Saturday, September 3, 2022

Classic Wax - Hockey Edition (Part 2)

My first foray into a full 18 pack of box of the  Classic Wax Hockey edition was a bit underwhelming to say the least. Let's check out the second half of the box.

(I also decided to make the photos appear bigger.)

Pack 1



1993 - 94 Topps Premier Ron Hextall
1990 - 91 Upper Deck Canadian Wendel Clark
1994 - 95 Donruss Martin Brodeur 
1991 - 92 O-Pee-Chee Brad McCrimmon
1988 - 89 Topps Steve Yzerman
1990 - 91 Score Banger Cam Neely
1993 - 94 Topps Stadium Club Craig McTavish 
1991 - 92 Pro Set Uwe Krupp 
1990 - 91 Topps Russ Courtnall
1973 - 74 Topps Keith McCreary
2021 - 22 O-Pee-Chee MacKenzie Weegar
1991 - 92 Upper Deck Brett Hull 
1976 - 77 Topps Fred Barrett
1992 - 93 Score Pinnacle Canadian Pat LaFontaine 
1993 - 94 Donruss Sergei Zubov

Favorite card is the 1988 - 89 Topps Steve Yzerman.

Pack 2



1990 - 91 Pro Set Kay Whitmore
1990 - 91 O-Pee-Chee Premier Mark Messier
1990 - 91 Collegiate Collection Gaye Cooley
1990 - 91 O-Pee-Chee Brett Hull 
2021 - 22 O-Pee-Chee Steven Stamkos
1981 - 82 Topps Guy Lafleur 
1990 - 91 Upper Deck Canadian Dave Andreychuk
1991 - 92 O-Pee-Chee Roger Johansson
1992 - 93 Upper Deck Kevin Stevens
1977 - 78 Topps Curt Bennett 
1993 - 94 Score Pinnacle Rene Corbet
2020 - 21 Upper Deck Alexis Lafreniere Collection Alexis Lafreniere
1990 - 91 Score Kris Draper
1993 - 94 Topps Stadium Club Don Sweeney 
1991 - 92 Pro Set All-Star Andy Moog

Favorite cards here are the 1990 - 91 O-Pee-Chee Premier Mark Messier and the 1981 - 82 Guy Lafleur.

Pack 3



1993 - 94 Score Pinnacle Dmitri Filimonov
1993 - 94 Topps Stadium Club Igor Korolev
1990 - 91 Season Leader Brett Hull
1991 - 92 O-Pee-Chee Mario Marois
1971 - 72 Topps Wayne Maki
1990 - 91 Pro Set Claude Lemieux 
1993 - 94 Topps Premier Mats Sundin 
1990 - 91 Topps Tomas Sandstrom
1977 - 78 Topps Jean Potvin
2021 - 22 O-Pee-Chee Timo Meier
1990 - 91 Upper Deck Conference de Galles Paul Coffey
1983 - 84 O-Pee-Chee Brian Propp
1991 - 92 Pro Set Bob Essensa
1991 - 92 Upper Deck Ed Belfour 
1994 - 95 Score Pinnacle Ice Breakers Bryan Smolinski

If it seems like most of the cards are coming from the same sets, it's because they are. 

Pack 4




1991 - 92 O-Pee-Chee Steve Duchesne 
1991 - 92 Classic Draft Picks Chris Osgood
1990 - 91 Score Owen Nolan
1977 - 78 Topps Reggie Leach
1993 - 94 Topps Stadium Club Rich Pilon
1991 - 92 Pro Set Steve Larmer
1992 - 93 Upper Deck Profiles Jaromir Jagr 
1994 - 95 Score Pinnacle Viktor Kozlov 
1979 - 80 Topps Rene Robert
1993 - 94 Score Pinnacle Rick Tabaracci
1988 - 89 Topps Jimmy Carson
1998 - 99 Upper Deck Owen Nolan
1990 - 91 Topps Moe Mantha
2021 - 22 O-Pee-Chee Nick Ritchie
1990 - 91 Upper Deck Canadian All-Star Steve Larmer

Outside of the Owen Nolan Rookie and Jaromir Jagr's mullet there wasn't much to get excited about in this pack.

Pack 5



1990 - 91 Pro Set Denis Potvin 
1994 - 95 Upper Deck SP Trevor Kidd
1979 - 80 Topps Stanley Cup Montreal Canadiens
1991 - 92 O-Pee-Chee Peter Ing 
1989 - 90 Topps Jeff Brown
1990 - 91 O-Pee-Chee Premier Brendan Shanahan 
1993 - 94 Topps Premier Martin Brodeur 
1990 - 91 Topps Trevor Linden
2021 - 22 O-Pee-Chee Jean-Gabriel Pageau
1990 - 91 Score Jaromir Jagr 
1990 - 91 Upper Deck Canadian Sean Burke
1976 - 77 Topps Bob Murdoch
1991 - 92 Pro Set All-Star Ray Bourque 
1991 - 92 Upper Deck Felix Potvin 
1993 - 94 Score Pinnacle Sylvain Lefebvre

Nice to pull a Jagr Rookie, but I would have preferred the O-Pee-Chee Premier (which I have none) as opposed to the Score (which I have several).

Pack 6



1990 - 91 Topps Keith Acton
2021 - 22 O-Pee-Chee Cam Fowler
1994 - 95 Score Select Joe Sakic
1990 - 91 Upper Deck Canadian All-Star Chris Chelios
1991 - 92 Topps League Leaders Wayne Gretzky 
1974 - 75 Topps J.P. Parise
1993 - 94 Topps Premier Al MacInnis
1990 - 91 Score Derian Hatcher 
1993 - 94 Topps Stadium Club Garry Valk
1988 - 89 Topps Peter Zezel 
1992 - 93 Upper Deck Brett Hull 
1977 - 78 Topps Doug Jarvis
1997 - 98 Upper Deck Black Diamond Mark Messier 
1993 - 94 Donruss Sergei Makarov 
1991 - 92 O-Pee-Chee Mark Hardy

This was the first pack without a card from 1991 - 92 Pro Set, however the 1991 - 92 O-Pee-Chee streak remains intact. 

Pack 7



1990 - 91 Pro Set Mike Milbury
1994 - 95 Score Select Theoren Fleury
1992 - 93 Upper Deck Pat Falloon 
1993 - 94 Topps Premier Ray Bourque 
2021 - 22 Upper Deck MVP Hockey T.J. Ossie
1990 - 91 Upper Deck Canadian Ron Tugnutt
1991 - 92 O-Pee-Chee Mike Peluso
1978 - 79 Topps Gilles Gilbert
1992 - 93 Parkhurst Canadian Jaromir Jagr 
1984 - 85 Topps Peter Stastny
1990 - 91 Score Steve Yzerman
1974 - 75 Topps NHL Finals Flyers vs. Bruins
1993 - 94 Topps Stadium Club Travis Green
1990 - 91 Topps John Vanbiesbrouck 
1993 - 94 Donruss Owen Nolan

Favorite card here is the 1978 - 79 Topps Gilles Gilbert. 

Pack 8



1990 - 91 Topps Steve Chiasson
1997 - 98 Upper Deck Black Diamond Joe Thornton 
1992 - 93 Upper Deck Pavel Bure 
1992 - 93 Score Pinnacle Canadian Felix Potvin 
1993 - 94 Donruss Jimmy Waite
1988 - 89 Topps Tony McKegney
1990 - 91 Upper Deck Canadian Cam Neely
1994 - 95 Upper Deck SP Doug Gilmour 
2021 - 22 O-Pee-Chee Casey DeSmith
1974 - 75 Topps All-Star Gilles Gilbert 
1991 - 92 O-Pee-Chee Petr Klima
1993 - 94 Topps Premier Phil Housley 
1990 - 91 Score Mark Messier 
1993 - 94 Topps Stadium Club Tom Fitzgerald 

Favorite card here is the 1993 - 94 Donruss Jimmy Waite...with the San Jose Sharks uniform and the Chicago Blackhawks goalie mask.

Pack 9
 


1990 - 91 Topps Darren Puppa 
2021 - 22 O-Pee-Chee Jake Gardiner
1990 - 91 Upper Deck Canadian All-Star Joe Sakic 
1991 - 92 O-Pee-Chee Stephane Richer
1974 - 75 Topps Art Ross Trophy Winner Phil Esposito 
1992 - 93 Upper Deck World Junior Championships Paul Kariya 
1993 - 94 Topps Premier Olaf Kolzig 
1990 - 91 Score Goals-Against Average Patrick Roy/ Mike Liut
1972 - 73 Topps NHL Playoffs Boston Bruins/New York Rangers 
1993 - 94 Topps Stadium Club Bill Ranford
1991 - 92 Pro Set Tony Granato
1979 - 80 New York Islanders Team Checklist
1991 - 92 Upper Deck Paul Coffey
1994 - 95 Score Select Sergei Makarov 
1993 - 94 Score Pinnacle Claude Lemieux 


Well, there wasn't anything really outstanding that came out of this box. There wasn't a ton of variety either as most packs had cards from the same sets (there ended up being a card from 1991-92 O-Pee-Chee in every pack).

But as I've mentioned on this blog before I love these types of repacks and I don't expect a huge ROI from this. I've seen some of these opened on YouTube and people seem to like these because you never know what you are going to get. Not entirely true. I was pretty sure after the 5th or 6th pack I knew what I was going to get. Maybe not the actual card, but I definitely knew what sets they were going to be from.

Thanks for reading!



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