ULTIMATE COLLECTION BASKETBALL...what's your thought on this product?

jasonjames1979

too pricey?

did upper deck over produce it?

great product?

no bang for your buck?

another been there done that seen impossible lebron auto product?

or the $@*#! another nubi ebi?

thoughts...

thanks
jason

goodriddance189

if its $100 bucks a pack, theres about a 127% chance youll get hosed

Vincecarder

Overpriced crap. I will pull a Jason Terry auto that would net me $1.50 at auction so there is no way I'd buy this junk. Only way to make money is pay the big bucks and buy a case or two and open boxes until you hit a Lebron. Once you do...list all the rest of the boxes. But that's if you have $$$ to play around with.

joestalin

I do believe it is around 500 bucks for a case and thats 4 packs. UD makes its killing on these
because for every Lebron autos they put out there are 200 Barbosa's or some Russian player.
I would love to open some of this, but why? I have probably bought about 500 bucks in UD
basketball this year (which is a light year for me), and have yet to get a card that booked
more than 40 bucks. At least in football and baseball there are more good players, I mean
basketball is about a few guys only to make your money back..Kobe, Carmello, Lebron, MJ.

those are bad odds, Ultimate......stay away....would you believe that 97.6% of the cards you oull
from these won't net you your money back.....those are long odds!

JS

ctsoxfan

I agree with those comments. I thought for a minute about buying a case of this (last week I was quoted $2150 a case presell), but I quickly thought better of it. After my bad experiences with SP Authentic, and a few of those SP Sig tins, I can only imagine the great pulls I would get -

Zaza Pachulia (?) - Auto Patch!

Or

Ndidu Ebi (??) - Auto Jersey Patch!

Not a chance, UD.

Rainman

too pricey

lebron/carmelo/mj are pretty much the only autos that are worth any real $ (i.e., over $20 on ebay)

there are far too many 'misses' out there- pachula, cabakarpa, zoran plaininic (whom i have pulled out of EVERY single UD box this year), etc.

Jaypers

On the same note, any of you gonna plunk down $$ for UD Exquisite?

envoy98

I'll be a sucker and probably cough up the $$$ for 2 packs of Ult Coll and 1 tin of Exq. I actually got kinda lucky with SP GU Patch. Pulled a Ted Williams 3 clr #6/10. SOld on ebay last night for $555.55. But then in the next tin I got a Wilie Stargell patch that closed at $23. I guess Willie doesn't get any hobby love.

Like anything, it's going to be hit or miss. UD has done a pretty good job with the ultra high product this year... well except for my luck with SP Sig. Gooden, Diaw x2, Lampe, McDyess. I did get a Ewing sp auto. But that was the extreme highlight out of 7 tins. I figure it's worth checking one tin. Though at 5 bills I'll have buy it from the wholesaler. I think he's getting about $385 for a tin.

kuhlmann

Hit or miss i sold my case i got in out before its release didnt bother getting any for myself as its to high for a gamble. id rather pay that kind of money towards home improvements. But its amazing how mant people want this product and the exquisite.

KallMaloneSay

I think it's going to be the best product ever, you should all bid high money on the case I have on ebay right now!

Alright, seriously, as we all know every product is a gamble, but if you check online there is some amazing stuff out of this product. Whether you're sick of the LeBron-Carmelo hype or not you should be able to realize that this is perhaps one of the best drafts ever and you will be lucky to see a rookie class like this every 20 to 30 years (the last was the 84 draft). With that said, if you're going to gamble on something and have a little fun, this is it.

By the way, have you guys seen the display with the picture of the 1/1 LeBron AUTO NBA Logoman? That card looks sweet and I would be very surprised if it didn't get at least $15,000 and I would guess will probably get around $20,000. If you guys want a scan of it I can put it up.

Okay, now I'm serious, bid up my case, it ends Wednesday!
Jason

ctsoxfan

Does it seem like the price has come down a bit on this? I wonder if people are just getting fed up with UD's poor collation on their high end products. It would be nice, while not getting a Lebron, Carmelo, MJ or Kobe in every pack, that you at least receive something of value in each box. Not much to ask, but it doesn't always happen.

jasonjames1979

anyone else care to share their thoughts?

thanks
jason

Jaypers

I'll be happy to share mine when I receive my case on Wed. If I pull good cards I'll give great reviews; if I pull lousy cards I'll bash this mutha like there's no tomorrow.

Rainman

here's my pack (2) pulls

maurice williams rookie (why why why) /250
john stockton gold /25
amare stoudemire jersey /200
karl malone /750
andrei kirilenko /750
ronald dupree rc /750

worth $250? lol NO!

ctsoxfan

You only got one rookie in two packs? That means only 2 per $500 box...rough stuff. With all of the bad rookies you could pull, the odds are clearly against you in this product.

Boopotts

This has got to be a horrible break. But, like Jason said we should all give some serious thought to buying some of this years basketball product and stowing it away. It's a fantastic RC class, after all, and who knows what will happen? Can you imagine if LeBron (or Carmelo) defects to the Knicks after three years and brings them a championship? The prices on his stuff will soar through the ceiling. If Darko or Dwayne Wade pan out, it could be even better.

envoy98

There is a seller on the bay right now who has a lebron auto rc #/250, a lebron Ultimate Signatures and a Bosh RC Auto and David West rc auto all out of ultimate collection. If that was his 4 pack box I bet he was pretty happy!

http://cgi6.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewSellersOtherItems&userid=vickmv7&include=0&since=-1&sort=3&rows=50

envoy98

In response to BooPotts, I think he's right. I just hope all the stuff I ripped pans out. lets see... Ndudi Ebi, David West, Zoran Planinininininnc oh yeah, and Brian Cook. I think I pulled about 20 of each of their auto's. Between Bowman Chrome, SPx, SPA, SP Sig and Topps Chrome. Oh and Kapono, god I got a lot of him too... I did get a few Peja auto's though, and one LeBron and 3 Melo sigs. I guess I can't complaing TOO much... Or can I?

joestalin

LOL Kapono.....he is the ultimate tease....you pull pack the cards slowly, you know the card in the middle
is a rookie....you see that it is a cavs....AHHHHHHHHHH Lebron....DOH white guy!

Weren't people fired up about Ming and Amare last year? I remember people calling Elton Brand
the next MJ......will Lebron still be hot in a few months? I can't remember the last basketball
card that was hot two straight years.

JS

envoy98

HA HA Stalin. That's funny. I thought the same thing when I pulled one of those stupid Rubber stamp logo cards out of SP Sig. OOH Cavaliers.. I see an "O" ooh ooh COULD IT BE????. DOH!! WHITE GUY! Same thing as you. That's brutal.

Here is a post on a another grading boards site about Ult Coll. Some really nice scans just for reference. if anyone is interested.

https://www.beckett.com/iforum/view.asp?mode=viewtopic&topicID=310867&forumID=11&catID=3&forumPageNo=1

jasonjames1979

well..i decide to list mine on ebay

jason

my auctions on ebay