2024-25 Upper Deck O-Pee-Chee Hobby Box
Release date: 2025-02-19
Box of 18 packs
Pack of 10 cards
Case of 16 boxes
2024-25 O-Pee-Chee Hockey keeps it simple, offering something for those who like a bit of old-school set building. A large, single-set base set highlights the checklist. And while the look and feel is largely old school, there are still some hunting elements that appeal to the sensibilities of more modern collectors.
What to expect from a hobby box:
- O-Pee-Chee playing cards - 4
- O-Pee-Chee Premier - 3
- Retro - 18
- Blue-bordered parallels - 4
- Parallels with red border - 1
- Parallels numbered in series - 3
- Additional Chase cards - 1
The designs and players are new and updated, but the construction of the basic set will be very similar to that of modern O-Pee-Chee sets. There are 600 cards in total. Of these, the final 100 are a mix of All-Stars and Marquee Rookies, which combine to make one card per hobby pack. Drawings are therefore short, but only modestly so.
Parallels arrive:
- Blue Border - 1:3 packs
- Yellow Border - 1:1 blaster packs
- Red Border - 1:18 packs
- Orange Border - /25
- Printing Plates - 1/1
Exclusive to leisure packs, All-Stars and Marquee Rookies also come with :
- Rainbow Foil - /350
- Black Rainbow Foil - /100
- Green Rainbow Foil - /33
- Gold Rainbow Foil - 1/1
The 600 cards also have Retro versions, one per pack. Rather than simply changing a few colors or the type of material on which they're printed, Retro cards benefit from an entirely different design. They have their own black border (/100) and printing plates, both exclusive to the hobby.
Other inserts take up many of the same themes.
O-Pee-Chee playing cards encourage collectors to build a game. Chances of success vary according to the number of cards. However, they all combine to make a total of four per hobby box.
O-Pee-Chee Premier brings back the premium brand once again in the form of a series of inserts. Standard versions are 1:6 hobby packs with hobby-only Diamond Rainbow Foilboard parallels numbered up to 75.
For those looking for manufactured patches, there are two styles, First Round Draft Locations (1:192 packs) and Team Logo Update (1:576 packs).
On the rarer side, there are Marquee Rookies 3-D, which are 1:864 hobby packs. They are not available at retail.
The Top Rookie Puzzle Bounty (1:96 hobby packs) encourages collectors to build the complete nine-card puzzle. Those who succeed can register the codes to receive three exclusive Bounty cards not available in the packs.