Next up is a pack you don't see every day... 1987 O-Pee-Chee!
O-Pee-Chee essentially had the license to print Topps cards in Canada. In many ways, they are the Canadian special-ed brother of cool kid Topps. The cards are often off center, and the edges look like they were cut from the sheet with a hand saw.
The set was also usually smaller and featured a few extra Blue Jays and Expos. The 1987 OPC set was 396 cards.
I
believe these were distributed in 48 pack, 6 cards per pack boxes, but don't hold me to that.
We begin with the pack, which has a bunch of foreign words on it. Korean or Italian or something. I don't know, I only speak American. As an added bonus, the back of the pack encourages me to "Be A Superstar - Don't Do Drugs!" in two languages.
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#347 Scott McGregor & #308 Don Slaught. Good representation of the centering on OPCs on both of these. The Slaught almost has the top portion of the back of the card cut off.
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#41 Bo Diaz & #335 Candy Maldonado. That Diaz is a good looking card!
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#202 Danny Cox & #307 Kevin Mitchell. I believe "Now with Padres" is French for "Got run out of New York for being thuggish", but I'm not sure. My French is a bit rusty. What you don't see here is the 22 year old piece of gum that is superglued to the back of the Cox card.
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My "bonus card" is non other than Hall of Famer, fan favorite, and (alleged) womanizer Kirby Puckett. I've shown the back as well. You can see it's a different, lighter stock than '87 Topps. Think of it as a similar consistency as that white recycled cardboard that your cereal box is made of. But thinner. Kirby plays the position of Voltigeur, which honestly, sounds cooler than Outfielder.
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So, there you have it!
Au revoir!
3 comments:
C'est Bonne!
Aw man. I need that Danny Cox!
It's much easier to become a superstar WITH drugs, though...
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