Upper Deck thinks this is premium. Opening and reviewing a box of 24-25 Black Diamond Hockey Cards

[@rainmaker381]

opening starts at 9:10

[@FelixPotvinCollector]

Nice Hit - so this is where the card came from haha. Thank you for listing it on ebay :D was able to get it from you.

[@dusterdonnybrook]

Thank YOU for buying it lol

[@ripemall4548]

Happy New year brother Duster!!! 💪😁🤘

[@Mr.kt1238]

Great video man!! New subscriber!!

[@freethinker3161]

Nothing turns me off more than manufactured patches. I love the comparison to the child's pajamas cuz that's exactly what it looked like.

[@reasonablerage4370]

I susbcribed. Instantly gained respect, no sugar coating; this product is complete trash in my opinion. Ice for 24-25 has added an extra ice premier rookie card and a few more parallels.

[@dusterdonnybrook]

I appreciate that! Some people think I'm too negative. Upper Deck should stop making things that are mostly crap and I can start being positive.

[@TheBorderGeek]

That Matthews "patch" is from Tavares' childhood bedsheets. 😏

[@JibberLang]

That matthews patch looks like a kids blanket lol

[@StevieYsMyGuy]

This set is a total joke. Would never ever ever buy this garbage.

[@reasonablerage4370]

Makes two of us. Old black Diamond was fun, you got a bunch of parallels and two jersey cards for $110; sometimes, the occasional auto.

[@jeremybruce654]

When I got into the hobby in 2022 the first box I bought was Black Diamond. Interesting cards but I really felt like I threw my money away and never bought it again. You get sticker autos and patches in SP from Target for cheaper🤷‍♂️

[@Garry-h8v]

Haven't opened anything in 7 years and won't. Still collect and enjoy it. Love looking at my tall boys and 62 parkhurst partial sets. Enjoy the young guns from when it was 120 cdn a box for upper deck and sp authentic was 160 and you'd get 3 future watches and at least 3 autos in every box. Now everything has no real substance. Fake patches from ? Sticker autos od young stars who arent stars who can't bother to sign a decent auto. Every old timer from gretzky to lemieux actually signs a legible name. And this modern stuffs price is outrageous. Shrinkflation is more than food. It's everything you buy included are every new product. Sticking a number on it matters not when there's so many parallels. Perception is everything and it's all smoke and mirrors and hype and more hype for the next crosby. How's the rooks of slafkosky or Wright or swayman or zegras or bedard .....on and on. It's sad and I really wish I could get thru to new collectors and help them make intelligent choices and force upped deck to start putting value back into thier packs. They used too and still made tons of money but now when new stuff comes out everyone goes nuts and rips anything then a week later realize they got bent over and ended up with junk wax. It only ends with collectors abandoning the hobby when they eventually tire of the pillaging of thier wallets. It used to be a fun hobby now it's just a hype hobby

[@patrickbaklava7297]

Opening product is currently for suckers Hopefully that changes but I don't see it happening anytime soon

[@aarontiano3516]

Besides the damaged exquisite patch card, this box is really rough

[@JetsFlyHigh]

When you put it that way. 60$ base cards should be Upper decks new 🆕 slogan #gottacollectthemall

[@Millicurie551]

Great video! Some actual nice cards in that box. Potvin card was cool. Not sure how to feel about Matthews pjs

[@blairarthur302]

just noticed your Rogers Place blue print on your table .I printed the blue prints for that job and we never used white on blue they were all printed on blue on white ,just a heads up

[@dusterdonnybrook]

That's cool you worked on that job. For my art the proper blue on white doesn't have as nice eye appeal since there's no way to do the aged look of an old blueprint, which is why I don't make them that way.

[@RudyRips]

So many great singles you can buy for the cost of one of these boxes

[@dusterdonnybrook]

In almost all cases for way less than the box.

[@lopsidedcs]

Personally think the 24/25 crop has way better potential. Especially Celebrini 🤟👀

[@lopsidedcs]

I think Bedard is great but way overhyped

[@BeBenNova]

Hard disagree that you need to have previously opened a product to have a legit opinion of it

[@vande8910]

Yep, I’ve never opened it & at that price, I will definitely not bother.

[@paulmouradjian6045]

Waaaaaaaaaaay to expensive. This product has dissolved into absolute TRASH! DISGUSTING & POS! This box is questionable at $50/box!

[@Hockeistguyalive]

Only thing worse than BD is SPGU

[@dusterdonnybrook]

Agree with that. Both sets don't need to exist. Maybe as an insert in a different set but not on their own.

[@henrys3629]

Too bad Mikita is passed to get that signed. Non-numbered really bothers me.

[@ferriswheeler08]

I think Premier for a cheaper price is about the same.. singles market it is...

[@ugghhhyoutubeisawful646]

that ouija board looking card (gretzky in this vid around @4:20) is the ugliest card i have even seen. i think it is a ripoff, but some of the cards look pretty cool imo->would never pay that thou.

[@dusterdonnybrook]

Funny you say that. People love the Band of Colors insert but I agree with you it's a terrible hockey card.

[@EatingCtrlV]

I hate this product honestly. If they're going to keep this price point, there should be a minimum of 8 cards in the box with 1 auto, and then we can buy breaks of it. There's no redeeming individual boxes unless you get insanely lucky.

[@chicagorilla4983]

...and fake diamonds, cz 😂

[@dusterdonnybrook]

Hey man, they're real lab diamonds!

[@Garry-h8v]

This pack is why i haven't ripped anything in 7 years. Upper deck has fed crap to new collectors who don't know this hobbies history. This stuff would have collected dust not long ago. Now it gets ripped faster than dust can float down. It's littered with valueless garbage. Worth $89 a box. Maybe. Nothing in this product will be desired in 2 years. It'll be in the bargain box for $2 a card and still won't sell. The greed of upper deck knows no bounds but if your dumb enough to buy it ? They're gonna pump it out.

[@stevekay6895]

There ARE people out there defending this 💩

[@affirmed_7835]

Yeah this stuff is really bad. Fake patches are worth less than nothing imo, and 1 player worn mem plus 1 sticker auto for a box of that price is absurd.

[@dusterdonnybrook]

Not to mention the auto wasn't even guaranteed

[@ricknestor8930]

what a piece of garbage pack , you have my condolences on wasting your $360

[@Hockeistguyalive]

Is it the new generation that thinks that they’re gonna get value and make money off of opening boxes? It’s gambling upper deck is hurting big time. That’s why prices have gone up.

[@dusterdonnybrook]

Id say the rise of breaking is the biggest reason, followed by prices never properly falling after the madness that was the pandemic.

[@Shynethehypocrite]

quick way to waste $350

[@dusterdonnybrook]

$400+ with tax for me lol

[@Shynethehypocrite]

@@dusterdonnybrook Absolutely ridiculous. Upper Deck needs to do better

[@jf5-mars334]

Lol , this might be the worst product this year .

[@jamesmccormick7657]

A lot of their products have become a waste of cash at the price. Flagship is only one worth a damn.

[@mcbassinfaas7285]

you bought it though right? and everyone will buy into breaks like i said until you people stop being stupid shit wont change. period

[@dusterdonnybrook]

Yes I bought it. I stated in the review I've never bought Black Diamond before, but constantly trashed it. You can't be a proper objective reviewer about something without having actually taken a proper look at a product, which I now have. Until UD makes changes to the product I won't be buying it again.