C55
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Full credit to Cardboard connection and writer Ryan Cracknell.
Just announced - here are the specs:
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One of the problems with exclusive deals is that some of the most popular brands and formats can skip a sport. For hockey, there was a lengthy void when it came to chromium products. That changed with Panini Prizm to a certain extent, but that was short-lived with Upper Deck regaining an exclusive license. How quickly things can change. 2014-15 O-Pee-Chee Platinum Hockey is the second chromium product of the year following 2014-15 ITG Leaf Metal. While ITG's is an all-autograph release that focuses mainly on CHL prospects, 2014-15 O-Pee-Chee Platinum Hockey has a configuration that's closer to baseball's Bowman Chrome than Panini's go with Prizm.
Hobby boxes have one on-card rookie autograph, a die-cut insert and lot of parallels.
The 2014-15 O-Pee-Chee Platinum Hockey base set has 200 cards, keeping it much smaller than base O-Pee-Chee Hockey.
Whether it goes by Chrome, Prizm, or some other similar brand, shiny parallels have long been a staple of most every chromium set. Things are no different here. With the Refractor name connected so closely with Topps Chrome and Bowman Chrome, Upper Deck is going with the Rainbow name to describe Platinum's parallels. Basic Rainbows are inserted 1:3 packs. Other versions include Rainbow Trax (1:20), White Ice (#/199), Red Prism (#/135), Blue Cubes (#/65), Seismic Gold (#/50), Black Ice (#/25) and Golden Treasures (1/1). Collectors can also look for randomly inserted Photo Variations.
The Retro name is carrying over from base O-Pee-Chee. But rather than being a full parallel set, it covers half of the OPC Platinum base set including 30 rookies. Retro cards are inserted six per box. Parallels include Rainbow (1:20), Black (#/100), Red (1:160) and Autographed Rainbow (1:160).
Another big thing about Bowman Chrome Baseball is the promise of an on-card prospect autograph per hobby box. 2014-15 O-Pee-Chee Platinum Hockey takes that and applies it to rookie autographs. On average, there's one per box, each hard-signed. And rather than making a massive checklist where landing any given player is extremely tough, the checklist here is limited to 30 key rookies. Rookie autographs have five levels of parallels.
The product rounds out with three sets of die-cut inserts that combine to fall one per hobby box. These come in three different styles: Superstar, Legends and Stanley Cup Champs. These also have autographed versions.
2014-15 O-Pee-Chee Platinum Hockey isn't the first time Upper Deck has brought chromium to the O-Pee-Chee brand. 2008-09 O-Pee-Chee Metal Hockey was an attempt at doing something similar to Chrome. However, it failed to catch on at the time. The product was more like the years Topps mixed Topps Traded and Topps Chrome Traded where the base and chromium sets were packaged together. OPC Metal cards were like a set-within-a-set for 2008-09 O-Pee-Chee Update Hockey. With Platinum, Upper Deck is going all-in with the chromium theme.
Estimated Release Date: 4/15
Product Configuration: 20 packs per box, 4 cards per pack
Price Point: Mid-End Hockey Card
Target Audience: Chromies, Autograph Collectors, Die-Cut Card Collectors, Rookie Collectors
2014-15 O-Pee-Chee Platinum Hockey Box Break
1 Rookie Autograph
1 Die-Cut Insert
6 Retro Inserts
1 Retro Rainbow Parallel
3 Numbered Rainbow Parallels
8 Additional Rainbow Parallels
80 Total Cards
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What do you guys think? The rookie autos (on card!) look quite nice - an alternative to SPA if the latter is not attractive (as has been the case in recent years).
Reminds me overall of 03-04 Bowman Chrome.
Just announced - here are the specs:
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One of the problems with exclusive deals is that some of the most popular brands and formats can skip a sport. For hockey, there was a lengthy void when it came to chromium products. That changed with Panini Prizm to a certain extent, but that was short-lived with Upper Deck regaining an exclusive license. How quickly things can change. 2014-15 O-Pee-Chee Platinum Hockey is the second chromium product of the year following 2014-15 ITG Leaf Metal. While ITG's is an all-autograph release that focuses mainly on CHL prospects, 2014-15 O-Pee-Chee Platinum Hockey has a configuration that's closer to baseball's Bowman Chrome than Panini's go with Prizm.
Hobby boxes have one on-card rookie autograph, a die-cut insert and lot of parallels.
The 2014-15 O-Pee-Chee Platinum Hockey base set has 200 cards, keeping it much smaller than base O-Pee-Chee Hockey.
Whether it goes by Chrome, Prizm, or some other similar brand, shiny parallels have long been a staple of most every chromium set. Things are no different here. With the Refractor name connected so closely with Topps Chrome and Bowman Chrome, Upper Deck is going with the Rainbow name to describe Platinum's parallels. Basic Rainbows are inserted 1:3 packs. Other versions include Rainbow Trax (1:20), White Ice (#/199), Red Prism (#/135), Blue Cubes (#/65), Seismic Gold (#/50), Black Ice (#/25) and Golden Treasures (1/1). Collectors can also look for randomly inserted Photo Variations.
The Retro name is carrying over from base O-Pee-Chee. But rather than being a full parallel set, it covers half of the OPC Platinum base set including 30 rookies. Retro cards are inserted six per box. Parallels include Rainbow (1:20), Black (#/100), Red (1:160) and Autographed Rainbow (1:160).
Another big thing about Bowman Chrome Baseball is the promise of an on-card prospect autograph per hobby box. 2014-15 O-Pee-Chee Platinum Hockey takes that and applies it to rookie autographs. On average, there's one per box, each hard-signed. And rather than making a massive checklist where landing any given player is extremely tough, the checklist here is limited to 30 key rookies. Rookie autographs have five levels of parallels.
The product rounds out with three sets of die-cut inserts that combine to fall one per hobby box. These come in three different styles: Superstar, Legends and Stanley Cup Champs. These also have autographed versions.
2014-15 O-Pee-Chee Platinum Hockey isn't the first time Upper Deck has brought chromium to the O-Pee-Chee brand. 2008-09 O-Pee-Chee Metal Hockey was an attempt at doing something similar to Chrome. However, it failed to catch on at the time. The product was more like the years Topps mixed Topps Traded and Topps Chrome Traded where the base and chromium sets were packaged together. OPC Metal cards were like a set-within-a-set for 2008-09 O-Pee-Chee Update Hockey. With Platinum, Upper Deck is going all-in with the chromium theme.
Estimated Release Date: 4/15
Product Configuration: 20 packs per box, 4 cards per pack
Price Point: Mid-End Hockey Card
Target Audience: Chromies, Autograph Collectors, Die-Cut Card Collectors, Rookie Collectors
2014-15 O-Pee-Chee Platinum Hockey Box Break
1 Rookie Autograph
1 Die-Cut Insert
6 Retro Inserts
1 Retro Rainbow Parallel
3 Numbered Rainbow Parallels
8 Additional Rainbow Parallels
80 Total Cards
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What do you guys think? The rookie autos (on card!) look quite nice - an alternative to SPA if the latter is not attractive (as has been the case in recent years).
Reminds me overall of 03-04 Bowman Chrome.
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Best of luck buddy. 
