WHAT ARE THE ODDS?! 2023-24 Upper Deck Extended Series Hockey Hobby Box Break #1 (2024)

[@Mattcruzedc]

Extended has out all star cards in every set. All those guys already had cards in the previous 2 series

[@Fultoncards]

Yes, they are variants/alts of their UDS1/2 base card, to "extend" the checklist to 700 cards. I would prefer even more depth players and legends, like OPC. The question is: How are we supposed to identify the All-Star Skills Photo Variations cards which are 1-in-288?

[@Mattcruzedc]

@@Fultoncards but they’re still common base, they’re not inserts or “variations”. And when players were in the skills competition, they wore jerseys with a skills patch on them.

[@Mattcruzedc]

@@Fultoncards the players wore their regular team jerseys with a skills patch during the skills competition. I would look for the patch on their jerseys. Also, the skills that year had a lot of outdoor events, so I would assume a lot of them would be pictures from those

[@Fultoncards]

Matt, of course. I don't mean a variant card in geeky technical parlance. I meant another base card for the same player in a variant jersey. I was just wondering with so many all-stars in the base set how any child could identify if he hit one of the actual rare Skills photo variations. Half the generic base are helmet-less. But, I think I figured it out. The actual Skills variants are in their normal NHL team jerseys, not the all-star game ones.

[@jma10780]

​@@Fultoncards the photo variants say it in small print on the reverse.

[@justhockeycards]

Not many channels are sophisticated enough to play Miles Davis while open hockey card packs.

[@cazschiller]

😊 indeed

[@chrisbohinski3364]

No Bedard love in the hobby box that I bought yesterday. The guys at the store said only 2 hits in 5 hobby boxes that day.

[@Mattcruzedc]

The all star cards are regular base. They just use them to fill out the set

[@TCGFunhouse]

Need to grab me a box of extended. Looks like a fine rip

[@tomchang732]

Thanks for the odds...looking forward to ripping some boxes now😊

[@MrWs8791]

Are you seelling the Thompson say with the cup?

[@Fultoncards]

Due to the daily requests, I stopped moving cards over social media years ago. I only move cards through monthly formal giveaways and dispassionately via COMC.

[@angushiltz4880]

What a fun break. I have really loved all the retros they have put into Extended. They take me back to the 90's when it was so much fun to bust boxes. Great, informative video as always. #Dryden

[@hockeyfan9456]

You are absolutely right , I always view cards as a sunk cost not an investment, my home and 401k are my investments 😂

[@rodneymercerchannel]

Sweet box!! And Miles of music 😊

[@jacobriendeau246]

Will you be able to pull a retro/variation Connor bedard young guns in retail?

[@Fultoncards]

Some, yes: gogts.net/2023-24-upper-deck-extended-series-nhl-hockey-cards-retail.

[@Toddbartolomeo]

#DryDen first time and just subscribed had back surgery loss card collector started again deal health and grieving. Like show new show. Love to learn!

[@Toddbartolomeo]

Love the show and Connor’s great hits, I will be watching!

[@Fultoncards]

Welcome aboard. You sound like a perfect fit for my channel. I can only imagine how tough that is. I'd almost qualify a back like a vital organ (brain, heart, lungs). Some of my favorite followers have had significant health issues. Contrary to all the discord across social media, here on my channel we are a close community.

[@henkestenke]

Jam packed with inserts to say the least! Thanks for the break! #dryden

[@SimonMTL]

Always fun, cool and bonkers inserts in series 3, err... extended. #Dryden

[@TheEssentialCredentials]

As you said, the childlike enthusiasm is infectious from your videos! Thank you for providing the hobby with this in each video! -Matt

[@crease87]

love that pose for malkin on the seeing red card! #dryden

[@kaza_family5950]

I bought a hobby box and then bought 2 blasters and my 2 blasters were far better. Got cooley base young guns and fantilli base young guns and then seeing red bedard but the gold variation.

[@ItsUsAgain]

Congrats on the Bedards!! Really like the Beehives too. Some great looking inserts this year. #dryden

[@gomesyontube]

day with the cup was a sweet hit! - i really love the all-star jerseys in the set - lucky with 2 bedard hit too; first and last card mojo ! #Dryden

[@playerpres8]

Talk about swamping the market with Bedard's wow. 60% shot of hitting one in Extended is insane. Does look like a fun box to open though. #DRYDEN

[@jasonparker3226]

Pretty cool hodgepodge of goodies to pull in there. Nice box, thanks for the rips. #Dryden

[@jma10780]

Nice break, and a little Freddie Freeloader along for the ride! #dryden

[@jennrogers1518]

Awesome box!!! Congrats!!!

[@PaulSmith-fz3qc]

Man there are a lot of goodies in this set. It’s like they are going back to all the mini “insert sets” in the 90s and early 2000s. #dryden

[@mackman320]

I appreciate the stats, love to dig into that stuff. Great pulls🎉 #dryden

[@bjankowski27]

Nice pulls as usual! Love the Marty auto in the background!

[@geordimckay3531]

Nice winnipeg jets base cards in the set #dryden

[@dirk903]

Hey, I got an acetate Wyatt Kaiser thanks for the vid

[@sabinoruiz2080]

Fantastic video and nice break and the music the king of cool

[@mitchadorante9680]

Pulled an outburst, canvas yg, b/w canvas yg

[@jasonvtsportsguy2692]

Sweet rips! Thank you for sharing! Love card collecting! #dryden

[@mirorbreaks8721]

If there was one set that I might've considered paying the Bedard tax for, it's Extended. But honestly I think the Bedard Canvas Young Guns was the nail in the coffin, I'm not paying extra for that. Though this does seem like the one product that Bedard is actually plentiful in. Happy to see you got a good box, trying to find my own Bedard single so I don't ever have to pay for any 23-24 ever. #Dryden

[@cacsports]

Love that Sittler.

[@douglashutton7655]

Great box #Dryden

[@dc7468]

I’m buying my box tomorrow probably. This product is Bedard heavy so I might as well. Finally hit his YG a couple weeks back from a roller box. Cheers Fulton #dryden

[@TCGFunhouse]

Grats on the young guns pull!

[@jamesweagle1170]

Congrats on the Bedard hits. Always appreciate the knowledge. Continued luck with future breaks. ##Dryden

[@JustHockeyHobby]

Ohhh yesss nice box !! Congrats!!

[@bigboy9706]

Nice break. Nice Bedard Bee Hive and Draft Card #Dryden

[@dragonaut1561]

LETS GOOOO! #DRYDEN

[@martinkenny6970]

The day with the cup card deserved the hit music ! #dryden

[@CarrieFlattsFan13]

Let's Go!!! #Dryden

[@peter8367]

Good box

[@mitchadorante9680]

We opened very similar boxes

[@danielkriefall5881]

Woq what a fire 🚒🔥 box, 2 CB fantastic rip my friend!#dryden

[@WolfDallas]

#dryden as per usual awesome break thanks!!!

[@PhilipFrench-ly9rm]

Good to see you having so much fun ripping this product. Although it's out of my price range it's fun to follow along with you and to see you hit some nice cards. #Dryden

[@TCGFunhouse]

Ripping cards should always be about having fun. I agree

[@Blackopspenguin]

Fun stuff! Break more of this if you can! #dryden

[@mitchadorante9680]

Gold holo GRfx are case hits I think red maybe #ed

[@FromTheBenchYT]

What a great box

[@hockeyguru81]

#dryden what a fun rip!

[@danielmontpetit5064]

Can’t wait to break open my boxes when I receive them. These cards look very interesting. #DRYDEN

[@mitchadorante9680]

I pulled 9 young guns and the best i got was a pop 100 stamer

[@brentshealer7314]

The black diamond cards, 1-4 stars… 1 star is most common, 4 star is least???

[@Fultoncards]

Affirmative. BD has been around since 96/97. The single diamonds have always been the most common. The quads are reserved for the best rookies and biggest names. So for instance in 2007-08, Price, Kane, and Toews were quad rookies, and Orr, Gretzky, Mario, and Crosby were the quad vets/legends. Back then, in a hobby box with 120 cards, there were only three quads per box. This year, a quad is 1-in-200 packs. A single diamond is 1-in-29 packs. EDIT: Just to be clear, it's just that they misname the cards on the checklist. They don't mean first, second, third or fourth stars of the game. They mean single, dual, trip, and quad diamonds. More diamonds the better.

[@brentshealer7314]

@@Fultoncards Makes total sense and thank you so much for the explanation! Very detailed and much appreciated as always! I hit a 3 diamond Leo Carlsson so was curious what I might be sitting on! Thanks!

[@davidrioux6346]

Nice product! #Dryden

[@richardboivin8762]

Wow Great vid and breakdow. #dryden

[@AbbeyRoad1962]

my box was very similar #dryden

[@godisgreat8462]

#dryden well done

[@ripemall4548]

💪😁🤘

[@superbeast8483]

#DRYDEN GREAT VIDEO!

[@connorjones5689]

#Dryden

[@leemcdonald2473]

#dryden

[@jeremymcgrath8703]

Double Bedard!! - too many retro cards though- rather upper deck be more inventive!!

[@Fultoncards]

For what it's worth, I don't buy that line of reasoning on any level. UD has dozens and dozens of products, with endless new designs. Extended is specifically their throwback insert product. That's its raison d'etre and inherent identity. Plus, retros ensure the very young new collectors learn about the history of the hobby. And, they appeal to older collectors like me, due to the nostalgia and historical references. If ppl prefer new designs, they can simply focus on other products with new designs. In an era saturated with people and products, retros will always occupy a central space in the hobby. If people are only focused on the present, I think they are missing the deeper, more sentimental aspects of why a hobby is a hobby. I personally don't get the consistent acrimony and negativity around the longer sentimental arc of the hobby, because ppl only care about monetary value. If ppl want to earn money, as opposed to lose it, they should invest in the stock market not cards. With those earnings, they can buy the new cards they like on eBay with 100% certainty. But Extended was designed to repopularize older, nostalgic cards.

[@roberthowell6494]

#DRYDEN

[@mitchadorante9680]

DRYDEN

[@jonjacobson8081]

You couldn’t be more wrong in your analysis, fine video though.

[@Fultoncards]

Present an argument. I'm sure I will at minimum follow your reasoning. But, I don't even know what you are referring to.

[@jonjacobson8081]

@@Fultoncards % cards pulled.

[@Fultoncards]

I don't follow. I simply provide the exact statistical pack odds based on the checklists and ratios disclosed from UD. Which number do you contest? Can you provide your calculation?

[@tonymercer3058]

Cards are gone to crap not worth it anymore way to over print upperdeck. Just a bunch if shit

[@Fultoncards]

I'll always love collecting. Doesn't matter whether it's the 1970s, 1980s, 1990s, 2000s, or now. I will always enjoy the depth and variety of the hobby. And, cards I like will always be available affordably directly on eBay.

[@codyparker5858]

#dryden