Rodney's Cardboard:2020 The Bar Hybrid Edition

2020 has been packed with surprises, no doubt about that, even in the hobby as it has taken flight once again.

My Rodney Hampton collection as well has seen a few surprises this year pop up.

Cards I have waited years on are trickling onto eBay, he was in Mosaic as a signature and then today's added surprise when I found a listing with his named attached to The Bar product which is created by Super Products.

This "card" isn't the prettiest site in the world, but as a Super Collector, if it has his name and is legit, you gotta have it.

The card is simply a cut autograph from a 8x10 photo, which I recognized because it was in my watch list, with Rodney getting away from a Vikings defender. In the corner he signed this in the photo so Super Products cleaned cut it and glued it onto some black cardboard.

The back of the cardboard. I didn't need the authenticity as that is definitely Rodney's signature, but it's a nice touch to tell it apart as a real card and not a subject of an experiment by myself.

I was just glad the card wasn't too expensive but it does make me wonder how many of these or how many versions of it exist. I can't seem to locate a checklist for the product and since this isn't numbered 1/1 anywhere, it strikes my curiosity. 

 

At the time of typing this, 10/18, there are no more versions of this card to be found listed anywhere.

What do you guys think about cards like this? Yay! Nay! Let me hear your thoughts and if you would add something like this to your collection if you super collect a certain player.

Rodney's Cardboard:2020 Mosaic Silver Autograph

2020 has been a messy year, but I recently found out one positive thing, you guessed that right, Rodney Hampton has found his way into a 2020 product.

Not only does he have an autograph card in Panini Mosaic, but he has a total of 8 of them to chase split in two different autograph sets in the product.

So far only one of the Hampton autographs continues to pop up and thanks to my buddy @brent3323, I was able to add the first of them.

 

This is the silver autograph and it sparkles so much

 

But isn't numbered.

Here is the overall look at the ones I need from the product and some are numbered (yellow is what I have)

39	Autographs Mosaic Black	1
92	Autographs No Huddle Black	1
39	Autographs Mosaic Choice Black Gold	8
39	Autographs Mosaic Gold	10
92	Autographs No Huddle Gold	10
39	Autographs Mosaic
39	Autographs Mosaic Choice Fusion Red
92	Autographs No Huddle

Unlike all of these and yes I have a second one, the Fusion Red coming at some point thanks to @CardpocalypseNC which I will show off once its in hand.

Sadly and really frustratingly the black /1 autograph of this set was listed and sold without me being able to make any kind of run at it.  It was a tough pill to swallow to watch it go and at this point all i can hope is that it can make another appearance down the road.

Thanks to Brent for this great mail day and for getting my Hampton search started. 

 

Now if only the others would pop up like the 100 Silvers that have been listed.

Rodney's Cardboard:2018 Panini Legacy Magenta Plate 1/1

Dennis from Too Many Verlanders blog fame was a huge help to me recently when a 1/1 Rodney Hampton popped up I desperately, yes we can call it that even for just a piece of cardboard, needed.

I didn't have the funds to pick up said Hampton so he put in a helping hand and we made a trade. Dennis is cool like that.

Said card, a 2018 Legacy Magenta Printing Plate 1/1, was in his hands pretty fast and he passed it along to me not much longer after.

This is my second Printing Plate from Legacy of my boy Rodney.

I don't know how many plates there are overall to chase but I believe its probably close to four.

I know I said I was going to show off a new Hampton that popped up in a new product this week, but I will save that for next week. I wanted to say thanks to Dennis again first.

I do wished that rest of the 1/1's I need for Legacy would make an appearance, all three are autograph parallels. But patience is best in situations like this.