{"product_id":"2008-09-upper-deck-series-1-hockey-retail-box-24-packs-factory-sealed","title":"2008\/09 Upper Deck Series 1 Hockey Retail Box | 24 Packs | Factory Sealed","description":"\u003cp\u003eA factory-sealed \u003cstrong\u003e24-pack retail box\u003c\/strong\u003e of \u003cstrong\u003e2008\/09 Upper Deck Series One Hockey\u003c\/strong\u003e — \u003cstrong\u003e24 packs of 8 cards\u003c\/strong\u003e, 192 cards in total. Each box contains \u003cstrong\u003eone game-used jersey card and six Young Guns rookie cards\u003c\/strong\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003eOne jersey card is the entire difference from the hobby box\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThis is unusually clean, and it makes a good illustration of how the trade works.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe \u003cstrong\u003ehobby\u003c\/strong\u003e box of this set has 24 packs of 8 cards, six Young Guns and \u003cstrong\u003etwo\u003c\/strong\u003e jersey cards. The \u003cstrong\u003eretail\u003c\/strong\u003e box — this one — has 24 packs of 8 cards, six Young Guns and \u003cstrong\u003eone\u003c\/strong\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eEverything else is identical. Same pack count, same card count, same guaranteed rookies, same checklist. The manufacturer removed exactly one hit, and that single card is what separates two products at two price points through two entirely different sales channels.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eIt is rarely that legible. With other sets the hobby and retail versions differ in pack counts, card counts and whether the hits are guaranteed at all — which makes comparison hard and the premium easier to justify. Here the arithmetic sits in the open.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eWhether one jersey card is worth the difference depends entirely on what you are buying the box for. A set builder gets the same 192 cards either way.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003eSix Young Guns, and the class they come from\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eYoung Guns is the rookie subset Upper Deck has run since 1990\/91 and the most collected rookie series in hockey. Six per box is the guarantee.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe 2008 class is among the strongest ever printed. \u003cstrong\u003eSteven Stamkos\u003c\/strong\u003e went first overall — 555 goals, two Stanley Cups — and his Young Guns card is his first true rookie card. \u003cstrong\u003eDrew Doughty\u003c\/strong\u003e went second, with two Cups and a Norris Trophy.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eClaude Giroux\u003c\/strong\u003e is the anomaly: drafted in 2006, overlooked through most of that first round, and without a rookie season until 2008\/09 — which puts him in this set beside players two years younger.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eAlso here: Jakub Voráček, T. J. Oshie, Luke Schenn, Blake Wheeler, Kyle Okposo, Semyon Varlamov, Zach Bogosian, Nikita Filatov, Kyle Turris and Alex Pietrangelo.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003eIn the range\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe \u003cstrong\u003eblaster box\u003c\/strong\u003e of the same set is a smaller retail format with an oversized 3½ × 5 Young Guns card that exists in no other configuration.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003eSpecifications\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e24 packs per box · 8 cards per pack · 192 cards\u003c\/strong\u003e · \u003cstrong\u003e1 game-used jersey card and 6 Young Guns per box\u003c\/strong\u003e · \u003cstrong\u003eRetail configuration\u003c\/strong\u003e · \u003cstrong\u003eFactory sealed\u003c\/strong\u003e · \u003cstrong\u003eManufacturer:\u003c\/strong\u003e Upper Deck · \u003cstrong\u003eNHL and NHLPA licensed\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Upper Deck","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":52866752315674,"sku":"UD-S1-0809-RETAIL","price":249.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0837\/3134\/9786\/files\/IMG_3023.jpg?v=1789361312","url":"https:\/\/notjustcollectibles.com\/products\/2008-09-upper-deck-series-1-hockey-retail-box-24-packs-factory-sealed","provider":"Not Just Collectibles, LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}