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    They looked like nice cars, but dealers wanted $2/pack for them at a
    show in Albany.  I passed.
    

    Center Sports in Billerica $1.43 per pack plus tax. I still passed.
    Upperdeck is too insert crazy for me and I'm an insertaholic...
    
    Steve

    I went to a small show this weekend. One dealer wanted 55$ a box. His
    justification was that the  first  shipments of Upper Deck always has
    more insert cards.  He said the boxes  were  flying off the tables at
    the Mantle show at 60-70$.
    
    John

    
    It appeared to me that only 2 or 3 dealers at the Vince's New England
    Card Show at BC High on friday evening had UD baseball.  They were 
    asking $2 and $60/box.  I didn't see anyone buy even a pack in the 2-3
    hours I was there.  Most people have learned by now that buying right
    when a product first comes out means paying way too much for that
    product.  Especially the case with any UD product.  A few dealers had
    broken down some boxes, saw the cards (uv caoted), saw the heroes, saw
    the SP, none of it screamed "got to have these now!".  Personally I'm
    still doing alot of football, basketball and a little hockey, I doubt
    I'll even buy anybody's 93 baseball, but certainly not at inflated
    prices.
    
    jeff
    

    I forgot the dealer also mentioned the usual "Upper Deck is making
    much less product this year". Right, a couple cases maybe ...
    
    John

    They were selling 3/$5, but I passed too at Vince's show on Saturday.
    

    I couldn't stand the pressure!! I bought a box at the Tuff Stuff
    Hank Aaron show in Richmond,Va this weekend. Got it for 48.00. I
    had 2 packs that had the SP5 cards stuck together so I got 4. I also
    got 2 Mays Heroes, 1 Triple Crown,1 Holo (nice design). They were
    also selling the 93 Topps Jumbo boxes (5 gold per pack) for 35.00.
    I had already run out of $$ by that time 8*(.

      On Sunday I picked up a box and 6 various Ted Williams Hero cards for 
    $38.00 at a show in Newton. The box contained 7 Willie Mays Hero cards, 
    3 triple Crown contenders and 1 Boggs Holo. There was no Rookie Emblem
    cards in the box from Numbers 1-14 and one of each from 15-30. I have 
    sorted the cards up to #200 so far and there were no cards numbered
    from #139-160 but recieved 59 cards numbered from 161-179.  
      They also list on the pack the odds of getting the insert cards.
    Mays was 1 card per 9 packs and the Contenders was 1 in 15. Don't
    recall the others.          Mark 
             

    	If anyone is going to order a case of the upperdeck baseball
    and if the price is right, let me know  I would like to order 3 boxes.
    
    thanks 
    Miguel

    Picked up 10 packs @ $1.25 each. Pulled the Frank Thomas and Barry
    Bonds Triple Crown Contenders. No heroes though.
    
    John

    Opened a box today and I got 16 insert cards. 7 Mays Heroes (no cover
    though),  5 Triple Crown contenders, 3 SP5 cards  and  1 Then and Now
    Hologram.
    
    John

    
    John,
    Did you purposely leave out how much you paid for the box?  You can
    admit it in front of your friends, go ahead...
    
    Sounds like it was a good box, what do you think of the cards in
    terms of appearance, quality, fronts/backs, etc., is it the nicest thing
    UD has done?  Several people have been professing to me that they like 
    this card the most of any UD so far, however, I really liked both this 
    year's football and basketball, how does the baseball compare in your
    opinion?  
    
    signed,
    
    curious jeff
    

    The box was 36$.  The cards are UV coated, design is nothing to write
    home about,  but then just about all the designs this year are rather
    simple. The backs are similar to the Donruss backs. Quality wise it's
    probably the nicest thing Upper Deck  has  done. I only separated the
    cards into one hundreds so I haven't sorted them yet since I'll prob-
    ably buy some more anyway, but the stacks  seemed  even as opposed to
    past years when your stack of 100-199 was three times as high as your
    stack of 200-299.
    
    I like the subsets a lot  and I was able to get a full checklist sub-
    set,  a full Community Heroes subset,  11  of the 13 Teammates subset
    and 26  of  29 Star Rookies subset. The subsets are full bleed photos
    like the basketball draft picks.  The Teammates subset is really nice
    and go back to the old Topps days of "Bronx Bombers",  "Sox Sluggers"
    etc. Series II will probably have a Teammates subset for the NL.
    
    As far as the inserts go,  the Then and Now hologram I pulled was one
    I needed and four of the  five  Triple  Crown  Contenders were ones I
    also needed.  The double I got was another Frank Thomas which is good
    trade bait. I finished the Mays Heroes set.
    
    It seems like the Mays cards will be plentiful,  the same for the SP5
    cards if my box is any  indication  (although two were stuck together
    in the same pack). It seems like the Then and Now holograms are hard-
    er to get than the  Triple  Crown  Contenders,  but that doesn't mean
    anything at this time.
    
    Overall a very nice set  and  so far the best of the baseball issues.
    Upper Deck has improved their card  and  kept  the price the same. It
    seems like it'll be a better bargain than Stadium Club and Ultra con-
    sidering prices for those  will  be 60-80 cents higher per pack and I
    don't see how their quality / contents can be much better.  Of course
    inserts a lot of times drive these products  and the main product it-
    self is left by the side.  Last year's Ultra set was definitely worth
    getting even if you didn't want the  inserts  because they did a very
    nice job on it. This year's Upper Deck is the same. Even if you don't
    do the inserts,  the main set is worth picking up because the subsets
    and the set itself are just as nice as the inserts.
    
    John

    
    Wow.  Bought three packs on the way home friday and I was hooked.
    Very nice job, a total quality card, love the clean white boarders,
    UV coating, full bleed first 50+, but the thing I love the most
    is the beautiful color photog.  After a football season of some
    disappointment photo wise (ultra), these pictures and the colors
    are just real nice.  Bought a box for $33, ripped it, got 5 Mays,
    1 SP5 (no sticktogether action for me ;-(, 3 triple crown and 1
    then and holo.  Haven't sorted them completely but my stacks were
    not all that even.  Was so impressed bought another on saturday at
    the Nashua flea market for $30, only 2 triple crowns and 1 holo,
    but got a cover Mays, SP5 and few Mays singles.  Another guy a spoke
    with got 4 0r 5 holo's per box compared to my 1, so it looks like
    the inserts will vary widely box to box.
    
    I have to agree this is the nicest thing UD has done, period.  Wish
    they would cool it on all the inserts in different packaging (hobby
    vs. retail wax, etc.), but as for the cards themselves I second the
    'Five sticks on the Gum-o-meter'.
    
    jeff
    

    Bought a box for $30 at a show last Thursday...
    

    Series II will include a special 5th Anniversary 15 card insert set
    featuring some of the top cards Upper Deck  has  made over the past
    5 years,  including the  1989  Ken Griffey Jr. The cards have black
    borders, except for one of the Reggie Heroes cards which has a gold
    border.
    
    John

    Well, my streak came to an end.  Bought a box over the weekend in
    Poughkeepsie, and did ok.  Bought a couple of Jimmy Jacksons at
    $3/card.  Got a Bird Header, 3 heroes for trade, and did pretty well
    for the rookie prospects...
    
    Then I left them on the front seat of the car, with the moonroof
    cracked.  Oh well, I guess those plastic cases aren't water tight...
    sigh...
    
    Anyone seen Jordan and Wilkins dunk championship error cards.  I guess
    they mixed up the stamp on the front.  Anyone know what they're worth?
    
    Are they boxes still above $50/box at shows?
    

    Anyone know what the boxes of UD II's are going for at shows?
    
    I bought 3 packs of the "Season highlights" boxes and got a
    Brett - 3000 hits highlight.  What is this series going for?
    
    Also, any sign of the Series 2's at BJ's?
    
    -Walt

    
    Haven't been to a show for awhile Walt, but I believe they are going
    for $30-$35, typical UD product, cost is around $27/box to dealers.
    
    I haven't seen any at BJs, I imagine it will still be a few weeks
    before the retail boxes come in, the hobby boxes out now have the
    retrospective insert set, reprints of some of UD's more notable
    cards of the past five years (Griffey jr RC from 89, Ryan football,
    reggie hero, on up to silly ones like Liistach from series 1 1993)
    
    I can get you a box for $32 if you can't find one any cheaper.
    
    jeff
    

    Only place I've seen them is for $39, but I figure I can get them
    cheaper at a show.  Let me check around this week and I'll let you
    know.
    

    
    I brought 8 packs from a dealer at the Derry NH flea market a
    couple of weekends ago,so the price Jeff mentioned should be
    the going price...$30-$35 a box.
     The dealer did say that the series had about 5 sub sets in it
    so it may depend on how bad people want the sub sets that sets
    the price in the near future.
    I forgot to mention that i paid a dollar a pack for the packs
    that i picked up. I don't recall all of the sub set special
    card names,but the one that stands out the most to me is the golden
    moments set. Also there seem to be at least three of these sub set/
    special cards per pack,and that's what the dealer told me he has
    seen too.
    
      JD
    

    
    	I would be interested in 2 for $32 each. Where or how can I get
    them?
    
    
    							Joe at WMO

    
    >    I would be interested in 2 for $32 each. Where or how can I get
    >    them?
    
      I got mine from John's SportsCards in tyngsboro, 4 Pondview Place,
    it's across the street from Skate 3, the big ice rink off route 3
    in tyngsboro, just into mass., 1/2 mile down from Pheasant Lane
    mall in nashua, nh.  John is a very nice and reasonable person/dealer.
    He almost always will cut you a good deal, particularly if you
    frequent his shop (catering to repeat customers, imagine that, what
    a retail concept!).  John is your old fashioned type dealer who
    realizes he is running a retail business that depends upon satisfied
    customers to survive long term.  
    
    Check out his store if you're in the area, and for the $32/box of UD II 
    baseball, mention Digital and tell him Jeff sent you (he'll probably
    then charge you $35 or more ;-).  I'm assuming the $32 deal won't last
    forever, but will last as long as he has a reasonable quantity of boxes 
    left from his direct shipment.
    
    Joe, if you can't make it there, maybe I can pick them up for you and
    we could arrange to meet, although you'll still have to come at least
    part this way to pick them up.  Send me some mail if you want me to
    get them for you. 
    
    jeff