Monday, January 1, 2018

Box Break & Review - 2017-18 Parkhurst Hockey #4

It may be a new year, but I'm continuing with the 2017-18 Parkhurst Hockey blasters.  After the third blaster I was 87.3% of the complete set.  Will I finish it with this blaster?  I'm thinking no, but we shall see.

Base Cards - 108 cards (36% of the complete set) with no duplicates.  This is what I've seen with all four blasters other than the one pack that contained two inserts.  There haven't been doubles in any blasters.

Black Parallel (1:12 packs) - 1 - #13 Jakob Chychrun

2017-18 Parkhurst - Black #13 Jakob Chychrun 
Red Parallel (1:3 packs) - 4 - #27 Sam Reinhart, #113 Alec Martinez, #246 Blake Wheeler, #300 Checklist (Auston Matthews)

2017-18 Parkhurst - Red #27 Sam Reinhart 

2017-18 Parkhurst - Red #113 Alec Martinez

2017-18 Parkhurst - Red #246 Blake Wheeler

2017-18 Parkhurst - Red #300 Checklist / Auston Matthews
International (1:5 packs) - 3 - #PI-8 Alex Ovechkin, #PI-11 Henrik Lundqvist, #PI-23 Nino Niederreiter

2017-18 Parkhurst - International #PI-8 Alex Ovechkin

2017-18 Parkhurst - International #PI-11 Henrik Zetterberg

2017-18 Parkhurst - International #PI-23 Nino Niederreiter
Prominent Prospects (1:12 packs) - 1 - #PP-16 Nico Hischier

2017-18 Parkhurst - Prominent Prospects #PP-16 Nico Hischier 
Blow The Horn - 1:10 packs - 1 - #BH-6 Auston Matthews

2017-18 Parkhurst - Blow the Horn #BH-6 Auston Matthews
East Vs. West (East 1:13 packs, West 1:13 packs) - 2 - #E-4 Erik Karlsson, #W-4 P.K. Subban

2017-18 Parkhurst - East vs. West #E-4 Erik Karlsson 

2017-18 Parkhurst - East vs. West #W-4 P.K. Subban 
Everything was in line again in this blaster.  As for my set completion, this is where collation frustration kicks in.  Before this blaster, I needed 38 cards to complete the set.  That's over 10% of the cards.  In this blaster, I got THREE cards that I needed.  That is it.  105 of 108 base cards in the box were multiples.

I don't have the answer and it's not my job to.  However, this is pretty ridiculous, to be honest.  It's another reason that I see set collectors becoming more and more frustrated with companies.  This gives me little confidence that I will complete the set with the cards in the final blaster.  That means I will have spent $100 and still not completed the set.  To be honest, it seems like a valid reason for why set building has all but died.  What are your thoughts?  Feel free to leave comments below.  

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2 comments:

  1. Hey, here's my want list - could me send yours my way: coasttoposts(at)gmail(dot)com

    Parkhurst 2017-18

    Base:
    2, 3, 5, 8, 11, 12, 21, 23, 30, 31, 37, 38, 40, 43, 45, 48, 50, 53, 66, 72, 75, 78, 84, 86, 87, 95, 98, 99, 100, 113, 117, 119, 127, 130, 133, 139, 145, 155, 157, 167, 169, 180, 195, 196, 203, 205, 212, 220, 222, 226, 232, 241, 242, 245, 247, 250, 252

    Rookies:
    255, 259, 265, 266, 270, 274, 276, 279, 280, 282, 286, 288, 292

    Blow The Horn:
    1, 2, 4, 6, 8

    Parkhurst International:
    2, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 11, 12, 13, 14, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24

    East:
    1, 4, 5, 6, 8, 9

    West:
    1, 4, 5, 6, 8, 9

    Seeing Stars:
    1, 2, 3, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10

    Parkhurst Prominent Prospects:
    1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 22, 23, 25

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