Your appreciation of UD Legends Masterpieces

[odjickfan]

How do you rate that product?

 

[goflames12345]

I said 2 - under average. Maybe it was just me, but I never really got into it. Could have been because it was all retired players

 

[bdiam]

I gave it a "4" but then again I got lucky - purchased three packs and got one auto and a Lafleur 1/1.

 

[sabres77]

I voted "Above Average", I loved how the cards captured great moments in hockey history. Also, the framed cards are cool and let's not forget about the on-card autos!

 

[penguinsrock93]

A great looking product and some great names in it. However, resale value has been terrible. Unless you luck out and hit a really big pull you're going to be losing a lot of money. Definitely a great product for those looking to pick up singles!

 

[hextall27]

I voted 3 - but i think it was a really nice try at something different, just not my cup of tea

 

[sholi2000]

Never bought a single card. They look nice and all, but not for me.

 

[jetsman]

I voted 4. This is the first set I can remember for hockey, outside the standards like OPC and UD, that really has set builders chasing it.

I think there are a lot of other moments that are missing, hence I didn't give it a full-5 rating.

 

[DCUnited96]

I gave the set a four.

Likes:
- I like retired player sets (although this set could have gone with a mix of old and new), I like artwork cards, I like parallels, and I like hard-signed autos. For the most part, not too much could have gone wrong for me.
- The set covered most my player collections for retired players.
- My four year-old daughter loved the Lady Byng card (she's currently in the anything that remotely looks like a princess phase).
- A few fresh-faces in the player selection, but probably could have found a few more. Upper Deck must have had at least one more player in mind, as the set ended on 87 cards.

Dislikes:
- I'm not fond of the off the off the ice trophy cards (of course, it could have been the first box shock of being greeted by a 5"x7" card of Rod Langway in a tux).
- The brown border parallels, both in color, and in quality control. The batch I had (~20 cards, from at least two different cases) should have never packed out.
- The standard back of the jersey card disclaimer. I know, a topic beaten to death, but I'd like a little more detail when it comes to a pull like Wayne Gretzky.

Quirky artwork question:
- What's the deal with the levitating stick on the Jari Kurri Avalanche card?

 

[oasis]

I loved the inaugural issue of the baseball!

And really loved the artwork!

I looked forward to the issue of hockey, football and baseball 2.

Unfortunately I do not feel the artwork on the hockey or the baseball 2 is "up to par" with the artwork chosen for series 1.

 

[NewfieNeelyFan]

My big issue with the set was that there are 4 or 5 cards of some players, and none of others, despite being issued in the insert/jersey sets. For example, Gretzky has 4 cards, **** Duff has 0. However, there's a Brushstrokes for Duff. I think that we could have done okay with 3 Gretz cards, and 1 Duff. Just for fairness' sake.

Also is there some reason to have two jersey cards of the same player? Adam Oates in a Blues and Adam Oates in a Bruins? That's just ridiculous, really.

I did however rate it a 5, as I do love the set, especially the autos of HOFs and lots of older players, on card.

If anyone has any blue borders they'd like to move...I'd like to take them!

 

[yero2277]

By far my favourite set this year I had 3 of my best pulls ever come in the same week from this product.

 

[ICEMAN122781]

Any product without rookie cards = failure of a product. Design is great but these auto/inserts should of been inserted in another product, OPC?? . Upper deck Chronology Basketball used the Brushstrokes design as auto inserts.

At $125 a box, most boxes yield a monster loss. I rate this product under average


Looking for 07/08 The Cup Kristopher Letang #58/249

 

[NewfieNeelyFan]

I should note that my B&M is selling me these at 5$/pk which is unreal I gather from the few other places in town selling them. That's probably helped my appreciation.

 

[odjickfan]

I should note that my B&M is selling me these at 5$/pk which is unreal I gather from the few other places in town selling them. That's probably helped my appreciation.

Maybe they are retail?? I got retail packs for 4$ locally.

Out of 2 retail packs, I pulled a Denis Savard jsy card in Habs uni, which is a keeper.

I'm really impressed by the base cards. The one with an headshot of Beliveau holding the Stanley Cup is a beauty.

I really want to build the base set. I'm reflecting about these 3 options to do so:
-buying a sealed hobby box
-buying a sealed retail box
-trading for the 80 singles I still need


So far, I give it a 4. I'm a fan of retired players sets, but this one is not as strong as Franchises Canadian. Memorabilia is weaker, cards being with no known print run.