Rodney's Cardboard:2024 Topps Chrome Frozenfractor

Winter is right around the corner for some, for me, it's already arrived as we have had snow on and off since the end of October.

Nothing has fully collected on the ground yet, but, we that live here know what's to come.

So, what better card to show off on this Rodney's Cardboard Sunday than a Frozenfractor.

 

It's got a chill to the card with the serial numbering as -2/0.

This doesn't mean that this is numbered to 0 or -2, it's just part of the look.

I believe these chilly cards are SSP's rumored to be numbered to 5 overall.

Speaking of a chill in the air, let's not even talk about today's Giants game. They can't catch a break or a cold.

But, enough about them. The dreadful season is almost over and that's not going to give me frigid feelings over it.

Hope everyone had a great Sunday. Sorry about the late night Rodney but better than never!

Next Sunday the plan is to have Rodney posted sooner, but we will see how my time goes this week.

Random Cardboard Of The Day: 2025 Mosaic Micro Mosaic Patrick Mahomes

Random Cardboard Of The Day: 2024 Stadium Club Triumvirates Nickname "Junior" Ken Griffey Jr

Random Cardboard Of The Day: 2024 Topps Chrome Aqua Geometric Autograph Malik Nabers

Rodney's Cardboard:2024 Topps Inception Magenta /99

  (Previously posted on Big Blue Cardboard. All Rodney's Cardboard posts from here on out will be cross-posted)

 

It's October and we are already one month into the football season.

Crazy!

Today the NY Giants (1-3) travel to New Orleans (0-4) to take on the Saints. Records are always out the door in games like this. It could go either way, I just hope it's my way.

While we all wait for kickoff, let's take a look at a new Rodney.

This is the Magenta parallel, not be confused with the red parallel though looks pretty similar.

I really like the look of Inception this year and have more to chase whenever they pop up. The base Hampton is still like chasing the 1/1 at this juncture. I am surprised that someone out there doesn't have it!

Anyways, I hope everyone has a great Sunday. God Bless!

No! Not him!

No!!!!!!!!

Not him!!!!

Not our best player!!!!!!

Why Metlife???? Why??

Why did you have to damage our best player..........AGAIN??!!

If you haven't heard yet, the NY Giants best player and upcoming NFL stud Malik Nabers was injured during the win over the Chargers on Sunday tearing his ACL because of the terrible turf at Metlife. The same kind of injury that former star wide out Odell Beckham Jr suffered as well.

And many other Giants.

The Giants have to replace that turf. 

They can't keep putting players through this. Especially their young stars like Malik. He was going to have an even bigger role and even more breakout year this year and would have been the weapon that young rookie quarterback Jaxson Dart needed.

Instead, he is out.

So, all I have for now, is memories of what was this season and last season and these recent pickups,

This is a collection I will continue to add to as time goes on.

I hope he comes back fully healthy and ready next season. The Giants will need him. Jaxson Dart will need him.

Rodney's Cardboard: 2024 Finest Autograph Refractor

 (Previously posted on Big Blue Cardboard. All Rodney's Cardboard posts from here on out will be cross-posted)

  

It's Sunday, which means another NEW Rodney's Cardboard!

I haven't done one of these in a few months and it's now football season, so I figured it was time.

Today, we will begin a run of different Topps Finest autograph cards I have in this chase over the next few weeks.

Rodney has 13 different autograph cards in the set and so far, I have roughly half of them.  Today's was one of the easier ones to acquire for the parallel end. The base refractor autographs are not numbered so are probably more plentiful though I still don't see a lot of them hanging around.

Hope everyone has a great start to their teams football season!

Rodney's Cardboard:2024 Topps Chrome Sapphire

(Previously posted on Big Blue Cardboard. All Rodney's Cardboard posts from here on out will be cross-posted)

Welcome back to another NEW Rodney's Cardboard!

I know the last few weeks I have bounced around everywhere with my additions, but I am doing that for you. I don't want you to have to stare at the same kind of parallel or new card every week.

This week we are taking a look at what I call the Topps Chrome spinoff in Sapphire. So, not only do I have 30+ Rodney's to chase in base Chrome, I also have Sapphire and it's seven parallels.

CRAZY!

I will admit that the Sapphire does look a lot cooler with the parallels than the base Chrome series after seeing a few pop up. I did however miss out on the 1/1 even though a buddy of mine had his eye on it.

Here's hoping that one pops up again, but in the meantime I will continue to add what I can.

Rodney's Cardboard:2024 Finest Black Refractor Autograph /25

(Previously posted on Big Blue Cardboard. All Rodney's Cardboard posts from here on out will be cross-posted)

It's Sunday and it's time for a new Rodney's Cardboard.

This is actually one of my newest Rodney adds in the mail.

I have about five of the refractor autographs I need from the 2024 Finest set for Rodney. This is the second lowest numbered one I have in the run, I also have a red /5.

I actually like this one more than the red because I think the blue against the black background looks solid. More than the red does.

There are still 6 more to go in the run also including another black one which is still /25 but has like a square type of shape background.

Right now, as I type this, there are no more needs listed so hopefully some will pop up soon. I missed out on the /10 oil spill parallel which stinks, but there are still nine others that may pop up. It's when you miss a 1/1 that is the real kick.

Come back next week for another NEW Rodney's Cardboard! Have a great Sunday!

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(thanks to reader Grady M for this Jalen Brunson card)

 

Behind this guy's 39 points, the Knicks were able to overcome another double-digit deficit and take a commanding 3-1 series lead over the defending champ Celtics heading into Wednesday night's game in Boston.

They are one win away from the Eastern Conference finals for the first time since the 1999-2000 season. I thought for sure the Celtics would sweep 'em. But they have played resilient. 

Now they just need to finish the job because I know this series is far from over with or without Jayson Tatum.

Rodney's Cardboard:2024 Topps Inception Purple /125

 (Previously posted on Big Blue Cardboard. All Rodney's Cardboard posts from here on out will be cross-posted)

 

We are back at it again! Another Rodney, another Sunday.

This week we look at the second Rodney I have for 2024 Topps Inception. This one is the purple parallel /125. 

The design is the same and the only big differences in these parallels are the background colors.

Still looks just as cool as the others. I really hope to acquire the blue soon that way I can have the team match parallel. That one is actually listed along with a gold one I need as well.

It will be the 1/1 that won't be the fun part of this chase, or any chase in that matter.

Random Card Of The Day: 2024 Prizm Draft Caitlin Clark

Rodney's Cardboard:2024 Topps Inception Green

(Previously posted on Big Blue Cardboard. All Rodney's Cardboard posts from here on out will be cross-posted)

It's Sunday which means it's time for a new Rodney's Cardboard!!

This week I am showing off my first Topps Inception add from that chase.

In Topps Inception, Rodney has a base card and some parallels. Overall, only 11 to chase as opposed to Topps Chrome which now I think has about 40-something. Seems every time I check, one hits eBay that I didn't have on my checklist. It's a weird ever-growing quest.

So far, Topps has done good with its photo selection of Rodney on all of its releases avoiding the missing logo. I am really digging the Inception design this year as I think the card really pops.

There will be a couple more posts from this chase coming up along with Topps Chrome and Finest and a rarity from the 90's.

Happy Sunday!

2024 Absolute Football Blaster Box Break (Daniels!)

Here is the next box break in my eBay gift card/Shane trade break. There will be three of these overall. My last one was a blaster box of 2024 Donruss football that I pulled a Jayden Daniels base rookie card in if you remember.

For this break, I once again stuck to football for this one. Football is my main sport to collect and my favorite sport overall. It only makes sense when I get the opportunity to open anything that I stick with the sport I know the best.

So, let's get to rippin'

I have been a fan of Absolute brand name since the 90's, but when it comes to the retail version of it now-a-days, it's kind of lame. But it was cheap, so I took the gamble.

And here were the highlights,

Kicking it off with a Bo Nix rookie. He impressed many in his rookie season and had some nice throws in the playoffs for the Broncos who are on the up and up.

Penix played well and beat my Giants. That was all I needed to see of him. I kind of see why the Falcons shocked everyone last year in the draft by grabbing him so early.

A couple green parallels, nothing too special.

Star Gazing Ray Davis. I don't think this is a tough pulled insert, I miss the days where the odds were listed on the packages on how hard some inserts are to pull.

Draft Diamonds Jordan Love.

 

Rock Out DJ Moore

Rock Out Jayden Daniels! Nice!!

By Storm....Jayden Daniels!! We all know he took everyone by storm! Really wished he was a Giant.

Not a bad risk on grabbing this box. With the two Daniels, it made the box.

There is one more break to go from the three I grabbed. 

Rodney's Cardboard:2024 Topps Chrome Chase

Hey! It's been a while since the last Rodney's Cardboard, so it's time for another!

This one I have been kind of saving up for a while as you will tell by the photo roll below.

2024 Topps Chrome added Rodney Hampton to its base card lineup and with that alone being said, he has a ton of refractors to chase. Such as 36 of them. It's crazy.

Though I have done really well adding them, there is still a way to go!

Here is an updated picture of what I have so far,

 

This is a red wave /5 which is my toughest add so far. This one came thanks to a Twitter RAK!

Not only was Rodney added to Topps Chrome, but he is also found in Topps Chrome Sapphire as well. That's a lot of Rodney! Oh, did I mention he is in 2024 Finest as well with autographs? Yeah, this Rodney Hampton collector is excited but knows the challenges ahead. I just missed out on the 1/1 Topps Chrome Sapphire card. Very sad times and it went cheap.

More Rodney to come including my Finest adds next Sunday. Stay tuned!

Won't You Be My (Malik) Nabers?

 

Recently, I have been adding to my Malik Nabers collection.

I am not sure why I didn't chase him more throughout the season, but now I am.

I think I am still so hesitant on chasing Giants players after watching what happened to Daniel Jones and Saquon Barkley and even Odell Beckham Jr and having over 200+ of their cards. 

Hopefully Nabers will be a Giant for life. But, in today's sports, players don't have the dedication to their teams anymore.

Here are my recent pickups,

 

 

My first and only relic,

 

And there you have it.

At some point I may do an entire PC update on Nabers, but for now, just showing off these ones.

If you have any I don't, which I don't have a lot, send me an email to sportcardcollectors@hotmail.com. Would love to pwe trade.

Have a great Saturday!