2009-10 Upper Deck Basketball Forum

Everything I can find points to there being a 20-card insert set in 2009-10 Upper Deck called "Now Appearing". There are images on COMC, a checklist on Upper Deck's website, a checklist on Beckett, and a full gallery on TCDB. Fair enough, that looks good.

However, in 2008-09 Skybox basketball, we have an identical checklist. The one image currently there is slated for removal - it's labeled clearly as the 2009-10 Upper Deck image. That means problem: nowhere can I find the existance of this set actually proven. COMC lists nothing. Nor does Worthpoint or eBay. Upper Deck has a checklist for it, and images - fronts the same, backs different (even has the Skybox set name at the top, and oriented the other direction) - but I suspect they are mockups. Beckett also has a checklist, but no images or pricing.

I assume that, for some reason or another, the set was never released in 2008-09 Skybox, or in the 2008-09 hobby year at all. Rather, it was inserted into next year's Upper Deck flagship product. Does anyone have any further proof of this? Am I overlooking something? If no one has any evidence that both sets truly exist, I'll submit an IR to get the sets merged and cleaned up. Thanks!

The product breakdown on Dave and Adams for a Hobby box makes no mention of a Now Appearing insert set.

https://www.dacardworld.com/sports-cards/2008-09-upper-deck-skybox-basketball-hobby-box

I have two of the cards from the Upper Deck one, so I know that one definitely exists 

No idea on the Skybox one though

Anyone else before I submit an IR later this morning?

Are we sure this set exists as well? https://www.tcdb.com/Checklist.cfm/sid/32146/2008-09-Upper-Deck-MVP---Now-Appearing

I'd say to go ahead and submit the IRs. I also have not seen any proof of this set being inserted into 2008-09 SkyBox.

I hadn't even started diving into the MVP set, though I saw it on Upper Deck's website as well. Thanks. IR going in shortly.