It's not always easy to find hockey cards in Texas and finding some O-Pee-Chees at retail has been tougher than I anticipated. I love Texas for so many reasons but this is certainly a shortcoming.
I had stopped at various Targets and Walmarts at least a half dozen times before finding anything. I found an unopened box, but it wasn't a blaster. I asked a cashier to do a price check, thinking it would come back "item not found" and it did. She opened it up, tried again and success. Normally I wouldn't buy normal packs but since they were out of a previously unopened box, I snagged a couple. Since then I've looked for more and haven't found any. Anywhere.
LINK: 2017-18 O-PEE-CHEE HOCKEY DELIVERS OLD-SCHOOL COLLECTING FUN
LINK: 2017-18 O-Pee-Chee NHL Hockey Cards
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| 2017-18 O-Pee-Chee #101 Alexander Ovechkin |
When set images were released months ago, I felt the design was the best in years and was excited. When I opened my first pack and looked, I wasn't as thrilled. I don't know why. After a few days and another look I am again on-board.
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| 2017-18 O-Pee-Chee #101 Alexander Ovechkin (back) |
The backs are typical and what I expect from O-Pee-Chee. What I would like to see is no dead space. It would be great to fill the space with bios or cartoons, like in the "old days."
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| 2017-18 O-Pee-Chee #64 Mats Zuccarello |
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| 2017-18 O-Pee-Chee #335 Andre Burakovsky |
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| 2017-18 O-Pee-Chee #286 Logan Couture |
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| 2017-18 O-Pee-Chee Retro #54 Reilly Smith (front) |
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| 2017-18 O-Pee-Chee Retro #54 Reilly Smith (back) |
I don't see much of a difference on the Retro backs. Either make them much more discernible or just leave them the same.
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| 2017-18 O-Pee-Chee #127 Joel Eriksson Ek |
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| 2017-18 O-Pee-Chee #487 Kyle Turris |
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| 2017-18 O-Pee-Chee #433 Nikolay Kulemin |
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