2007 Upper Deck Masterpieces Hobby Box Break

Hey guys, Drew back here, and me and my dad just broke a fresh box of 2007 Upper Deck Masterpieces Baseball. I bought the box from my local hobby shop for $55, rather high priced for this type of box, but supported the shop, always good to do. Here is the review:

PRODUCT CONTENT:
18 Packs Per Box
4 Cards Per Pack
72 Cards Per Box
1 5x7 Cabinet Card Box Topper
3 Memorabilia Cards Per Box on average
1 Autograph per box on average

Base Set: 90 Total Cards consisting of rookies, legends, and veterans
Green Parallels: The most common insert, cards with a green border instead of the white
Other Parallels are commonly serial numbered to 99 or less

MY BOX BREAK RESULTS
64 Base Cards (71% of base set)
Jered Weaver 5x7 Box Topper
Carlos Lee Captured On Canvas Relic
Will Clark Captured On Canvas Relic
Brian Roberts Captured On Canvas Relic
Jason Bay Strokes of Genius Signatures
2 Black Bordered Parallels #ed to 99 of the 2004 Red Sox and Tom Glavine
5 Green Parallels of Chipper Jones, Tom Glavine, Andrew Miller RC, Babe Ruth, and Alex Gordon RC

You can see it all here...

Product Review:

Design:
I think Masterpieces is the BEST card design Upper Deck has, but does have to compete with Allen & Ginter for all the marbles. I love the canvas feel to them, and the paintings are incredible! One thing also that Upper Deck does well here is the players included. Sure Jered Weaver, Stephen Drew, and Howie Kendrick weren't cool to find but I had no other problems. The legend photos are incredible and this set definitely shouldn't have disappeared from baseball. Grade: A+

Price:
The price for this product is a very good one. On Blowout, you can find these for $43.99, a steal for the results. I got my box for $55 at my hobby shop, which wasn't bad but I should've ordered online. Getting 4 hits for $45 is without a doubt a steal. Grade: A+

Hits:
These hits are decent. If you are a high end collector, these aren't your types of hits. You only get 2 numbered cards (I think) per box, and the hits are either single jerseys or a single autograph. You can get lucky and find a patch or patch auto or something but I didn't. My hits were pretty good. The Carlos Lee jersey was pretty upsetting, and the Roberts isn't great but isn't bad either. Both of those cards are for trade. The Will Clark game used was a nice surprise, but still not really nice enough. But to save the box, we pulled a Jason Bay auto, which probably sells pretty well now considering he is a star in Boston. Well, he always was a great player but he played in Pittsburgh so he didn't get the attention. The hits were pretty good. Grade: B-

Overall:
Overall, I enjoyed opening the product. I found a lot of very nice cards, and cards I would want to pass down when I'm older. The pictures are incredible, and so are the players. We got decent hits including the Bay auto, which seems to be hit of the box, and is currently not for trade. The other 3 could be traded if you want them, but aren't that bad for me to keep. So, this box was a ton of fun and if you want to spend $50 on 15 minutes of fun, be my guest. Fantastic product. Thanks UD for making it! One suggestion though: I know you did it in basketball UD, but throw in some of these as inserts in your flagship brand. They really are beautiful cards and I don't want to see them leave. Overall Grade: A+

So, I will be leaving for New Hampshire on Friday for about a week, so I'll be missing you guys. After that, I want to buy a 09 Allen & Ginter box, and after that is my birthday and I hope to get some boxes then (and an iPod touch!). Thanks for looking guys, and see ya!

WANT LIST
I want to complete this set badly. I need 24 cards, and if you have these please contact me by e-mail, dmihans@optonline.net. Thanks!

12- Ryan Howard, 15- Hideki Matsui, 16- Roger Clemens, 17- Sandy Koufax, 18- Reggie Jackson, 20- Ty Cobb, 25- Carl Yastremski, 27- Dice-K RC, 29- Ken Griffey Jr, 31- David Ortiz, 41- Josh Hamilton, 43- Ichiro, 54- Yogi Berra/Jackie Robinson, 56- Hanley Ramirez, 57- Victor Martinez, 58- Cole Hamels, 67- Ryan Zimmerman, 69- Chien-Ming Wang, 70- David Wright, 71- Ryan Howard, 80- Craig Biggio, 83- Billy Butler RC, 84- Andy Laroche RC, 90- Curt Schilling

To make it easier:

12, 15, 16, 17, 18, 20, 25, 27, 29, 31, 41, 43, 54, 56, 57, 58, 67, 69, 70, 71, 80, 83, 84, 90

See Ya!

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Sneak Peek of my break

To see a preview of my break, check out this link:

http://www.blowoutcards.com/forums/baseball-box-breaks/31792-2007-upper-deck-masterpieces-box-break-recap.html

Trade on the forum

Hey guys, Drew back here with an update for my blowout forum thingamajigger. I got over the fact that nearly everyone was complaining about me there and talked to a nice 13 year old kid, who I just finished off a trade with. It will benefit both sides, and I won't tell you what I'm getting, but I'll show you the card that will forever leave my collection:

Yeah, I know. It will be tough to lose, even as a Yankee fan. My 2008 UD Sweet Spot Quad Jersey of Soriano/A.Ramirez/Lee/Zambrano is saying goodbye to you all. Here are the reasons I liked this card:

1: It has a nice design
2: It's Sweet Spot
3: Alfonso is on it, a great Yankee for life
4: It is a quad with some good players
5: The swatches are blue and one gray and it looks nice with the jersey color

I probably could say more, but I'm looking forward to the card I will get, which has only 14 other existing copies. Thanks for the trade dude on the forum, and can't wait to get the card in.

In other news of Drew's life, here we go:

- The Yankees swept the Mets! Yay!
- Billy Mays died! NOOOOOOOO!
- I'm digesting an ice cream sundae that tasted really good.
- I'm itching like crazy due to the extreme amount of mosquito bites I got at my friend's airsoft party, and it is really annoying.
- Waiting to get the cards from The Mojo Hand, if you haven't checked out his blog, go ahead and check it out!
- I'm thanking KW from "Core Contrarian" for subscribing. Enjoy the blog!
- I am sweating from rounding the bases so many times playing with kickball with my 8 year old sister.
- I am sitting in the dark.
- I am addicted to this thing!
- I beat the best team in fantasy baseball 6-4!
- I'm going to the shop tomorrow to get some of the 3 boxes for the 4th Quarter Spectacular!

Bye!

Here

Hey guys, I will help you with the trivia. You don't need to name them all, but please comment if you know one and I will add it to the post until we get them all. Again, I have all the answers, so I will know. If you don't know what the heck I'm talking about, this is my last night post I made. (link here) I'm ordering the boxes off Blowout today, have to e-mail them about the Fleer Ultra box because it says "email for case price". So, wish me luck, and I'll wish you luck on the trivia.

GOOD LUCK!!!!

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No 3rd Box

Well, I talked to Mike and he is sick of 2008 cards and wants 2009, and there is nothing significant except 2009 Legendary Cuts, but we agreed that it was too much $ and if we split it it would be $45. If we didn't get anything it would be a waste, so we are going to delay a box break for sometime during the summer. So, its going to be 2009 Topps Allen & Ginter and 2007 UD Masterpieces. I may include a very cheap 3rd box, and I'm considering 2007 Fleer Ultra SE. See Ya!

Just a thought...

I was thinking, there would be no way for me to manage to buy 2 close to $100 boxes. So, as you guys vote to eliminate 2007 Sweet Spot Classic, which 9 of the 15 wanted to do, I would be left with 2009 Legendary Cuts, 09 Allen & Ginter, and 07 Masterpieces. So, because my family and I aren't moneybags, I will also eliminate Legendary Cuts. So, unless I reconsider, I think I'll go for 2007 Masterpieces and 2009 Topps Allen & Ginter. On Blowout, that comes out to $119, and on Dave & Adams, it comes out to $135. So, yeah, I'm ordering off Blowout. Now, I have to talk to my friend Mike about our split that we have done every quarter, see here, here, and here. We want a baseball box from the past 2 or 3 years that has 4 "hits" on average, and is considerably cheap ($40-$75). Any ideas??? He wants a 2009 box, but there is barely anything good to get. Piece of History only has 3 even though it says 4, O-Pee Chee (which I haven't gotten but I like) has a chance of 1 hit, Bowman is terrible, Finest doesn't have enough, Topps has nothing unless you want jumbo, Goudey is boring and only has 2 hits, and all the other UD products are either too expensive or just plain "meh". So, let me know if you have any good ideas. Thanks

Also, today was my second to last day of school, and tomorrow is field day for half-day, so I'll be ready for the summer! I gave the Jeff King autographed index card to my teacher inside a nice frame and in front of a picture of him. Sorry I didn't take a picture, but it looked really nice, and he was very appreciative of it. More Official Set cards to come!

Baseball Heroes is now 2009 Legendary Cuts

Guys, if you see this from now on, remember that now, I replaced Baseball Heroes in the poll and substituted in the brand new 2009 UD Legendary Cuts. I've seen a lot of nice stuff so far. The only reason I'm telling you this is because Blogger doesn't allow me to change it until it expires, so just remember that Baseball Heroes is now Legendary Cuts. I'll try to make note of it on the sidebar.

Also, I want to thank Ross from Boxbusters for subscribing to the blog! I will be getting mail from him soon, because you people wouldn't enter his Prime Cuts raffle that I continuously advertised for it. So, enjoy the blog!

Free for the Weekend!

Finally I'm free!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Quick Question:
Should I drop 08 Baseball Heroes and replace it with 09 Legendary Cuts? It looks good!

Cast Your Vote Today!

For the 2009 drewscards 4th Quarter School Year Ending Spectacular Poll on the sidebar!

Your choices:

2009 Topps Allen & Ginter
Release Date: 7/1/09
Product Info Here!



2009 Upper Deck A Piece of History
Product Info Here!



2008 Upper Deck Baseball Heroes
Product Info Here!
I already completed the base set though, so I don't know if I should get another one or not! Maybe I'll do a giveaway of the base cards to you guys!



2007 Upper Deck Elements
Product Info Here!



2007 Upper Deck Masterpieces
Product Info Here!



2007 Upper Deck Sweet Spot Classic Signatures
Product Info Here!

So go vote and help me out with the decision! Thanks a lot and see ya!

Narrowing It Down

So, this is basically a Part 2 of last post. Here are the boxes I may possibly choose for the 4th Quarter Spectacular from the last 3 years:

2009 Topps Series 2
2009 Topps Allen & Ginter (after its release)
2009 Upper Deck A Piece of History
2008 Donruss Threads
2008 Upper Deck Baseball Heroes
2008 Upper Deck Masterpieces
2007 Upper Deck Masterpieces
2007 Upper Deck Goudey
2007 Upper Deck Elements
2007 Topps Turkey Red
2007 Upper Deck Sweet Spot
2007 Upper Deck Sweet Spot Classic

So, I need to eliminate some for the poll. What will I choose? This is "drewscards" Idol!
OK maybe not, but anyway, 2009 Topps Allen & Ginter please come to the stage (fans cheer)! Welcome to the Top 6! 2007 Upper Deck Goudey, so long sucker! 2007 Topps Turkey Red, bye bye! 2007 Upper Deck Sweet Spot, see ya! 2007 Upper Deck Elements, welcome to the Top 6! Here's what it now looks like:

2009 Topps Series 2
2009 Topps Allen & Ginter (after its release)
2009 Upper Deck A Piece of History
2008 Donruss Threads
2008 Upper Deck Baseball Heroes
2008 Upper Deck Masterpieces
2007 Upper Deck Masterpieces
2007 Upper Deck Elements
2007 Upper Deck Sweet Spot Classic

Bold: Not chosen yet Normal: In to the Poll!

OK, more, more, more! 2007 Upper Sweet Spot Classic is in! 2008 UD Masterpieces is out! 2009 UD Piece of History is in! 2008 Donruss Threads is out! Here is another updated version:

2009 Topps Series 2
2009 Topps Allen & Ginter (after its release)
2009 Upper Deck A Piece of History
2008 Upper Deck Baseball Heroes
2007 Upper Deck Masterpieces
2007 Upper Deck Elements
2007 Upper Deck Sweet Spot Classic

So, 2 of these will make it in, and one will stay in the card shop! One that will make it is 2007UD Masterpieces! The last one will be UD Baseball Heroes, which sends 09 Topps Series 2 home! Thanks for viewing drewscards Idol, and make sure to vote online on www.drewsbbcards.blogspot.com for your top 2 favorites!

2009 Topps Allen & Ginter (after its release)
2009 Upper Deck A Piece of History
2008 Upper Deck Baseball Heroes
2007 Upper Deck Masterpieces
2007 Upper Deck Elements
2007 Upper Deck Sweet Spot Classic

Suggestions for 4th Quarter Spectacular

Hey guys, Drew back here with a question. What do you want me to break? I will certainly do group breaks when I get out of the house, but that will be a long while. So, for now, you'll just have to sit back and look at the cards I pull.

So, my point, is that the End of the School Year is coming and I don't know what to break! I will put a poll on the sidebar for it, because I am now assuming that you want me to continue the video highlights, so that will be there. I will probably choose one or two of the top boxes to break, but I may add my take into it as well. Please, if you vote on this poll, choose by your experience and luck with the product and don't pick the worst options unless you really like the product.

Alright, lets see, what to break, what to break. I know! I'll go over to Blowout Cards and do some process of elimination. The next baseball product to come out is 09 UD SP Legendary Cuts, and Allen & Ginter will be out around that time, but I'll break A&G some other time.

2009:
Topps Series 1: Too old, no
Topps Series 2: A possibility
UD Series 1: Too old, no
UD Series 2: I'll just get a blaster and I'll be fine, so no.
Heritage: Too much $ for 1 garbage hit, no
Goudey: No
Piece of History: Want to open one.
Bowman: No
Bowman Jumbo: Too much $
Finest: No
Tristar: No
UD First Edition: Cheap Set, no
Attax: Heck no
Spectrum: No
SPX: Nice but too much $

2008:
Maybes:
Donruss Threads: Possibly
Heroes: Maybe
Masterpieces: Maybe

2007:
Possibilities: Turkey Red, Elements, Goudey, Masterpieces, Sweet Spot, Sweet Spot Classic