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2003-04 Upper Deck MVP

Packs per Box: 24
Cards per Pack: 8
Cards per Box: 192
Base Set Completion: 38.9% (171 of 440)
RCs in box: 2 - Matt Stajan, Kent McDonell
Duplicates: 0

The exact contents of the pack scanned in and used to find insert odds:

Mike Komisarek #232
Joe Sakic #104
Daymond Langkow #323
Mike Modano #127
Todd Marchant #122
Brad Richards #378
Darby Hendrickson #217
Tim Taylor #389

First Pack Comments: Ahh, so "Larger set size for added collectibility" really means "Have fun pulling 4th liners!".
First Pack Rating: 2 / 10

Total: 18
MVP Talent (1:12) -- 2: Steve Yzerman, Mike Modano
Winning Formula (1:18) -- 1: Paul Kariya
Masked Men (1:18) -- 2: Jocelyn Thibault, Marty Turco
Clutch Performers (1:24) -- 1: Steve Yzerman
SportsNut Fanatasy Game (1:3) -- 8: Giguere, Weiss, Cechmanek, Fernandez, Brodeur, Langenbrunner, Kolzig, Bondra
MVP Silver Script (#'d to 150) -- 1: Jaroslav Modry (115/150)
MVP Gold Script (#'d to 25) -- 1: Mats Sundin (3/25)
Rookie Class Redemption (1:35) -- 1: Class A Redemption
Hobby Rookie Class Redemption (1:72) -- 0
MVP Souvenirs (1:24) -- 1: Paul Kariya
Threads of Change Jersey (#'d to 100) -- 0
Leathal Lineups (#'d to 50) -- 0
ProSign Autograph (1:480) -- 0

Box Rating: 7.0 / 10
Product Rating: 6.0 / 10

03-04 UD MVP isn't quite as enjoyable as some previous MVP brands, but it's able to leave its mark and still be a decent break.

This year's MVP returns the 1 memorabilia per box guarentee. Sure it's only practice used stuff, but it's also a $30 box. That's not a bad deal. Added to this year's MVP is also a rookie redemption card, which comes about 2 per 3 boxes. Rookie Redemptions are worth 10 rookies, which will be very nice when January rolls around.

The bad part about MVP is that the parallels are only 1 per box on average. See, what made the previous Silver Scripts great was that they were easy to pull and you got a lot of fascimile autographs. Nothing at all wrong with that. UD instead decided to limit these cards ... I guess they figure fascimile autos are the big thing? But at one per it's not as neat a feature.

I also am not a fan of the new design. Reading the player names is almost impossible - and trust me, with a 440 card set you'll be pulling some guys you'll need to read the card to name. The jersey background is also pretty tacky. However, to UD's credit they did make the backs look nice, and since the set is designed for setbuilders ...

Overall, my box wasn't bad. I was very glad to get the Rookie Redemption card. The MVP Souvenirs of Kariya is nice, even if it is only practice used. But I especially love that Sundin Gold Script. Considering the difficulty of pulling a Gold Script and then considering there are 440 different guys to get, pulling Sundin was very, very nice.

Not the best MVP in the world, but it still gives newer collectors a good springboard into the hobby and while it's not quite as fun as previous years, it's still a cheap and fairly fun box break.

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