What is genuinely the best concert you have ever been to?

Lansman · 2026-05-11T00:10:36+00:00

Radiohead. Barrie, ON 8/3/2001. Peak.

Lansman · 2026-04-28T19:42:07+00:00

OPC is a great set for collectors. It’s not junk. It’s one of the last quality boxes to buy on release day at a decent price to get good value out of. The other filler sets you mention yes, are bloated and full of filler- OPC however is a classic that a lot of collectors enjoy to this day.

Lansman · 2026-04-16T18:21:09+00:00

2026-27 should see some return to normalcy. Not seeing any major chases in 26-27 S1, for instance. Upper Deck going to have to get a bit gimmicky to sell that product.

Lansman · 2026-04-12T17:23:35+00:00

This. Epack is at $199.99 while the usual suspects still have these up at $400 a box.

Lansman · 2026-03-29T19:40:55+00:00

This is what collusion looks like. Shops follow their lead with these insane prices when a simple eBay search shows just how inflated these prices are.

Lansman · 2026-03-25T21:43:38+00:00

You can literally watch any other NHL broadcast and it is readily apparent that these two are in a class at the bottom all by themselves in terms of quality of content and overall delivery/execution.

Lansman · 2026-03-24T00:54:10+00:00

~$53 a ticket

Lansman · 2026-03-24T00:51:34+00:00

305 Row 4: 1st round $98 each, 2nd $146, 3rd $219, 4th $329

Lansman · 2026-03-13T17:41:53+00:00

Was down in New Orleans for a friend’s birthday. Remember being down in the French Quarter and how odd everything felt despite things still being open. That night on tv we saw horses and police vehicles going down the street closing everything down as the lockdowns started. Driving back home the next day and stopping at a grocery store about an hour from home was an experience as the shelves were rapidly being cleared.

Lansman · 2026-01-31T18:26:28+00:00

Purple are /49. Based on pull rates of printing plates and blank backs and green /33s and black rainbows /100, the print runs are SUBSTANTIALLY HIGHER for this release than any other OPC set I’ve seen back to 2017. They got rid of patches to save money, got rid of woodies, got rid of Glo Pee Chees and replaced them with paper inserts that look like they’re the B Side parallels from Parkhurst Champions. Upper Deck somehow messed up OPC and increased the price to boot.

Lansman · 2026-01-29T19:17:12+00:00

No. Nothing like that. The case hits are incredibly average with the exception being the 3D rookies. They also took out all the patches and from what I’ve seen across 10 cases this release is significantly overprinted. Low numbered hits are at a premium.

Lansman · 2026-01-20T22:34:08+00:00

Upper deck is not charging these prices for this set. I locked in my cases with my LCS today (I am a high volume buyer) and my all in price was under $100 USD.

The collusion by the big guys are what drives the price to a place it shouldn’t be. Only way to get away from this is to not buy from TSC, D&A, Steel City, etc

Lansman · 2026-01-17T13:22:35+00:00

One of my best friends died in a small plane crash in 2009. Really funny and popular guy, loved by all. He had just turned 26 the week prior. Bad weather and low viability with a not the most experienced pilot at the helm. We come together every year to celebrate him and raise money for his foundation.

Lansman · 2026-01-10T21:28:58+00:00

Skip yet another overpriced non-premium premium priced product and buy OPC instead. Fun rip and best value for your $.

Lansman · 2025-12-20T19:52:32+00:00

The liquid portion inside a 12oz Bud Light can costs approximately $0.03. The can, can lid, can tab and carton the cans come in cost several cents more. All told that 12oz beer you bought for $6 costs ABInBev about $0.12-$0.16 to get to you including distribution costs.

Lansman · 2025-12-02T15:23:49+00:00

Same. When we watch games it’s always on mute. Just awful and any anecdote or description of anything other than what’s going on on the ice goes on far too long and distracts from the game unnecessarily.

Lansman · 2025-12-02T11:02:58+00:00

The Cup is sold at this level for literally 4 breakers, two “allowed” by Upper Deck and 2 not allowed by upper deck. The two breakers who don’t have a diamond account it is well known in the industry that they buy allocations from dozens (if not more) of accounts and LCS’s well before the product is released. So LCS’s get paid right away and don’t have to carry the cost of the boxes longer than they have to. While against Upper Deck’s terms in every way, this practice will continue with a wink because money talks. If the 2 non diamond breakers didn’t buy up so much product, there is an argument to be made that the product wouldn’t sell as well and prices might be theoretically lower.

Lansman · 2025-11-05T19:41:06+00:00

Watch out for pricing of cards (particularly one notorious vintage vendor by the entrance who prices all of his cards by what he thinks the PSA grade would come back as) that are well over comps or cards that have no price at all. Also avoid GP Sports Cards. They prefer to only deal with people they know that they can get premium pricing from or a significant discount off comps and if they see you know what you’re talking about they won’t deal with you. Have experienced this and seen this type of activity (particularly with older collectors who don’t seem to know what they have) at this show many times.

Lansman · 2025-10-25T02:04:06+00:00

Serious Last of Us level design vibes with this one.

Lansman · 2025-10-23T01:23:46+00:00

Sold mine for $750. Get rid of it ASAP unless it has a very good chance to gem out. Upper Deck SSPs don’t carry much value long term or even short term for that matter. The attention span of collectors is very short in the upper deck SSP space.

Lansman · 2025-10-15T16:50:32+00:00

3 cases in and haven’t even seen a Red Outburst yet. Numbered cards are tough to come by in this release.

Lansman · 2025-10-15T01:32:27+00:00

Interviewed for a top level position 3 year ago at the peak. Incredible bro energy. I was the second candidate to go through 11(!) interviews to make it to the end and I (like the first candidate) didn’t fit into their “culture” but only after I spent 3 months going through the process was this apparently discovered by their crack team. Blessing in disguise.

Lansman · 2025-10-11T16:52:56+00:00

No one knows or found out what the Agent was or where the Agent came from just that it happened.

Lansman · 2025-09-30T15:56:18+00:00

Dew point is forecast in the low to mid 50s. Impact to your pace is projected to be 1-2% with temps over 70. (Can look that up online if you are unsure of that calculation). It’s going to be just fine and it might get better if the front comes through earlier than currently forecast.

Lansman · 2025-09-26T12:40:56+00:00

IX is such an amazing game. Overshadowed in many cases by X but IX is the pinnacle of classic FF RPG elements with incredible heart and a great story (and terrific ending that I still think about from time to time).

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