Sunday, October 8, 2017

BOX BREAK: 2017-18 Upper Deck Artifacts Hockey


I don't open much product anymore, so this is certainly a change of piece for my blog.  Enjoy the look at please comment with any thoughts!

PACK ONE

I posted pack one over on A Pack to be Named Later.  Click on over and check it out!

PACK TWO


2017-18 Upper Deck Artifacts #25 Derek Stepan

2017-18 Upper Deck Artifacts #142 Nicklas Lidstrom

2017-18 Upper Deck Artifacts Emerald #RED194 Los Angeles Kings Rookie

2017-18 Upper Deck Artifacts #75 John Gibson
PACK THREE


2017-18 Upper Deck Artifacts #97 Nikolaj Ehlers

2017-18 Upper Deck Artifacts #121 David Krejci

2017-18 Upper Deck Artifacts #62 Milan Lucic

2017-18 Upper Deck Artifacts #9 Sebastian Aho
PACK FOUR


2017-18 Upper Deck Artifacts #64 Joe Thornton

2017-18 Upper Deck Artifacts Orange #30 Oliver Ekman-Larsson

2017-18 Upper Deck Artifacts #87 Nicklas Backstrom

2017-18 Upper Deck Artifacts #93 Matthew Tkachuk

PACK FIVE


2017-18 Upper Deck Artifacts #22 Zach Werenski

2017-18 Upper Deck Artifacts Material Emerald #69

2017-18 Upper Deck Artifacts #65 T.J. Oshie

2017-18 Upper Deck Artifacts #63 Mike Smith
PACK SIX
2017-18 Upper Deck Artifacts #80 Cam Atkinson 

2017-18 Upper Deck Artifacts #12 Nino Niederreiter 

2017-18 Artifacts Aurum #A40 Craig Anderson 

2017-18 Upper Deck Artifacts #81 Artemi Panarin

PACK SEVEN

2017-18 Upper Deck Artifacts #61 Jack Eichel 

2017-18 Artifacts Rookie Redemptions #RED183 Boston Bruins 

2017-18 Upper Deck Artifacts #31 Mark Stone 

2017-18 Upper Deck Artifacts #34 Brad Marchand

PACK EIGHT

2017-18 Upper Deck Artifacts #32 Max Pacioretty 

2017-18 Artifacts Material Silver #165 Evgeny Svechnikov 

2017-18 Upper Deck Artifacts #58 Bo Horvat
For whatever reason, the final pack only included three cards.  It makes no sense, as the jersey card in it was a thinner card stock than the Ryan Spooner Materials, and it contained four cards.  Many may find it nitpicking, but when you're paying THIS much for THIS few cards, I feel they all need to be there.  

SUMMARY:
Packs - 8
Total Cards - 31
Set Cards - 24 (of 180; 13.3% set completion); 2 numbered (cards 101-180)
Rookie Redemption - 1 (Boston Bruins)
Rookie Redemption Emerald - 1 (Los Angeles Kings) 
Ruby - 1 (Colin White)
Orange - 1 (Oliver Ekman-Larsson)
Material Silver - 1 (Evgeny Svechnikov
Material Emerald - 1 (Ryan Spooner)
Aurum - 1 (Craig Anderson)

I'd love comments with reader thoughts. This product is about $90 a box.  So, fire away!  

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6 comments:

  1. That's way too much money for what you get. Not even real photography. I won't be buying a box. You actually get more cards per pack and a much better price point too.

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  2. The base card design isn't too shabby. Neither is the jersey card. But $90 a box? Seems like it should be priced at about $40 to $50.

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  3. Calling those Aurum cards as one of the hits is quite the sham.

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  4. Are all the autos redemptions? If so, that's a bit of a let down for a higher end set.

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  5. A nice box for a B’s fan with the Krejci and Spooner!

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