I Hit a 1/1 From This Marvel X-Men Metal Universe Hobby Box
A collector opens a Marvel X-Men Metal Universe hobby box, pulling cards with various parallels and inserts, including a one-of-one sketch card. He then showcases personal Wolverine PC (player collection) pickups, including a red PMG parallel and a Marvel Masterpieces sketch card.
Summary
The video begins with the collector opening an expensive Marvel X-Men Metal Universe hobby box that he's never opened before, though he's familiar with the Marvel Metal product line from Spider-Man releases. He explains his main chase is Wolverine PMGs (Precious Metal Gems), ideally in green or red variants, though he also collects other high-end parallels, numbered cards, sketch cards, and special inserts like Grandiose cards and Palladium Portraits.
Throughout the box opening, he pulls various base cards featuring X-Men characters including Jubilee, Omega Red, Gambit, Bishop, Silver Samurai, Dark Phoenix, Wolverine variants, Deadpool, and Magneto. He notes the cards have a spectacular metal finish with rainbow refraction and discusses the fragile nature of metal cards, particularly the chipping on back edges that makes high-grade examples difficult to obtain. He pulls two gold parallel cards and a pink FX numbered card (Wendigo, numbered to 75). His best pull from the box is a one-of-one original art sketch card featuring Lockheed by artist Mark Shrewer, which he identifies as roughly a one-in-eight-boxes pull.
After completing the box, the collector showcases several PC pickups he's been collecting. His first showcase is a raw red PMG Wolverine (47/100) from Marvel Metal Universe Avengers 2023, which he describes as a grail card and carefully places into a one-touch holder with protective sleeve. He notes that graded red PMGs typically sell for $2,000-$3,000, which is why he purchased this raw example in hopes it will grade well. He also displays an eight-numbered-to-75 pink parallel from 2024 Metal Universe. Finally, he shows a Marvel Masterpieces Wolverine sketch card (one-of-one) by Salvador of Velasquez featuring watercolor artwork with prominent claws, which he particularly loves. He concludes by displaying a graded 2023 Light FX Neon Blue card that graded as a PSA 9, noting how difficult it is to find high grades of this card and that PMG versions command premium prices.
Key Insights
- The collector states that PSA 10 PMG cards from Marvel Metal products essentially don't exist due to back chipping issues inherent to metal cards, making high-grade examples nearly impossible to obtain
- The speaker identifies one-of-one sketch cards as approximately a one-in-eight-boxes pull rate, representing one of the premium hits from the Marvel Metal Universe product
- The collector purchased a raw red PMG Wolverine instead of a graded one because graded versions cost $2,000-$3,000, betting that his raw card will grade well enough to justify the purchase decision
- The speaker notes that PMG parallel variants are valued much higher than lower-numbered cards despite the same print-run hierarchy, attributing this to brand name recognition and the spectacular finish on PMG cards
- The collector observes that Marvel Masterpieces sketch cards vary significantly in quality and composition, with preference for examples that feature prominent character details like claws rather than zoomed-in partial views
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Transcript
[0:00] Well, I've been on a bit of a Wolverine kick lately, and I've never opened this box before. It's It's expensive. I mean, you can see what I paid for it right here. One little thing I was worried about is this is kind of punched out already. I bought it from a place I've never bought anything from before. So, let's just hope that this wasn't already opened up or something. I bought three of these boxes and all of them look like this. I think it was just pushed down and it it just kind of, you know, popped [0:33] that a little bit, but let's hope. And make sure you stick around to the end because…
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