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The OPC Completist |
Thursday, May, 30, 2024
Well, yesterday was all about licking and sticking with tattoos. Today it’s O-Pee-Chee stickers. When they first came out I was sticking these in the provided albums and trying my best to line up the spots perfectly. I never could and it just made the whole thing look messy. I was impressed by my friends who could make the album look perfect, although I suspect adult parents might have helped.
Now that I am older (wiser? more mature? more OCD?) I wanted to collect the stickers separately from the Album so I could look through them and not have to worry about sticking them in properly.
1989-90 was the last time O-Pee-Chee actually did stickers (Panini took over that market in Canada and there are a few Topps ones as well).
So this is the last set and I needed just one more sticker. And it was a monster (for a sticker).
See the front was already a popular choice as it had fan favourite Doug Wilson & a foil All Star of Chris Chelios (Habs are always popular)
But it was the back that makes it super cool.
They did a 34 card (do we call it a card?) set with the sticker backs of Future Stars and All-Stars. The one I was missing just happened to be Patrick Roy. He’s kinda a big deal and made trading for this just a little more time consuming.
But I got em. And now its done.
1989-90 O-Pee-Chee Hockey Stickers 182/182 for 100%
& 1989-90 O-Pee-Chee Hockey Sticker Backs 34/34 for 100%
& 1989-90 O-Pee-Chee Hockey Sticker Album 1/1 for 100%
It’s a good day!
