Riding The Rookie Wave

Randomly inserted in packs of 2021 Playoff, was the Rookie Wave insert line.

As soon as I saw one of the cards, I had to see if a Giant existed on the checklist because I was hooked on the design.

On the checklist was Giants rookie WR Kadarius Toney. I knew I had to have it, so just like that I went and got myself a copy. The theme of the card along with the actual wave makes this card attractive to me.

When I found out the card also had parallels, that's when my next chase began. I told myself early on in my chase I wasn't going to do the whole rainbow look as it would probably be expensive to do so, but I did tell myself to chase as many as I can.

So I did.

Silver

Purple

Red

Blue

Pink

Die Cut

All together at this point.

There is also a Gold /10 my buddy @90sNicheFBcard nicely grabbed for me that I will get at some point.

So all that remains is the Touchdown parallel 1/1. I didn't expect to get this close to the rainbow but now that I am there, I have to finish it right?

Thoughts on my chase, the design and if you have build any rainbows recently welcomed in comments.

Hope you have a wonderful Wednesday!

Eli Is King

Eli Manning is becoming my second biggest player collection I have and I am not complaining.

With well over 700 cards now, Eli is still a far distant cry from Ken Griffey Jr's over 1,000, but will own sole possession of second soon with today's cards and more on the way soon.

Despite all of my passion for Rodney, Eli is my true blue heart of Giants football.

I didn't know much about the Ole Miss QB when he came out in the 2004 draft other than the fact he was Peyton's brother and what a shadow to live in. Expectations were and the Giants traded for Eli on draft day sending picks and Phillip Rivers who they drafted to San Diego for Eli.

I may have had my complaints about Eli. The turnovers, the fall on the ground take sacks.

But I was glad he was their Signal Caller

 

Their Captain

And Leader.

He was a Hero from living in the shadows of his big brother

To leading his team to two Super Bowl championships. Two memorable games that are forever embedded in my heart.

He is also out-of-this-world person working hand to hand with March Of Dimes and winning a Walter Payton Man Of The Year award.

Not to mention his comedic Brilliance in his commercials and TV spots. Just recently he made a joking reference to how Tom Brady couldn't beat the Giants in the Super Bowl and has been referred to many times as Tom Brady's father.

Eli is the true Giants blue and will forever be the face of the NY Giants for all that he has done on and off the field.

 

And to make that even more-so, about a week ago Eli signed on the dotted line and returned to the Giants in a front office position to help staff in the business development, marketing, and community and corporate relations areas. I also wouldn't be surprise if he didn't make a couple visits with Daniel Jones to help his progression.

This is why Eli will always be the Mann in my collection.

Thanks to @90sNicheFBCard for the trade and the new Eli acquisitions. 

Thanksgiving 2020

It's 2020 folks, will Thanksgiving be more like Halloween and should we be aware of a zombie turkey that will attack us in our sleep, stuffing that will explode when your pour gravy over it or potatoes that won't mash, a pumpkin pie that is actually mincemeat pie or will there be any form of normal for this holiday?

I would say with this year, you just never know.

I know for myself, the holiday won't be the same. The usual family gathering thanks to good ole foe Covid won't be happening with family afar in Boston and Nashville. I am also this years Thanksgiving host for the first time in over 10 years and just doing an inner family celebration.

Just because things have been rough, it doesn't mean there isn't plenty to be thankful for.

First off, I want to thank you today for coming to read today's post. I am thankful to have readers such as you to take time out to read my ramblings.

Secondly, I have all of this to be thankful for,

• I am thankful first of all for a loving and caring God.
• I am also thankful for my wife and family
• I am thankful for having food on the table and a roof over my head.
• I am thankful this year for my health which up to this point has stayed par.
• I am thankful for this blog that gives me an outlet to share my hobby since I don't have collectors nearby.
• I am definitely thankful I haven't caught Covid.
• I am thankful for the great people over at Burbank Sportscards. Which by the way you can save 10% on your orders at their Beckett Marketplace store by using code 15Burbank.
• I am thankful for great hobby friends both in the blogging world and on Twitter. I am thankful for you all, don't take it the wrong way that I am about to point some out, as I am thankful for you all once again. But, I am extra thankful for great friends like Wes, Grady M, Stephen Furlong, @90sNicheFBCard, @CardpocalypseNC, and @ShaneSalmonson who have helped me in many ways and hopefully know I got their back as well.
• I am just thankful for life and waking up each day is a blessing in itself. I love life.

Third, I am thankful for like Julie who lets me pick their pockets. Hope that didn't come out wrong.

In my latest claims from Julies pockets that are always full of variety I hit up a bunch of different collections,

90's inserts

Kellogs 3D cards that I just can't say no to now

90's parallels

90's die cuts

Great looking cards

Non Sport

"Rookie Cards"

If there had been some NY Giants cards there I would have tackled almost everything I collect. So thanks again Julie for allowing me to pick your pockets. If you haven't checked out Julie's blog, A Cracked Bat: Baseball Cards and a Hot Dog I suggest you do so! Fun name and blog.

I hope everyone is thankful for that last part even in the lesser than great days. Everyday is a blessing to be alive and it's best to be a blessing to someone else today. They will be thankful for it, I promise. Even if it's simply just saying hi or a simple smile. We can use even the simplest of blessings in a year like this.

Sending my wishes that everyone who reads this has a Happy Thanksgiving, eat food til you can't move, watch football, and make moments happen. Enjoy your day and if you are thankful for something, let me know in the comments. I look forward to reading them.

Let's Talk About Sets Volume 39:1997 Spx Racing Complete Set

And the final add to the Spx family, is the 1997 Spx Racing set. I already completed the 1996 Spx Racing set, now it's time to do the base version of the 1997 Spx.

1997 Spx is once again a small base set but it also has multiple parallels to it that need to be built as well.

Here's a glance at the 25 card base set,

I have always liked the 1997 Spx design more than the rest.

With the base set down, that's one thing. But, many more to go with this product.

• I need three 25 card parallel sets Blue, Gold and Silver
• Speedview Autographs
• Tag Team
• Tag Team Autographs

 Thanks to Bryan over @90sNicheFBCard for the set help. If any of you have anymore help towards any of my Spx sets, give me a holla and we can definitely set up a trade!

Let's Talk About Sets Volume 37:1996-1997 Spx Hockey Complete Set

Thanks to my big trade with @90sNicheFBcard, I was able to lock down some more sets from my Spx of the 90's project.

Three of them to be exact.

Today's knockdown is the 1996 hockey base card set. I gave up trying to knock it down card by card, so I jumped on the opportunity just to own it as a whole and here it is in all it's glory.

With this one in hand, it narrows my 1996 Spx hockey down to finding the Holoview Heroes, Wayne Gretzky promo, Wayne Gretzky autograph, Wayne Gretzky Comm, and the Wayne Gretzky draft card. Some of these I have since picked up. Not sure I will ever land the Gretzky auto with those high rates. Unless one of you have one for trade.

Stay tuned for more Spx adds coming up!

Always Giants

I am buried draft deep in mail days to post on here and trying to post them in the order I got them. So don't worry if I have gotten one from you and haven't posted it yet.

I am weeks out on some.

So to finish up one mail day, I am jumping back to my mail day from @90sNicheFBCard.

Except, it's not really finished. The rest of it will be for a new series I am creating so that will be again,down the road. I just wanted to finish up the main part of the mail day.

So let's check it out.

Eli holo silver. I had considered a few times chasing the Optic Eli rainbow, but backed away.

Landon Collins Optic Silver

Saquon Barkley Red Zone orange parallel /75. This was one of my favorite photos of Saquon in 2019 products other than the one where he is jumping over the Bears defender.

New Sterling Shepard relic.  I am expecting bigger things from him in 2020 if he can stay healthy.

I haven't seen one of these before. Reminds me of the Leaf Fabric Of The Game where the relics run down the side.

Michael Cox autograph. He didn't last long with the Gmen, not sure he made it out of Training Camp, but we have a saying as Giants fans, Once a Giant, always a Giant

These Obsidian relics are wack! They look awesome. Its like Star Wars and football all into one and who doesn't like that thought.

Panini Incep...Origins autographed cards look awesome especially used with silver ink.

I have been wanting this card since last year, new addition to the Saquon PC. Bryan actually sent two along with one being for my Eli PC as well.

As I showed off on here before, I have a pretty good sized Darius Slayton PC and knew three more autographs would be incoming from Byran. Origins base auto.

And a blue /49 were in the mix

Along with this Absolute Memorabilia autograph relic cards. I wished they added a glove or sock or something else to pair with a football and jersey relic and not another jersey relic.

And to finish up this mail day, a dual threat at PC with a 90's autograph of a Giant in Arthur Marshall. Marshall played for the Giants from 1995-1996 but made minimal impact for the team with less than 200 yards receiving both years combined. But, I collect all Giants and really enjoy the on card autographs from Pro Line.

Thanks to Bryan for the trade again and I still have more to show when I get that new series started. As for the rest of the mail days, once again, I promise to get these all done in the next month at the very least.