Totally agree with you about the FOMO on Bedard. Back in 2020-21, I was all in on Kaprizov. But never purchased one of his YG cards in the secondary market. I have about 7 or 8 of his YG cards and all of them pulled from a box
Honestly you would have to order it from Etsy from the guy that made me the two I own. I do it for simplicity I don’t pay for all the custom card stand companies to create the over the top brand card displays.
I actually like Trilogy. I know quite a lot don't care for it but that's fine with me. It allows me to buy numbered rookies cheaper than YG. I know with the 3 levels and parallels there still is a lot of RC for each but they're still less than high production run of base YG. Karte looks very promising from what I've seen of him. The only reason I won't be buying this year's Trilogy is that none of the Bruins rookies are in it. With the Bedard hype driving prices up I want to spend wisely on hunting Bruins rookies this year. Great video with some nice pulls.
I always say I don’t like it but then I do, it became more of a logistical thing which turned me off. They have switched its normal release date to come out and offer rookie autos with serials / parallels earlier in comparison to other years. The Bedard Tax is absolutely ridiculous and I can see the online giants even suffering where they need to come back to earth. People are spending thousands on base PSA 10, not many people rip as much, the early release of Trilogy killed other products value. In the video I complimented the quality of cards, this years is far better than previous. The cards have nice card stock and the parallels look good similar to 2020 however the years between have horrid colored parallels, crooked pasted serials or reverse serials vs pressing into card because they were made out of free card day stock. This is good because of the Bedard Tax. Upper Deck wants to impress those new to the hobby ripping for a Bedard. The previous two years parallels even serial numbered low are brutal. Fluorescent Booger Green Generations /99 last year was bad. I’ve also had good luck with trilogy. The point I’m trying to make is upper deck is rushing to get rookie autos out by using trilogy releasing it early. There’s still backlogged on years worth of product that’s higher end, they gave up redemptions and just say call us for multiple items I pulled from SPA. Their goal is to make as much off Bedard and present themselves as best possible for new collectors. Unfortunately next year those new collectors will wonder where the quality went.
Always love to see others sharing their love of the hobby and keeping the tradition going! Initially, Trilogy looked like it could be fun. The more I see it though, considering the lack of a guaranteed auto now, it seems like a harsher product to open. Cheers! 🏒
Appreciate it! That’s what my channel is about at least some get it. Versus complaining about the speed due to watching emotionless breakers profiting off people who buy in for hopes of a big PC hit that the odds are not in their favor.
@@fiveholefrank Exactly! That’s also where so many of the price increases keep coming from too. It’s unfortunate, but it’s good to see some people out there still trying to spread the enjoyment of it as a hobby. (And not trying to make it about profits) Awesome to see man!
@@1stpairingdbreaks I do it in hopes it helps out brother, I don’t sway people nor tell them what to buy etc. Just rip, enjoy & discuss pros/cons while having fun with jokes / references / hockey talk.
@@fiveholefrank For sure! Especially when it comes to trades, playoffs, draft picks, there’s a story behind the player on the cards too. It’s fun to see the growth of the sport and the hobby!
