2006 Upper Deck Special FX Blue

[A_Pharis]

That is 100% blue

 

[excel_B]

That is 100% blue

And it's available...

 

[gvsu96]

I had a ton of these back in the day. Might have a few left somewhere but no big names.

 

[Waxov]

That was a fun break. The autos look awesome and you get 3 per box. 2 gu as well.

 

[Brewer Andy]

That was a fun break. The autos look awesome and you get 3 per box. 2 gu as well.

Has the box price come down on these at all? Most of the potential hits are pretty crappy on the checklist though aren't they?

 

[r2d2]

I remembered this thread and the rarity of these, so grabbed a Vladdy that got listed on COMC for my PC.

@r2d2 @VizquelCollector.com - any luck in the last three years? These still as tough to find as you thought then? Has the collecting world caught on to their rarity?

Still need mine =(

 

[Waxov]

Has the box price come down on these at all? Most of the potential hits are pretty crappy on the checklist though aren't they?

The 3 I pulled were terrible. Brian Bannister is the only memorable of the 3, simply because of a crisp auto.

Beautiful cards of long relievers and backup SS

 

[EmeraldRain]

These are still very tough to find esp. since it often requires sifting through quarter boxes because Beckett refuses to reflect their true scarcity. Which is good and bad of course for obvious reasons.

I've been building these sets since day 1 (though the priority is extremely low) and they are becoming increasingly tougher to find for all levels, however I don't scour all the sites online and typically rely on eBay or card shows for them. I don't know if I've even hit the 50% mark for the purples but have a significant stack of greens, reds and I believe 150+ blues. I checked before and I didn't have the Omar or Cantu Blue, sorry guys. I do buy these, all versions (even base) but don't want to turn this into a buying thread so let me know what ya got and price, I'll at least respond with yay or nay.

The box price for this stuff is still way too high imo, most often you get a couple $1 autos and $1 gu cards and a couple of the other colored parallels. The Blues fell approx 1:2 boxes so even that wasn't that great since there's a ton of common guys with a 1000+ card set size. Much better off buying singles if you can find them.

 

[Greg Cleveland]

Griffey and Jeter are the king autos from the set. There's also Miguel Cabrera, Cole Hamels, Andre Ethier, Jonathon Papelbon, Hanley Ramirez, Chase Utley, Adam Wainwright, Ryan Zimmerman, and my best pull--Justin Verlander. But to find those, you'll have to pull a Keith Hattig or Ruddy Lugo--and worse--along the way.

 

[IUjapander]

Not including 2013 cards, I need 11 Ryan Doumit cards for 100%. Two of them are from this set (green and blue). They are tough to find.

 

[Waxov]

Not including 2013 cards, I need 11 Ryan Doumit cards for 100%. Two of them are from this set (green and blue). They are tough to find.

I cant recall who but Im almost sure theres another guy here who is a just blue away from 100%ing his player. Its almost harder to find noname players as casual collectors could toss them due to looking like base and no serial #

 

[subject to change]

For whatever reason I've had more trouble finding the greens than anything. I think I have more of both the blues and reds from the Pirate team set than I do of the greens, and have never seen a copy of the Jack Wilson green, which is the only one I need for the player rainbow.

 

[IUjapander]

For whatever reason I've had more trouble finding the greens than anything. I think I have more of both the blues and reds from the Pirate team set than I do of the greens, and have never seen a copy of the Jack Wilson green, which is the only one I need for the player rainbow.

Well if you happen to have a green or blue doumit from your pirates team set, and ever feel like breaking it up please let me know.

 

[subject to change]

Well if you happen to have a green or blue doumit from your pirates team set, and ever feel like breaking it up please let me know.

I checked over what I have. I actually don't have Doumit in any color, but if I happen to come across a green or blue it's all yours.

 

[BiggioBrooks755]

I still need the Biggio...I have the base and the Purple

 

[LWMM]

Did a brief bit of looking around, and was fairly surprised to see how many of these are currently for sale.

COMC: 61
Just Commons: 50
Beckett: 14
Sportlots: 8
Sportsbuy: 5

That's 138 total, from a 1,025 large set. I didn't check for duplicates, but that's still got to be well over 10% of the blue set that's available now, six years after release. Pretty crazy, considering how many of us still haven't found ours. I'm still looking for the Jonny Gomes and Matt Diaz cards (Have never seen the Gomes; saw the Diaz upon release, but let it get away).

At this point I have 13 of the base Gomes (and half a dozen of Diaz), purchased blind in the hope that the blue might have gone unrecognized, and have recently begun purchasing duplicates of the numbered parallels out of frustration. If I have 5 purples instead of 1, it's more likely that someone will list the blue next. Right?

 

[BiggioBrooks755]

Still need Biggio even though not looking that hard for it at this point

 

[r2d2]

Never seen Cantu

 

[PeteD]

Found lots of these when cleaning up friend's shop. I'll check for the Blues.

 

[gradedeflator]

if you find a Pedro Martinez or Mike Piazza, i'd be much obliged if you let me know!

Found lots of these when cleaning up friend's shop. I'll check for the Blues.