2014-15 Upper Deck Premier Hockey Cards

It’s not a hobby. It’s gambling pure and simple.

I agree with Jeff in the late 70’s when I started to collect, a kid could get a very nice and valuable card , now you have very little chance. I have a very good job but I can’t justify spending 275 dollars for 7 cards. Thai hobby has changed badly and not for the best. Make fewer sets put these expensive brand in a pack of upper deck series 1 or 2 and everyone has a shot. Make them hard to pull. Rich people can still buy them if they really want them.

Lots of Single Coloured Patches!!! ~ Cards today are like the 90’s all over
Way TOO many Parallels etc ~ Kids Cannot afford these products ~ Kids Buy Retail at Wal-mart or Target?
~ Don’t they also deserve a shot at a nice Hit!! not a bunch of overpriced garbage ~ Again with the monopoly handed back to UD it’s the 90’s all over ~ Mass Redemptions again!! ~ Ever tried to have a damaged card replaced by UD? ~ GOOD LUCK!!! ~ UD wants reciepts etc who gives reciepts out at Card Shows?? ~ Bottom line is if you collect great, if you re-sell FORGET IT!!!!

I busted two boxes, and got bent over. Of course it’s a gamble, of course your going to lose 90+ % of the time when you open a box, but the fact that you get a RPA and a sub par /299 auto most of the time is a rip off for a 260$ cnd plus tax. The patches are very nice on most of the cards. That is the most positive thing. I fully understand that there will be great cases and dud cases. Looking at the whole picture, you won’t make any money busting a case and selling it opening day like the past few UD releases because of the minimal inserts a box produces. I’m disappointed that a box can contain 2-3 jersey cards that down the road you will be lucky to get $5. After a week or so, I recommend staying away, unless you really want to gamble. I think a ekblad /199 was sold on eBay for 250-300 usd, on a re sell to the secondary market thinking alone, it makes no sense to bust this product unless you hit one of those big 5. Of course like I said before it is a gamble, but it seems like I’d rather pay a bit more and buy a tin of the cup. I think if you can get a cheap team in a group break for a case break, then why not for the fix for a couple of weeks, that way you can limited the damage more. FYI- my boxes contained- rink booklet, TIERNEY RPA /299, 1 patch rookie /25, 2 jersey cards. Second box- Lowry RPA /299, anderoff/299, Retro premier /25, patch /25 jersey card. I’d be pumped to get back 320

Another upper deck product, another screwing over the devils in a product. Sick of seeing severson as the only devil to ever be highlighted this year. Other than that there is one schneider and.one.marty auto. And quite frankly tired of marty. Doesnt help your produxt when you leave out teams, as team collectors wont even try to open this product. Waste of money, lucky to get half of it back. Ill save my money for series 1

I have to say I’m very imrpessed with the product as I sat through around 10-12 case breaks last night. Gorgeous patches left and right. I don’t know if anyone else witnessed this but there was an ABUNDANCE of Adam Clendening RPA (honestly, I’ll say 7 were pulled from the 10-12 cases)…and I did not witness a single Gaudreau RPA in all of those breaks which was very odd. I would say you just about break even on your investment barely if you were to purchase 1 box/tin…but you’re honestly just better off to partake in group breaks or purchase your cards of choice directly.
One alarming issue I did witness in all of the breaks was that I counted 3 very evident chips on some major hits…strangely always in the same spot above the hand written serial number. Not sure how in the heck they missed this in their quality control – it a huge kick in the nads on the value of the card…

I watched a lot of breaks tonight and if you in it to make money instead of collecting, forget buying any products. Prime was so similiar in so many ways. You will lose money no doubt, it wasn’t that appealing to me after the first case.

Wow, What a pile of Upper Deck Junk. So over-priced! I have watched numerous breaks, and without a doubt, box after box of junk. Nice patches on bad rookies. As a bigtime collector, I just want to say that you will be lucky to recoup half your investment!

This might be the best product I’ve seen. The rookies are amazing. The patches are incredible, and the cards are low-numbered. This product is going to sell out fast. I watched multiple breaks on the CloutsnChara breakers channel and was amazed by the hits they pulled. Hit after hit…. Just amazing.

I just saw the first breaks of this product. For the price, forget it, you’re a lot better buying individual card. Prime, at a lower cost, was way better than this. Boy! the guys at Upper Deck
clearly need a course in how to be innovative and original

The product looks good, but where is Alexander Ovi and Crosby. Checklist looks weak.
Johnny Gaudreau is redemption this year. I am still waiting Mackinnon last year autograph.

lol….soooo many reviews for a product that hasn’t even been released yet. Interesting.
I’m a firm believer that high-end sets should include 1 base max…but we’ll see how this plays out next week. I’m also not a huge fan of the checklist here…UD has had plenty of time to update teams on players that were traded mid-season…
Alan nailed it – I see this as an in-between Cup and Ultimate as well. Good luck on your breaks everyone!

I buy many cases of the Cup, Ultimate and Treasures football and Immaculate basketball. Too me this is a mini Cup. In between The Cup and Ultimate> Go for it and enjoy. A risk yes but a solid return.

Jeremy, not sure what you mean with the whining. The Comments are below the person’s name. I gave it 4/5 and it only lost a star because of the price difference between Prime. Will be a great product!!

Awesome product but overpriced to me. should be around 225 in the range of where prime was.
I’m with Zach. 15/16 will be a filthy rookie class with Eichel, Strome, McDavid….

Full Strength Cards, quit whining. you have high end cards on your ebay account…..and they are over priced.

Jeff. lots of options for kids. I have 3 young kids and they all love opening OPC, MVP, SCORE

High end product is fun for the gamblers. Keep it up UD!

Save your money for 15/16 boys. It’s just like prime, and prime is a loss everytime you open up a box. At least with products like Masterpieces, S1/2 and SP, OPC Plat you can recoup on insert cards on opening day/week. If you get a bad box, which is more likely then not as per the odds here, plus due to the rookie class, are you will to take that $100 hit? I’ll wait for 15/16 to go hard.

cant wait for this stuff. thats why there is a Array of Products from upper deck From MVP AKA Great for Kids to mid range to high end something for everyone its no just high end only I buy everything from low to high

Great looking cards and love the acetate rookies, but two base cards per box is a waste of time! Big risk and possible big reward, though not enough to drive a great rating for me

Do we have a release date on this product yet?

This could be the sleeper product of the year. With Panini gone, this appears to be taking the place of Prime, which was always a hit with the collectors. Would be great if they have a limited Rookie Patch Auto list, or short print certain ones as they do with the Cup. Price will deter some (why it lost a star as it is price 100 more than Prime at release) but the thrill of the chance will grab many.

I rate this product 1 star because I absolutely loathe this new style of collecting where you spend hundreds of dollars for one pack of just a few cards…seems absolutely ridiculous for me

there’s clearly a market for it or else they wouldn’t make it but it is completely incomprehensible to me

Forgot rate this in above reply to Jeff’s comments

This area is high is not for kids. This product is my second favorite next to the Cup. I am so glad UD is bring this back. Wow!! Jeff they still make packs for kids in their price range. What about Walmart and Target retail packs !! Come on Jeff really!! No one tells you to buy. But to say this is why you are getting out of the hobby. Really !

back in the 90’s upperdeck and others massed produce cards and the hobby started to die and now putting out cards at high prices is taking away from the people that cant afford them like kids .I used to do shows and lots of kids used to collect now I go to shows and where are the kids????? they don’t collect because their allowance wont let them.

Im confused. Does this product land somewhere between of Ultimate Collection and The Cup?

This is the reason I have stopped buying packs and possibleresan why im getting out of the hobby!

5 Stars!!!
Can’t wait for this product to release.
Love both the old and new designs.
Was my favorite product for a few years.
How about a pre-sell price point?