Rodney's Cardboard:2023 Topps Composite Resurgence Amped Up Auto Jersey Orange /25

Last week I showed off my first 2023 Topps Composite Resurgence Amped Up Auto Jersey which was the purple /99, now I am showing off the only other one I have.

This one is the orange /25 and features two patch swatches, though they aren't as colorful as I have seen on others.

But it's acquired and off the list. So that's what really matters.

  

The orange part of this parallel is only around the boxes that enclose the jersey just like the purple one. The only other real big difference is the wavy refractor shine on this one is different.

 

Back of the card is still it's lame self. Come on Topps, put some effort in!

That's it for this week's Rodney.  Let me know your thoughts in comments.

Have a great Sunday!

Rodney's Cardboard:2023 Topps Composite Resurgence Amped Up Auto Jersey Purple /99

For the first time in the history of Rodney, he had his very FIRST autograph jersey card featured in 2023 Topps Composite.

It took me a long time just to acquire a couple of them as the "other" Rodney collectors kept driving the prices up.

Today I am showing off one of the two I have. Next Sunday will be featuring the other one.

The helmet on these is turned to the side so you can't see the missing logos. The /99 features like a wavy refractor background

 

The backs are lame. I miss the days we would get picture of the items they wore for the relic cards.

Stay tuned for next Sunday to see the other one I have!

Rodney's Cardboard:2023 Motif Blue /20

Here we go another Rodney's Cardboard! 

And here we go with another Motif.

This is the fifth of the fifth of these I have. This time it's another low numbered parallel as I try to add those first not knowing if they will come back in time.

 

The blue parallel just changes the foil border to blue. Nothing to special about the card or shinyness about it.

Comments on this latest Rodney welcomed in comments!

Rodney's Cardboard:2023 Motif Scarlet /5

Good morning football fans or Rodney fans, welcome back to another Rodney's Cardboard!

Today, I am showing off my latest Rodney add from Topps Motif. I only have a few cards from the set as they don't pop up often.

This one is one of the tougher ones to find for the base parallels other than the 1/1, it's the /5.

 

The parallel is kind of lame as only the foil color is changed.

 

Back remains the same as the numbering is on the front.

Well, there you have it. Another new Rodney for this Sunday.

I hope everyone has a great rest of their Sunday. Thoughts on today's Rodney welcomed in comments.

I kind of wished I drank, because I will be spending my day watching the Giants and in order to watch them anymore, drinking is the only option.

Rodney's Cardboard:2023 Topps Motif Base Card

Welcome back to a NEW Rodney's Cardboard!

It's been a while, so I have a little bit to catch up on.

Rodney found himself in a few products in 2023 including Select, Topps Composite and Topps Motif.

One of the last products I acquired any new Rodney's from was Motif. They were just really hard to find, not so much overpriced like the Topps Composite ones were. 

Which makes me wonder if this product really ever sold at all. So far there have been under fifteen total listings from what I have seen.

Crazy for today's times.

But, fortunately for me, I have landed a few of those including today's base card.

The design, without logos of course, reminds me of a Panini product. Maybe Origins.

 

Back is kind of bland, very little stats as well.

This is just the beginning of new Rodney's to come. Right now, I would rather be showing off new Rodney's every Sunday then watching the Giants. Their product on the field looks worst then this one.

Thoughts on this Rodney welcomed in comments!

Thanks for stopping by!

Rodney's Cardboard:2023 Certified Black 1/1

Today is a big day! I am showing off my final piece to my 2023 Certified autograph rainbow, the black parallel.

Thanks to my longtime friend Shane from Cheap Wax Wednesday, I was able to add this bad boy to the PC.

I am glad to put one to rest of the 2023 Rodney Hampton blowouts that Panini put out this year. I am still working on the Spectra and the Absolute rainbows. Absolute is only two away while Spectra is four away. Hopefully someday I can finish both up.

That's it for this week's Rodney's Cardboard!

Rodney's Cardboard:1996 Fleer Ultra Sensations Rainbow Parallel

I have finally completed another 90's Rodney rainbow.

I have never, ever seen one of these pop up before so when I did not only was I shocked, but I was also very excited.

With being only one, yes one percent of the total print run of Ultra Sensations it makes it very tough to find the Rainbow Parallel for 1996 Ultra Sensations.

I am not sure what the odds are on these but they weren't easy.

There isn't much to these parallels compared to the others in the set. Just a few specs of color mixed in with the golden border.

 

Back of the card is the same as the others in the run. Not even numbered.

Speaking of rainbows, there is another one coming up next Sunday. So come back and check that one out!

Rodney's Cardboard:2023 Spectra Neon Marble Autograph /4

Rodney's Cardboard is new! I am running out of new Rodney's to show off, but for now, bask in the ambience of them.

I expected more out of these Spectra Rodney's especially the lower numbered ones but so far, they are simply meh. I would expect more out of one numbered to 4.

 

Here is the card back. It's numbered 3/4. This is the only one of these I have seen on the market so it's important to grab this stuff when you can.

There is still more of these I need to chase, the /8 just sold so I missed that one. The 1/1 already disappeared on me as well. The /10 is listed but I can't afford it right now. I guess for now I will be happy with what I have.

Hope everyone has a great Sunday. God Bless!

Rodney's Cardboard:2023 Absolute Historical Duals Autograph Rodney Hampton/Ottis Anderson Gold /10

Well, I just realized I forgot to post a new Rodney's Cardboard this week. Since it's really late, past 11pm where I am and I need to get to bed, I thought I would still sneak a post in and make it a quick one so I don't disappoint those of you who still read this blog and check out my Rodney Hampton collection.

I really wished more of you would return back, read and comment again!

Today's card comes thanks to Shane from Cheap Wax Wednesday fame continues my rainbow chase for 2023 Absolute Historic Duals and now it brings me down to just needing the 1/1 and the /5 purple. I have yet to see the purple pop up, but I have seen the 1/1 leave in the hands of another collector on eBay already. It doesn't stop me from hoping they re-list it or that I just stick to chasing the purple and forget about the top dog in the chase. Because when it comes to Rodney, it's about getting all that I can.

Thoughts on my latest add and if you have seen the purple /5 welcomed in comments.

Rodney's Cardboard:2023 Optic Signature Series Autograph

 Welcome back to another NEW Rodney's Cardboard post!

You must have thought after my long May run of these that it was over with, well, there are more to come after some recent trades and pickups!

 

Thanks to Panini's recent Rodney sticker dump, I have been finding Rodney in more products this year than ever.

I didn't even know he was in Optic until I saw an eBay listing. The good news is, there aren't any parallels to this one that I have found so this one card will be all I need. It's also not numbered so who knows how many of these exist.

There will be more Rodney's coming up including some rarer ones.

Rodney's Cardboard:2023 Spectra Neon Pink Autograph /15

It's time for another new Rodney!

Once again, we are taking a look at another Spectra add.

Today's is Pink, Neon Pink. Probably one I should have saved for showing off in October for Breast Cancer Awareness Month, but I will show it off a few months early.

 

The front is a wavy pink color.

These parallels are numbered to 15.

Here is the overall look at what I am seeking and what I have,

Signatures Gold   1

Signatures Nebula   2

Signatures Neon Marble  4

Signatures Psychedelic  5

Signatures Neon Splatter   8

Signatures Neon Orange   10

Signatures Neon Pink   15

Signatures Meta   25

Signatures Neon Green   35

Signatures Neon Blue   50

Signatures Hyper   60

Signatures Celestial 75

Signatures    199

Quite a few knocked off so far, but still have a road to travel with this chase with so many low numbered ones.

Let me know your thoughts on my chase so far in comments today. Have a great day!

Rodney's Cardboard:2023 Spectra Neon Green Autograph /35

Yesterdays design was really lame, but this is probably my favorite one so far.

I know it's not team match and probably is closer to an Eagles one, but it looks really nice especially in-person.

 

This is the Neon Green parallel. It has like a scope parallel look to it. The combination of the green and the blue swirl to me brings this card to the front of all of the others.

These parallels are numbered to 35.

Here is the overall look at what I am seeking. I do have five of the chase so far in hand and will cross them off as I go.

Signatures Gold   1

Signatures Nebula   2

Signatures Neon Marble  4

Signatures Psychedelic  5

Signatures Neon Splatter   8

Signatures Neon Orange   10

Signatures Neon Pink   15

Signatures Meta   25

Signatures Neon Green   35

Signatures Neon Blue   50

Signatures Hyper   60

Signatures Celestial 75

Signatures    199

Well, more Rodney's to come! I wonder if there will be any new ones to chase in 2024 or if this will be the end of the Rodneys. Time can only tell what Fanatics has planned.

Thoughts on today's card welcomed in comments!

Rodney's Cardboard:2023 Spectra Hyper Autograph /60

In Panini's attempt to sticker dump, the effort on some of the parallels from this Rodney chase are pretty lame. 

Take today's for example, if you compare this to the base,

 

The only difference is the lines in the background. LINES. If you are going to go out Panini and lose the license, at least go out with a bang.

is numbered to 50. But, for once, these cards feature a small writeup about the player and doesn't have the usual boring backing.

Here is the overall look at what I am seeking. I do have five of the chase so far in hand and will cross them off as I post them the next few weeks.

Signatures Gold   1

Signatures Nebula   2

Signatures Neon Marble  4

Signatures Psychedelic  5

Signatures Neon Splatter   8

Signatures Neon Orange   10

Signatures Neon Pink   15

Signatures Meta   25

Signatures Neon Green   35

Signatures Neon Blue   50

Signatures Hyper   60

Signatures Celestial 75

Signatures    199

Stay tuned for more from the Spectra chase.

Now I want your thoughts on the lack of effort in this parallel in comments today!

Rodney's Cardboard:2023 Spectra Base Autograph /199

My last few Rodney chases started with the parallels before the base. This didn't change when I started hunting down the Spectra cards.

 

The base just has a regular refractor shine.

The back is numbered to 199.

Here is the overall look at what I am seeking. I do have five of the chase so far in hand and will cross them off as I post them the next few days.

Signatures Gold   1

Signatures Nebula   2

Signatures Neon Marble  4

Signatures Psychedelic  5

Signatures Neon Splatter   8

Signatures Neon Orange   10

Signatures Neon Pink   15

Signatures Meta   25

Signatures Neon Green   35

Signatures Neon Blue   50

Signatures Hyper   60

Signatures Celestial 75

Signatures    199

There are more to post about in this chase that I have in hand.

Thoughts on my latest Rodney welcomed in comments!

Rodney's Cardboard:2023 Spectra Celestrial Autograph /75

 This Sunday we continue to roll on with the newest Rodneys from Spectra.

Sometimes I think Panini makes up parallel names, like what is a celestrial parallel?

To me, it's like a pink.

These are numbered to 75..

Here is the overall look at what I am seeking. I do have five of the chase so far in hand and will cross them off as I post them the next few weeks.

Signatures Gold   1

Signatures Nebula   2

Signatures Neon Marble  4

Signatures Psychedelic  5

Signatures Neon Splatter   8

Signatures Neon Orange   10

Signatures Neon Pink   15

Signatures Meta   25

Signatures Neon Green   35

Signatures Neon Blue   50

Signatures Hyper   60

Signatures Celestial 75

Signatures    199

There are three more to post about in this chase that I have.

Now I want your thoughts on that in comments!

Rodney's Cardboard:2023 Spectra Neon Blue Autograph /50

 With so many Rodney's released in 2023, I am having to shift gears all over when it comes to posting these.

I am as surprised as you are with all of these new Rodney's.

With Spectra being a $1K per box product, I am not sure how many Rodney's I will be finding from this chase. There is a whopping 13 to chase. THIRTEEN. Many of which are low numbered.

Today, I am kicking it off with one that falls in the middle, sort of.

The Team color matched Neon Blue

is numbered to 50. But, for once, these cards feature a small writeup about the player and doesn't have the usual boring backing.

Here is the overall look at what I am seeking. I do have five of the chase so far in hand and will cross them off as I post them the next few weeks.

Signatures Gold   1

Signatures Nebula   2

Signatures Neon Marble  4

Signatures Psychedelic  5

Signatures Neon Splatter   8

Signatures Neon Orange   10

Signatures Neon Pink   15

Signatures Meta   25

Signatures Neon Green   35

Signatures Neon Blue   50

Signatures Hyper   60

Signatures Celestial 75

Signatures    199

There are four more to post about in this chase that I have.

I have other thoughts on this chase to. First off, who can afford a 1K box and two, can you imagine breaking a box and ending up with a Rodney Hampton as one of your big hits....OUCH. Doesn't seem like the kind of product you add a player like this in.

Now I want your thoughts on that in comments!

Rodney's Cardboard:1995 Collectors Edge Excalibur Sword And Stone Diamond Parallel

 We are still rolling in the Rodney's, and I still have more to show.

I am really lost with this year of Collectors Edge sets. There are so many parallels, so many inserts and they all sound and sometimes look the same. The easiest way for me to do these, is just look up to make sure I don't have it. That's my only tell-tale.

I do know though, that the diamond parallel is the hardest one to chase in the series. I have one for the base and now have one for assumingly is an insert.

 

Card back.

I do have a few parallels of this chase for Rodney and at some point I will round them all up and show them off.

Thanks again to Wes for sending this one along.

Comments are always welcomed below!

Rodney's Cardboard:1992 Wild Card 10-Stripe

 Being someone who didn't really get deep into collecting until 1995, my knowledge of products before that year are a little weak.

So, when I saw all of these "stripe" parallels all over my Rodney checklist it took some time to adjust to figuring out all of them.

But, after some research and some of the answers right on the card front, I think I have it all figured out. 

I know these were randomly inserted and the higher the stripe number, the tougher to find. I also see from the card front which levels and foil colors each one is. I had never noticed that before.

 

Nothing changed too much on each of the backs, it's the fronts that matter.

I am 100 and 20 stripe away from the complete rainbow.

I managed to find this one for under $2, I will take those deals all day long.

Thoughts on comments on this chase and if you have made a similar one welcomed in comments.

Rodney's Cardboard:1997 New Pinnacle Black Printing Plate

Today's card is my favorite Printing Plate in my Rodney Hampton collection.

Not because of the front,

 

But, because of the back. It is signed by Jerry Meyer Chairman of Pinnacle. This is the only time that I know of that printing plate was actually fully guaranteed like this. These are also very scarce to hunt down and Rodney makes only the second one in my collection. The other one is a card back of Yatil Green.

I can't imagine how many of these things that Meyer had to sign.

Thanks again to Wes for grabbing this one for me as well.

Comments on whether you own any of these plates welcomed in comments.

Rodney's Cardboard:1997 Stadium Club Yellow Printing Plate

  Well, now that I am past all of the hard to talk about Rodney Printing plates, I am moving onto two weeks of ones I can have a small discussion about.

Today's printing plate is actually recognized as one. This is from the 1997 Stadium Club set and features Rodney shoving Ray Lewis to the ground. I guarantee this is not something you saw very often when Lewis was on the field.

 

The back of the plate lets us know which one it is. I still have three others to chase. Who knows if they will ever show up.

Thanks again to Wes for this latest add. Quite a nice surprise for the collection.

Comments are always welcomed on these latest adds!

Rodney's Cardboard:1996 Collectors Edge Advantage Printing Plates (3 of them)

(there isn't a lot to say about these plates as I have many to post. They are 1/1's, they are legit as you can tell the use from the backing which is completely silver, they all came from one seller, and they all came to me via Wes who blogged for Area 40 blog. Thanks Wes!)

(side note, this is one front and two different back colors for this run. I am not sure if I have others as well. I will update when I check them)

Rodney's Cardboard:1996 Scoreboard NFL Lasers Printing Plates

    

(there isn't a lot to say about these plates as I have many to post. They are 1/1's, they are legit as you can tell the use from the backing which is completely silver, they all came from one seller, and they all came to me via Wes who blogged for Area 40 blog. Thanks Wes!)

(side note, this is two backs and as you can tell, they are two different colors)

Rodney's Cardboard:1995 Classic Images Live Printing Plate

(there isn't a lot to say about these plates as I have many to post. They are 1/1's, they are legit as you can tell the use from the backing which is completely silver, they all came from one seller, and they all came to me via Wes who blogged for Area 40 blog. Thanks Wes!)

Rodney's Cardboard:1992 Pro Set Printing Plates

    

(there isn't a lot to say about these plates as I have many to post. They are 1/1's, they are legit as you can tell the use from the backing which is completely silver, they all came from one seller, and they all came to me via Wes who blogged for Area 40 blog. Thanks Wes!)

(side note, you can tell these are also legit from the multiple colors)

Rodney's Cardboard:2023 Panini Absolute Historic Duals Red Ottis Anderson/Rodney Hampton Autograph /75

 Today marks the final run on the 2023 Absolute Historic Duals that I have so far. It's not too many and most of my focus has been on the bigger numbered cards as those fell cheaper.

Other than the 1/1, the /10 and the /25 have popped up once and both left my grasp. Hopefully they will re-appear. I have yet to see the Purple /5.

But, let's take a look at a card I have seen and own today :)

This card is the Red version which is numbered to 75. I guess you can consider this a team color parallel as well.

 

Back of the card is the usual Panini backing.

Here is the overall look at the chase so far. 

Historical Duals Black 1
Historical Duals Purple 5
Historical Duals Gold 10
Historical Duals Green 25
Historical Duals Blue 35
Historical Duals Orange 50
Historical Duals Red 75
Historical Duals 199

As I said above, had to focus on the easier ones first.

Stay tuned for new Rodney posts to come!

Rodney's Cardboard:2023 Panini Absolute Historic Duals Orange Ottis Anderson/Rodney Hampton Autograph /50

 As bright as the sun, today's Rodney Hampton is shining through!

This was the first card in the run I acquired for my chase.

The card is the Orange version which is numbered to 50.

 

Back of the card is the usual Panini backing.

Here is the overall look at the chase so far. 

Historical Duals Black 1
Historical Duals Purple 5
Historical Duals Gold 10
Historical Duals Green 25
Historical Duals Blue 35
Historical Duals Orange 50
Historical Duals Red 75
Historical Duals 199

I have one more to show off before I have to move onto the next part of my Rodney showcase!

Rodney's Cardboard:2023 Panini Absolute Historic Duals Ottis Anderson/Rodney Hampton Autograph /35

 Today's Rodney Hampton is probably going to be my favorite of the chase, especially since the 1/1 is gone. It's a blue parallel which is team color match especially with their players jerseys on the card being blue as well.

The blue version is numbered to 35.

 

Back of the card is the usual Panini backing.

Here is the overall look at the chase. The 1/1 had already popped up and I missed it. But at least I can just chase what I can and hopefully someday the 1/1 will come back.

Historical Duals Black 1
Historical Duals Purple 5
Historical Duals Gold 10
Historical Duals Green 25
Historical Duals Blue 35
Historical Duals Orange 50
Historical Duals Red 75
Historical Duals 199

Stay tuned for a couple more of these!