Stated Hits per Box:

Rookie Cards in every two packs (on average)
2on2 Jersey Cards average one per box

What we Pulled:

MVP First Line Phenoms:
Andrei Kostitsyn
Ryan Getzlaf
Sidney Crosby
Mike Richards
Paul Stastny

MVP Alexander the G8:
AO3 (x2), AO6, AO7

MVP Marked by Valour:
Sidney Crosby
Brad Richards
Jean-Sebastian Giguere

MVP Magnificent 7’s:
Cam Ward

MVP 2on2 Jersey:
Henrik Zetterberg – red
Tomas Holmstrom – white
Mats Sundin – white
Alexander Steen – blue/white

MVP Rookie Cards:
Tom Sestito
Sami Lepisto (Cramped crease)
Ryan Stone
Jonathan Ericsson
Garrett Stafford
Danny Taylor
Cody McLeod
Brian Boyle
Brandan Nolan
John Mitchell
Jonas Frogan

MVP Gold Scripts:
Sam Gagner – 048/100

Quality Control:

Unfortunately, almost every card had a creased corner. Interestingly enough, it was primarily the upper right corner for cards 1-100 with the cards numbered 100-300 primarily in the bottom left corner. Putting those as a whole aside, there were these other manufacturing defects noted from this hobby box of 2008/09 NHL Upper Deck MVP:

13 bent corners
3 with dents
2 with crease lines
1 pack wrapper crinkled edge

75% or more of this box was damaged with 9% notably damaged.

Based on the stated odds of Rookie Cards per box, we should have gotten 12 RC’s in this box but only pulled 11 with no Rookie Redemption. We did however receive the average of one 2on2 Jersey Card.

Duplicates base: 31
Duplicate inserts: 1
Duplicates Total: 32 of 192 or 16.7%

Set Completion: 150 of 380 or 39.5%

Box Hits: 12 of 13 or 92.3%

Based on the damaged cards, one less Rookie Card then the stated odds and amount of duplicate cards, this particular box of 2008/09 NHL Upper Deck MVP Hobby didn’t get a passing grade.

Final Grade: 60.0% for a letter grade of D

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Upper Deck released it`s 2007-2008 NHL Black Diamond Hockey Cards on November 28, 2007. They have not posted any information regarding the set.

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2006-07 Upper Deck Fleer Ultra Hockey (Retail)
24 packs per box with 8 cards per pack

The package boasts that on average, there should be one jersey card per 24 packs, 7 Rookie Cards per 24 packs, and Find Gold Medallion Parallel Cards! Lets see how I made out:

154/200 Base Set
No Duplicates

Rookie Cards
202 – Mark Stuart
206 – Tomas Kopecky
207 – Marc-Antoine Pouliot
212 – Frank Doyle
218 – Billy Thompson
220 – Ryan Potulny

Gold Medallion Rookie Cards
208 – Konstantin Pushkarev
214 – Steve Regier
228 – Ian White

Gold Medallions
3 – Andy McDonald
9 – Steve Rucchin
21 – Thomas Vanek
22 – Ryan Miller
35 – Cam Ward
43 – Tuomo Ruutu
54 – Peter Budaj
77 – Jarret Stoll
85 – Alexander Auld
90 – Alexander Frolov
102 – Saku Koivu
105 – Michael Ryder
108 – Chris Higgins
124 – Trent Hunter
127 – Henrik Lundqvist
128 – Martin Straka
136 – Dany Heatley
145 – Jeff Carter
161 – Joe Thornton
181 – Mats Sundin
198 – Dainius Zubrus

Ultra Uniformity
U-PE – Michael Peca

Ultra Action
UA4 – Eric Staal
UA21 – Peter Forsberg

Difference Makers
DM4 – Ryan Miller
DM20 – Martin Brodeur

Scoring Kings
SK4 – Brendan Shanahan
SK20 – Michael Ryder

Rookie Redemption
236 – ??

Other:
3 “decoy” cards for 15%, 25%, or 50% off UpperDeckStore.com
5 thick “decoy” cards (the kind they stuff in to fool pack feelers

I had no duplicates in the box which was great! I averaged one Gold Medallion Parallel card per pack, an Ultra Uniformity Memoribilia Card, 6 Rookie Cards, and 3 Gold Medallion Rookie Cards. Overall, not a bad box.

The #236 Rookie Redemption card was submitted on December 1, 2007. The status updated on December 2, 2007 to: Item in process of shipping along with other projects, expect within 14 days. I submitted 3 other redemption cards the same day whose status have not yet changed. I submitted one last year for a Jordan Staal Rookie Card which I received quite quickly. I hope this (and the others) come as quickly as my Staal RC did!

What do you think of this box break of 2006-07 Upper Deck Fleer Ultra Hockey Cards? Do you like the set? Have you had any great pulls you would like to share?

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