Found a Parkhurst blaster - 7 packs for $12.99, under $2 per pack. Although this does worry me a little, seeing as the hobby version is kinda sparse, what does this look like?
Well, upon opening pack 1, I decided not to do a pack by pack breakdown. 1 rookie and 2 "limited" cards in the box. In other words? Garbage. Do yourself a favour, and either wait until this product's price falls through the floor, or buy MVP instead, similar price with a lot more upside. Heck, buy Victory instead. I know I'm done with Parkhurst until prices crash, if I even try again. This should have been $1.99 hobby and $0.99 retail per pack. Instead, it's far higher. Horrific value.
Found blister packs of Rookie Update and UD Ice. Tough to find, and will probably be gone in a hurry, if Black Diamond blister packs were any indication.
Oops. Didn't see that the Rookie Update was Retail packs. Got nothing. Oops. Got nothing from Ice again. Wow. Shocking.
One day I'll realize that buying packs isn't worth it. But I'm not that smart, so it could take a while......
Saturday, July 08, 2006
Friday, July 07, 2006
Another pack break
Today, as I get a new job, I decided to treat myself to a few packs of hockey cards. Two new ones that recently came out. Here we go:
Parkhurst. To hardcore hockey card collectors, it evokes memories of Gordie Howe, Rocket Richard, and the days of old, where hockey cards were 5 cents a pack, and the cards are now worth thousands - a tale of hockey history. To card "collectors" who caught the fever in the early 90s, or people who were young then, it is memories of ProSet's attempts at a higher end brand, and some of the first full set parallel sets, when hockey cards were up to $1.00 a pack, and the cards are now worth basically nothing. Today? Upper Deck Parkhurst. A 700 card monster set. Worth it? Let's open the packs:
Pack 1 - Elias, H. Sedin, Brown, Koivu, Rucinsky, Valtteri Filppula RC.
Hmm..... a 700 card set will have a lot of commons, I guess.
Pack 2 - Exelby, Dallman, Plekanec, Erskine, Chouinard, George Parros RC.
Hmm..... a 700 card set will have a lot of commons, I guess.
Pack 3 - Lidstrom, Morrow, Knuble, Koltsov, Frolov, Steve Yzerman Captains Insert.
Hmm..... a 700 card set will have a lot of commons, I guess.
Verdict? Decent looking cards, but at $3 per pack, pass until the prices come down. This is a set for rookie and set collectors. 1 auto per box, 1 jersey per case - but 8 jerseys PER CARD! Not a horribly bad set, but do yourself a favour and wait until boxes on eBay come down.
Next is Rookie Update. I don't know much about it aside from it having a LOT of rookies. Let's go:
Pack 1 - Fedorov, Turco, DiPietro, Kiprusoff, Milan Jurcina Black Diamond Triple RC.
First thing I notice? Big mistake by UD. The BD rookie has gold colouring on the bottom, which in the regular BD was the colour of cards #/10. Nice regular cards though.
Pack 2 - Roenick, Primeau, Alfredsson, Tanguay, Brad Richardson Artifacts RC 669/750
Second thing I notice? Rookies from high end sets with packs at $8 instead of $20+.
Pack 3 - Kovalchuk, McCabe, Jokinen, Gomez, Jordan Sigalet BD RC
Third thing I notice?..... if I didn't like rookies, I'm not getting much here.
Pack 4 - Iginla, Svatos, Yzerman, Miller, Connor James Rookie Update RC 1795/1999
Fourth thing I notice? Well.......
Rookie Update appears to be a nice product. Pack price of around $8 seems a little pricey until you realize that you're getting a lot of rookies, and from packs that were in the $15-$50 range in earlier ones. No, the rookies aren't as good now as in the original sets, but if you like rookies, this looks like a great set, especially for variety. I'd recommend you pick some up.
Parkhurst. To hardcore hockey card collectors, it evokes memories of Gordie Howe, Rocket Richard, and the days of old, where hockey cards were 5 cents a pack, and the cards are now worth thousands - a tale of hockey history. To card "collectors" who caught the fever in the early 90s, or people who were young then, it is memories of ProSet's attempts at a higher end brand, and some of the first full set parallel sets, when hockey cards were up to $1.00 a pack, and the cards are now worth basically nothing. Today? Upper Deck Parkhurst. A 700 card monster set. Worth it? Let's open the packs:
Pack 1 - Elias, H. Sedin, Brown, Koivu, Rucinsky, Valtteri Filppula RC.
Hmm..... a 700 card set will have a lot of commons, I guess.
Pack 2 - Exelby, Dallman, Plekanec, Erskine, Chouinard, George Parros RC.
Hmm..... a 700 card set will have a lot of commons, I guess.
Pack 3 - Lidstrom, Morrow, Knuble, Koltsov, Frolov, Steve Yzerman Captains Insert.
Hmm..... a 700 card set will have a lot of commons, I guess.
Verdict? Decent looking cards, but at $3 per pack, pass until the prices come down. This is a set for rookie and set collectors. 1 auto per box, 1 jersey per case - but 8 jerseys PER CARD! Not a horribly bad set, but do yourself a favour and wait until boxes on eBay come down.
Next is Rookie Update. I don't know much about it aside from it having a LOT of rookies. Let's go:
Pack 1 - Fedorov, Turco, DiPietro, Kiprusoff, Milan Jurcina Black Diamond Triple RC.
First thing I notice? Big mistake by UD. The BD rookie has gold colouring on the bottom, which in the regular BD was the colour of cards #/10. Nice regular cards though.
Pack 2 - Roenick, Primeau, Alfredsson, Tanguay, Brad Richardson Artifacts RC 669/750
Second thing I notice? Rookies from high end sets with packs at $8 instead of $20+.
Pack 3 - Kovalchuk, McCabe, Jokinen, Gomez, Jordan Sigalet BD RC
Third thing I notice?..... if I didn't like rookies, I'm not getting much here.
Pack 4 - Iginla, Svatos, Yzerman, Miller, Connor James Rookie Update RC 1795/1999
Fourth thing I notice? Well.......
Rookie Update appears to be a nice product. Pack price of around $8 seems a little pricey until you realize that you're getting a lot of rookies, and from packs that were in the $15-$50 range in earlier ones. No, the rookies aren't as good now as in the original sets, but if you like rookies, this looks like a great set, especially for variety. I'd recommend you pick some up.
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