Walmart Black Friday

[jogesc2]

I'm assuming these are the Walmart Black Friday Blasters

https://www.walmart.ca/en/ip/19-20-upper-deck-series-1-hockey-value-box/6000200483474

 

[quincy]

No price there. That'll make a difference.

 

[Craig2]

What would be a good price?

 

[quincy]

Good question. I doubt it'll be TOO cheap...like the numbskulls did in 2015/McDavid year.

 

[SNobles]

They were on the shelf at my local Walmart today. Scanned one and they were $54 I believe. Hopefully they will do a 50% Black Friday sale like they have in past years. If not, I can see these sitting on the shelf for a long time.

 

[Mircom73]

They are $19.94 a box.
https://www.dropbox.com/s/9s4nrv4px8dactq/@walmart.png?dl=0

 

[Taxi]

Looks like UD has reduced the number of YGs per box from 3 to 2.5. At $54 these are horrendous.

 

[frankiefives]

I'm assuming these are the Walmart Black Friday Blasters

https://www.walmart.ca/en/ip/19-20-upper-deck-series-1-hockey-value-box/6000200483474

Anyone else notice the 2018-19 O-Pee-Chee Original 6 cards in the preview windows? Wonder what those are

 

[Taxi]

Anyone else notice the 2018-19 O-Pee-Chee Original 6 cards in the preview windows? Wonder what those are

The bonus pack is a 3 pack diecut rookie tribute, so it's not that. Could be a mistake on a draft listing.

 

[frankiefives]

The bonus pack is a 3 pack diecut rookie tribute, so it's not that. Could be a mistake on a draft listing.

Agreed but I've actually never seen those Original 6 cards before and the back states they are from 2018-19 OPC so I'm curious now...

 

[jogesc2]

Looks like UD has reduced the number of YGs per box from 3 to 2.5. At $54 these are horrendous.

At $20 it's a good deal, at $54 no thanks.

 

[Taxi]

At $20 it's a good deal, at $54 no thanks.

No doubt, at the $20 price point, that's fantastic.

At $54/box, you're paying considerably more for this, per YG, than a hobby box, and that's without the chance of hobby hits.

 

[hduong]

At the regular price, the value is just not there. Wonder if it's 10 S1 packs or 9 S1 packs with a bonus OPC back. If it's the latter, then 2.25 YGs per box. No thanks.

 

[gobuffalo2331]

Yea that's a pile of crap they're trying to sell.

 

[odjickfan]

No blasters at the Walmarts around me, and the sale is in-store only, not online. At 20CAD, I would have picked a few. I simply won't be buying any.

 

[junyab]

It's only a good deal if the average price per YG is between $8-$12...anything more than that and the value is too poor for me to buy.

 

[burebuyer]

The UPC on the Walmart site matches the YG Blasters (6 packs + YG Jumbo) as being on sale for $19.92, not the Mega Boxes shown in the picture. The Mega boxes still scanning in at $54.

Derek

 

[FrozenInferno]

Looks like UD has reduced the number of YGs per box from 3 to 2.5. At $54 these are horrendous.

I see no reason to do this other than greed.

Cutting a jersey or autograph hit or lowering the odds is one thing, those cards contain something UD had to pay extra to produce (expensive autographs and gamers). They can sort of justify some cost control there, though you'd have to wonder why prices keep going up anyway.

Why cut Young Guns? Are they not flying out of the printer just as easily as base cards are? It's basic cardboard and foil we're talking here.

If they're trying to keep Young Gun print runs low/the same but increase (and ultimately water down) overall blaster production then LOL at $54/box. I'll never buy one again.

I used to buy these blasters once in a while for a chance at the big ticket Young Guns that would be too expensive to justify buying outright. If two of them are going to run me $100+ then I'm better off just buying the singles since most of the good ones rarely even crest $100 anyway. I can buy a raw Pettersson for less than the cost of a couple blasters.

(Speaking of Pettersson, if anybody has his YG for sale PM me a price )

 

[Taxi]

I see no reason to do this other than greed.

Cutting a jersey or autograph hit or lowering the odds is one thing, those cards contain something UD had to pay extra to produce (expensive autographs and gamers). They can sort of justify some cost control there, though you'd have to wonder why prices keep going up anyway.

Why cut Young Guns? Are they not flying out of the printer just as easily as base cards are? It's basic cardboard and foil we're talking here.

If they're trying to keep Young Gun print runs low/the same but increase (and ultimately water down) overall blaster production then LOL at $54/box. I'll never buy one again.

I used to buy these blasters once in a while for a chance at the big ticket Young Guns that would be too expensive to justify buying outright. If two of them are going to run me $100+ then I'm better off just buying the singles since most of the good ones rarely even crest $100 anyway. I can buy a raw Pettersson for less than the cost of a couple blasters.

(Speaking of Pettersson, if anybody has his YG for sale PM me a price )

Couldn't agree more.

They also cut regular blasters down from 2 to 1.5/box. Even at the $20 sale price, that's awful value.

Canadians were already overpaying. The cheap odds of YGs were what was keeping me in the hobby. Not sure what I'll do with the new prices.

 

[odjickfan]

Couldn't agree more.

They also cut regular blasters down from 2 to 1.5/box. Even at the $20 sale price, that's awful value.

Canadians were already overpaying. The cheap odds of YGs were what was keeping me in the hobby. Not sure what I'll do with the new prices.

I simply won't be buying any of their blasters and hunt for 2000-2005 singles that I couldn't afford back in the days.