mightykeebs
Verified Trader
The Gretkzy quad jersey looks intersting.... is one of the pics a Blue's Jersey?
10/11 The Cup, The Cards!!!
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SkyFire47
Verified Trader
Pretty much no lundqvist in the pics except for one triple patch. Hope he's got some cards in the set this year. Last year they couldn't wait to show off the Tribute and black rainbow 1/1.
r35h93
Registered Trader
Thanks! Will be grabbing them and putting them here as well!!
gobuffalo2331
Verified Trader,
Those cup foundation quad patches are the nicest cards I've ever seen!
Kipper+Backlund
Verified Trader
I've gotta try to get a Karlsson ARP with a Flag patch... they look tremendous
BillInDallas
Verified Trader,
For the set-makers out there, which of the subsets has been the most popular, and thus most difficult to put together? Obviously the /99 rookies, but then after that? Since I've gotten back into the hobby, this will be my first run at a Cup set, and the Limited Logos are calling...
FrozenInferno
Resident Bluenoser, Verified Trader,
Limited Logos are popular but often has a short-print that makes it hard to complete (Patrick Roy #/10 last year, Wayne Gretzky #/5 and Guy Lafleur #/3 in 2007-08, Gordie Howe #/10 in 2006-07, etc), not to mention competition from many other set collectors.
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es_19
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looks pretty awesome
Andromedan
Verified Trader
Hot stuff. Many nice Paajarvi there...
paulxing
Verified Trader,
Is there a way to organize UD's pictures by date added? I've now had to review the entire album everytime they update just to see what they add.
mortuus
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How come some sets are hand numbered, i assume thats by the player too?
paulxing
Verified Trader,
Don't be so sure of that. Exquisite basketball was hand numbered too, and even had inscriptions that basketball fans later said/proved were done by someone else.
paulxing
Verified Trader,
Burner
Verified Trader,
What's the reasoning behind hand numbering? I hated it on the Shields and Draft boards. Looks amateurish and unprofessional. Why couldn't they just stamp a 1/1 or #/25 on there? I'd figure it's easier since the cards all have foil on them anyways than hand writing hundreds of cards
chadsexington
Registered User
I can only see it being a problem due to condition sensitivity on the card fronts, though I can't see how the fronts of these cards are any more fragile than the Stanley Cup Signatures sets which are always machine numbered.
The other alternative I suppose is laser printed numbers, but I've never really been a fan of those for most sets...on high end stuff, it would look even cheaper than wonky hand numbering.
SkyFire47
Verified Trader
most likely time constraints.
FrozenInferno
Resident Bluenoser, Verified Trader,
Probably would have been quicker to feed them through a machine with the rest instead of number them all by hand. I figure this is a case of the cards being left out of the mix by mistake and once the crew got to the pack-out facility they realized they forgot to number them.
Upper Deck says they did it to make them more collectible but hand-numbering takes away from a card in my opinion, I will probably avoid any Honorable Numbers this year for just that reason.
paulxing
Verified Trader,
probably harder to program the machine with the high variability of the card numbers. the denominator changes so often...
Stu
Registered Trader
Looking forward to pulling a one color patch of Jamie McBain or Zac Dalpe.
numbern9ne
Verified Trader,
It might be the thickness of the cards, Property Of and Draft Boards are thicker then most. Maybe it has to do with the tolerance of the stamping machine. Just a guess, who knows.
