[Optimus_Prime]

I know this has been addressed many times before, But I'm slightly confused still.

If the product is Retail, Will it say Retail on the product? Or does Retail vs Hobby mean the card ratios are different or they only have cards you can pull from each?

For example, I'm looking at collecting the 2009-10 Upper Deck Champ's set, They have a Hobby box and a Retail box for sale. I cannot tell the difference and beckett does not list a hobby card or a retail card.

Other than buying a box that says retail on it, how do you know you have a hobby vs retail? DACworld has 24 packs on sale for 10 bucks i was going to buy but not if i have to get into a retail vs hobby issue. The set is already large enough?

Thanks

[ReimerFan]

The base set will be the same for both hobby and retail. The only main difference is, usually your odds are a lot better to pull something from a hobby box than retail.

[dam1057]

And, sometimes, they actually label them, either on the pack or box. But, not too often.

[hockeyvadim]

Also, some times (Upper Deck Artifacts) there are actually retail versions of jersey cards. I know I personally have a few Patrick Roy and Drew Doughty artifacts jersey cards that are numbered or labeled as retail.

[gamblersheaven]

Hobby boxes usually guarantee a certain number of auto and game used cards and retail doesn't. You usually do good to pull 1 hit from retail. That's why you can buy the 24 pack retail boxes so cheap.