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  1. 05-08-2009, 08:28 AM #1
    DarkHorseCards
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    OPC Update - Metal vs Metal X

    So i just busted my first box of OPC Update... I'm having issues determining the difference between the metal and metal X cards. Could someone give me some tips?

    It seems like some of the cards are more... "rainbowy" for lack of a better word. Then I got a Crosby metal that seems to have more... circles around the border, or rather the circles are a lot more defined than most of the other metal cards...

    Anyways any advice would be appreciated, thanks all.
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  3. 05-09-2009, 12:48 PM #2
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    The Metal cards are darker in the background than the Metal X cards. The Metal X cards have little mountain/tiretrack shapes in the background too. Here are pics of Metal and Metal X:

    http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll...m=380118103104
    ^This one is really just the Metal version, the seller just misidentified it.

    http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll...m=120412352791
    ^Metal X version.

    Hope this helps!
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  4. 05-09-2009, 01:45 PM #3
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    Yeah the Metal X cards have "mountain" like markings on them.
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  7. 05-11-2009, 09:49 AM #5
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    Awesome, thanks guys!

    Its hard to miss the mountains (as RGM calls them) now that I've seen them once. Didn't even know about the Gold vs. Metal issue... looks like I have a whole 'nother problem now.

    thanks.
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  9. 05-11-2009, 10:26 AM #6
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    Just make sure to ask sellers whether it's from OPC or OPC Update.
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  10. 05-13-2009, 02:20 AM #7
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    of the ones i have and have seen the metal x are not all as obvious as that...
    some require a certain angle in light for you to see the markings... bad idea by opc i think.
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    Hi maybe this will help if you are still having a problem
    opc gold - look at an angle and move around see a rainbow effect (colors)= gold
    opc metal- same as above no rainbow effect
    opc metal x has the rainbow effect and the lines in the background some are REAL hard to see.
    Hope that helps,took my wife to spot it i was haveing a real hard time.
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  13. 08-30-2009, 07:36 PM #9
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    Hmm I just got a Marc-Andre-Fluery gold and it came from OPC update....HELP?
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