I finally got my hands on some O-Pee-Chee packs [$1.59] - off a gravity feed at the Tarjay 10 minutes from my house.
There is some grumbling that since 2009 O-Pee-Chee is a 'set-collector' product - there are not enough base cards per pack and six 'measly' cards is just not going to cut it for the price point.
However a 600 card product with a packs going for $2 or less - isn't bad if you are a casual baseball card collector looking for something other than base brand Topps or Upper Deck to bust.
One gripe is there are too many studio shots and mug shots - need more action shots or cheesy posed on-the-field shots with the stadium's features visible in the background.
The wrinkles Upper Deck have thrown into this product [black bordered parallels, non-shortprint SPs, inserts] make opening packs a little fun for the younger collectors -I'm totally obvious, are there anymore of those or are they all into gaming cards?
The old-school card stock was a junky, but retro feel to it - which I suppose is the point.
Let me grab maybe 10-15 more packs [maybe a blaster] to see if this is a product I like - I'm thinking this is the type of product that can be $25 at the end of the year, maybe less because each box isn't guaranteed any token hits.
Pack #1
#264 Mike Adams
#65 Alexei Ramirez
#HM 3 Melvin Mora - 2008 Highlights and Milestones insert
#390 C.C. Sabathia - black parallel
#529 Los Angeles Angels team card - sorta mojo
#433 Adam Lind
Pack #2
#274 Scott Feldman
#75 Chase Utley
#MM2 Hank Blalock - Midsummer Memories insert
#68 Phil Hughes - black parallel
#548 Adrian Gonzalez - Moments subset
#286 Carlos Ruiz
Pack #3
#344 Mike Napoli
#9 John Grabow
#536 NL RBI Leaders featuring Ryan Howard, David Wright and Adrian Gonzalez - black parallel
#540 NL Wins Leaders featuring Brandon Webb, Tim Lincecum and Ryan Dempster
#447 Kelly Shoppach
#248 Willy Taveras
Pack #4
#100 Albert Pujols
#297 Luis Castillo
#202 Brett Gardner
#FF4 Roy Halladay - Face of the Franchise insert
#339 Garret Anderson - black parallel
#565 Josh Geer