ONLINE MEGA BOX - PART 25

IT'S ODD I GOT STUCK ON THIS POST SINCE I ALWAYS GUSH ABOUT HOW I LOVE FOILY, SHINY ODDBALL CARDS AND THESE CARDS ARE ALL THREE. A PILE OF SPX HOCKEY POPPED UP  AND WHILE I INSIST THAT I DON'T CARE ABOUT HOCKEY ANYMORE I KEEP BUYING COOL HOCKEY CARDS. 1997 SPX IS ABOUT AS COOL AS YOU CAN GET,WITH TEXTURED FOIL ON THE FRONT, FOILBOARD BACKS, A HOLOGRAM WITH AN ACTION SHOT AND A PORTRAIT THAT SOMETIMES SHAKES THEIR HEAD AT YOU AND TO TOP IT OFF THEY'RE DIE CUT ON EXTRA THICK CARD STOCK. UPPER DECK SAID ENOUGH OF THIS MESS AND ABANDONED THE HOLOGRAM GIMMICK AFTER THIS SET BUT THE ONES THEY MADE WERE ALL TOP NOTCH. I DIDN'T CLEAR OUT THE SPX CARDS BUT I PICKED UP A FEW GOOD ONES TO START OFF A BINDER PAGE

CATEGORY - SHIIIIIIIINY

1997-98 SPX ED JOVANOVSKI

I WAS INITIALLY CONFUSED ON HOW ED JOVANOVSKI MADE THE CUT. HE'S A GOOD PLAYER AND HAS A COOL NAME BUT I AM NOT A FAN OF ANY OF THE TEAMS HE PLAYED FOR AND DON'T RECALL EVER USING HIM IN A VIDEO GAME. THEN I CHECKED MY LIST OF PICKUPS AND THIS CARD WAS POSTED BEFORE THE BIG PILE OF SPX WAS SO I JUST PICKED IT UP PURELY ON COOLNESS ALONE. AND IT IS A REALLY COOL CARD, I TRIED TO PHOTOGRAPH IT TO MAXIMIZE THE HOLOGRAM PORTRAIT BUT I NEGLECTED TO WIPE OFF MY GREASY FINGERPRINTS. DON'T STEAL MY BIOMETRICS, BRO

1997-98 SPX THEOREN FLEURY

THEO WAS A ROOKIE ON THE CALGARY TEAM THAT WON THE CUP IN 1989 SO HE'S ALWAYS BEEN ON MY RADAR AS A JILTED ATLANTA FLAMES FAN. I HAVE A SMALL COLLECTION OF HIS CARDS AS I LIKED TO GET ANYONE FROM THAT 88-89 TEAM I CAN FIND BUT HE'S BEEN UHHH.. "ACTIVE" ON SOCIAL MEDIA LATELY SO I PREFER CARDS OF JOEY MULLIN, AL MCINNIS AND LANNY MCDONALD AT THE MOMENT. STILL A COOL CARD FROM MY WAYWARD TEAM

1997-98 SPX OWAN NOLAN

A LOT OF THESE CHOICES WERE ME THINKING ABOUT HOW MANY 90S INSERTS I PULLED OF THESE GUYS AND NABBING THE PLAYERS I GOT A BUNCH OF. OWEN NOLAN HAD A LOT OF 90S INSERTS. PLUS I'VE ALWAYS LOVED THAT SHARKS LOGO. I BOUGHT A SHARKS T-SHIRT IN COLLEGE BUT THAT WAS WHEN I WAS AN EXTRA LARGE AND I BECAME A 2X PRETTY QUICK AFTERWARDS

1997-98 SPX ADAM OATES

THE FIRST HALL OF FAMER IN THE BUNCH. MY ROOMMATE IN COLLEGE WAS A BIG CAPS FAN SO I WAS VERY FAMILIAR WITH OATES. THE PORTRAIT LOOKS BLURRY IN THIS PHOT BUT THAT'S BECAUSE THIS IS ONE OF THE CARDS THAT HAS A 3D MOTION HOLOGRAM. ADAM IS WINKING AT YOU ON THIS CARD AND I REALLY WISH I KNOW HOW TO MAKE A GOOD GIF OF IT. IF YOU SEE THIS CARD GET IT AND SEE FOR YOURSELF

1997-98 SPX PETER BONDRA

PETER IS THE OTHER CARD WITH A 3D HOLOGRAM. PETER GIVES YOU A SMILE AS YOU WIGGLE THE CARD BACK AND FORTH. I'M NOT SURE WHY THE WASHINGTON GUYS GOT THE 3D TREATMENT BUT IT'S NEAT

1997-98 SPX BRENDAN SHANAHAN

ANOTHER HALL OF FAMER! NO HEAD SHAKING ON THIS CARD THOUGH. I KIND OF ARBITRARILY PICKED THE RED WINGS AS MY TEAM ONCE ATLANTA HOCKEY LOST THEIR THIRD TEAM TO CANADA, MAINLY BECAUSE I LIKED PLAYING THE WINGS ON THE EA SPORTS SNES GAMES. BRENDAN IS A GREAT PLAYER BUT WHEN I WAS PICKING STEVE YZERMAN CARDS OUT OF MY HOCKEY INSERT BOX EVERY TIME A RED WINGS INSERT POPPED UP I WAS LIKE YEAH!... AWWW. ANOTHER SHANAHAN

2008-09 UPPER DECK HOCKEY CARD DAY GORDIE HOWE

CATEGORY - SUPERSTAR SURPRISE

I'VE LIKED GORDIE SINCE I WAS A KID AND NOTICED CAM'S DETROIT SWEATER IN FERRIS BUELLER'S DAY OFF. I'M PRETTY SURE I TRIED TO GET THIS CARD BUT I DON'T REMEMBER WINNING IT? LIKE, I'M SURE IT WAS IN MY CART AT SOME POINT BUT IT'S NOT ON THE LIST OF CARDS I MADE AFTER I BOUGHT THE SAME CARD TWICE FOR THE THIRD TIME. MAYBE MY LIST MAKING SKILLS ARE SUSPECT OR MAYBE IT WAS A BONUS, WHO KNOWS. I KNOW I ALMOST PUT THE SAME CARD IN MY CART AGAIN LATER ON THOUGH LOL

I ESPECIALLY LIKE HOWE CARDS WITH MR. HOCKEY ON THEM. WAYNE GRETZKY ISN'T MR. HOCKEY. SIDNEY CROSBY ISN'T MR. HOCKEY. THAT DUDE ON THE BLACKHAWKS EVERYONE IS FREAKING OUT ABOUT AIN'T IT EITHER. GORDIE HOWE IS MR. HOCKEY! I DON'T KNOW IF I'M SPECIFICALLY COLLECTING GORDIE CARDS BUT LIKE WITH RICKARD PETTY, IF I SEES A GOOD ONE I'M GETTIN IT

1997-98 SPX JOHN VANBIESBROUCK

ANOTHER DUDE I DON'T TECHNICALLY COLLECT BUT MAYBE PROBABLY SHOULD CONCIDERING HOW MANY CARDS I HAVE OF THE GUY. HE PLAYED FOREVER AND HIS CAREER OVERLAPPED MY YEARS OF COLLECTING HOCKEY CARDS PRETTY CLOSELY. ONE OF MY BEST HOCKEY RELIC CARDS HAS A CHUNK OF ONE OF HIS PADS ON IT

1997-98 SPX BRETT HULL

WE END UP WITH ONE LAST HALL OF FAMER IN BRETT HULL. HE'S LIKE A TOP-5 OF THE 90S KIND OF GUY SO I WAS STOKED TO PICK THIS ONE UP. I ALWAYS ASSOCIATE HIM WITH ST. LOUIS AND WAS SURPRISED TO SEE HE WON CUPS WITH DALLAS AND DETROIT. THAT'S THE WAY IT GOES

HERE'S A PICTURE OF THE BACK THAT DOESN'T REALLY DO JUSTICE TO THE SHINY FOILBOARD. I SHOULD HAVE TIRED TO GET SOME GLARE INSTEAD OF AVOIDING IT LIKE I NORMALLY DO. I LOVE THESE WEIRD HIGH-END CARDS AND AM GLAD UPPER DECK GOT A FEW SET OF THEM OUT BEFORE PIVOTING TO RELICS AND AUTOGRAPHS

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