{"product_id":"2008-09-upper-deck-series-1-hockey-blaster-box-8-cards-per-pack-factory-sealed","title":"2008\/09 Upper Deck Series 1 Hockey Blaster Box | 8 Cards Per Pack | Factory Sealed","description":"\u003cp\u003eA factory-sealed blaster box of \u003cstrong\u003e2008\/09 Upper Deck Series One Hockey\u003c\/strong\u003e — \u003cstrong\u003e8 cards per pack\u003c\/strong\u003e, with \u003cstrong\u003e2 bonus packs\u003c\/strong\u003e included. Bilingual English and French packaging for the Canadian market. Sidney Crosby on the front.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003eThe oversized Young Guns card only comes in these boxes\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eEvery blaster box of this release contains one \u003cstrong\u003e3½ × 5 inch Young Guns card\u003c\/strong\u003e — roughly double the area of a normal trading card, and available nowhere else.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eHobby boxes do not have them. Packs bought loose do not have them. Upper Deck made the card a retail exclusive specifically to give the cheaper channel something the expensive one lacked, which is the opposite of how the hobby usually works — retail normally gets the thinner version of everything.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe reasoning is commercial. Hobby boxes sell themselves to collectors who already know what they want; blaster boxes sit on a shelf in a shop competing with everything else on it, and need a reason to be picked up. An oversized card of the set's headline subset is that reason.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eIt also means a sealed blaster from this year contains a card that cannot be obtained by opening anything else.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003eYoung Guns, and the Stamkos rookie\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eYoung Guns is the rookie subset Upper Deck has run since 1990\/91, and it is among the most collected rookie card series in any sport. Cards fall roughly \u003cstrong\u003e1 in 4 packs\u003c\/strong\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe 2008\/09 class is one of the strongest ever printed. \u003cstrong\u003eSteven Stamkos\u003c\/strong\u003e went first overall in the 2008 draft and scored 555 goals with two Stanley Cups; his Young Guns card is his first true rookie card and one of the most sought-after of the modern era.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eAlongside him: \u003cstrong\u003eDrew Doughty\u003c\/strong\u003e, second overall, two Cups and a Norris Trophy. \u003cstrong\u003eClaude Giroux\u003c\/strong\u003e, drafted in 2006 and overlooked for most of the first round, whose rookie season came late and lands him in this set. Plus Jakub Voráček, T. J. Oshie, Luke Schenn, Blake Wheeler, Alex Pietrangelo, James Neal, Wayne Simmonds, Steve Mason, Kyle Turris and Mikkel Bødker.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003eWhat else is in the set\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eA 200-card regular set, plus UD Game Jersey memorabilia cards, and the Winter Classic and Hat Trick Heroes insert series.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eSuperstar inserts — Hat Trick Heroes, Winter Classic, Sophomore Sensations and Captains Calling — combine to roughly one in four packs.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003eSpecifications\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e8 cards per pack · 2 bonus packs included\u003c\/strong\u003e · \u003cstrong\u003e1 oversized 3½ × 5 Young Guns card per box\u003c\/strong\u003e · \u003cstrong\u003eFactory sealed\u003c\/strong\u003e · \u003cstrong\u003eBilingual Canadian packaging\u003c\/strong\u003e · \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":52866587427098,"sku":"UD-S1-0809-BLASTER","price":49.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0837\/3134\/9786\/files\/IMG_3007.jpg?v=1789361686","url":"https:\/\/notjustcollectibles.com\/products\/2008-09-upper-deck-series-1-hockey-blaster-box-8-cards-per-pack-factory-sealed","provider":"Not Just Collectibles, LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}