What is the holdup on the release? Us as collectors can’t even get an approximate date for the release? This is very very sad. One of the most anticipated products every year, and we get jerked around once again.

Hal, it is being held up in order to get more hard-signed autograph content in the product. There is a lot of multi-signed autograph cards included so it is important to us to have as few redemptions as possible in the release. We would rather apologize for the delays, than put it out before it is ready and apologize for all the redemption cards in the product. Thanks for your patience, this release should definitely be worth the wait!

Can collectors go to the event in montreal and receive a pack or this event is reserved for dealer ?

With multi-signed autograph cards usually at the odds of 1 per case, I don’t see why you’re making such a fuss over so little, should the multi autographs really be the reason for the delays.

Doesn’t sound very legitimate to me. Why hold up a product that has had tremendous success (even if there’s redemptions) over the years? Are you just building up the hype or is something wrong?

Maxime,

It is just dealers, but many will be sharing these cards with their customers when they get back from the event and they will likely make their way into the market from there.

Jon M,

No conspiracy here my friend and certainly nothing wrong, we have just been very outspoken about the fact we do not want to release products any longer with high rates of redemptions. If we can delay a product a month or two and get live autograph rates double digit percentage points higher, we think that is the right thing to do. It leads to a better pack opening experience for our customers and a longer product shelf life for dealers. The product is done, as you can see from these cards, we are just waiting to get more hard-signed autographs in house. It won’t be much longer.