2008/09 Upper Deck Ultimate Collection

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CONFIGURATION:
4 Cards per Pack
1 Packs per Box
15 Boxes per Case

Price Is Roughly $125/Pack

CONTENT HIGHLIGHTS:
o Get 1 Autograph, Rookie & Memorabilia Card in every Pack! (on avg.)
o Find 1 Patch card in every 4 packs, on average!
o Oversized patches and jersey swatches have a home here!
o Highlighted in Premium Patches, featuring the best NHL superstars!
o Also in Signed Ultimate Debut Threads & Patches, with the season top Rookies!
o Find 1 Signed Jersey or Patch card # to 25 or less in each case!
o Short-printed Autographed Ultimate Rookies are # to just 99!
o Huge value in each great RC hit!
o Awesome 1-of-1 autographed NHL Shield cards!
o Including Rookies versions too!

PRODUCT BREAKDOWN:
o Autograph Cards (combining to deliver an avg. of 1 per pack!)
o Autographed Ultimate Rookies # to 399
o Autographed Ultimate Rookies SP # to 99
o Ultimate Signatures
o Signed Ultimate Debut Threads Jerseys (oversized) # to 35
o Signed Ultimate Debut Threads Patches (oversized) # to 10
o Autographed Ultimate Rookies Patch variation # to 25
o Autographed Ultimate Rookies NHL Shield variation # to 1
o Ultimate Signature Logos # to 1
o Ultimate Autographed Jerseys SP # to 25
o Ultimate Autographed Dual Jerseys # to 20
o Ultimate Autographed Dual Jerseys SP ?# to 10
o Ultimate Autographed Patches # to 25
o Ultimate Autographed Patches SP # to 10
o Ultimate Autographed Dual Patches # to 10
o Ultimate Autographed Dual Patches SP # to 5
o Rookie Cards (combining to deliver an avg. of 1 per pack!)
o Ultimate Rookies # to 499
o Memorabilia Cards (combining to deliver an avg. of 1 per pack!)
o Ultimate Jerseys # to 100
o Ultimate Duos Jerseys # to 50
o Ultimate Trios Jerseys # to 25
o Ultimate Patches # to 25
o Ultimate Duos Patches # to 15
o Ultimate Trios Patches # to 10
o Premium Patches (oversized) # to 25
o Ultimate Debut Threads Jerseys (oversized) # to 200
o Ultimate Debut Threads Patches (oversized) # to 50
o Ultimate Autographed Jerseys # to 50
o Base Cards
o Parallel Base Cards # to 499

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The shields look amazing, and the rookie autographs are pretty sharp too. Wish they would have shown a preview of the Ultimate Signature cards though, the only cards I'm interested in from this product :P

Couple more shields:

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Wow those look awesome.

Man! They do look good! But, for $125? Ouch!

Although...I guess it is all in perspective, though. We shall see.

Man what I would do for that Gretzky/Orr card! I like the look of this product and had some decent luck with it last year. I know I will end up buying some.

Upper Deck has really stepped up their set design this year IMO! Now if only they'd step up their customer service and quality control and release fewer sets I'd actually not hate them! Oh and also Upper Deck needs to get me my $1000's worth of redemption cards as it has been 8 month on one of the cards.

I am totally with you on the redemption issues that UD has. I think they should completely get rid of redemptions, because they simply cannot do it the right way and it leaves us collectors/customers very disappointed and frustrated. I'm still waiting on a redemption card from 2007.....a Wayne Gretzky By The Letter card from SPGU. Unreal.

That shield is pretty sweet.