2008 Upper Deck Timeline Hobby Box

I bought a box of this awhile back and just never got around to busting it until recently. If you have not paid attention lately, you can pick up a hobby box of this product for under $30.00. Let’s see what we get outta this sucker shall we?

As always the product details first:

Look for (2) Autograph Cards per box on average – Plus a chance to hit a MYSTERY CUT AUTOGRAPH! Each pack contains (6) Short Prints – Over 100 SP’s, inserts, and parallels in EVERY BOX

Featuring Classic Upper Deck designs from products such as 1993 SP, 2004 Legends Timeless Teams, and 1995 SP Top Prospects!

Find randomly inserted Yankee Stadium Memorabilia Cards, Signs of History Autograph Cards, and Timeline Cut Signature Cards!

Configuration: 18 packs per box, 8 cards per pack

PRODUCT BREAKDOWN:

Base Set and Subsets
* Base Set
* Rookie card subset (50 cards) (1:1 pack)
* 1992 UD Minor League reg subset (30 cards) (1:1 pack)
* 1995 SP Top Prospects reg subset (50 cards) (1:1 pack)
* 2004 UD Timeless Team subset (100 cards) (1:1 pack)
* 1993 SP Rookie Card subset (25 cards) (1:3 packs)
* 1995 SP Rookie Card subset (25 cards) (1:6 packs)

Inserts and Parallel Cards
* Base Card Gold Parallel (50 cards) (1:6 packs)
* Base Rookie Gold Parallel (50 cards) (1:12 packs)
* 1994 UD All-Time Heroes 20th Anniversary Parallel
* 2004 UD Timeless Gold Parallel (#ed to 25)

Autograph Cards (2 per box, on average)
* 1994 UD All-Time Heroes Auto Parallel (#ed up to 99)
* 1995 SP Top Prospects Autograph Parallel (#’ed to 95)
* 2004 UD Timeless Autograph Parallel
* 1993 SP Rookie Autograph Parallel (#’ed to 93)
* 1995 SP Rookie Autograph Parallel (#’ed to 95)
* 18U USA Baseball Signatures
* Timeline Cut Signatures (#ed up to 99)

Redemption comes 1 per case on average

Ok by now most of you are familiar with some of the issues and reviews that people have posted about this product. Some like it, others could no doubt do without it. Either way, here we go.

The “regular” base card.  I pulled 27 of these in my box including the Jr. pictured below.

The regular rookie card looks very similar, I pulled 18 of these.

Next up we have the 2004 UD Timeless team cards. I think I like this design the most.

I pulled 18 of these and wish I had more. I really like the overall design of this card and I love how the back includes a picture of the teams stadium.

Up next we have the 1994 Upper Deck All-Time Heroes inserts. There are a couple versions of this insert with one having a gold foil UD stamp in the top left hand corner.

I only pulled one of these gold foil stamped versions but I did manage to pull 18 of the “regular” 1994 Upper Deck All-Time Heroes inserts.

Next we’ll take a look at the 1995 SP Top Prospects inserts. I pulled 18 of these in my box.

Keeping with the 1995 theme we have the 1995 SP Rookie Card insert as well. I pulled 3 of these in my box including the Buchholz pictured below.

Continuing our travels back in time we will take a look at the 1994 SP Rookie Card inserts next. I pulled 4 of these in my box.

Another throwback insert is the 1993 SP Rookie Card insert. I pulled 6 of these from my box and off all the inserts I think the 93/94 are my least favorite. I do not like the mirror finish on these cards. It has to make it near impossible to find one w/0 any chipping.

The last throwback insert we have is the 1992 Minor League Set inserts.  I pulled 17 of these inserts with one double.

That concludes our travels back in time. What do you think about having all the “old school” inserts in this set?  I have mixed feelings about it. One the one hand it would be nice to see some new fresh designs but on the other its nice to have a product highlight some of their popular designs.

There are also some parallels in this set. There are gold versions of the “regular” base card as well gold parallels for the “regular” rookie cards.

That leaves us with the Auto’s and the YSL inserts. I didn’t post the YSL inserts – if you don’t know what those look like just check out some of my other busts. I pulled 5 by the way. As for the AUTO’s – I pulled 3 out of this box – beating the odds just slightly.

The 3rd AUTO I pulled

NO idea who it is. UD says the card will arrive in approx. 12-16 weeks. Obviously with pulling a case hit and only one double its hard to complain about this box. With a current price tag of under $30.00 – its definitely something to consider with all the lackluster releases so far this year.