{"product_id":"2022-upper-deck-aew-skybox-metal-universe-hobby-box-15-packs-factory-sealed","title":"2022 Upper Deck AEW Skybox Metal Universe Hobby Box | 15 Packs | Factory Sealed","description":"\u003cp\u003eA factory-sealed hobby box of \u003cstrong\u003e2022 Upper Deck AEW Skybox Metal Universe\u003c\/strong\u003e — \u003cstrong\u003e15 packs of 7 cards\u003c\/strong\u003e, released 30 August 2023. The first AEW release ever made under the Skybox Metal Universe name.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ePer box, on average:\u003c\/strong\u003e 15 Base Set SP cards · 5 Bonzo Gonzo, The Merch and\/or Technicians · 3 cards from the 1997-98 Retros set · 3 Skybox Premium · 1 Hardware or Palladium acetate · 1 Planet Metal · 1 Feeling the Love, Intimidation Nation or Turn Up the Heat.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003ePMG is the reason this set exists\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp\u003ePrecious Metal Gems — PMG — is a parallel that first appeared in 1997-98 Metal Universe basketball, and its reputation rests almost entirely on one card.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe 1997-98 Metal Universe Precious Metal Gems Michael Jordan was numbered to 100, split into ten green and ninety red. It is one of the most sought-after basketball cards of the modern era, and a green example sold at auction for over 350,000 dollars.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThat single card turned three letters into a brand. Twenty-five years later Upper Deck applies the same treatment to a wrestling roster: Red PMG numbered 11 to 100, Green PMG numbered 1 to 10, and a Gold PMG that exists once. The numbering scheme is copied exactly from 1997-98, green being the scarcer colour, which is the point of the exercise.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe same logic runs through the whole product. The 1997-98 Retros set puts AEW wrestlers on the original Metal Universe design, each with its own space-themed background — a set that only makes sense to someone who remembers the basketball cards.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003eJambalaya falls roughly once every forty-eight boxes\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe published odds are 1:720 packs. At 15 packs per box that is one Jambalaya card in every 48 boxes — or three per 16-box case, on average, across the entire production run rather than within any given case.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eJambalaya is the other inherited Metal Universe insert, and the rarest thing in the set that is not numbered.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eOther notable odds: Metal-X at 1:240, Competitive Advantage at 1:600, and the Feeling the Love and Turn Up the Heat autograph parallels at 1:2000. Base Set silver autographs fall at 1:75.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003eWhat else is in the checklist\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe base set is 100 regular cards plus 50 short prints, featuring the AEW roster. Insert sets specific to this release include Bonzo Gonzo, a three-sided die-cut capturing chaotic ring moments; The Merch, a four-sided die-cut mimicking wrestler-branded shirts; Technicians, each showing a signature move; Feeling the Love; and Turn Up the Heat. All five have Gold parallels numbered to 25.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003ePalladium and Hardware are acetate inserts — the first covering popular wrestlers, the second those who have held a belt — each with Gold Spectrum parallels numbered to 25.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eMetal-X cards are printed on rainbow foilboard with a PETG top layer and Spectrum Deco Foil. Printing plates from the complete base set are also in circulation.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003eSpecifications\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e15 packs per box · 7 cards per pack\u003c\/strong\u003e · \u003cstrong\u003eFactory sealed\u003c\/strong\u003e · \u003cstrong\u003eReleased:\u003c\/strong\u003e 30 August 2023 · \u003cstrong\u003eManufacturer:\u003c\/strong\u003e Upper Deck · \u003cstrong\u003eBrand:\u003c\/strong\u003e Skybox\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Upper Deck","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":52865792704794,"sku":"UD-AEWMU-2022-BOX","price":49.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0837\/3134\/9786\/files\/IMG_3020.jpg?v=1789361954","url":"https:\/\/notjustcollectibles.com\/products\/2022-upper-deck-aew-skybox-metal-universe-hobby-box-15-packs-factory-sealed","provider":"Not Just Collectibles, LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}