For some reason the 2007-08 O-Pee-Chee Hockey set has been booming along with trades and proposals coming fast and furious. I'm ok with that as it is really the last O-Pee-Chee hockey set that I can say I have a mathematically realistic chance of actually completing the master set on. Sure there are a parallels,…
I find that with the newer O-Pee-Chee cards I get them in large chunks at a time and I don't take enough time to appreciate what I get. In my youth I would maybe get a few packs a week at most and I'd have days to look at and read everything on the back…
When the only card you are missing to complete a set is a Wayne Gretzky card from when he was in his peak you normally prepare yourself for a long wait to see one come along that you can trade for. But not this time, as Robert from Quebec city recently joined the TDCB and…
The end of the 90's was a pretty sparse time for an O-Pee-Chee specialist. No Baseball cards with the beloved branding had been released since 1994 and it looked like there wouldn't be any ever again (although there was in 2009 as I've mentioned many times). Football cards from OPC had not been around since…
Today was nice and sunny. I sat outside and had a glass of wine and thought about baseball. Specifically the Blue Jays and whether they will continue their upward trajectory going into another weird season. I bought a couple of junk lots that had tons of baseball in them, a few cool odds and ends…
O-Pee-Chee may have been around for most of the 20th century but didn't do a lot of marketing other than putting their candy and cards in the store. Why would they? They were the undoubted #1 north of the border and had the best product. Until they didn't. With the explosion in cards and card…
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