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Old 04-24-2023, 01:31 PM   #6
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Found this article,

https://www.beckett.com/news/2023-24...-hockey-cards/

Looks like November is when they'll come out. Now what's a hobby box compared to a normal box, and how will I be able to get them?
Interesting. Take a look at this nonsense:



As for your question, they make hobby boxes/packs (sold at sports card shops -- there are a few different ones in Calgary) and retail boxes/packs (sold at retail stores like Walmart). In the past, both hobby and retail had the same odds for Young Guns (1 in every 4 packs on average), but hobby boxes were more expensive because you could also pull other types of insert cards (numbered exclusive/high gloss, clear cut, etc).

I see next year they are reducing the amount of packs in a hobby box from 24 to 12, with a corresponding change in odds for Young Guns (instead of 1 in 4 packs, it's 1 in 2 packs). I'd be curious if they do the same in retail; if it was this year's set, the odds of pulling a certain Young Guns card (like Bedard) is technically the same in both hobby and retail but that may not be the case next year.

Here are a couple of links with more info:

https://www.upperdeckblog.com/2020/1...to-collecting/
https://cloutsnchara.com/collecting-guide-3/

There are also a lot of good (and bad) videos on Youtube, I can link to some if you're interested.

EDIT: I see you're in Ontario; just do a google search and you should be able to find something reasonably close by.
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