2012-13 Upper Deck SP Authentic Official Review

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2012-13 Upper Deck SP Authentic Hockey Review

Current Online Price - $96.95 - $107.95

Box Breakdown:
-24 Packs Per Box
-5 Cards Per Pack

Product Breakdown:
- Autographed Future Watch - #'d to 999
- Sign of the Times
- Sign of the Times Duals - inserted 1:384
- Sign of the Times Trios - #'d to 25
- Sign of the Times Quads - #'d to 10
- Sign of the Times Fives - #'d to 8
- Sign of the Times Sixes - #'d to 7
- Sign of the Times Sevens - #'d to 6
- Sign of the Times Eights - #'d to 5
- SP Chirography - #'d to 35
- All-Time Chirography - #'d to 15
- Premier Chirography -- #'d to 65
- Signature Stoppers - #'d to 25
- Immortal Inks - #'d to 10
- Marks of Distinction - #'d to 25
- Authentic Moments - inserted 1:480
- Authentic Moments multi-players - inserted 1:3,360
- Team Canada Moments - inserted 1:960
- Team Canada Moments multi-players - inserted 1:6,816
- Regular Cards Limited Autos - inserted 1:100
- '94-95 SP Retro Die-Cut Autographs - inserted 1:96

Autographed Patch cards:
- Autographed Future Watch Patch - #'d to 100
- Regular Card Limited Autograph Patch Parallel, Level 1 - #'d to 100
- Regular Card Limited Autograph Patch Parallel, Level 2 - #'d to 25
- Regular Card Limited Autograph Patch Parallel, Level 3 - #'d to 10


(NEW) SPx Bonus Pack!:
- SPx Rookie Auto Jerseys, Tier 1 -- #'d to 275
- SPx Rookie Auto Jerseys, Tier 2 -- #'d to 175
- SPx Rookie Auto Patches, Tiers 1 & 2 -- #'d to 30
- SPx Regular Cards - 2 per pack

Adding SP Retro to the Mix:
- '94-95 SP Retro - inserted 1:4

Upper Deck Series Additions:
- Upper Deck Update - inserted 1:6
- Upper Deck Update Exclusive parallels - #'d to 100
- Upper Deck Update Exclusive Spectrum parallels -- #'d to 10
- MVP Rookie Update - inserted 1:15

Regular Cards:
- 150 Regular Cards


What we pulled:



SPX Pack:



Base:


Not pictured:
Team Canada Moments (3) PK Subban, Martin Brodeur, Mario Lemieux
Authentic Moments (5) Mats Sundin, Pavel Bure, Erik Karlsson, Sidney Crosby, Brett Hull
Upper Deck Update (4) Guillaume Latendresse, Jason Spezza, Torrey Mitchell, Jordin Tootoo

MVP Update: & SP Version (6)Jake Allen, Bobby Clarke, Barry Trottier, Anze Kopitar, Wayne Gretzky, Patrick Kane.








Base Set Completion:96/150 64%
Design : 3/5
Fun : 4/5
Value : 3/5
Rebuy : 4/5

Overall Box Rating : 14/20 70%

Pros:
* ON CARD AUTOS are always a PLUS!
* Bonus packs are always a plus.
*The Premiere autos, SP retro, and even the MVP update have a little more zing to them than the the regular base cards and chirography autos.

Cons:
* Base cards and the Chirography autos look too plain
* With only 64% base set completion if you're making the base set from box purchases, you may need 2-3 boxes to complete it.

NPN:
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Once again, thanks to Upper Deck for providing us with this box for review. If you would like to find out more information about UD SP Authentic or any other Upper Deck product please got to www.upperdeck.com

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