Box break - 1990-91 Pro Set 1 Hockey

THE PRODUCT: 3 boxes of 1990-91 Pro Set Series 1 Hockey

Here are three boxes from the heart of the junk wax era.

1990-91 Pro Set Series 1 hockey boxes

Each box contains 36 packs.  Each pack contains 15 cards plus 1 NHL product discount card.

1990-91 Pro Set Series 1 hockey pack

THE BIG HITS: serial-numbered holographic Stanley Cup cards

Every sport has its holy grail card.  For hockey, the holographic Stanley Cup cards are right up there.  They are numbered to 10,000, and (I think) they are only found in Series 1 packs.  Due to overproduction, lots of these cards are almost certainly tucked away in unopened packs, boxes, and cases.

THE CONTENTS

I found plenty of cards but no holographic trophy cards.  Several packs were short a card, and one of the boxes contained an extra pack.  Otherwise, it was just lots and lots of base cards.  I'll show just a few cards.

Here is "The Great One."

118 - Wayne Gretzky

Patrick Roy.  I don't know why, but I couldn't stand him.  He was a really good goalie though.

157 - Patrick Roy

Finally, here is Brett Hull - the "Golden Brett."

263 - Brett Hull

In addition to the Stanley Cup card, these boxes can contain some very rare error cards.  I didn't do an exhaustive search, but I don't think I had any big rarities.  A great site for checking on the scarce varieties is over at Junk Wax Gems.

CONCLUSION

The best thing I'll say about this product is that these packs are very easy to rip.  Something about the plastic wrapper makes it easy to rip right along the back seam of the pack.  Otherwise, these cards are pretty boring.