What’s next for marvel cards?

[TimBuckTwo]

Why can UD stuff not ship to Canada?

[HiltonL]

Count me in for Beginnings

[Malavon]

Originally Posted by TimBuckTwo

Why can UD stuff not ship to Canada?

You can ship Upper Deck product to Canada, but you need to buy from a Canadian authorized internet retailer.

US authorized internet retailers can only sell to the US.

Blowout is not an authorized internet retailer, which is why you cant simply purchase new or recently released UD products on the website like everything else.

[BobCollects]

Some updates on upcoming Marvel sets:

2020/21 Marvel Annual Trading Cards have been pushed back to either 12/29/2021 or 1/12/2022, depending on which site you check. Boxes and cases are out of stock at Blowout but a competitor has boxes pre-selling for $119.95 and 8-box cases for $939.95.

Prices on hobby boxes of Marvel Metal Universe Spider-Man are up to $349.99 and $399.95 at Blowout competitors. Blowout doesn't list a price for boxes or cases, just "Contact Us To Order." I'm seeing three different release dates for this: 12/31/2021, 1/26/2022, and 2/9/2022.

A Blowout competitor has boxes of Spider-Man: Into The Spider-Verse available for pre-sale at $149.95. The only release date I'm seeing is 3/23/2022.

[BobCollects]

Everything Marvel seems to have been delayed. 2020/21 Marvel Annual Trading Cards came out on January 12, delayed from December 8, 2021. Marvel Spider-Man Metal Universe had a December 31, 2021 release date that was pushed back to March 30 and looks to be delayed again. Spider-Man: Into The Spider-Verse has been delayed from March 2 to March 23 to April 27. 2022 Marvel Beginnings Volume 1 has an April 27 release date that hasn't changed yet. Marvel Allure is scheduled for June 22.

Short version:

• Marvel Spider-Man Metal Universe (TBD?)
• Spider-Man: Into The Spider-Verse (4/27/2022
• 2022 Marvel Beginnings Volume 1 (4/27/2022)
• Marvel Allure (6/22/2022)

Anyone have updated release dates for any of these sets?

[newhobbygeek]

I might have missed a new thread but kept searching and couldn't find one. Spider-man: Into The Spider-verse seems to be scheduled 8/24 same day as Spider-man Metal Universe.

Anyone seeing different dates or info?

[Scifi Cards]

Not likely.

GTS has it still a generic Q3 on their calendar.

I hope they can manage to give us some level of space between sets. 4-6 weeks between would be nice. As many spending budgets are needing to recharge between sets.

Ed

[BobCollects]

Here's an updated list of Marvel sets on the horizon. Dates are taken from Blowout and its competitors. If I found conflicting dates I put the earliest date first and the latest date in parentheses. I wouldn't trust any of these dates, though.

• 2022 Spider-Man: Into The Spider-Verse 10/28/2022 (11/30/2022?)
• 2022 Marvel Studios Allure 10/28/2022
• 2022 Marvel Beginnings Volume 1 10/28/2022
• 2022 Marvel Studios Wandavision 11/30/2022 (12/28/2022?)
• 2022 Fleer Ultra Marvel Avengers 11/30/2022
• 2022 Marvel Studios Thor: Love and Thunder TBD
• 2022 Marvel Studios The Falcon and the Winter Soldier TBD
• 2022 Marvel Masterpieces TBD
• 2023 Marvel Studios Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings TBD

Am I missing anything?

[Scifi Cards]

Only thing missing is the dose of reality that they will NOT release 3 sets on the same day in October

Love and Thunder has not been solicited yet, so it's unlikely to be before Spring.
Shang Chi is listed as "Spring 2023" with GTS.

UD needs to firm up a schedule and put out a set every 3-4 weeks. Going to be rough on budgets if they do that though.

Ed

[44gwilson]

wait, i thought love and thunder already released via epack? Is there another separate set expected?

[ATeamHasNoName]

Originally Posted by BobCollects

Here's an updated list of Marvel sets on the horizon. Dates are taken from Blowout and its competitors. If I found conflicting dates I put the earliest date first and the latest date in parentheses. I wouldn't trust any of these dates, though.

• 2022 Spider-Man: Into The Spider-Verse 10/28/2022 (11/30/2022?)
• 2022 Marvel Studios Allure 10/28/2022
• 2022 Marvel Beginnings Volume 1 10/28/2022
• 2022 Marvel Studios Wandavision 11/30/2022 (12/28/2022?)
• 2022 Fleer Ultra Marvel Avengers 11/30/2022
• 2022 Marvel Studios Thor: Love and Thunder TBD
• 2022 Marvel Studios The Falcon and the Winter Soldier TBD
• 2022 Marvel Masterpieces TBD
• 2023 Marvel Studios Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings TBD

Am I missing anything?

which of these do we expect a retail offering? Avengers?

[DynaEtch]

Originally Posted by ATeamHasNoName

which of these do we expect a retail offering? Avengers?

No way to know, but I'd argue Marvel Beginnings and perhaps Ultra Avengers would be conducive to a retail offering. Marvel Masterpieces shouldnt, unless they drastically change the format, since all the base is numbered.

[BobCollects]

Originally Posted by 44gwilson

wait, i thought love and thunder already released via epack? Is there another separate set expected?

Yes, there is going to be another Thor: Love and Thunder set. UD mentioned in when they announced the weekly e-Pack set:

Please note: This weekly product is not the same as the core Marvel Studio's Thor: Love and Thunder product that will be releasing at a later date. For updates regarding the core product, visit the to the News Page.

[finfangfan]

Originally Posted by BobCollects

Here's an updated list of Marvel sets on the horizon. Dates are taken from Blowout and its competitors. If I found conflicting dates I put the earliest date first and the latest date in parentheses. I wouldn't trust any of these dates, though.

• 2022 Spider-Man: Into The Spider-Verse 10/28/2022 (11/30/2022?)
• 2022 Marvel Studios Allure 10/28/2022
• 2022 Marvel Beginnings Volume 1 10/28/2022
• 2022 Marvel Studios Wandavision 11/30/2022 (12/28/2022?)
• 2022 Fleer Ultra Marvel Avengers 11/30/2022
• 2022 Marvel Studios Thor: Love and Thunder TBD
• 2022 Marvel Studios The Falcon and the Winter Soldier TBD
• 2022 Marvel Masterpieces TBD
• 2023 Marvel Studios Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings TBD

Am I missing anything?

Is there a new hobby Marvel Annual set planned? This years set hit hobby in January so you’d think next years would be announced by now. Or maybe they turn Marvel Annual into 100% ePack only with next release. Or another possibility is that Marvel Beginnings becomes the new Annual release and they spin off a Pack Wars from MB?

[finfangfan]

And Dacard is now showing Product Releases December 28th, 2022 for Spider-verse, Beginnings, and Allure.

[Spider-Fan]

More sets with lots of parallels and numbered cards. Sketches, once a staple of the hobby, will become rarer and rarer...

[Spider-Fan]

Originally Posted by finfangfan

And Dacard is now showing Product Releases December 28th, 2022 for Spider-verse, Beginnings, and Allure.

Oh they are recycling Marvel Beginnings? Maybe I should sell my mini-master set of the original 3 Actually I think I'm still missing 1 or 2 cards.

[finfangfan]

Originally Posted by Spider-Fan

Oh they are recycling Marvel Beginnings? Maybe I should sell my mini-master set of the original 3 Actually I think I'm still missing 1 or 2 cards.

Original Beginnings was a weird set for me… I initially hated it, but then started enjoying picking up the plates from it. The new set has a template that looks a lot like the original. Not sure I will go too deep into it as I assume it will come to ePack overpriced.

[Spider-Fan]

Originally Posted by finfangfan

Original Beginnings was a weird set for me… I initially hated it, but then started enjoying picking up the plates from it. The new set has a template that looks a lot like the original. Not sure I will go too deep into it as I assume it will come to ePack overpriced.

Actually Marvel Beginnings was the first modern trading card set I purchased. I bought 1 box and I hit a sketch card by Tony Perna. Still have it. I bought a few boxes each of I and II, but I think for III I just bought a mini master off one of the dealers. The hits were just too few and far between to open boxes. They had cool hits - sketches, comic panels, printing plates, autographs... but it was like 2 hits per box (at like $80/box) and a lot of boxes had 2 comic creator autographs so you know how that goes...

I actually just picked up a few sketch cards from the original Marvel Beginnings release

[Peachcardsatl]

Spider-verse scheduled for release this week

[DynaEtch]

Originally Posted by Spider-Fan

Actually Marvel Beginnings was the first modern trading card set I purchased. I bought 1 box and I hit a sketch card by Tony Perna. Still have it. I bought a few boxes each of I and II, but I think for III I just bought a mini master off one of the dealers. The hits were just too few and far between to open boxes. They had cool hits - sketches, comic panels, printing plates, autographs... but it was like 2 hits per box (at like $80/box) and a lot of boxes had 2 comic creator autographs so you know how that goes...

I actually just picked up a few sketch cards from the original Marvel Beginnings release

I will say Marvel Beginnings did have some pretty famous creator autos mixed in there like Stan Lee (multiple cards in series 3 alone), Claremont, Bagley, among others. Depending on the subject- the particular comic- some of those autos are pretty sought after now regardless of who signed. True I guess some might not like the zero sketches in some boxes, but the one thing going for it was the sketches that you do pull in the beginnings sets are pretty good quality imo.

The bane of my marvel beginnings collecting was actually the holograms. They were like 1:72 packs and the checklist was huge. Just not practical to collect. Props to anyone who did put together those massive sets.

[finfangfan]

Originally Posted by Peachcardsatl

Spider-verse scheduled for release this week

This is good news… thanks for the update! This should mean it will hit ePack prior to 2023.

[HiltonL]

Originally Posted by DynaEtch

The bane of my marvel beginnings collecting was actually the holograms. They were like 1:72 packs and the checklist was huge. Just not practical to collect. Props to anyone who did put together those massive sets.

IIRC, holograms were prone to chipping too. I broke close to a case and only got a couple of holos

[Spider-Fan]

Originally Posted by DynaEtch

I will say Marvel Beginnings did have some pretty famous creator autos mixed in there like Stan Lee (multiple cards in series 3 alone), Claremont, Bagley, among others. Depending on the subject- the particular comic- some of those autos are pretty sought after now regardless of who signed. True I guess some might not like the zero sketches in some boxes, but the one thing going for it was the sketches that you do pull in the beginnings sets are pretty good quality imo.

The bane of my marvel beginnings collecting was actually the holograms. They were like 1:72 packs and the checklist was huge. Just not practical to collect. Props to anyone who did put together those massive sets.

I was a big fan of the cut panels. They were few and far between as well.

I've got dozens of old creator autographs that weren't worth selling. The only one I was ever interested in was Lee since the rest of them will sign a trading card for free or, at most, less than a box of cards cost

[DynaEtch]

Originally Posted by HiltonL

IIRC, holograms were prone to chipping too. I broke close to a case and only got a couple of holos

Yea I think you're right.

I remember a few years ago, before the marvel boom, there was a complete set of holos on ebay, and each of the three series went for around $500-600 IIRC. Compared to current prices, those were some incredibly good deals.

The first series in paticular- the Villains holograms- seem to be scarce.