{"product_id":"2008-09-upper-deck-o-pee-chee-hockey-retail-value-box-13-packs-1-bonus-factory-sealed","title":"2008\/09 Upper Deck O-Pee-Chee Hockey Retail Value Box | 13 Packs + 1 Bonus | Factory Sealed","description":"\u003cp\u003eA factory-sealed retail value box of \u003cstrong\u003e2008\/09 Upper Deck O-Pee-Chee Hockey\u003c\/strong\u003e — \u003cstrong\u003e13 packs plus one bonus pack\u003c\/strong\u003e, 14 in total. Released 6 October 2008. NHL and NHLPA licensed. The original retail price printed on the box is $19.99.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003eThis is the only set with the real 1979-80 design\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e2008\/09 is the year Upper Deck introduced retro variation cards to O-Pee-Chee, and it did not imitate an old design — it used one.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe retros in this set reproduce the exact 1979-80 Topps and O-Pee-Chee layout: the pale blue borders familiar from Wayne Gretzky's rookie card, which is the most recognisable hockey card ever printed. Every player in the 600-card base set has a retro version.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eIt happened once. A legal settlement with Topps meant that from 2009\/10 onward Upper Deck could no longer use Topps or O-Pee-Chee designs from the past. Every retro set since has had to invent a design that looks old without being old — which the company has done capably for more than fifteen years, but it is not the same thing.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eSo the retro variations became a permanent feature of O-Pee-Chee, and only the first year carries the genuine article.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003eSix hundred cards in one set\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eO-Pee-Chee runs the most comprehensive single-season base set in hockey, and 600 is not a marketing number — it is enough to include every regular NHL player of the season rather than a selection of stars.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThat is the older idea of what a card set was for. Before the hobby reorganised itself around autographs and numbered parallels in the 1990s, a set was a catalogue: you collected it to have the whole league, and the pleasure was completion rather than the pull.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eAssembling 600 cards from packs is a serious undertaking, which is the point. O-Pee-Chee is the product for collectors who still want to finish something.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003eThe 2008 rookie class\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe set carries rookie cards of \u003cstrong\u003eSteven Stamkos\u003c\/strong\u003e and \u003cstrong\u003eDrew Doughty\u003c\/strong\u003e, first and second overall in the 2008 draft. Stamkos scored 555 goals and won two Stanley Cups with Tampa Bay; Doughty won two with Los Angeles and took the Norris Trophy in 2016.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003eA note on odds\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eUpper Deck's published rates for this release — one retro variation per pack, one Winter Classic Highlights card per box, OPC Triple Materials at 1:108 packs, OPC Signatures and Autographed Buybacks at 1:432 — are stated for the \u003cstrong\u003ehobby\u003c\/strong\u003e configuration of 36 packs.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eRetail boxes are packed to a different specification, and Upper Deck did not publish separate retail odds. What is certain is the count on the box: 13 packs plus one bonus.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003eSpecifications\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e14 packs per box (13 + 1 bonus)\u003c\/strong\u003e · \u003cstrong\u003eFactory sealed\u003c\/strong\u003e · \u003cstrong\u003e600-card base set\u003c\/strong\u003e · \u003cstrong\u003eReleased:\u003c\/strong\u003e 6 October 2008 · \u003cstrong\u003eManufacturer:\u003c\/strong\u003e Upper Deck · \u003cstrong\u003eBrand:\u003c\/strong\u003e O-Pee-Chee · \u003cstrong\u003eNHL and NHLPA licensed\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Upper Deck","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":52865801814298,"sku":"UD-OPC-0809-RETAIL","price":49.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0837\/3134\/9786\/files\/IMG_3010.jpg?v=1789361792","url":"https:\/\/notjustcollectibles.com\/products\/2008-09-upper-deck-o-pee-chee-hockey-retail-value-box-13-packs-1-bonus-factory-sealed","provider":"Not Just Collectibles, LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}