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1999-00 Topps Premier Plus (2nd box)

Packs per Box: 24
Cards per Pack: 8
Cards per Box: 192
Base Set Completion: 100% (140 of 140)
Duplicates: 39

The exact contents of the pack scanned in and used to find insert odds:

Valeri Bure #29
Pierre Turgeon #20
Ron Francis Blue Ice Parallel (stated /250)
Derian Hatcher #56
Jere Lehtinen #75
Sergei Berezin #35
Brian Boucher #140
Nik Antropov RC #117

First Pack Comments: The Francis Blue Ice Parallel is very sweet!
First Pack Rating: 7.5 / 10

Total: 13
Blue Ice Parallel (1:16) -- 2: Ron Francis, Jaromir Jagr
Premier Team (1:12) -- 2: Eric Lindros, Mike Modano
Blue Ice Premier Team (1:229) -- 1: Jaromir Jagr
Premier Rookies (1:12) -- 2: Alex Tanguay, Simon Gagne
Blue Ice Premier Rookies (1:229) -- 0
Feature Presintation (1:10) -- 2: Steve Yzerman, Pavel Bure
The Next Ones (1:10) -- 2: Steve Kariya, Patrik Stefan
Imperial Guard (1:40) -- 1: Curtis Joesph
Code Red (1:40) -- 0
Calling All Calders (1:16) -- 1: Martin Brodeur
Calder Winner Autograph (1:572) -- 0
Signing Bonus (1:229) -- 0
Game Pieces (1:159) -- 0
Club Signings Autograph (1:211) -- 0

Box Rating: 6.5 / 10
Product Rating: 6.5 / 10

Topps Premier Plus works quite well as a lower end brand. The inserts are well designed and generously spread throughout the box, the base checklist is decent and has some rookies splattered through it, and there are some homerun pulls to keep everyone interested. Game Used/Autographs average about one per two boxes while the other box is going to usually have an insert parallel. Combining all these together, every box will have some kind of longshot pull in it, giving you something at the end of every break.

Unforetunately for me, this box was one that had the insert parallel. Pulling a limited Jaromir Jagr parallel isn't the worst thing in the world, but compare to an autograph or a game used, it definately feels like missing out. The inserts were all there as expected as was a complete base set. The Blue Ice parallels were great to me, landing Francis and Jagr, and the Premier Rookies were the best I could have hoped for with Tanguay and Gagne.

But still, whenever you miss out on a Game Used/Auto in favor of a sparkly card, there's going to be some regret involved. Regardless, for the price even the boxes without the GU/Auto are well worth it. Some nice parallels and inserts await and while the seasoned collector may not be thrilled, it gives newcomers to the hobby something sweet to break.

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