Gretzky inked inscription

[jernst2]

I have looked at these a few times and have to ask everyone what does
"1-20-10" stand for?

http://www.ebay.ca/itm/14-15-UD-Pre...844eda8&pid=100005&rk=3&rkt=6&sd=391230377089

 

[99wgretzky99]

#1 - In points

#20 - seasons played

#10 - Art Ross trophies won

Just a guess though.

 

[Superdoup]

January 20th 2010. lol

 

[coxy15]

Not sure what that is supposed to mean for Gretzky
but according to the checklist here the 1-20-10 was
supposed to be the Inscription for Eric Staal.


http://www.cardboardconnection.com/2014-upper-deck-premier-hockey-cards

From what I've seen,most haven't even bothered
to inscribe the cards.

 

[sedinfan]

Yikes, that's brutal... so did UD really ask #99 to 'hey Wayne, please sign your name and then write 1-20-10 underneath'... Gretzky says 'Sure, but what does that date signify, I retired more than 10 years before that?'... 'I dunno Wayne, but the printout they gave me says you're supposed to write that'... 'ok whatever (scrawls name and date) got my cheque?'

Has any company ever pulled off a full and complete inscriptions set where every card has a proper inscription? I was this close to collecting the NT nicknames set until I saw some players didnt bother writing their nicknames... then UD botched this one... thought maybe the Inscriptions in the Team Canada master set that's coming out would be nice, but according to the checklist on cardboard connection only 5 out of 11 cards have an inscription?! And this from a set that "it has been revealed that Upper Deck has spent several years planning and making this product"? Really, they spent YEARS working on a high end set that's gonna sell for 3000 or so per box, and they couldn't even get it half right?

 

[jernst2]

Not sure what that is supposed to mean for Gretzky
but according to the checklist here the 1-20-10 was
supposed to be the Inscription for Eric Staal.


http://www.cardboardconnection.com/2014-upper-deck-premier-hockey-cards

From what I've seen,most haven't even bothered
to inscribe the cards.

Wow so I guess they sent Staal's instructions to Gretzky?

 

[capsfan30]

Wow so I guess they sent Staal's instructions to Gretzky?

I may have to buy an Eric "The Great One" Staal auto, just because :laugh:

 

[Jester240]

I think this is what it was supposed to look like

 

[sedinfan]

Scouring ebay - out of the 26 cards on the checklist, I don't see any Peter Forsberg copies at all, and there are two redemptions (Tavares and Draisatl) so that leaves 23 live cards.

Of the 23 live cards, 13 of them have the correct inscriptions, 7 have no inscriptions at all (Ovechkin, Orr, Price, Staal, Bernier, Granlund, Lemieux), and that leaves Drouin (wrote a date only, but no "NHL Debut"), Ekblad (wrote the wrong year "4" instead of "14" for the year of his first 3 point game), and the aforementioned Gretzky with Staal's date.

Thanks for trying UD, hopefully the QC department will step it up just a little bit next year.

 

[gobuffalo2331]

If the players don't inscribe the card as they are instructured, or write things wrong, that's on them not UD

 

[mortuus]

If the players don't inscribe the card as they are instructured, or write things wrong, that's on them not UD

Wrong UD has QA when they get the cards to check if everything is alright before they pack the cards so to me its not the player who is to blaim here but UD :foottap:

I dont understand if the set was supposed to have the personal "inked sign" then why did so many cards not have any ? i dont get it...

 

[trekrun]

I dont understand if the set was supposed to have the personal "inked sign" then why did so many cards not have any ? i dont get it...

Players sign contracts to get paid for their autographs ONLY or to scribble their initials.
Often at shows, you pay extra to have your card / item inscribed!

 

[frankiefives]

Players sign contracts to get paid for their autographs ONLY or to scribble their initials.
Often at shows, you pay extra to have your card / item inscribed!

Then they should refrain from making these types of sets. What's the point of making an inscriptions set if at least half the cards aren't inscribed?

 

[losman#99]

It's UD so they get a pass. I agree with Frankie and Panini is no better with their Notable Nickname sets. If you are going to do these type of sets do them right. In football the last few years some sign their nickname and some don't it's really frustrating if someone has started the set and then realize that not all of them are inscribed.

 

[chihawk19]

Has any company ever pulled off a full and complete inscriptions set where every card has a proper inscription?

The closest I know of is the 2004-05 UD Legendary Signatures AKA Autographs set. 22 of 24 had the signature and nickname. Tony Esposito only signed "Tony O" and Mark Johnson didn't include his nickname.