2008 UD Baseball Heroes Review Part 2

Alright guys, time for the grading. Here we go:

2008 Upper Deck Baseball Heroes PRODUCT REVIEW

Design:
I love this design. It has a high end and low end kind of look. And now, I'm the master at these cards, since I recently completed the base set, and I love the collation of the rookies, veterans, and legends. The design at times looks like a cheap set, but also at times it looks really nice. It is one of my favorite 2008 card designs for baseball. Grade: A

Price:
The price is fantastic! Boxes can be found for about $60, but I bought my box for $52 from Blowout Cards during their weekend deals. For the amount of stuff you get, this is the perfect price. Some other equally good products from last year should drop to a price around this. Grade: A+
Hits:
I have seen horrible boxes of this before, but I've made out like a bandit so far! A Chipper Jones Patch Auto #ed/15, a Bob Gibson Relic, and a Carlos Beltran Patch! So, in this box, I was surprised to keep the streak going with Mike's Steve Carlton Jersey Auto #ed/10! I pulled a nice Bob Gibson/Jake Peavy dual game used #ed 1/50 as well, and the hits after that that we got are currently going for cheap on eBay. Although Mike's Rich Harden game used is numbered out of 200, one numbered out of 50 is going for $4 on ebay! My Kevin Kouzmanoff relic can be found for $1! So, I've been lucky, but I can't grade the hits real well because many boxes I have seen haven't had anything good. Grade: B

Overall:
This product is one of my faves. It has a great price and great results, similar to 2008 UD Piece of History! I like the cards as well, and the parallels blow me away, especially the red. So, if you want to see my 1st part of the review, here it is. I now have the whole set and I am real happy! I think this spectacular was the best one so far, with the Bowman's Best box, and this one, I was really happy with the results, and Mike is really happy with the Carlton. Overall Grade: A

Thanks for looking and see ya! By the way, I just sent out my Mussina TTM, and found so many more great addresses on sportscollectors.net, so I'll have more TTm's in the future, and some cool ones as well. I will also creat my own personalized card set, and maybe a cut signature set using my autographed index cards from future TTm's. Lastly, I have a great idea for finding out how to see the inside of a rip card from Allen & Ginter involving a scanner. So stay tuned for that stuff, and see ya!

3rd Quarter Spectacular- Split with Sweeny

Hey guys, Drew back here, and I have a new favorite product. Mike & I split a box of 2008 Upper Deck Baseball Heroes. For the 2nd Quarter Spectacular, I opened a box of this and had some good luck. Also, I pulled a sick card at Dragon's Den, one of my local stores in one pack! So, I already loved this product, but now I love it more! Here is the all new 2008 UD Baseball Heroes Box Break Review!

PRODUCT INFO:
24 Packs Per Box
8 Cards Per Pack
192 Cards Per Box
96 Cards Each In a Split
6 Yankee Stadium Legacy Inserts Per Box
A Numbered Parallel in every Pack without a YSL or Hit
3 Memorabilia Cards & 1 Autograph Per Box on Average
2 Autographed Memorabilia Cards Per 10 Box Case!
1 Yankee Stadium Legacy Game Used Relic Per Case
Chase Patch Autographs, Patches, and other great things!

MY BOX BREAK SPLIT HIT RESULTS
1 Game Used Blue Parallel Dual Relic #ed 1/50 of Bob Gibson/Jake Peavy!
1 Game Used Light Blue Relic #/200 of Kevin Kouzmanoff

MIKE'S BOX BREAK SPLIT HIT RESULTS
1 Game Used Relic #ed/200 of Rich Harden
1 Autographed Memorabilia Card #ed/10 of Steve Carlton! (yeah, that's the one!)

Serial Numbered Parallels
Yogi Berra #ed/399 Silver (MIKE)
Rod Carew #ed/299 Beige (MIKE)
Chin-Lung Hu RC #ed/99 Sea Green (MIKE)
Chris B. Young #ed/249 Red (MIKE)
Alfonso Soriano #ed/199 Blue (MIKE)
Omar Vizquel #ed/499 Green (MIKE)
Gary Sheffield #ed499 Green (MIKE)
Grady Sizemore #ed/399 Silver (ME)
Cole Hamels #ed/399 Silver (ME)
Pedro Martinez #ed/499 Green (ME)
Wade Boggs #ed/199 Blue (ME)
Ozzie Smith #ed/499 Green (ME)
Nolan Ryan/Greg Maddux/Randy Johnson #ed/199 Blue (ME)
Griffey Jr./Guerrero/Clemente/Dimaggio #ed/499 Green (ME)

Yankee Stadium Legacies
Roger Clemens #6247 (ME)
Andy Pettitte #6297 (ME)
John Wetteland #5647 (MIKE)
Derek Jeter #5672 (MIKE)
Mariano Rivera #6322 (MIKE)
Roger Clemens #6272 (MIKE)

So, we got a really good box! I love my Gibson Dual with Jake Peavy, but Mike got a sick hit to add to his collection! Anytime you pull a Steve Carlton autograph you have some good luck. As for our other hits, my Kevin Kouzmanoff Relic was horrible, and now I have 2 autographs, and 1 relic of him! Mike also got a Harden GU, which isn't great but not too bad. So, I will grade it soon, but for now I will finish with this...

3rd Quarter Spectacular- 2007 Bowman's Best

Hey guys, Drew back here with a box break review. I recently got the boxes in after paying free shipping and getting the boxes after 3 days. So, Joemama and I busted a box of 2007 Bowman's Best and had very good results. We opened the box in the brand new drewscards Basement Studio, after being worked on all day! In the video, the 1st picture is of us in the studio! Here is the review:

PRODUCT INFO:
3 Mini Boxes Per Box
5 Packs per Mini Box
5 Cards Per Pack
75 Cards Per Box
15 Packs per Box
1 Prospect Autograph in every mini-box
1 Rookie Autograph in every mini-box
1 Veteran Autograph in every mini-box
9 Autographs Total!
2 A-Rod Road To 500 Inserts Per Box
A Numbered Parallel in every pack without a hit!

MY BOX BREAK RESULTS:
3 Prospect Autographs (David Huff, Emmanuel Burris, & Cameron Maybin- all not #ed)
3 Rookie Autographs (Kevin Kouzmanoff, Ryan Sweeney, & Alejandro De Aza) (Aza- Blue Parallel #ed/99)
1 Rookie Relic! (Daisuke Matsusaka Rookie Card Relic)
3 Veterans Autographs (Jeremy Hermida, Hanley Ramirez, & Erik Bedard)
2 A-Rod Road To 500 Inserts (#'s 409 & 420)
7 Serial Numbered Cards
1 A-Rod 500 Career Home Run Insert

You can see everything in this video...

Talk About A Marlins Hot Box!

Product Review:

Design:
This is one of the best new card designed sets I own. The cards are unbelievably nice, and they fit the sticker autos in perfectly, so even they look good. I love the different color parallels, and I also like the prospect variations as well. The base cards are extremely thick, but I don't think that matters at all! Grade: A+

Price:
I would not have bought this product without Blowout's help. I bought the boxes on one of the weekend specials, and got it for $35 off! Talk about a great deal! I guess I paid up for what I bought with it, but if it was $35 more, I wouldn't have. Grade: B-
Discounted Price Grade: B+

Hits:
These hits are very nice. Finally I don't have to worry about relics, but then, I got one. It turns out that the only jersey card in the set is of Dice-K, and I got it. I'm wondering if it is from Japan or not, or maybe some stupid photo shoot. But, the Hanley is sweet, I really love the design of the blue parallel that they use, which I pulled one of Alejandro De Aza. The Hermida & Bedard autographs are nice too, but the crown jewels of the box is the autograph of Cameron Maybin, who isn't playing well this year, but is a big name prospect whose Bowmans Best Auto ranges from $15 to $40. Grade: A

Overall:
Overall, this box wasn't an A+, but it was around those lines. The Marlins are a good team to get young player autographs in, and I'm pleased. Hanley was rated #1 on Espn for fantasy in the pre-season, so I'm happy to have his autograph. As for Kevin Kouzmanoff (KKK Man), I don't want any more of him. I got some nice #ed cards too, especially the green parallels, and I again, was happy with the box. Overall Grade: A-

So guys, remember to tune for sometime in the next couple weeks for Mike & I to do our annual Split, this time of 2008 Upper Deck Baseball Heroes. I will also post an idea of a rip card trick I thought of sometime soon as well. As for TTMs, I will soon send one out to Mr. Mike Mussina, and it would be sick to get this stuff signed! So, See Ya!

3rd Quarter Spectacular Update

Boxes are going to be ordered very soon. Hey guys, and as you see about that sentence, I am doing a 3rd quarter spectacular! So, on Blowout I am ordering 2 boxes today: 1 2008 Upper Deck Baseball Heroes box, and 1 2007 Bowman's Best box. They both have discounts right now, and I am really excited. Right now, I have been having tons of horrible technology luck ever since I got these:

2 Words: They suck. Anyway, I asked Mike if he wanted to split the Heroes box for $26, and he said maybe. He should be coming over in a couple minutes also. By the way, JawdysBasement isn't the only person in a basement busting cards. There is a rumor that I am moving the drewscards headquarters down to my basement where I will record videos and continue the drewscards tradition. So, I talked to Mike while he was here today and he said he was 90% sure he will pitch in and split the box with me. I will have another video slideshow for you based on the many many cards my dad gave to me for getting braces. (hint: i'm getting close to 30,000 total cards!) So keep looking for that update and now I have to work on a school project. See Ya!

1 Box of 07 Bowmans Best

1 Box of 2008 UD Heroes (split with Mike very possible)