2009 Upper Deck Spectrum blue are #'d to ...?

[tommyfro21]

I began reading about this set after reading the post about the 2006 UD Special f/x blues /25. Turns out this set and even the swatches have a similar print run speculation around them. I can't seem to find anything conclusive about the numbering on these but some believe it is /25 as well. Not sure about the swatches though.

Anyone have any info on the blue set or the blue swatch set?

 

[DeliciousBacon]

A few summers ago, I opened a ton of 2009 Spectrum blasters (KMart had them for $6), and got plenty of Blues (at least one per blaster). They may have been a retail-only parallel, that certainly was common for UD to have retail-only stuff like this. The retail hits were the Blue Swatches, one per blaster. It's not possible for them to have a print run of anything close to 25; in fact, I bet they have a higher PR than the numbered swatches. I suspect the real reason there's speculation about them being /25 is that they're a retail parallel from a horrible product that people just weren't buying in blaster form.

 

[tommyfro21]

Why are they not listed with prices though? That's the confusing thing. If they were plentiful, why not price them?
Not challenging you, but more or less asking what I think is a question that needs to be asked.

 

[DeliciousBacon]

Why are they not listed with prices though? That's the confusing thing. If they were plentiful, why not price them?
Not challenging you, but more or less asking what I think is a question that needs to be asked.

There are several retail-only inserts/parallels that Beckett doesn't price for various reasons, all related to them being thinly traded. That doesn't necessarily mean they're scarce, it could also mean that collectors don't care about them. Going by my experiences, I'd say it's more the latter for these Spectrum Blues. However, I did think of the possibility that UD recalled a lot of these blasters, so it could be that they exist but aren't currently in the market. Who knows...I didn't even know there was talk of scarcity with these, but now that I look, I do only have two of these in my PC (I did sell the 15 or so I had at a show, so those are long gone).

 

[goldenegg1]

No way these are shortprinted to 25. I've opened a ton of these blasters at $6 each and you get one blue per blaster, and the relic cards are all blue. No way possible these are shortprinted.

 

[AmishDave]

/170 I think. I'll have to find my JJ to confirm it.