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Set Overview: 2008 Upper Deck Spectrum Baseball

Last year, the thing that caught my attention about Upper Deck Spectrum was the Spectrum of Stars autographs that brought B-list celebrity signatures to the hobby. Where else could I get a Corey Feldman autograph for my Goonies collection or a Todd Bridges signature? You don't know who Todd Bridges is? That's okay. However an ever-evolving "official checklist" soured me quite a bit from the product so hopefully Upper Deck is more up front this time.

The celebrity autographs are back, this time one per box. The main focus here is 80s hair rockers. Bands like Twisted Sister, Warrent and Skid Row are just a few that are represented. There's also several actors including Henry "The Fonz" Winkler, Larry "J.R." Hagman, Butch "Eddie Munster" Patrick and others. From early tracking on eBay, I've observed that the rockers are much more plentiful than the actors. Many of the actors also look as though they might be exclusive to die cut parallel that is numbered out of 25.

But let's not forget that this is a baseball product. Each 20-pack box should contain two autographs and two memorabilia cards. This is also the first product to include memorabilia versions of the massive 6500-card Yankee Stadium Legacy set that's spanning across all of Upper Deck's 2008 baseball products.

Set Breakdown:

Base Set: 100 cards
Cards per pack: 5
Packs per box: 20
Suggested Retail Price: $5.99
Release Date: April, 2008

Product Highlights

  • Spectrum of Stars celebrity autographs, one per box on average
  • Two memorabilia cards per box, on average
  • Two autographed cards per box, on average
  • Press Plates, one per case on average
  • Autographed Buyback cards
  • Yankee Stadium Legacy inserts randomly inserted
  • First product featuring Yankee Stadium Legacy memorabilia cards

Inserts and Parallel Cards

  • Regular Card Parallel Cards (# to 399 or less)
  • Derek Jeter Retrospectrum - 100 cards covering his career thus far
  • Derek Jeter Retrospectrum Parallel Cards (# to 99)
  • Press Plate Cards

Autograph Cards (2 per box, on average)

  • Spectrum Rookie Signatures
  • Spectrum Rookie Signatures Parallel Cards
  • Spectrum Rookie Signatures Die Cut Parallel Cards (# to 25 or less)
  • Spectrum of Stars Signatures
  • Spectrum of Stars Die Cut Parallel Cards (# to 25)
  • Spectrum Swatches Auto Parallel (# to 30)

Autographed Buyback Cards Memorabilia Cards (2 per box, on average)

  • Spectrum Swatches (# to 99)
  • Spectrum Swatches Parallel Cards (# to 75 or less)
  • Spectrum Dual Swatches (# to 99)
  • Aligning the Stars 3 (# to 75)
  • Aligning the Stars 4 (# to 15)
  • Retrospectrum Swatches (# to 99)
  • Retrospectrum Swatches Parallel (# to 45)
  • Retrospectrum Swatches Patch Parallel (# to25)