Retro Box Break 92-93 Upper Deck

[JacketsLunatic]

Visited a hole in the wall card shop and saw a dusty box behind some Pokemon cards. It was a 35 pack box of 92/93 UD and was marked $10. I dusted it off and told the dealer I'd give him $6 for it and he accepted. Each pack had 15 cards in it.

My 11 year old son and I spent an hour or so opening them. "This is exciting!" he said.

I haven't had a chance to see how close to a full base set I am but the box had 540 cards in it so I'm sure I have a decent chunk of them.

My favorite cards ended up being the Marty Brodeur and Hasek rookies. I also got 5-6 Gretzky's and Lemieux's each. Nothing of substantial value that I can tell.

For $6 it was fun to pull some classics.

Photos are attached.

[Broncoboys7]

This is actually just 92-93 Upper Deck Hockey, not Collector's Choice. My favorite hockey set of all time. Sweet break!

[JMarchand1981]

That hasek hologram is cool looking.

Upper deck always did holograms right.

[JacketsLunatic]

This is actually just 92-93 Upper Deck Hockey, not Collector's Choice. My favorite hockey set of all time. Sweet break!

Doh! You're right. I found some actual 09/10 CC cards in the quarter bin today too. Think I picked up 3 packs of them.

Any idea what the most sought after cards from the set are? I haven't had time to really look them up yet.

That hasek hologram is cool looking.

Upper deck always did holograms right.

Agreed. It's really a pretty card. Certainly my favorite from the box.

[ThoseBackPages]

ahhh memories!

that was the last year that UD used non-glossy finish on their base set.

Glad you enjoyed the rip

[Giantrobot]

First hockey set I ever collected! Love that era of Upper Deck. They had something to prove, and put a lot of effort into their cards.

[Giantrobot]

Doh! You're right. I found some actual 09/10 CC cards in the quarter bin today too. Think I picked up 3 packs of them.

Any idea what the most sought after cards from the set are? I haven't had time to really look them up yet.

Best pull by far would be an autographed Gretzky Heros card.

Best base cards are the Koivu and Kariya RCs in the high-series boxes.

[JacketsLunatic]

Best pull by far would be an autographed Gretzky Heros card.

Best base cards are the Koivu and Kariya RCs in the high-series boxes.

That would have been amazing. No such luck though. Here are my Gretzky pulls from it.

I have a large stack of rookies at home yet. I didn't want to carry them all into work tonight. Will check for those.

[creasecollector]

Nice break! That Hasek is so cool looking!

[odjickfan]

At this price, you can't go wrong. There were a few decent rookies that year I think.

I busted tons of UD 91-92 about 15 years ago :)

[seth2720]

I agree, very cool set. Love the foil packs too.

[Rorschach]

My most sought after card in the set is the series 2 Young Guns header with Kasperaitis and Malakhov in shades. :D

[Rorschach]

Low numbers had Joe Juneau and Shawn McEachern RCs. Nobody good in the high numbers though. :P

[daxwills]

My favorite cards ended up being the Marty Brodeur and Hasek rookies

Brodeurs rookie was 1990 score, Haseks was in a few 1991 products. Still a great price on the box though just for the fun of it.

[jmarascojr]

12 year old me bought so many packs trying to put that hockey heroes set together of Gretzky...

Good times, good times...