Connor Bedard

[oldgoldy97]

Originally Posted by Satan

one of these sold for $610cad this morning lmao

Jeez, it’s like he’s McDavid, Gretzky, Mario, Bobby and Gordy rolled into one.

Start buying those underpriced guys!

[The_Reverend]

Originally Posted by oldgoldy97

Jeez, it’s like he’s McDavid, Gretzky, Mario, Bobby and Gordy rolled into one.

Start buying those underpriced guys!

That is insane!!!!

[Asian62150]

Originally Posted by nextlevel10

Is there such a thing as buying too many of the Star Rookies Box Sets? Obviously not as fun as opening a Series 2 Hobby Box, but it seems like there’s a ton of value there at a cheap price point.

I'd actually argue these could be more fun than S2. They certainly seem to have a better EV.

S2 for $300:
-Handful of YGs (~10% chance of Bedard)
-some inserts/parallels

Star Rookies (10 boxes for $300):
-10 guaranteed Bedard
-10 guaranteed rookie parallels
-decent chance at numbered parallels (better than 2:5 chance for a Bedard parallel)
-Bedard auto

[imbluestreak23]

Did UD cut the boxed set cards with a hack saw?

Geesh, horrible quality

[Brando1975]

Does anyone know what the print run was on the 2022/23 Rookies and stars set?

[bankdawg]

Originally Posted by Asian62150

I'd actually argue these could be more fun than S2. They certainly seem to have a better EV.

S2 for $300:
-Handful of YGs (~10% chance of Bedard)
-some inserts/parallels

Star Rookies (10 boxes for $300):
-10 guaranteed Bedard
-10 guaranteed rookie parallels
-decent chance at numbered parallels (better than 2:5 chance for a Bedard parallel)
-Bedard auto

And someone yesterday had a breakdown of 22,000 boxes made. i'm pretty new to hockey but that seems like a really low print run. Maybe they saved their stock for s2 and extended? idk

[The_Reverend]

The first red outburst has been pulled.

[Brando1975]

Originally Posted by bankdawg

And someone yesterday had a breakdown of 22,000 boxes made. i'm pretty new to hockey but that seems like a really low print run. Maybe they saved their stock for s2 and extended? idk

I read that post but I'm curious how that compares to last year's set. 22,000 boxes just sounds so low for a set like this and I'm really considering buying more.

[Asian62150]

Originally Posted by The_Reverend

The first red outburst has been pulled.

That looks pretty hot.

Is that red foil?

[cbeauch87]

Originally Posted by The_Reverend

The first red outburst has been pulled.

I could not sell that thing fast enough if I pulled it. Based off what the regular YG's are going for, he might be able to get $10k Canadian for that.

[Merkle14]

Originally Posted by Brando1975

I read that post but I'm curious how that compares to last year's set. 22,000 boxes just sounds so low for a set like this and I'm really considering buying more.

Pretty similar stock #'s, the red parallel last year was /99. It is /75 this year but they added the greens this year. Could actually be less, blues were 1:1.33, blues are 1:2 but more like 1:1.8 - 1.9

[The_Reverend]

Originally Posted by cbeauch87

I could not sell that thing fast enough if I pulled it. Based off what the regular YG's are going for, he might be able to get $10k Canadian for that.

The red outburst /25. Color match too!! I think 10K is too low considering the hype. It could be double that, but would you express it if clean?

[Brando1975]

Originally Posted by Merkle14

Pretty similar stock #'s, the red parallel last year was /99. It is /75 this year but they added the greens this year. Could actually be less, blues were 1:1.33, blues are 1:2 but more like 1:1.8 - 1.9

I'm so surprised they didn't triple the print run this year.

[nextlevel10]

Originally Posted by Merkle14

Pretty similar stock #'s, the red parallel last year was /99. It is /75 this year but they added the greens this year. Could actually be less, blues were 1:1.33, blues are 1:2 but more like 1:1.8 - 1.9

So the 22,000 set print run number being thrown around could be correct? Either way, if it’s anything close to last year’s print run these will get gobbled up really quickly.

[Merkle14]

Originally Posted by Brando1975

I'm so surprised they didn't triple the print run this year.

Me too tbh. All their efforts went into Series 2 and people are just so focused on the young gun hype. I think Upper Deck just may have under estimated how good this set is this year.

Hockey collectors also don't give it much love so it doesn't quite have the attention. Non hockey collectors never heard of it. It has been a crappy set in the past with either no parallels or prospects. Last year rookie class sucked which that was first year they added these parallels.

Finally, this set has finally hit its crosshairs with a prospect like Bedard and it now having parallels and autos to go along with it. I mean blaster boxes of crap are $30 these days. I will be buying these as long as my budget can withstand. I love the design too, its very clean. Team logo bottom right looks good. Just a lot to like about the set imo.

[mcb0419]

Originally Posted by The_Reverend

The red outburst /25. Color match too!! I think 10K is too low considering the hype. It could be double that, but would you express it if clean?

And these Outbursts have the added boost of not having to look at the fans faces in the background, including that guy with his mouth open. I feel reading about that earlier this week hammered home that I'll never own one of these, it's the only thing I'd see

[rohara99]

Originally Posted by The_Reverend

The first red outburst has been pulled.

The purple-ish spaceship/star/galaxy pattern along the bottom kills the look of these YG's for all teams outside of Seattle.

[Asian62150]

Originally Posted by Merkle14

Me too tbh. All their efforts went into Series 2 and people are just so focused on the young gun hype. I think Upper Deck just may have under estimated how good this set is this year.

Hockey collectors also don't give it much love so it doesn't quite have the attention. Non hockey collectors never heard of it. It has been a crappy set in the past with either no parallels or prospects. Last year rookie class sucked which that was first year they added these parallels.

Finally, this set has finally hit its crosshairs with a prospect like Bedard and it now having parallels and autos to go along with it. I mean blaster boxes of crap are $30 these days. I will be buying these as long as my budget can withstand. I love the design too, its very clean. Team logo bottom right looks good. Just a lot to like about the set imo.

Could be the perfect storm.

-Traditionally a poorly received set (which keeps the price down and allows it to fly under the radar)
-UD spicing things up with parallels and autos bc last year was terrible
-Generational rookie with incredible hype in a strong hockey market
-better rookie class in general

I think I'm talking myself into buying more...

[mfisher27]

Originally Posted by Asian62150

Could be the perfect storm.

-Traditionally a poorly received set (which keeps the price down and allows it to fly under the radar)
-UD spicing things up with parallels and autos bc last year was terrible
-Generational rookie with incredible hype in a strong hockey market
-better rookie class in general

I think I'm talking myself into buying more...

I bought 3 last night

1 Gold - Bolduc
2 Blue - Foerster / Evangelista

One of the Bedards actually looked really clean but I'll look it over again before adding to the to be graded stack. The other 2 were still in good shape, just a few small things that I wouldn't spend the money to grade. I'm extremely picky on what I send out for grading, outside of a few flyers on higher end.

[Merkle14]

Originally Posted by Asian62150

Could be the perfect storm.

-Traditionally a poorly received set (which keeps the price down and allows it to fly under the radar)
-UD spicing things up with parallels and autos bc last year was terrible
-Generational rookie with incredible hype in a strong hockey market
-better rookie class in general

I think I'm talking myself into buying more...

Couldn't have bulleted my thoughts any better. I will not admit how many of these boxes I have in transit to my house currently lmao

[ZappBrannigan]

I cannot breathe! lol. Lots of people will be experiencing that same effect after spending over 300$ and pulling a Yakov Shmirnov rookie.

[Satan]

Originally Posted by ZappBrannigan

I cannot breathe! lol. Lots of people will be experiencing that same effect after spending over 300$ and pulling a Yakov Shmirnov rookie.

kraft dinner for the rest of the month

[kellmuff]

Originally Posted by Davis

Here’s my prediction on the base young guns

Day 0: $1k
Day 10: $600
Day 20: $500
Day 50: $325
2 weeks after epack drops: $180

There is absolutely no chance that Bedard is selling for 180 at any point in the next year

[Brando1975]

Originally Posted by Asian62150

Could be the perfect storm.

-Traditionally a poorly received set (which keeps the price down and allows it to fly under the radar)
-UD spicing things up with parallels and autos bc last year was terrible
-Generational rookie with incredible hype in a strong hockey market
-better rookie class in general

I think I'm talking myself into buying more...

I'm now at 170 and still considering buying more. I really think these are being slept on big time.

[NotGoSportsBall]

Originally Posted by ZappBrannigan

I cannot breathe! lol. Lots of people will be experiencing that same effect after spending over 300$ and pulling a Yakov Shmirnov rookie.

this is such a weird time to be alive in North America.