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12-26-2006, 06:26 PM #1
1987 O-Pee-Chee Box Break (live)
Once again, I break the crappy old wax so you don't have to! I just picked up two boxes of 1987 OPC. In the 1984 OPC packs I opened not too long ago, they'd thankfully placed the gum behind the yearly contest insert card, thus saving the last card from a nasty rash. Sadly, no "Spring Training" contest in the '87 box. Incidentally, since OPC released their sets slightly later than Topps, you get a lot of "Now With Twins" type messages on the cards of guys who had changed teams.
36 packs
7 cards per pack
plus one stick of card damaging compound falsely advertised as "bubble gum"
396 cards to the set (OPC left out stuff like All-Stars, team leaders and managers, trimming the set to half the size of Topps)
no inserts
Pack 1:
decent (but probably worthless) cards
Dennis Eckersley
Dwight Gooden
Sadly, the entire pack is so ruined by the gum, the pack is a bust. The stick of gum is practically chewing the Gooden card.Last edited by DaClyde; 12-26-2006 at 06:29 PM.
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12-26-2006, 06:28 PM #2
Pack 2:
decent (but probably worthless) cards
Lou Whitaker
Buddy Bell did all he could to save the pack from a gooey demise, but wasn't able to prevent Tim Stoddard from receiving a 3rd degree gumming. Tom Nieto, in all his airbrushed Expos glory is apparently "Now With Twins". I guess it was too late for another coat of paint over the Expos gear.
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12-26-2006, 06:34 PM #3
Pack 3:
decent (but probably worthless) cards
Liste de Contrôle Baseball 1987: Cartes 265-396
(checklist for us non-Québécois)
Doyle Alexander & Gary Lucas succumb to the pink death.
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12-26-2006, 06:37 PM #4
Pack 4
decent (but probably worthless) cards
Carlton Fisk (gum stained)
Pete O'Brien does gum detail and fails miserably as the top edge (at least) of every card is damaged.
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12-26-2006, 06:41 PM #5
Pack 5
decent (but probably worthless) cards
Keith Hernandez (gummed to death)
Steve Garvey
Man, the gum is horrible in this box, another whole pack gone. Must not've been stored very well. At least the seller warned about this in the auction.
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12-26-2006, 06:43 PM #6
Pack 6
decent (but probably worthless) cards
hmm....Jack Morris?
Floyd Youmans gets the sucrose overdose.
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12-26-2006, 06:44 PM #7
Pack 7
decent (but probably worthless) cards
Eddie Murray...sadly he was playing defense as a gum shield.
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12-26-2006, 06:48 PM #8
Pack 8
decent (but probably worthless) cards
Danny Tartabull (with nifty "O-Pee-Chee All-Star Rookie" trophy and "Now with Royals" action)
Matt Young is caught in quite the sticky wicket. Tartabull was the only survivor, and even he didn't escape unscathed. More cards are going in the trash than in the "for later sorting" pile.
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12-26-2006, 06:50 PM #9
Pack 9
decent (but probably worthless) cards
Frank Viola
This box is brought to you by wax box cards E, F, G & H, and by the number 7.
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12-26-2006, 06:51 PM #10
Pack 10
decent (but probably worthless) cards
Tim Raines
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