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!

Kerry's Cardboard:1996 Action Packed Longest Yard

Fun inserts comes to mind when I am putting together my Kerry Collins collection.

Sure, there are plenty of base cards I could chase for cheaper, but I want to tackle the fun stuff first.

For example, 1996 Action Packed Longest Yard.

These shiny embossed background cards that fell 1:24 packs draws your eyes right in. Absolutely love it and love the football background.

 

Back Of The Card.

These are the type of Kerry Collins cards that make me smile even not in a Giants uniform. 

I will be posting another pickup soon from this set soon.

Thoughts on today's insert add welcomed in comments.

Another Step Closer

My collecting focus has been much better than it used to be. 

I have been able to finish up some sets, knock down some want list cards and keep with my main PC's of NY Giants and Non-Sports.

Which is a huge improvement from where I was. I think not having much money has helped me put my focus on things that matter most to my collection.

 

My recent mail day was this 1996 Topps Turf Warriors Dan Marino which brings me another step closer to this set. I have for the most part knocked down all of the key players in the set now.

It's a fun set with a felt background and player in the forefront. These fell 1:36 packs in 1996 Topps.

But, finding the other needs hasn't been easy so far.

I am hopeful I can complete this still, but it may take some patience.

Random Card Of The Day:1996 Pinnacle Museum Collection Reggie Sanders

Burbank Pickups Of The Month Part 1:Found Some Way

My Charles Way collection continues to build and I am building my foundation through base cards I find at Burbank Sport Cards.

Here's a group I tackled first. Both red Prestige are parallels technically.

A few base, a couple red parallels and a low end inserts makes up this group.

  

And my final card, though it may look like a special parallel, is just a checklist. A checklist!! How can a card that looks this great just be a checklist. May be the greatest looking checklist card I have seen.

Well, that does it for Part 1 of my Burbank pickups. I decided to split up my Burbank mail day into three parts this month.

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The Gifts Flew In

 It's almost five days short of being Christmas a month ago. A MONTH AGO. I can't believe how fast January has gone but I am not complaining. It feels to be the longest month...and coldest one. I am ready to move on.

I received many mail days in or around Christmas and held them until Christmas to open. A couple of those mail days were actually gifts and one of those I am posting today. 

This was my mail day Christmas gift from blog reader Oren.

 

Two unopened packs of 1996 Fleer Ultra Sensations opens up this mail day. I did open one pack and did keep one sealed...for now. The results from the one or both will be posted at a later date.

Santa cards, all are new! Love the shiny one.

Sterling Shepard auto!! It's numbered to 15.

Looney Tunes

 

And we close it out with a 10-card set from 1996 Fleer Smoke N Heat.

Big thanks to Oren for the Christmas gift. I appreciate it buddy!

More posts to come as I continue to catch up on mail days.

Random Cardboard:1996 Score Artists Proof Marc Newfield

Random Cardboard:1996 Pinnacle Artists Proof Albert Belle

Random Cardboard:1996 Pinnacle SlugFest Eddie Murray

Random Cardboard:1996 Pinnacle Christie Brinkley Collection Sandy Alomar

Dream Team

1995-1999 put out some of the greatest looking cards ever in the history of the hobby. Take me back to when the cards were amazing.

No, these cards aren't flipper material, nor do they hold a lot of money value, but they do hold a lot of memory value and that is where the big money is at for me.

Out of all of the 1996 Score packs I ripped; I was never ever fortunate enough to land a Dream Team insert. They were not easy to find at 1:72 packs making it one in every two or three boxes.

The 10-card set had fallen out of my memory until I was looking up random card sets on Burbank Sportcards where I spotted some of these. And not only did I spot some of them, I grabbed some.

 

If you look closely behind all of the shine, I try not to look too far behind it, you will see a team/city tie in behind each player. 

I have a Barry Sanders on the way which will put me roughly halfway through the set, so maybe this one won't be too hard to accomplish.

Thoughts on the players or the set welcomed in comments!

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Random Cardboard:1996 Pinnacle Team Spirit Barry Bonds

Random Cardboard:1996 Pinnacle Chase Checklist

Random Cardboard:1996 Pinnacle Tony Gwynn

Random Cardboard:1996 Pinnacle Hardball Heroes Will Clark

Rodney's Cardboard:1996 Pacific Printing Plate

Another new Rodney, another new Rodney plate and another thank you goes out to Shane from Cheap Wax Wednesday fame.

 

Today's plate is from 1996 Pacific football, one of my favorite base card designs from the Pacific line.

There isn't much else to say about printing plates so I must apologize for short posts. It's not like there are odds on it.

Thanks again to Shane and for everyone coming to check it out. Next week, another Rodney....plate.

All For The Metal

You all may think I am crazy, but I am giving up the "farm" for Fleer Metal Universe cards.

What does that mean? Well, I have been caught trading guys like Luis Robert, Joe Burrow, Justin Herbert for plain 'ole Fleer Metal Universe cards. The more 1996 and 1997 they are, the better.

Here's a few recent adds (some photos are missing for one reason or another),

 

The design has always been interesting and fun. I like the 1996 and 1997 more than the 1998 because of the wackiness. Not that the 1998 on locations are bad.

So am I crazy for doing these types of trades? I will let you be the judge. All I know is that I am a collector first.

Burbank Pickups Of The Month: July 2021 Edition

This NEW segment will capture most of my monthly pickups from Burbank Sportcards Beckett Marketplace, unless they are NY Giants ones or specific special cards and then you will have to check out Cards Over Coffee and Big Blue Cardboard to see those. I would suggest you follow those blogs in that case.

This month, I targeted some of my sets that need to finally be knocked down from the 90's.

Such as 1996 Pinnacle Pinnacle Power. This is one of my newer chases.

E-X2000 baseball, they only had 4 of the cards I needed of the 9 remaining. At least only 5 cards remain so I can finally complete it. I may try to tackle the EX-2001 next month.

1995 Pinnacle Museum Collection football. This one is a big one to tackle, I am in no hurry.

However, I am in a bit more of a hurry to finally finish up this two year project in 1995 Summit Ground Zero. I finished grabbing the ones I needed on Burbank.

 

The final card was 1995 Summit Ground Zero Steve McNair which was one of the final two tough cards I needed. The other, I still need in Curtis Martin.

If you like the 90's, I would suggest you continue checking out these monthly posts as most of my additions will be of that.

Let me know in comments below which cards or set I am chasing is your favorite.

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Rodney's Cardboard:1996 Topps Cyber Card

Today marks the day I will be on vacation. It's not a far away vacation to some exotic place or some place where I will be near an LCS, but it's still a much needed getaway with the family.

Two years ago, my sister-in-law from Mass rented a camp thirty minutes from my house on a lake and it was just nice to not be home for normal daily life. Last year, we had to cancel the plans to go back due to Covid. This year, not only is my sister-in-law is coming, but family from Nashville I hadn't seen since Christmas 2019 are coming as well. So I expect to have a busy week ahead, though I did bring my laptop for the downtime just in case I get inspired to do an extra post on one of my three blogs.

Though I don't swim, the calmness of the camp and lake is all you need. And even though I don't swim in water, I have recently been swimming in Rodney cards. I have had a few mail days recently that came with some cool/unique/rare Rodney's that should cover me until football season for this weekly segment.

Today's card is a new one and one from my recent trade with @CardpocalypseNC.

Topps Cyber Card released in 1996 long before the Upper Deck version. It's exactly as it says, a CD-Rom trading card. This one is still sealed and will probably stay that way as long as I own it

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Despite some of the features such as make your own card really tempt me to open this. But, I won't, as my OCD will let me hear it in the end.

Big thanks to Tim for the help on acquiring this Hampton. It's the only one of his I have seen listed.

I wished I had more details on print run of these or any other tidbits about the item but I don't see much upon some research.

Thanks for coming by for today's Rodney's Cardboard and hope you have a great Sunday!

Summer Of Wes Card #79