{"product_id":"2008-09-upper-deck-mvp-hockey-blaster-box-10-packs-2-bonus-factory-sealed","title":"2008\/09 Upper Deck MVP Hockey Blaster Box | 10 Packs + 2 Bonus | Factory Sealed","description":"\u003cp\u003eA factory-sealed blaster box of \u003cstrong\u003e2008\/09 Upper Deck MVP Hockey\u003c\/strong\u003e — \u003cstrong\u003e10 packs plus 2 bonus packs\u003c\/strong\u003e, 8 cards per pack, 96 cards in total. Bilingual English and French packaging for the Canadian market. Jarome Iginla on the front. Released 2 December 2008.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003eMVP was built to be the cheap one, on purpose\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eUpper Deck ran a tiered range, and MVP sat at the bottom of it deliberately. A hobby box cost around forty dollars when Series 1 cost a hundred and Ultimate Collection several hundred.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThat is not a lesser version of the same thing — it is a different product aimed at a different person. The premium sets are built around scarcity: a handful of cards per box that matter, and a great many that do not. MVP inverts it. The base set is enormous, the rookies are common, and there is almost nothing to chase.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eWhich is exactly what a set builder wants, and exactly what a child with pocket money wants. The hobby has always needed a product that a twelve-year-old can afford weekly, because that is where the next generation of collectors comes from, and MVP was that product for over a decade.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe trade-off is honest and worth stating: there is no realistic chance of pulling something worth hundreds. What there is, is a lot of cards.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003eA rookie in every second pack\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe base set runs to \u003cstrong\u003e400 cards, of which 100 are rookies\u003c\/strong\u003e, and they fall at roughly \u003cstrong\u003e1:2 packs\u003c\/strong\u003e. A twelve-pack blaster therefore averages six rookie cards.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThey are from the 2008 class, which is one of the strongest in modern hockey: \u003cstrong\u003eSteven Stamkos\u003c\/strong\u003e and \u003cstrong\u003eDrew Doughty\u003c\/strong\u003e went first and second in the draft, and \u003cstrong\u003eClaude Giroux\u003c\/strong\u003e, drafted two years earlier and overlooked for most of his first round, had his rookie season this year. Also here: T. J. Oshie, Luke Schenn, Blake Wheeler, Nikita Filatov, Steve Mason, Mikkel Bødker, Nikolai Kulemin and Brandon Sutter.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe same names appear in Series 1, Ice and Artifacts at three to ten times the box price. This is the cheapest sealed route to that rookie class.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003eWhat else is in the set\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eInserts:\u003c\/strong\u003e First Line Phenoms (1:6 packs) · Marked by Valor (1:6) · Magnificent Sevens (1:12) · Alexander the GR8 (1:12), an insert series named after Alexander Ovechkin, who won the Hart Trophy that season.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eParallels:\u003c\/strong\u003e Gold Script numbered to 100 · Super Script numbered to 25 (1:288 packs).\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eMemorabilia and autographs:\u003c\/strong\u003e Two-on-Two jersey cards pairing rivals and teammates (1:24) · One-on-One dual-sided autograph cards (1:288).\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003eSpecifications\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e12 packs per box (10 + 2 bonus) · 8 cards per pack · 96 cards\u003c\/strong\u003e · \u003cstrong\u003eFactory sealed\u003c\/strong\u003e · \u003cstrong\u003eBilingual Canadian packaging\u003c\/strong\u003e · \u003cstrong\u003eReleased:\u003c\/strong\u003e 2 December 2008 · \u003cstrong\u003eManufacturer:\u003c\/strong\u003e Upper Deck · \u003cstrong\u003eNHL and NHLPA licensed\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eStated insertion rates reflect an average across the entire production run; no ratio is guaranteed in any individual box.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Upper Deck","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":52866592571674,"sku":"UD-MVP-0809-BLASTER","price":49.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0837\/3134\/9786\/files\/IMG_3006.jpg?v=1789361714","url":"https:\/\/notjustcollectibles.com\/products\/2008-09-upper-deck-mvp-hockey-blaster-box-10-packs-2-bonus-factory-sealed","provider":"Not Just Collectibles, LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}