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2009 Ultimate Collection 5 Box Break – TONIGHT

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For those of you who are interested, the break will be tonight for the 5 Ultimate Collection boxes that were purchased from Blowout. As soon as I get home, break the boxes, upload scans, and post the videos to Youtube, the results will be available here.

Every card will be sent, unless you dont want your base cards, and team trading will be allowed until 2:00 PST today.
We have a great shot at cards like this, so be sure to come take a gander even if you arent involved.

Ultimate Collection Boxes Have Been Ordered – Refunds Are Coming

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To those of you who are participating in the break, the boxes have been ordered! We will be breaking early next week, and I have Chris and Pat over at Blowout to thank. They gave us a great price, as they usually do, and because of it, you will all be receiving a 5 dollar per slot refund to start. If there is more money left over, more money will be refunded.

Thanks to all that joined, and thanks again to Blowout Cards!

SCU Breaks: 5 Boxes 2009 Ultimate Collection Baseball – FULL

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Im sure you have all seen the ridiculous cards that are coming out of 2009 Ultimate Collection Baseball, and I want to give you guys a chance to get in on some of it without risking 100 bucks a box. This will be a 5 box break, standard rules, one slot equals two random teams. 15 slots at 36 bucks a pop to cover paypal fees and shipping supplies/cost. There is a limit of two slots per person, and your name will not be posted until you have sent paypal to the address.

Payments need to be sent to gellmana@gmail.com, and you will receive all cards from the teams you are randomly assigned. I will NOT be participating in this break, so there wont be any reason for me to scam you. Videos for random and break will be posted on the SCU youtube channel for your viewing pleasure. Slots are listed below, please allow me time to see your payment before sending me hate mail.
EDIT: I have been made aware of a lower price for the boxes than 96 a piece. I will refund money if that price is still available at the time of order. Dont worry, im not going to rob you.
1. John S (PAID)
2. Jeremy K(PAID)
3. Arfmax (PAID)
4. Josh B(PAID)
5. Mario Z (PAID)
6. Antonio S (PAID)
7. Johnson Z (PAID)
8. Ryan W (PAID)
9. Hockey Town Cards (PAID)
10. Michael R (PAID)
11. Darkship (PAID)
12. Joe M (PAID)
13. Chris M (PAID)
14. Aaron R (PAID)
15. Aaron R (PAID)
Good luck!

I Am Shocked By 2009 Ultimate Collection Baseball – Logos or No Logos

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2009 Ultimate Collection Baseball has hit with a vengence and it is glorious so far. Not every box has been great, but many of them are seemingly packed with goodness. I have seen a few boxes broken, seen the boxes on blowout, and I am continually shocked by what is coming out of them. Jumbo patches with ridiculous swatches, great looking cards with on card signatures, and a seemingly blatant disregard for the logos that Topps paid so dearly for. I love it.

The best cards that have hit eBay are the amazing HOFer jersey and autos, but they arent the only ones that look shocking. There have been just as many cards of current stars that are making collectors salivate, from a product that has actually been pretty uneventful over the last few years.
I have said on a few occasions that Ultimate Collection is the one product, hobby wide, that could greatly benefit from a revamp. It costs a bunch for what you get, the cards arent THAT cool, and there is only one hit per box. Your one hit used to be something like this, but now it is something like this.
I guess Upper Deck has found some sort of loophole in the licensing because there sure are a lot of things on these cards that shouldnt be there. That means they are either A) giving the middle finger to Topps, B) filing this under the 2009 Product calendar, or C) really stupid.
We should find out pretty soon.

A GREAT Example of Why Hard Signed Cards Are FREAKING AWESOME

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Just got these preview card pics out of 2009 Ultimate Football from Upper Deck. The set is being released in early december, and I cant wait. After seeing these cards, I have much more confidence that Ultimate should be as good as last year’s great product.








Of course, here are some impressions I got.
I love the personal touch cards which are based off the USA baseball ones from last year. Those cards were extremely popular, and these should be too. Also, I fucking love that Aaron Curry wrote Batman as the answer to that question instead of Jesus or some shit like that. Shows that he is definitely in the right frame of mind, right? One other thing, anyone questioning why Mike Fucking Epps is Shonn Greene’s favorite actor? Haha, too funny.
Secondly, I really like the 1997 Legends cards, but the autos are a little streaky a la Panini. That kind of sucks.
Lastly, the college shout out cards are really cool, and should be pretty sought after. I have a feeling that the Pettigrew is just one of many cards like that, as Gregg told me a while back that inscriptions are the new on card auto project to make their brand stand out. I love it.
Ultimate should have some pretty awesome shit, if these are any indication. Glad to see they are stepping it up.