COMING ATTRACTIONS

2023 24 O PEE CHEE PLATINUM

2024-03-01 -

WHAT IS IT?:

Platinum returns with another chromium-enhanced update of the year’s OPC issue. ere is a double-rainbow’s worth of colorful parallels, along with oncard autographs to make every box break a blast. Hobby boxes come with one signature as well as more than a dozen inserts and 16 parallels, five of which are serial-numbered.

THE BASICS:

e 300-card base set features 200 vets and 100 Marquee Rookies, but the big draw will be the cornucopia of parallels, including:

• Rainbow – vets 1:3, Marquee Rookies – 1:6

• Sunset – vets 1:6, Marquee Rookies – 1:12

• Matte Pink – vets 1:9, Marquee Rookies – 1:18

• Black NHL Shield Variants – 1:288

• Liquid Metal – /349

• Violet Pixels – /299

• Red Prism – /199

• Blue Fragment – /125

• Arctic Freeze – /99

• Cosmic – /65

• Seismic Gold – /50

• Orange Checkers – /25

• Emerald Surge – /10

• Bioluminescence – /5

• Golden Treasures – /1

Select cards also have Blue Rainbow Autographs (1:60).

Also, look for Retro Variations (1:2) that use the same players with a vintageinspired design. ese have Rainbow (1:12), Blue Pulsar (/100), Houndstooth (/15), and Golden Treasures (/1) versions, with some cards also having Red

Autographs (vets 1:192, Marquee Rookies – 1:384) parallels.

CHASE HIGHLIGHTS:

Rookie Autographs are a big draw in O-Pee-Chee Platinum. Parallels for these are similar to the main set:

• Rainbow – 1:100

• Sunset – 1:120

• Matte Pink – 1:216

• Violet Pixels – /199

• Cosmic

• Red Prism

• Seismic Gold – /25

• Orange Checkers – /15

• Emerald Surge – /10

• Golden Treasures – 1/1 ere are three additional base insert sets, led by Photo Driven (1:3). Parallels include Red Pixel (/15) and Golden Treasures (/1). Showmanship and Sweet Selections each drop 1:5 packs and have Orange Pixel (/15) and Golden Treasures (/1) variations. Sweet Selections have Green Pixels (/35) parallels as well. Autograph versions for Photo Driven, Showmanship, and Sweet Selections are all 1:576.

WHAT DO YOU THINK?

e release date has yet to be announced, but it can’t come soon enough. Platinum routinely ranks among our top products of the year because it’s a fun set to build and offers the kind of parallel challenge that’ll keep a player collector busy longer than the Phaistos Disc. Plus there’ll be a handful of 1/1 Connor Bedard singles. ink those might catch the hobby’s attention?