too bad that this product is kinda shit because I like the concept
I've only been in the hobby for a month but I was honestly pretty excited for this release. The autos seem cool and the high number of parallels seem interesting. Are other products much better for the price point?
"I'm trying to be optimistic", and then proceeds to crap on the product like every other product you rip and review.
Upper deck is so trash, I wish Panini Prime came back.
How do I contact you Zeeree, I hit a huge Easter egg Wayne Gkensky card , need help to identify it
Basically contenders from panini
Meh
Bring back Panini NOW.
Everyone copied topps chrome
credentials is UD's version of contenders
Who is this made for?!
What is the story behind Kuznetzov and the coke can and Ilya Bryzgalov “he’s afraid of bears.”?
Please
Another worthless product
Why you buy them if you don't like them?
to prove that we shouldnt buy it.
Lol
Zeeree being a Pepsi guy isn’t surprising 😂