OPC Premeire, Overrated?

[anusinha]

So Im looking at the breakdown of OPC Premeire 08/09 and I just dont see the point. Especially on the heels of Ultimate which was an awesome break, this seems like a total waste.

Break it down $150 for 5 cards:

1 base = garbage
1 manu patch = garbage unless you get a rare auto then its only slightly garbage
1 rc auto jersey= decent though i dont think adding 4 plain jersey swatches adds much, and at /299 even a stamkos might not get your box price back. Patches are about 1 per 3 cases.
1 other auto- could be decent but i havent seen a checklist
1 other relic/base parallel- Rough estimate is a patch every 3 boxes, otherwise this is garbage as well.

so 3/5 of your box is largely a miss right off the bat? No shields or nice 1/1's to chase? Is there something im missing?

[mightbe]

Yeah, I'm no fan of it...I don't really like any of the Premier lines...it won't be as brutal as basketball, but even still...manufactured patches numbered to 199?:eek:

Plus, I think it says something that with how difficult it is to find 07/08 wax these days you can easily find Premiere.

[hockeyjunkie99]

I liked last years premier. I busted a good amount of it and did pretty well.

[anusinha]

You know I never realized how sold out 07/08 is. Aside from SPA and Premeire, theres not really anything available.

And from a value standpoint, i think OPC premeire is horrible. Compared to Ultimate with 2-3 hits per $80 pack, vs this with 2-3 hits per $150 pack, who are they trying to fool?

[hockeyjunkie99]

You know I never realized how sold out 07/08 is. Aside from SPA and Premeire, theres not really anything available.

And from a value standpoint, i think OPC premeire is horrible. Compared to Ultimate with 2-3 hits per $80 pack, vs this with 2-3 hits per $150 pack, who are they trying to fool?

I got the last few 07/08 boxes from blowout at $117 per box. Everything starts out the high and it slowly comes down.

[MrSnyder]

Probably overrated, but there's no competition. Besides...I need 2 GREAT SLOTS in HJ's group break! :flex:

[solt0131]

Very easy to lose $100+ a box on this....here's an example of a box:

Base Card - N. Lidstrom
RC Auto Jersey - Z. Bogosian #/299
Manu Patch - Cam Neely #/50
Other Auto - Jordan Staal #/100
Relic - T. Selanne #/75

$100 loss right there out of an average box.

No thanks.

[hairysasquatch]

Hence the occasional recourse some of us have to blasters at Target, Walmart, Kmart, Meijer's, etc....yeesh!!!!