1991-92 O-Pee-Chee Hockey

Here’s another junk wax pack that I picked up at the hobby shop this Saturday, on the same trip as the 1991 Fleer Football pack I just posted. I’m kind of surprised to see that nobody has covered this one yet. Let’s dig in, aside from a nasty stick o…

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Was at the hobby shop picking up some supplies and decided to grab a couple of junk packs to rip. I don’t collect football cards, in fact I wasn’t even a football fan at all in 1991. For 50 cents though I figured I’d at least get a blog post out of t…

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Topps MLB Stickers are back for 2012. 8 Stickers per pack. Nice solid design with a hint of surfboard at the bottom kinda like the flagship card set. Here’s a pack for your viewing pleasure.2 – Adam Jones126 – Rangers Captain176 – Jason Bay257 – Ian Ke…

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Ripping three packs of 2012 Topps Opening Day…possibly my favorite product.

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Right before the NBA lockout started last year, I made an ill-advised purchase of a junk wax era Upper Deck basketball box. I saved a pack to post here once the lockout ended, and then I got lazy about posting it. Plus, it’s pretty junky. By the way, i…

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Greetings!In my last post, I referred to getting my first packs of 2012 Topps in the form of a blaster box.  Since no one has posted the Patch card on this site yet (with all the variations of packs posted for the previous Topps releases, I’m surp…

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NBA Hoops is back and here is a ripping video of a retail pack from Target: 

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I bought a few 2011 Bowman Chrome packs on the cheap recently. Here’s one of those packs.24 – Ryan Howard (It was such a strange end to the Cardinals/Phillies divisional playoff series last year, with the Cardinals celebrating on the mound as Ryan Howa…

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Greetings…So the wifey goes to Target to get some things and also picked up my first 2012 Topps cards in the form of a blaster box.  She also got a couple of these packs for the boys, supposedly as a reward (the older one is helping the younger …

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Long before the internet was a thing and before online redemptions were a byproduct of said thing, Topps was celebrating their 40th Anniversary by supposedly randomly inserting vintage cards in their (no longer) wax packs. Not only was 1991 the height …

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Another pack from the repacks at the retail stores, I can’t complain too much about this one.John Garland, now with the DodgersMatt MurtonGary Matthews with the Angels in 2008.The Mick! This is a decent insert, trying for the 1956 look but with Mickey …

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Greetings!Couldn’t let the first Leap Day in APTBNL’s history to go by without a post.  The weekend certainly had lots of events to watch, with the Oscars, Daytona, and NBA All-Star Weekend all there for you.  Racing was just covere…

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Man, the ’90s were wild. Collector’s Choice, because of its low cost, was mostly a kid-oriented set I imagine. Still, this pack wrapper is kind of ridiculous. As with most Collector’s Choice sets, the base card design is pretty plain and standard.42 of…

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NASCAR season about to start and already its been wild wreckfest weekend. Cue back to 20 years with this pack of NASCAR cards from Pro Set. 280 cards in the set along with legends and late Dale Earnhardt championship hologram card.Start off with Pro Se…

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Greetings!I don’t know what to say about this one.  Suffice it to say that these packs probably frequent many a repack box, waiting to greet an unsuspecting young baseball card collector.  Said card collector then went to an adult and as…

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Saturday February 11 was National Hockey Card Day.  To commemorate this, Upper Deck produced a 15 card set released in 5 card packs distributed to card shops.  AU Sports (in Niles, IL) was giving them away all week and I got my hands on a pac…

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Guys, I honestly don’t really remember buying this pack at all. It doesn’t even seem like something I’d normally do. I must have acted out of desperation. It was… a long… long time… before 2012 products were to come out. Don’t judge me!43 – Brand…

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A retail pack of 2009 Upper Deck X is the latest victim of A Pack To Be Named Later:

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Greetings!I don’t really get the difference between Retail and Hobby Editions of cards.  I assume Hobby Editions are for the card stores and they have better chances of getting better inserts, and if so, too bad if you collect cards where there ar…

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Greetings!Hope everyone enjoyed the Super Bowl, whether it’s the game itself, the commercials, or Madonna’s Halftime Show (hey, there could be a reader).Found this pack at the LCS a while back for a buck.  Looks like the pack has “increased” in va…

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Another pack from the re-pack box I picked up at Target. These cards of course try to emulate the classics of the 30s but with new players. 8 cards per pack. One nice bit about these and others like the Allen & Ginter is that the non-glossy stock a…

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Greetings!I did not want to interrupt the flurry of posts these last couple of weeks, so I have been laying low.  And after my run of non-sports packs, it’s about time to get back to the old Target discount bin.  Here’s a pack of 2006 Upper D…

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Ah the multi-pack box; I’ve actually pulled one or two good ones from these and they make an affordable mix to pick from.2009 Allen & GinterGeovany Soto – National Pride subsetVictor Lustig – World’s Biggest Hoaxes and Hoodwinks mini. According to …

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I actually thought I had posted a pack of these before, but can’t seem to find the post. Welp, that’s a good sign to post this pack of movie tie-ins.  The difference here: ACTIVITIES!In this first group, there are two cards on which kiddos can col…

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I remember Fleer.  Do you?  The good ol’ days, eh…How about a couple of Jim Carrey shots, showing a varied range of emotions:He went to the Danger Zone….

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Upper Deck did a series of baseball cards with Looney Tunes characters, so why not parallel that with football?  Here, I busted open a couple packs of the ComicBowl IV packs:

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For as big of a computer nerd as I am, I never got into the whole Star Trek thing. So, other than seeing some actors I recognize, I don’t know anything about anything going on here.  Oh, and the Sela card  (er, the 2nd Sela card) is embossed….

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