2023 Upper Deck Funko Marvel Infinity Saga

[StlBen]

Debuting this week at SDCC.
Anyone seen word of a wider release?

[StlBen]

Or a checklist?

[glorbgorb]

It says "Debut" so hopefully that means there will be a wider distro for these at some point.

[BobCollects]

Very interesting that this is a full set and not a limited promotional set like recent Upper Deck Marvel SDCC exclusives.

The side of the box says "Look For Prototype, Clear Cut, And Glow In The Dark Parallel Cards!"

[finfangfan]

Wonder if this also means we will start seeing Marvel Funkos on Upper Deck’s Collect Forever website? They have released 2 basketball Funkos a year apart but so far no Marvel ones.

[BobCollects]

Unrelated but UD does have one of its SDCC exclusive card sets this year: World of Warcraft Wrath of the Lich King.

https://sdccblog.com/2023/07/upper-d...usives-debuts/

So this Funko set is an entirely separate UD product debuting at SDCC.


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[glen87]

Originally Posted by BobCollects

Unrelated but UD does have one of its SDCC exclusive card sets this year: World of Warcraft Wrath of the Lich King.

https://sdccblog.com/2023/07/upper-d...usives-debuts/

So this Funko set is an entirely separate UD product debuting at SDCC.


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some different parallels from epack, and the base cards are phyiscal

[finfangfan]

Looks like it’s going to be priced at $189.99 a box? Ouch. I guess there are no affordable sets to buy now.

”Each box will also come with an Exclusive Marvel Funko Pop! Promo Card. The Promo Card is an Exclusive Holographic Card and numbered to 1000.
”

So a limited release unless they offer a separate variation without the holo at a later date.

EDIT: ”Packs can include 1 of 1 original art sketches and every box of 24 packs includes a redemption pack that allows access to an exclusive Marvel Pop figure only available through the card packs!
“

[glorbgorb]

Originally Posted by finfangfan

EDIT: ”Packs can include 1 of 1 original art sketches and every box of 24 packs includes a redemption pack that allows access to an exclusive Marvel Pop figure only available through the card packs!
“

I always love the wording. A pack "that allows access" means it's probably not a free redemption--they're gonna charge even more than the already high price of the box.

I'm so glad I never got into Funko stuff. I know there are still completionists out there who are probably loving this product!

[PurplesaurusRex]

Holy hell, $189.99? UD needs a dose of reality. Inflated prices do not create valuable cards.

[glen87]

Originally Posted by PurplesaurusRex

Holy hell, $189.99? UD needs a dose of reality. Inflated prices do not create valuable cards.

no worries....whatever (if any) is left over they will throw on epack and raise the price even more and it will still sell out there

[yoadrian49]

So my apologies, can someone explain e-pack to me? From what I gathered you open the cards digitally and then they are shipped to you? Or am I way off base in my understanding.

[mmbtvs]

Originally Posted by yoadrian49

So my apologies, can someone explain e-pack to me? From what I gathered you open the cards digitally and then they are shipped to you? Or am I way off base in my understanding.

Yes you open them digitally. Some cards would be digital only (normally base). And they would reside in your epack account. You can trade these to other members, or sometimes you can collect multiples of them and combine them to upgrade to a physical card.

Some cards would also be physical. These would also reside in your epack account, and can be traded, and combined etc... These can also be shipped to you for a cost, or transferred to COMC where they can be listed and sold, or listed on ebay. All for a fee of course.

[yoadrian49]

Thank you

[finfangfan]

Checklist is up… https://www.cardboardconnection.com/...Z9ln4XGsW_BZe8

Base Set Checklist

100 cards.
RETAIL/EPACK PARALLELS: Platinum (1:1.5), Gold (1:5), Patina (1:10), Convention (1:20), Facsimile Signature (1:80), Glow-in-the-Dark (1:160), Clear Cut (1:288), Confetti Bomb #/99, Spectrum Facsimile Signature #/5, Prototype 1/1, Printing Plates 1/1.
RETAIL PARALLELS: Spectrum (1:5), Red Glitter #/10.
1 Agent 13
2 Ancient One
3 Ant-Man Black Out
4 Ant-Man
5 Black Panther
6 Black Panther Unmasked
7 Black Panther Warrior Falls
8 Ant-Man Black AI
9 Black Widow
10 Bucky Barnes
11 Captain America
12 Captain America
13 Captain America
14 Vers
15 Captain Marvel with Helmet
16 Yon-Rogg
17 Carol Danvers
18 Carol Danvers with Tesseract
19 Captain Marvel Endgame
20 Carol Danvers Brown Jacket
21 The Collector
22 Corvus Glaive
23 Cosmo
24 Crossbones
25 Crossbones Unmasked
26 Cull Obsidian
27 Dancing Groot
28 Dark Elf
29 Doctor Strange
30 Doctor Strange
31 Drax
32 Ebony Maw
33 Erik Killmonger with Mask
34 Falcon
35 Gamora
36 Ghost
37 Ant-Man
38 Goose the Cat
39 Grandmaster
40 Groot
41 Baby Groot
42 Black Widow
43 Captain Marvel
44 Hawkeye
45 Hawkeye
46 Hulk
47 Iron Man
48 Captain Marvel
49 Iron Man
50 Iron Man
51 Korg Gamer
52 Erik Killmonger
53 Kaecilius
54 Korath
55 Korg
56 Kraglin
57 Loki - Regular
58 Loki Frost Giant
59 Erik Killmonger
60 M'Baku
61 Minn-Erva
62 Karl Mordo
63 Nakia
64 Nebula
65 Hulk
66 Nick Fury with Goose
67 Heimdall
68 Rocket
69 Ronan
70 Wanda Maximoff
71 Wanda Maximoff
72 Shuri
73 Spider-Man Iron Spider
74 Star-Lord
75 Rocket
76 Star-Lord
77 Stonekeeper
78 Talos
79 T'Challa
80 Thanos
81 Hulk
82 Lady Sif
83 Thanos
84 Thor
85 Thor Odin Force
86 Loki
87 Maria Rambeau
88 Ultron
89 Ulysses Klaue
90 Valkyrie
91 Odin
92 Vision
93 Star-Lord
94 War Machine
95 War Machine
96 Thor
97 Winter Soldier
98 Wong
99 Yellowjacket
100 Tony Stark


Base 3D Renditions Set Checklist

50 cards. 1 per pack (Retail/ePack).
PARALLEL CARDS: Confetti Bomb #/99, Prototype 1/1, Printing Plates 1/1.
101 Ant-Man
102 Black Panther
103 Black Widow
104 Black Widow
105 Captain America
106 Captain America
107 Captain America
108 Captain America
109 Captain Marvel
110 Vers
111 Captain Marvel
112 Drax
113 Erik Killmonger
114 Gamora
115 Ghost
116 Giant Man
117 Goose the Cat
118 Groot
119 Groot
120 Hank Pym
121 Hawkeye
122 Hawkeye
123 Hela
124 Hulk
125 Smart Hulk
126 Hulk
127 Hulkbuster
128 Iron Man
129 Iron Man
130 Iron Man
131 Janet Van Dyne
132 Korg with Miek
133 Loki
134 Nebula
135 Nick Fury
136 Okoye
137 Rocket
138 Young Gamora
139 Star-Lord
140 Star-Lord
141 T'Challa
142 Thanos
143 Thanos
144 Thor
145 Thor
146 Bro Thor
147 Valkyrie
148 War Machine
149 Wasp
150 Yondu


Base Marvel TV Set Checklist

12 cards. 1:480 Retail/ePack.
151 50s Wanda
152 50s Vision
153 Pietro Maximoff - Halloween Cameo
154 Agatha Harkness - The Neighbor
155 Monica Rambeau Finale
156 Falcon
157 Winter Soldier
158 John Walker - Captain America
159 Baron Zemo
160 TVA Loki
161 Mobius
162 Enchatress Sylvie

[finfangfan]

Looking at checklist I think I’m not going to go out of the way for the SDCC box but might pick up a retail blaster or 2 and then maybe a few boxes on ePack.

[BobCollects]

Sketches are 1:11,520 packs. Wow.

[finfangfan]

Originally Posted by BobCollects

Sketches are 1:11,520 packs. Wow.

I ASSume the sketches will all be chibi-looking Funko figure sketches. But having Funko artists on sketch list is kind of neat.

[robomole]

You have to win an online lottery to even be allowed to purchase these. I didn't win. But if they have any left in the allotment each day they'll take walk-ups. I'm a stupid stupid man so I'm gonna try to snag me a box today when I'm done checking out some panels.

[dd316]

$190 a box sounds insane.

[BobCollects]

I get that SDCC is an "event" and exclusive products like these are popular but it always seems like a slap in the face to collectors that they're only available at SDCC and hard to get even if you're at SDCC.

At least this particular product is going to have widespread availability on e-Pack later.

[finfangfan]

Originally Posted by BobCollects

I get that SDCC is an "event" and exclusive products like these are popular but it always seems like a slap in the face to collectors that they're only available at SDCC and hard to get even if you're at SDCC.

At least this particular product is going to have widespread availability on e-Pack later.

The trend now in trading cards seems to be to price everything higher upfront so the card makers cash in on some of the $ that previously was going to box flippers in secondary market. If boxes were routinely going for 2x or 3x in secondary market soon after the release, Upper Deck and Topps/Fanatics weren’t cashing in on that spike.

So now it’s like they are trying to squeeze a bit more cash out of customers upfront which might end up pricing some collectors out of the market entirely. Or just cause customers to change their buying habits… e.g. wait for the COMC race to the bottom to buy singles you want rather than break product at increased prices.

[glen87]

boxes seem to be selling in the $330-350 range (with the promo card) and $300-330 or so (without) for now....will see if that holds up, or even goes higher.

[finfangfan]

Originally Posted by glen87

boxes seem to be selling in the $330-350 range (with the promo card) and $300-330 or so (without) for now....will see if that holds up, or even goes higher.

Looks like SDCC boxes will experience a better return than Funko stock.



In other news, I actually did browse the Funko site for SDCC exclusives and ended up picking up this Bizarro… so they at least got $15 out of me today.

[dd316]

Originally Posted by glen87

boxes seem to be selling in the $330-350 range (with the promo card) and $300-330 or so (without) for now....will see if that holds up, or even goes higher.

How can that sustain? With long odds at actual hits (not parallels), what are people chasing for that price?