1998-99 Pacific Dynagon Ice is a classic Pacific product that focuses on inserts and parallels. Unlike many other products, this one offers printing plates, which was not a common inclusion during the late 90s. Even more unusual is the inclusion of both front and back plates. Other than the plates the product offers no memorabilia […]
Ninja Update: 1998-99 Pacific Crown Royale – Hockey Card Checklist
1998-99 Pacific Crown Royale is an example of the standard Pacific product. It offers no memorabilia or autograph hits, but does have some nice insert sets that appeal to set builders. Each box also offers one Jumbo Cramer’s Choice cards, which are also available in serial numbered parallels. While this is clearly not a big […]
Ninja Update: 1998-99 Pacific Aurora – Hockey Card Checklist
1998-99 Pacific Aurora is another small time product from Pacific, but is still the type of product that was popular in the late 90s. Each box contained a variety of inserts, including a collectible cube that had to be folded in order to assemble. There was also an extremely rare Martin Brodeur autograph chance, but […]
Ninja Update: 1998-99 Pacific – Hockey Card Checklist
1998-99 Pacific Hockey is the base name brand for the company and offers a selection of cards that can be found in the other releases. like many Pacific brands, it doesn’t offer memorabilia or autographs, but instead relies on it collectibity for set builders and the rarity of hits such as Cramer’s Choice and Titanium […]
Ninja Update: 1998-99 Topps Gold Label – Hockey Card Checklist
1998-99 Topps Gold Label was an oddball product that revolved around 1 central checklist. This main checklist accounts for the majority of the product, and comes in a variety of variations and tiers of rarity. This essentially means that there are multiple versions of the same base set, but that they are different enough that […]
Ninja Update: 1998-99 Topps – Hockey Card Checklist
1998-99 Topps Hockey was the title release for the company in the 98-99 collecting season, and offered fans some nice looking cards, as well as the chance at an autograph. Unlike later years, this release did not have a corresponding O-Pee-Chee release, instead opting to use O-Pee-Chee as a base parallel set. Extremely rare for […]
Ninja Update: 1998-99 Topps Finest – Hockey Card Checklist
1998-99 Topps Finest is a great example of the kinds of sets that were popular during the later 1990s. The release didn’t have any of the autograph or memorabilia hits that modern collectors tend to look for, but it did have some nice inserts, all of which had Refractor parallels. The cards also had the […]
Ninja Update: 1998-99 Bowman’s Best – Hockey Card Checklist
1998-99 Bowman’s Best was a fun hockey card product that offered inserts and base parallels as it’s main draw. There was also a chance at pulling a nice looking autograph. Each of the sets had two parallels, the Refractor version, and the Atomic Refractor version. Many of these parallels were also serial numbered, some […]
Ninja Update: 1999-00 BAP Millennium Signature Series – Hockey Card Checklist
1999-00 BAP Millennium Signature Series was a great edition of the classic release. It featured attractive cards, great memorabilia, and a format that can’t be beat. Offering 1 autograph per pack, each box produced a total of 12 autographs, with the chance at rarer variations and subsets. Unlike most products, these boxes contained cardboard tearaway […]
Ninja Update: 1999-00 BAP Memorabilia – Hockey Card Checklist
1999-00 BAP Memorabilia was a fun and inexpensive product that focused on the NHL All-Star Game. Despite the name, there were no guaranteed memorabilia hits in the product, but it still provided attractive and collectible cards. Fans could expect to see big names such as Lemieux, and Messier, alongside up and coming players. The release […]
