Rodney's Cardboard:1992 Action Packed Mint Parallel

Welcome back for a NEW Rodney's Cardboard to also celebrate another NFL full Sunday slate of games.

Today, the Giants have their home opener against the Carolina Panthers. I am cautiously optimistic as I am sure all of us Giants fans are.

*fingers crossed*

For today's Rodney's Cardboard I am showing off a pretty unique and rare card I never thought I would see. It isn't easy to find new Rodney's anymore but occasionally, once every few months, there is a new one that pops up.

Which is why I didn't ever expect to see this one.

This is a 1992 Action Packed Mint Parallel. The card is the base card, but completely covered in gold foil.

 

The back of the card is also covered in the gold foil, besides the picture of Rodney, and the card is numbered 138/500. I have personally never seen one of these and can only imagine how hard a card numbered to 500 is actually to find in the early 90's.

Thanks to my buddy Shane for helping me acquire this big need.

Thoughts on today's latest Rodney, if you have seen or owned one of these and what early 90's card are you still chasing welcomed in comments.

Hope everyone has a great Sunday, GO GIANTS!

Rodney's Cardboard:2021 Illusions /25

Welcome back to the latest installment of Rodney's Cardboard.

Today, we will be kicking off a streak of Rodney Hampton Illusion adds. Well, are they technically Rodney's? They are to me.

The player featured on here is Saquon Barkley so technically it is his cards, but Rodney is featured in the background.

From what I have found information on, there are five cards to be chased. I don't know if there is more as this checklist is completely messed up and confusing.

Here are the ones I know that exist so far, /35, /25/ /10/ /5 and 1/1. If there is any others outside of those, that information would be new to me.

Today's card is the /35. As you can see, the main part of the card features Saquon.

 

But there is some faded Rodney in this card along with his name on the back as well.

Your thoughts are welcomed on the lastest Rodney Hampton add in comments.

Rodney's Cardboard:1991 Topps Baseball Error Back

1991 Topps baseball was loaded with error cards. From glow backs to wrong stats, to 1990 football backs. Huh? Yup, some of these cards featured football card backs from the 1990 Topps set.

One of the cards I have been chasing for a few years once I found out it existed was the Juan Samuel base.

 

Why? Well, you must have put it together by now.

 

Yup, Juan Samuel has a Rodney Hampton rookie card back.

I was finally able to land this one for my collection thanks to a trade with @imoMitchCards who found a bunch of these wrong back cards at a thrift store and thought he had this version for me.

Thoughts on today's card welcomed in comments.

Rodney's Cardboard:2021 Playbook Goal Line Autographs Green /25

I don't normally do this, but I wanted to give an eBay seller a shout out.

Shelbmik on eBay was the nicest and easiest seller I have ever talked to on there. Not only did they take a lowball offer because I Super Collect Rodney, but they also sent me a bunch of freebies.

This cool looking Josh Allen insert.

Nice PC Green Prizm

A Strahan I didn't have

And a Jake Fromm rookie card. I was actually hoping Fromm would work out but he didn't. Fun card anyways.

And now the star card of the day,

A Goal Line Graphs auto of Rodney. What a superb looking card. I love the layout and the photography is spot on. Who doesn't love some throwback Bucs jerseys too?

Back Of The Card. Not much info, I wished they had added a blip about the game featured, but still has the cool photo.

Rodney has 2 of these cards in Playbook. This is the /25 Green and there is also, you guessed it, a 1/1 Tag I need still.

Thanks again to the seller for this great deal and bonus cards. Not sure if you read blogs or not, but know how appreciative I am if so.

Thoughts on today's card, bonus cards or any great sellers you have had welcomed in comments.

Rodney's Cardboard:Hero Deck Giants Version

I have been watching an entire deck of Hero Deck NY Giants cards (caricature playing cards) for two years in my watchlist. I just couldn't justify pulling the trigger on spending $15 getting it just for one card want. Not that having an entire team set would be a bad thing.

Instead, I waited patiently and finally, single cards started to be added and guess who showed up, you got it, Rodney.

I already previously added the Georgia Bulldogs version so adding the Giants one was needed.

Rodney is the 6 of hearts in the deck and it features a tidbit on him along with his caricature drawing.

The back features a NY Giants helmet backing.

It's a unique oddball add for only a couple bucks.

Thoughts on these types of cards welcomed in comments today. Let me know if you chase these for your collections as well.

Rodney's Cardboard:2021 Panini XR Summit Patch /5

2021 was probably the most Hampton cards I have to chase in sometime. Especially since Painin figured out that they can make him wear a player-worn jersey.

There are 7 relics alone in Panini XR for me to chase with two being 1/1's.

My recent add from the set is the lowest numbered one I own so far, the Green /5.

The card is green in the background and features my first ever Patch swatch of Rodney.

 

Back of the card features some actual writing and not just a guarantee which is what I am always up for.

Thanks to my buddy Shane from Cheap Wax Wednesday fame for the help with this one.

All that remains to be chased now for me is both of the 1/1's. One of which is listed on eBay but at an outrageous price. So far it has dropped from $500 to $150 but I think $60 to $100 range is more fair.

Thoughts on this latest add welcomed in comments.

Rodney's Cardboard:1992 Starting Lineup

A couple of weeks ago I posted a 1994 Starting Lineup of Rodney and mentioned having another, well that is today. 

With today's addition, I will have two of the three Starting Lineups for Rodney with just the 1991 edition remaining. Today's addition comes via my buddy Wes who sent this bad boy and the other one over for Christmas this past year.

The 1992 Starting Lineup features a figure, card and a poster.

The back is loaded full of stars such as Steve Young, Emmitt Smith and Barry Sanders.

Thanks again to Wes for the Starting Lineup.

I will have to make sure to land the 1991 now to have all of them.

And before you ask, no, I am not opening them up. My OCD would go off the wall so it's going to stay sealed.

Thoughts on today's Rodney is welcomed in comments!

Rodney's Cardboard:2021 Illusions Trophy Collection Rainbow Thus Far

I thought I would recap my chase so far for the 2021 Illusions Trophy Collection Rodney Hampton chase.

And yes, Rodney's Cardboard has returned to this blog. It feels right here and not anywhere else.

Here are the cards in this chase so far,

Here are the /25, /10, /5 and the 1/1.

Once again, I am only missing the /35 which is on eBay but overpriced at $70. However, it would finish up this rainbow. But, still, overpriced and has been for months. The seller has never once put the price down.

Thoughts on this chase and if you would buy the /35 just to finish up the rainbow if you were in my shoes?

Rodney's Cardboard:1994 Starting Lineup

It's been a while since I have posted any new Rodney Hampton updates, normally I do it on Sunday's, but with this Sunday being Easter and with another post prepared for then, I will just dive in and do one today.

One thing I feel to make yourself a true Super Collector of a player is that you must have more than cards. Yes, cards are great and all but to really establish yourself as the main guy, you must mix in some other stuff. For Rodney, I have an autograph football, autograph mini helmets, autograph jersey, uncut sheets of cards, and oddball cards. But, what I was really lacking was some 8x10's and some figures. 

That ended at Christmas time when my buddy Wes hit me up with two of the three Rodney Hampton Starting Lineups I needed.

Today, we take a look at the 1994 Starting Lineup.

 

His 1994 figure comes with a card and the figure.

 

The back features some studs including Jerry Rice, Brett Favre, and Jerome Bettis to name a few.

Thanks goes out to Wes for helping me add this one to the collection.

Going forward, I expect Rodney's Cardboard to return to its normal Sunday spot until I run out of him to post as I haven't added a lot of new ones recently. It has been more challenging now that there are not many Rodney's remaining and not many new ones out there to chase.

I hope everyone has a GOOD FRIDAY.

Rodney's Cardboard: 2021 Panini Illusions /5

Another week, another NEW Rodney's Cardboard!

So far, this segment hasn't fared too well on here but this is the permanent home either way. Hopefully I can build this blog up some.

Today, I am showing off another Panini Illusions add.

Last week I showed off the /10 Illusions card and today I am tackling one that is a bit tougher to find, the /5.

This card has like a fireworks kind of look to it in the background.
 

The card back remains the same.

Once again, here are the ones that I know exist and I will cross off the ones I have with every post. The ones that are offered are, /35, /25, /10, /5 and 1/1. If there is any others outside of those, that information would be new to me.

Thanks to my buddy Shane for the assist on landing this card.

Thoughts on today's card and the Illusions parallels welcomed in comments.

Rodney's Cardboard: 2021 Panini Illusions /10

Hello! And welcome back to the latest Rodney's Cardboard.

Last week's newest addition didn't view too well, so I guess I will post another just like it haha!

Last week I showed off the /25 Illusions card and today I am tackling one that is a bit tougher to find, the /10. Which is actually an eBay 1/1 with a 10/10.

There isn't much to these cards when it comes to telling them apart as it's only the background shine that really changes. This one looks like a sunburst.

The card back remains the same.

Once again, here are the ones that I know exist and I will cross off the ones I have with every post. The ones that are offered are, /35, /25, /10, /5 and 1/1. If there is any others outside of those, that information would be new to me.

Thanks to my buddy Shane for the assist on landing this card.

Thoughts on today's card and the Illusions parallels welcomed in comments.

Rodney's Cardboard:2021 Illusions /25

Welcome back to the latest installment of Rodney's Cardboard.

Today, we will be kicking off a streak of Rodney Hampton Illusion adds. Well, are they technically Rodney's? They are to me.

The player featured on here is Saquon Barkley so technically it is his cards, but Rodney is featured in the background.

From what I have found information on, there are five cards to be chased. I don't know if there is more as this checklist is completely messed up and confusing.

Here are the ones I know that exist so far, /35, /25/ /10/ /5 and 1/1. If there is any others outside of those, that information would be new to me.

Today's card is the /35. As you can see, the main part of the card features Saquon.

 

But there is some faded Rodney in this card along with his name on the back as well.

Your thoughts are welcomed on the lastest Rodney Hampton add in comments.

10-Year Blogversary

Today, Sport Card Collectors turns 10 years old. That's right, 10 years. In blogging terms, that is like 85 years.

A lot has changed on this blog over the 10 years. Sponsors have come and gone. Views have been up and down. Followers have left and come back and left. Comments have dissipated to maybe one to two a day then somedays more. And my posts have come and gone from fillers to real posts to fillers to posts. It's all been quite the trip and i have enjoyed the journey through the ups and downs.

I have spent the past month, hence all of the "filler posts" trying to decide my blogging future on here and i decided..... it will continue afterall. For those 28 viewers this morning that saw my retirement from here, i retract it. I am Tom Brady (we know he will be back), except I don't have the looks, the money, or the Super Bowl rings.

So let's enjoy this Sport Card Collectors day of celebration and a big milestone!

I can't believe it's been 10 years and that I haven't missed a single day on here in those 10 years. Not all posts in those 10 years have been my best, but it didn't  mean some effort to continue such a streak wasn't put in.

I would like to send out a big thank you out to everyone who has been a part of the 10 years on here and the years to come. Whether you were a passerby, read a few posts, shared some of my posts, entered a contest, was a sponsor or are a friend. I appreciate all of you.

In tradition of my blog's anniversary, I always post numbers from the previous years on here and this is today's edition,

Year One, Sport Card Collectors blog had 68,169 overall views. 695 Twitter Followers and 118 Facebook LIKES.

Year Two, Sport Card Collectors blog grew to 205,240 overall views, 2,206 Followers on Twitter and 147 Facebook LIKES.

Year Three, Sport Card Collectors blog grew to 340,841 overall views, 3,576 Followers on Twitter and 159 Facebook LIKES.

Year Four, Sport Card Collectors blog grew to 483,217 overall views, 4,494 Followers on Twitter and 431 Facebook LIKES.

Year Five, Sport Card Collectors blog grew to 679,331 overall views. 5,325 Twitter Followers and 541 Facebook LIKES.

Year Six, Sport Card Collectors blog grew to 952,540 overall views. 6,272 Twitter Followers and 627 Facebook LIKES.

Year Seven, Sport Card Collectors blog grew to 1,268,414 overall views. 7,120 Twitter Followers and 815 Facebook LIKES.

Year Eight, Sport Card Collectors blog grew to 1,595,972 overall views. 8,353 Twitter Followers and 1291 Facebook LIKES before I ended the page. 

Year Nine, Matt's Wonderful Blog Of Hobbies grew to 1,814,262 overall views.  9,763 Twitter Followers and 780 Instagram Followers

Year Ten, Sport Card Collectors grew to 2,029,117 overall views.  10.9K Twitter Followers, 1427 Facebook LIkes and 1095 Instagram Followers

A lot of growth this past year in terms of views which is my highest ever, though it didn't feel like it.

Thanks again to everyone. Please check out the following blogs FOR NEWER POSTS TOO!!

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add them to your blogrolls, follow them and share them. There may be a contest coming up soon to help spread the word out on those blogs and to celebrate 10 years on here.

Thanks again,
Matt

Rodney's Cardboard:1997 Pinnacle Inside Gridiron Gold

The first Rodney of the New Year comes thanks to my friend Tim @CardpocalypseNC.

Today's card is not an easy one to find. In my almost five years of collecting Rodney, I have only seen this one twice. Once I missed, a second time I wasn't going to. Which is where Tim came in with the save.

These silver foil cards are die cut, with a gold foil touch and fall 1:63 packs or in Pinnacle Inside terms, cans.

 

The back is the same other than the parallel name.

Thanks again to Tim for the help.

Have a great Sunday!