Rodney's Cardboard:2025 Absolute Autograph /199

Wow...it's sure been awhile since I have had a new Rodney to share with you guys.

It's just the flow of the hobby and the expensive prices that Rodney is going for now.

Even today's add was more than it should be, but it's also the reason why I waited so long to add it.

I have already added cheaper, lower  numbered stuff from this run before I added the base autograph. Which is sad but a reality for a Super Collector. You want them all, but you also know your limits.

I did add a few cheap Rodney's recently, so I will have others to post as well. One I traded for, that ones pretty cool and can't wait to share that one.

Not sure how many I have left in the Absolute run until I can double check. I might be down to just the 1/1. But, my spreadsheets are being a pain right now to update, just need to work on that so I can.

Rodney's Cardboard:2025 Prizm Black Profile Signatures

Before I went on vacation, I decided to type up the last two drafts I had on this blog which both were Rodney's Cardboard posts and both are also Prizm Black autograph cards.

Next week is a much cooler one.

This week is a basic designed autograph card. A typical design for Prizm. But, I like it. It focuses on Rodney and Rodney alone.

I was excited to originally find out that Rodney was in Prizm since it was his very first appearance in the product.

Let me know your thoughts on the design for this one.

Have a great Sunday!

Rodney's Cardboard:2025 Panini Silhouette Autograph Relic Holofoil /75

Happy Father's Day to all of the dads out there!

It's time for the first NEW Rodney's Cardboard in a long time.

I haven't picked up a lot of new Rodneys from all of the new products, but I have picked up some. The prices for Rodney Hampton have been crazier than what I want to give up for it so this Super Collector of him has backed off from doing so.....sadly.

But I got today's for a good price so I landed it.

This was from one of Panini's new products, Silhouette. I am a little disappointed with the design as I felt if they dug back into the old silhouette design and brought it back that would have worked better.

This one is just meh. Not bad, not great.

 

The card back is just the usual lame Panini design for these. I miss the days where card backs mattered as much as the fronts.

Let me know your thoughts on the design of this card and what your plans are for Father's Day whether that be as a dad or for your dad.

Have a great Sunday!

I Have The Only 1 (of 1)

With the excitement building around this year's NY Knicks team, I figured it was time to add something to my Knicks PC since it has been a long time since I have done so.

Now, I don't normally just collect any Knick. Most of my collection focuses on 90's players I grew up watching.

One of which I actually PC in Allan Houston.

So, I took to the bay to try and find a cool card that I could add. It didn't take long before I discovered one and an affordable one at that.

I know many complain about Leaf Trading cards and their lack of licenses, but where they lack in licenses they make up for in creative designs.

 

Like this one that is not only signed but is a die-cut shiny standout 1 out of 1 card.

I know the obvious miss here is the lack of the word New York on that jersey, but my focus is more on the overall look.

I think this is one of my more favorite Houston cards I own now.

My hope is that this new addition will serve as a good luck charm and help the Knicks make it to the Finals. Cleveland is a tough team and just took down the number one seed. This will be an intriguing matchup for sure, one that I can see going six or seven games.

In comments today, let me hear about your favorite 1/1 card (if you have/own one)

The Hunt Was On

As kids, everyone had their own celebrity crush growing up and anyone who says that they didn't, well, they are lying.

For me, I had two.... well three if you count the really late 90's with Mandy Moore.

The biggest and first one I had was for Amy Jo Johnson, otherwise known as the Pink Power Ranger. I know I am not the only one who had a crush on her growing up. There were plenty of other 90's boys that will admit to this as well.

However, my second crush I am not sure if many had on their A-lists as a lot of boys in the 90's were focused on Topanga and Kelly Kapowski. This one was a bit older than those two.

This actress played in both movies and on a television series.

The actress, Helen Hunt.

I fell for Helen when she played on Mad About You and continued to follow her career for a few years after that watching her in films like Twister and As Good As It Gets in which she won an Oscar for.

Speaking of that Oscar win....

 

It was inscribed on this autograph card that I just welcomed home to my non-sport nostalgic PC. I thought that it was time I finally added her autograph to my collection and through the magic of Shohei Ohtani card prices, I was able to trade some second year "base" cards off to land this.

I think I made the right choice here.

With Helen knocked off from my list of needs, this leaves the door open for a much-needed Amy Jo Johnson autograph. To my surprise, she doesn't exist in any card products yet. So, any autograph from her would have to come from in-person signings or from a con of some sort.

Maybe someday.

Going back to Helen, it's hard to believe she is now in her 60's as I am still only twenty-nine for the last fourteen years of my life. But she still pretty much looks the same after all of this time, and I believe is still doing some acting. I think they brought back Mad About You for one more season back in 2019 but don't think it was a hit. I never watched that revival or any of her recent films mostly because I didn't want to ruin the original series and the movies weren't anything interesting to me. I still do watch Twister time to time because that was a big epic film in the 90's that everyone seemed to have talked about and watched.

In comments today, let me know which celebrity you had a crush on and if you have acquired their autograph or not?

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

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 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!

Parks And Rec

  

I am not sure when or if at all I have posted these on any of my blogs, but I wanted to post it (maybe again) anyways to show my progress in my autograph chase for the 2013 Press Pass Parks and Recreation set.

Well, not set. I am not chasing the set. I just want one autograph of each person in the set.

I am currently only four away from finishing my goal, however, those four are the most expensive in the set.

Here are the actors that remain,

Aziz Ansari

Paul Rudd

Rob Lowe

Amy Poehler

If you have any available that I need for trade, please hit me up!

I did finish the single relic set, so would be nice to finish this chase as well.

I Love This Pickup

 

I love this pickup.

I love the design.

I love the shine.

I love the signature.

I love the price.

I love that it's my first Spencer Jones auto.

Happy Valentine's Everyone...especially you Prizm Spencer Jones auto.

Will The Giants Draft Him Part 2? Jaxson Dart

 

The New York Football Giants currently have no quarterback on their roster they are sticking with and a Top 3 draft pick to get their future one. 

The question is, who and when will they draft him.

To plan accordingly, I acquired a couple autographs of two top QB prospects I have heard them being connected to. And no, I have not landed a Sanders autograph yet.

Today's autograph is Jaxson Dart. He is predicted to be more of a second-round guy, but he is moving up the charts fast recently so maybe the Giants will either draft Travis Hunter at three then trade back into the end of the 1st to grab him or maybe just take him in the second round.

Will the Giants draft him? Will this be their guy? We will find out around April 24th.

Will The Giants Draft Him Part 1? Cam Ward

The New York Football Giants currently have no quarterback on their roster they are sticking with and a Top 3 draft pick to get their future one. 

The question is, who and when will they draft him.

To plan accordingly, I acquired a couple autographs of two top QB prospects I have heard them being connected to. And no, I have not landed a Sanders autograph yet.

Today's autograph is Cam Ward. He is known as the Top QB currently in this year's draft but with the combine coming up, that could change everything.

Will the Giants draft him? Will this be their guy? We will find out around April 24th.

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: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!

My First Of 2024

 

Thanks to a RAK on Twitter, I added my first NY Giants rookie autograph of the year!!

The Giants drafted the RB/WR in the 5th round of this year's draft. Knowing that RB Saquon Barkley left, the Giants will have plenty of opportunity for the rookie running back and I am hearing he is looking good in OTA's.

My next goal is to add a Malik Nabers autograph. So far, no luck. But hopefully I can pull one off before the season begins.

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.

Single Card Mail Day:2023 Panini Obsidian Lightning Strike Autograph Isaiah Hodgins

 

It's easy to get caught up in the now when it comes to NFL cards. 

Of course, you want the top rookies and players. Of course, you want the newest and hottest rookies for your team. Of course, you want this and that but when the dust settles and you can find a nice team PC card for well under $5, you grab it.

$3 for this Isaiah Hodgins was a bargain for a player who has great skills but plays for a team that lacks in offense. This marks my second autograph of his in a NY Giants uniform and my fifth overall autograph of him.

I am hoping with a revamped offensive line, a healthy Daniel Jones, and maybe some play calling by Daboll himself, that Hodgins will have the same impact he did in his first year as a Giant.

Rodney's Cardboard:2023 Panini Absolute Historic Duals Ottis Anderson/Rodney Hampton Autograph /199

One of the bigger surprises to my Rodney Hampton chase this football card season was not only his inclusion in Absolute, but his inclusion in Absolute with another NY Giants running back legend.

That running back, Ottis Anderson.

The problem with adding Anderson to this card is the prices of these Rodney's have gone haywire because of him. Meaning, these cost more than they should.

But I have landed a few from the chase so far.

I am kicking it off with the base version which is numbered to 199.

 

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 as I have more of these to show off!

Rodney's Cardboard:2023 Certified Bronze Autograph /99

Today is the final run on the 2023 Certified Rodney Hamptons. Then I will have to change things up a bit. I have actually plenty to choose from for once.

Today's final one from this chase is a Bronze parallel. These are numbered to 99. You don't see a lot of bronze parallels to autograph cards or that I have seen anyways in my chases.

  

Card back looks the same as the rest in the series. I know you are sick of seeing and reading this part by now.

Here is an overall look at the chase in 2023 Certified for Rodney,
Base /199, Bronze /99, Pink /75, Orange /50, Red /35, Blue /30, Teal /25, Gold /15, Purple /10, Green /5, and Black 1/1.

Here are the cards I have posted so far from this run which is everything except the 1/1.

 

 

  

 

 

Onto other greener grounds for Rodney next week. Hope to see you back!

Single Card Mail Day:2023 Panini Obsidian Lightning Strike Orange Autograph Jessie Armstead

One thing I have really enjoyed about Panini football releases in 2023 is the number of players they pumped into products that you don't see every day.

Especially NY Giants.

In 2023, players like Justin Tuck, Osi Umenyiora, Brian Daboll, Tom Coughlin and today's subject which is the randomest of them all, Jessie Armstead.

Jessie Armstead was one of the many great NY Giants linebackers over the years. He played from the Giants from 1993-2001 and was apart of the NY Giants Ring Of Honor.

Jessie made a lot of plays over the years but the one that stands out to me is his Super Bowl pick six for a touchdown that was called back because of a holding penalty. Which was a bad call and changed the outcome of that game as momentum was on the Giants side. The game would have been tied at that point but instead 10-0 because Baltimore kicked a Field Goal soon after. In my mind, that was a scoring play and will always be one.

I am glad to be able to add his autograph to my Giants collection finally as he was one of my favorite Giants players of the 90's.

Let me know if you have added any obscure autographs to your collection recently!