Single Card Mail Day:2017 UD Goodwin Champions Wonders Of The Universe Neptune

 

Last Christmas, no I am not singing the song, former blogger Wes sent me a 2017 Goodwin Champions Wonders Of The Universe Suns surface and I fell in love with this insert.

So I had to grab another and maybe more down the line.

This Neptune one was next to nothing, so it was an easy addition. The cards feature a 3D lenticular look to all of the worlds wonders. It's an insert like no other and not something I have seen like this since 1995 Sportflix Man2Man insert.

If any of you have any that are avaiable for PWE trade, please let me know! Drop an email to sportcardcollectors@hotmail.com. Would love to chase down as many as I can.

Random Cardboard Of The Day:2017 Topps First Pitch Brian Shaw

Single Card Mail Day:2017 Elite Passing The Torch Autograph Sterling Shepard

Yesterday was another Single Card Mail Day for me. Incoming cards have been a bit slow the past couple of weeks.

Today's post comes via a RAK I got from my friend @Brent3323 who grabbed this Sterling Shepard autograph from a stack seller on Twitter.

It's a nice-looking autograph card from 2017 Elite of Passing The Torch. The only thing I question about the card is the fact that past releases with Passing The Torch used to be dual players on a card, one was a legend, and the other is a rising star that was being handed the torch. However, this was just a one player card. Guess he is getting ready to hand the torch to someone else? Especially since this is most likely was his last season with the Giants.

The autograph is /99

And features a pretty plain back.

I think with this Shepard autograph it puts me into the double digits of autographs of him.

Thanks again to my buddy Brent for sending this autograph my way.

Thoughts on Passing The Torch and today's autograph is welcomed in comments.

Eli's Cardboard:2017 Panini XR Orange /75

Without having my Eli Manning collection on TCDB or on a spreadsheet, it has grown to the point that I have no clue what I have or don't have unless I physically look through two binders and a box. 800 plus cards is hard to remember.

So, when I go to add more, I try to chase numbered cards as those are the easiest to remember that I have or don't have.

In a recent shopping on Burbank Sportcards, that was my approach.

That's where I found today's card. An "eBay" 1/1 with this being the first orange parallel card out of the 75 made from Panini XR 2017.

 

Back of the card is the same.

I have many others coming up from this mail day as well.

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Single Card Mail Day:2017 Elite Passing The Torch Autograph Sterling Shepard

Yesterday was another Single Card Mail Day for me. Incoming cards have been a bit slow the past couple of weeks.

Today's post comes via a RAK I got from my friend @Brent3323 who grabbed this Sterling Shepard autograph from a stack seller on Twitter.

It's a nice-looking autograph card from 2017 Elite of Passing The Torch. The only thing I question about the card is the fact that past releases with Passing The Torch used to be dual players on a card, one was a legend, and the other is a rising star that was being handed the torch. However, this was just a one player card. Guess he is getting ready to hand the torch to someone else? Especially since this is most likely was his last season with the Giants.

The autograph is /99

And features a pretty plain back.

I think with this Shepard autograph it puts me into the double digits of autographs of him.

Thanks again to my buddy Brent for sending this autograph my way.

Thoughts on Passing The Torch and today's autograph is welcomed in comments.

Unintentional Rainbow Chase: 2017 Optic Davis Webb

 

Davis Webb was supposed to be the face of the NY Giants after Eli Manning retired, but instead he became the face of my latest Unintentional Rainbow segment.

I may only have three, but it's a start of something that could grow big pretty easily as they are affordable.

Here is the overall chase,

Base,Bronze, Holo, Lime, Pink, Red/Yellow, White Sparkle, Aqua /299, Orange /199, Blue /149, Red /99, Purple /50, Black /25, Gold /10, Green /5, and Gold Vinyl 1/1.

Here is what I have remaining,

Base,Bronze, Holo, Lime, Pink, Red/Yellow, White Sparkle, Aqua /299, Orange /199, Blue /149, Red /99, Purple /50, Black /25, Gold /10, Green /5, and Gold Vinyl 1/1.

If you have any of my needs and are up for a PWE trade, please contact me via email at sportcardcollectors@hotmail.com.

Random Card Of The Day 13:2017 Prizm Red White Blue Parallel Brandon Marshall

Random Card Of The Day #9:2017 Prizm Blue Wave Wayne Gallman

Unintentional Rainbow Chase:2017 Evan Engram

 

You just never know when a rainbow starts to come together in your collection. I know this from experience as you will see in this new series.

I had no intention of building these rainbows, they just came together by picking up pieces and trading for them. I didn't know that I even had started any of them until I started sorting my Giants collection by player and noticed a trend.

So today, we will kick it off with a run at 2017 Donruss Evan Engram.

The above chase is Engrams 2017 Donruss which has the following parallels to find, Base, Aqueous Test, PP Bronze , PP Blue, PP Green, PP Red, Season Stat Line /400, PP Silver /100, Jersey Number /99, PP Silver Die-Cut /75, PP Gold /50, PP Gold Die-Cut /25, PP Black /10, and PP Black Die-Cut 1/1.

So far, I have 3 of the 14 parallels.

Up next, 2017 Donruss Optic.

Optic has the following parallels for Rated Rookies, Base, Bronze, Holo, Lime, Pink, Red/Yellow, White Sparkle, Aqua /299, Orange /199, Blue /149, Red /99, Purple /50, Black /25, Gold /10, Green /5, and Gold Vinyl 1/1.

I am third of the way there to completion. Optic definitely has more of the appeal to chase if I was to chase one of these. But is also much more costly.

Not sure if I will add anymore to these or not, but if they come at the right price who can say no?

25 Days Of Cardmas Day 6:Happy Loganodays

NASCAR isn't something you tend to think about in the winter time here. Though snow covered roads would make that sport more interesting.

But, what I do think about is my nephew.

Out my kitchen window, you can see a big field. In the winter time, we will have days where the snow may melt or there may be some freezing rain and in the middle of that field, the water will collect and create a small ice rink or as my nephew saw it, a new place to drive his car.

I remember looking out my kitchen window close to Christmas and seeing him drive his car slowly out in that field and out of nowhere he started to do donuts in the field. He spun and spun and spun again. That was up until he hit a ice chunk that bounced the car off from it and stopped it in its tracks. I tried to hold my laughter in but man did I let it out and even had recorded it all on my phone. We must have laughed about that for years until my phone died and I no longer had the video to watch.

Great memory regardless of having the physical video as it still remains in my head.

In 2017, Panini included some Santa Hat relics in their Black Friday product from a variety of sports.

How many of you ever driven your car like that?

NYG PC Spotlight 99:2017 Donruss Stat Line Phil Simms

Phil Simms

Parallel

Card #d 188/400

Card number 23

I should also mention that this card and the rest I will be posting this week and last week are brought to by Wes. Wes, the man who sends the big ole heat mail days!

NYG PC Spotlight 110:2017 Panini Optic Blue Parallel Eli Manning

 

 

Eli Manning

Parallel

Card number 2

I should also mention that this card and the rest I will be posting this week and last week are brought to by Wes. Wes, the man who sends the big ole heat mail days!

Ginn And Jeter

In the first 2018 trade between Kansas City Royals fan @jmswyo and NY Yankees fan Matt of Sport Card Collectors blog, the two teams agreed that @jmswyo send Yankees Hall Of Fame shortstop Derek Jeter to Matt in exchange for some KC Royals including Bo Jackson.

My end of the trade involved this super sweet 1993 Topps Gold Derek Jeter that I needed for my PC. I have the base Jeter, but not the parallel.

 

As most of you know, I have really condensed down what I collect for Yankees. The only Yankees I collect is Jeter, Judge, Torres and Andjuar. That's it. Unless it's a cool late 90's insert of course. So this Jeter fit right in nicely.

This also wasn't the end of the trade.

@jmswyo also agreed to send this amazing Leaf autographed memorabilia card of Dodgers prospect JT Ginn to me as well in exchange for even more Royals and Bo. The Ginn was actually the card that started the trade talks between our two teams.

Where does this Ginn fit in my PC? Well, one it's a prospect. Two, it fits in my unique swatch PC. I have never seen the tip of a hat used as a swatch before. Card is pretty stunning in person. One of my next goals for this PC is to find one of those oversized football shield swatches and a big cleat one. Those are pretty nice relics.

Thanks to @jmswyo for our first trade. I am hoping there will be more of them down the road as well.

My Musuem Collection World War 2 Relic Booklet Arrived!

Since February I have been counting down the days since I redeemed my biggest pull from Goodwin Champions.

I just wanted to get this card in-hand to see it. At one point I had checked in with Upper Deck to see if there were any updates, they said within two weeks I should have it in July.

Awesome.

Even more awesome, the card when it arrived. It was also shipped really safe in a plastic case which I am going to keep it in. I mean it is a piece of history.

The fun thing with these booklets when you redeem them, you have absolutely no idea which one you will be getting. We don't get many surprises in life so I will take any I can get.

The booklet I received brings us back to the Battle Of The Philippines. I am not a huge history buff-it was actually my worst subject-so other than the details on the inside of the booklet, I can't tell you much else without Google. I didn't appreciate history back in school, but as I have gotten older, I have realized how important everything was. Especially since today's teachings are much different and less detailed from what I learned/tried to learn.

So instead of rambling on anymore with that, let's take a look at this card.

The details look great on the outside cover

And even more so on the inside. It gives a description of the Battle Of The Philippines but doesn't give me what the description of what the relics are. That part was disappointing but you can just feel the history and why they call the line Museum Collection. This literally looks like a display you would find in a museum.

And here is the back of the card.

 

This card also has some personal feels to it as well as my grandfather fought in World War 2. I am not sure which part of the war, as I never got to meet my grandfather as PTSD took him away before I was born, but I will treasure this as such a relic and remembrance of him.

What do you guys think of cards like this? Relics of history like this? Let me know in comments!

Nuttin' But The Hits:2017 Donruss Football Blaster Box

My 2017 rookie card collection for football is as weak as it gets. So when I found a markdown blaster box of Donruss I scooped it up.

Not only did I scoop it up for hopefully rookie card help, but I am a fan of the product line. So let's take a look at how I did.

**for some reason my blaster box picture didn't upload so all I have to tell you is that each box marked down was $15 roughly and came with one hit and one parallel**

My Giants from the box.

 

Rated Rookies from the box. Got a huge one with Watson, my very first rookie card of his.

 

Joe Williams Press Proof parallel.

 

Eli Manning Legends Of The Fall. The Diamond King of the NFL. I really like the look of the card.

 

Von Miller Up Tempo insert.

 

And the promised hit of the box isn't too shabby, a Leonard Fournette relic. I still need his rookie card however. So if you got one, let me know!

 

 

Pretty solid break for what I paid for it. I was pretty happy with the results. Much happier than I was with the Score blaster box I showed off recently. I picked up both of these the same day.

It's Almost Time

@JGfan24ever and I have been doing a few trades and random mail days over the past few months. It's been a lot of fun with expecting the great incoming mail days and shipping out the returns with a few surprises. Michael has been a great friend of mine in the hobby for a few years now.

In one of the latest trades we pulled off, I was able to add some Giants cards before the new season kicks off and with us being in late July, football season is finally just around the corner. It's about time!

My first card was a surprise bonus. An Xtra Points parallel from 2017 Prestige of Eli Manning. It's not numbered but I love the rainbow foil.

 

Next card is sick, sick, sick!!! Aspirations Orange parallel of Saquon. Such a beautiful card and I love the way reflective lines on this parallel. I really hope I am not wrong about this guy being the next best thing.

My final card looks amazing in-person. Wished my phone when I took the picture could have brought the card out better. This is a 2017 Origins Wayne Gallman on-card gold ink card numbered 25/25. But the whole inception appeal to it with the color scheme. Wow.

 

 

However, I don't like the 00 on the jersey. Man, doesn't that bug me. It's my biggest hobby pet peeve.

A big thanks goes out to Michael for the trade and the sweet Giants cards. Thanks so much! I hope we can do this again!

While we are at it, what is one of your biggest hobby pet peeves?

A Couple Of GOOD LOOKING Cards

For a stretch in May and June, I had won a few contests and pulled off a good amount of trades. It was mail days galore! For a low budget collector, that's exactly what you want to keep your interest in the hobby going.

Today I am taking a look at a couple cards I acquired in different ways. One I won in an RT contest on Twitter, while the other took me almost a year to get. So let's take a look.

Up first, this Bowman Chrome Mega Box mojo refractor of Devers I won in an RT contest from @Scotty_Ballgame. I know, I know.  A Yankees fan entering to win a Red Sox card seems wrong, but that's not why I entered. I entered to win to add it to my baseball rookie PC and I feel Devers has a very bright future. Maybe not as I thought he would be up to this point this year, but I still see lots of potential so adding some extra cards of him now isn't a bad thing.

Not to mention, it's my first card from Mega Box as I don't have a Target around to acquire them. Actually, my state will be getting their first Target this year but it's a two hour drive so I may still never go. Not even for baseball cards.

 

A thanks goes out to @Scotty_Ballgame for the card!

My next card took me almost over a year to get in a trade. You ever have two or more buddies you trade with that collect the same teams? Well, that was the case here. 

When you make my trading circle, every card that I get from a certain team is going to be guaranteed yours. Well, Bryan over at 90's Niche Football Card Blog gets all of my Packers and that happens to be the team that @TCovCards11collects. Sadly, he doesn't collect much else besides them. So that put me in a pickle. He had tons of Giants cards I wanted and missed out on because I didn't have the right trade bait for him. Then he pulled a beautiful Fans Of The Game autograph of one Marissa Miller I wanted as well but once again it came down to what I had for trade bait.

I just didn't have what he wanted. 

 

Except I did but it was saved for someone else and that someone else was a trusted trader of 3 plus years. There was no way I was touching what I had saved for him to do the deal. So another deal was going down the drain.

Or was it....

Months had passed and I saw that he tweeted he needed help with his 2015 Gridiron Kings set. Whoa. Something I could help with. Maybe. At first I could only find a few cards he needed so I was just going to send them to him. Then he re-posted the checklist and I found I had even more he needed. Could this finally be the deal that brings me the Miller home.

That answer was yes.

After hours of digging for set help, he graciously said he would pass the Miller onto me for helping him with his set. Good guy!

The Miller was going to be another nice fit into my non sport PC. If you don't know her you probably didn't buy the Sports Illustrated Swimsuit issue. She is an American model best known for her appearances in the Sports Illustrated Swimsuit Issue and Victoria's Secret.

Thanks goes out to @TCovCards11 for our first trade. Hopefully this won't be our last and hopefully you will find some other sport you enjoy to collect so I can hit ya up with some other stuff and claim your team spot in my group of traders.

How many of you trade with people who collect common teams and how many of you will trade off your own team for your team? Hmmmmm. Let me know in comments!

Nuttin But The Hits:2017 Upper Deck Goodwin Champions BOX 2 (BIG LAST PACK HIT)

If you didn't know by now, I am apart of a special club and have been since 2011. It's called The Upper Deck Volunteer Alliance.  This "club" takes on missions designated by Upper Deck to help make the hobby a better place. In exchange for our hard work, we could be chosen to receive an Upper Deck mail day.

I was a lucky recipient with the latest mission receiving two boxes of 2017 Upper Deck Goodwin Champions along with a few other cards including one that knocks off a want list card. Yup, pretty stinkin' cool club to be apart of.

Today is my second box break from my mail day and it has a whopper!

\Like I said with the first box, they come with 20 packs and 6 cards per pack. Boxes run $100 and come with a variety of hits.

Mini's again that fall 1:4 packs

Black and White Sp base cards that fall 1:4 packs. This time I found another Trey Griffey for my Griffey Pc.

Those crazy colorful Goudey cards. A horse I tell you and a Kangaroo. Totally dig it!

Messier 83 Galaxy falls in Tier 2 for the Space Lenticulars and is 1:120 packs.

Like I said in my last break, these are Tiered hits for relics. This Felice Herrig falls 1:541 packs. So really tough pull here but not the toughest from the box.

Goodwin autograph of who at first I thought was Bobby Lee from Mad TV, is actually a Chef named Eddie Huang. He could use help on his auto but cool 90's looking card despite that. This one falls 1:760 packs. Still not the toughest of the box.

 

So I sat there okay with my findings knowing I had my three hits. But then some last pack mojo....

1:974 packs you will find one of these that I will show off when it arrives...

Wow. My hand was shaking! Other than wanting the Stephen King autograph, I really wanted one of their World War Relics and now I have one! Sick!! Can't wait to see what it is as when I redeemed it I was never told.

Box two came with many big hits and it left me wanting to bust more and more. I definelty have more singles I want to snag up. I wouldn't mind finding more World War 2 relics and like I said, I need the King autograph and relic.

Thanks again to Upper Deck for this prize. I will be showing off the remaining prizes I got for my last mission coming up soon!

Nuttin But The HIts:2017 Upper Deck Goodwin Champions

If you didn't know by now, I am apart of a special club and have been since 2011. It's called The Upper Deck Volunteer Alliance.  This "club" takes on missions designated by Upper Deck to help make the hobby a better place. In exchange for our hard work, we could be chosen to receive an Upper Deck mail day.

I was a lucky recipient with the latest mission receiving two boxes of 2017 Upper Deck Goodwin Champions along with a few other cards including one that knocks off a want list card. Yup, pretty stinkin' cool club to be apart of.

Today I will showcase box number one in my break. As an early hotline tip. box two was much, much more exciting.

Let's get to the break! There are 20 packs per box and 6 cards per pack. Boxes have 3 hits in a mix of things and boxes run about $100 per.

The one thing that is always a draw-in for me with Goodwin, is its quirkiness. Love the oddballs you won't find elsewhere. One of those newest additions was Stephen King who I idolized and wanted to be as a kid. I grew up with a horror movie mom. He also had autograph and memorabilia cards. I didn't pull those in either of my breaks so they will be added to my want list if any of you come across one. The product also has Trey Griffey cards in them. My first ones of my heroes sons cards.

Up next are some minis. These fall 1:4 packs.

Also pulled this canvas mini as well.

 

These are the black and white base card Sp's that fall 1:4 packs.

Absolutely loved the bold colors on the Goudey inserts. Found myself a Wayne Gretzky! If only I could find his autograph.

Now onto the hits. Well, despite how cool they look, I will say it's a tad disappointing to find a lenticular card of space as two of my three hits.

These, like other hits in the box, have different tiers of rarity.

Comet Galaxy is in Tier 2 and falls 1:120 packs. So not a bad pull per say.

And Neptune is a base one falling at 1:64 packs.

My last hit was this Kevin Maitan relic card. The relics also have levels of rarity but Maitan was a base one at 1:51 packs.

 

I loved busting this stuff even though my hits were not the best. But, the oddballs of finding a horse card as base or former presidents add a pretty cool dimension to the product.

More to come from this mail day and from another box break.