1990-91 Upper Deck Hockey Forum

I have heard rumblings over the years that Upper Deck mad so much 1990-91 Hockey that at 1 time they had a lot of it stored somewhere in New York. Just wondering if anyone else ever came across that story or heard of something similar?

I've seen or heard about some kind of forgotten warehouse full of rotting cards, not sure of years or manufacturer but I'm sure it has been discussed here in the past. Maybe even video links??

Grab a book called Card Sharks by Pete Williams. A lot of dirt that went on at Upper Deck.

I think this is the story you heard about

Detroit Warehouse

Yes Gator that was it, wrong city lol

Yeah, i have seen that one in MI it looks like a whole lot of Canadian Junior cards from early 90's (7th Inning sketch)

Thanks for that i'll have to find that book on UD

All 90-91 products were mass-produced and the amount of unopened product still remaining 30 years later probably exceeds the total production runs for many new products. I don't think there was anything special or different about Upper Deck in that respect.

I remember Skybox/Impel boasting at the conclusion of the 90-91 season that they shredded 10,000 cases of Hoops to "protect the product's integrity" or some such nonsense.

With all the rioters there they may be burned up by now. I have heard during those years there were enough cards that each person in the whole world could own one. 

Plausible. During the junk era, Upper Deck has subcontracted part of its printing to a local business here. Plausible that some of that inventory was stored and/or accumulates dust in New York, but I suspect that the rumour can be coming from the pictures and videos circulating online. There's the unfamous 7th Inning Sketch overstock in Detroit, but also the "We buy all your boxes" ads published everywhere. Some of those guys doing that are in NY, if my memory serves me.

That was Pro Set's goal/motto