[QUOTE=PurplesaurusRex;19863058]Epack is down...Are they loading up DC, or moving all the Marvel cards off site?[/QUOTE]

April Fools! Everything is still available until 30th April until we extend it again...

I just logged in post-maintenance and all traces of Marvel are now gone.

End of an Era. Thank you to Upper Deck & Company for some great sets. Thank you to the artists on the site for some great sketches. May the legacy inserts of of the DC Universe and DCEU be just as great as the Marvel.

Yea it’s gonna be weird not having marvel on epack now.

First encounter of it was with MM16 days, those were good times. Great set, actually affordable compared to some stuff today. More recently epack has become a money drain for me. I was buying what if hard and even at 75% off wasn’t getting near value put in. So this is better for the wallet at least. Oh well…fun while it lasted. Epack is definitely a great concept. My main issue with it is the cost to ship lots of cards home

[QUOTE=DynaEtch;19863296]Yea it’s gonna be weird not having marvel on epack now.

First encounter of it was with MM16 days, those were good times. Great set, actually affordable compared to some stuff today. More recently epack has become a money drain for me. I was buying what if hard and even at 75% off wasn’t getting near value put in. So this is better for the wallet at least. Oh well…fun while it lasted. Epack is definitely a great concept. My main issue with it is the cost to ship lots of cards home[/QUOTE]

If only I found out about it before I did.

Platinum from last summer was my first real dive into epack — and I haven't looked back since!

Going cold turkey is gonna hurt for a bit.

UD e-Pack[emoji2400] store: A Marvel Sale is Live!
 

[QUOTE=Chrominator;19863298]If only I found out about it before I did.

Platinum from last summer was my first real dive into epack — and I haven't looked back since!

Going cold turkey is gonna hurt for a bit.[/QUOTE]

Platinum was a great set to get in on at least.

But yea the older days were great. Take even 2017 Fleer Ultra Spider-Man- super well received popular set looking back…and if anyone remembers, that was on ePack for quite some time just sitting there to buy. Now if you want to buy a physical box of that…probably $1.5-$2k or something.

I wish I did more of the MM92 Platinum when that hit since I like that set, but was just too crunched for money at the time.

It all started with this..

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Another cult classic set from back then (that one guy buying a lot of it up so probably went fast).

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Yeah… I wasn’t too sure about rock and remember MM16 (after it “sold out” at hobby) landing on ePack same week I was going on a cruise. So I basically missed buying it on ePack. Still was able to trade and buy a ton of printing plates for cheap. It was probably the best set ever to hit ePack for the price.

So what do we think happened to the excess Marvel card inventory that didn't sell?

[QUOTE=Jaysabz;19863336]So what do we think happened to the excess Marvel card inventory that didn't sell?[/QUOTE]

No one knows yet as I don’t think Upper Deck or anyone who might have bulk purchased the remaining stock has publicly said anything yet. I think one possible landing spot is Dacardworld’s COMC account.

It was a lot of fun, sometimes not so much but that's the game. For me, the highlight was the Captain America 75th Anniversary set.

Life is change. We adapt.

it is pretty crazy, i dont think there were enough tier 4 cels pull to complete the remaining Kit Harington auto cell achievements for the eternals set. i am one short but doesnt seem like anyone is budging. 18 autos left and 7-10 each left visible i know some can be locked

This was a fun ride. Highly doubt we will see 75% again unless they lose hockey or aew. I do recall that pre-Covid they would at least do b1g1 on some sets (Alien, Clerks, etc)

[QUOTE=DynaEtch;19863329]It all started with this..

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Another cult classic set from back then (that one guy buying a lot of it up so probably went fast).

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Yup, and here's the Alien promo card you were given for signing up for Epack at the Upper Deck booth at the 2016 Comic-Con.

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I didn't actually have a cell phone yet in 2016, so I had to ask my girlfriend to use hers to get the card. She was reluctant to allow that, as in her words, she already had too many apps, haha, but I was able to convince her.

I didn't really intend to use Epack, but I was glad to have the account when 2016MM hit. I didn't buy that much of it (and I had to use my laptop to do it), but I hit a mirage and some numbered chase parallels and was able to trade those for 1-81 regular set, a 1-63 What If set, plus the regular holofoil, battle spectra, and canvas sets, which was awesome (although the cards I traded later sold, and still sell for a pretty penny, so everybody won).

Let's make some cards
 

Now, that the final Marvels have been sold:

Pretty much all of my digitals back to 2016 are up for grabs, since I'm not close to combining almost any of them. If you want to send me digitals I'd need to make real cards from any set, you can choose digitals in return from any other set, and take some extra in the trade for your time.

I can also trade [B]A LOT [/B]of digitals for a real card or two, junk non-sport autos would be great, if you'd like rid of them.

As for real cards, if anyone loaded up on [B]What If [/B]at the end here, I'd love to trade any regular cards I have doubles of for any cards I'm missing. I'm just trying to make all the easier odds sets (up to battle spectra), not so much the rarer stuff.

Always interested in anything [B]2017 Goodwin Champions Stephen King[/B], even digital, but I still need a bunch of those to make a real card. Crazy that on some sets, like Dr. Strange, you need 20 digitals to make a card and 10-15 on a lot of others.

I'm [B]JDANDNS[/B] there, same as here. Thanks!

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#RIPUDMARVEL

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This is a good time for another plug for my mission to combine digital cards on epack.

my epack name is HiltonL

Don't let UD get away with sticking us customers with digital junk

[QUOTE=HiltonL;19863888]This is a good time for another plug for my mission to combine digital cards on epack.

my epack name is HiltonL

Don't let UD get away with sticking us customers with digital junk[/QUOTE]
All of mine are staying right there except for a few here and there.

I decided to diversify the collection a bit in the end (as opposed to buying just FUMS when the itch hit) in order to have a good variety of base/inserts when trading is all that we have left.


⿻ [I][I][U]Chrominator[/U][/I][/I] on [URL="https://www.upperdeckepack.com/UserRelationships/Friends"]epack[/URL]

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[QUOTE=HiltonL;19863888]This is a good time for another plug for my mission to combine digital cards on epack.

my epack name is HiltonL

Don't let UD get away with sticking us customers with digital junk[/QUOTE]

I was just about to start a trade with you, but it looks like we're trying to get the same cards :D

[QUOTE=YayNJ;19863960]I was just about to start a trade with you, but it looks like we're trying to get the same cards :D[/QUOTE]

That’s another wrinkle in trading base. Even if you line up with traders who do like to trade base they are oftentimes either trading for the same base set or they are trading for base from a set you didn’t collect. It’s a grind!

[QUOTE=YayNJ;19863960]I was just about to start a trade with you, but it looks like we're trying to get the same cards :D[/QUOTE]

Philosophy: better to have half of what I want than do nothing and get none of what I want. Give it a few minutes to settle down after I finish combining and let's see if we can help each other out

[QUOTE=Archangel1775;19863154]End of an Era. Thank you to Upper Deck & Company for some great sets. Thank you to the artists on the site for some great sketches. May the legacy inserts of of the DC Universe and DCEU be just as great as the Marvel.[/QUOTE]

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[QUOTE=Gambit C10;19862807]Very sharp!
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Agreed - that's a nice looking card.

[QUOTE=powder132366;19862857]That’s all for me. Been a fun last couple of days. Thanks to everyone who has been a part of this Marvel sale journey!

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Nice pulls!