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Remember 2019?

 

*takes a sip of coffee reminiscing about the good times*

I decided to take a trip back in time in my mind when the world was normal. Remember a time when you could go visit family on holidays? Take a trip to the beach? Go to an eating establishment with friends or family? Going to a Dr's appointment without needing a Dr's appointment to get in? Get together with 10 or more people? Go grocery shopping? Find retail sport cards at the store?

Yeah, I do to. 

Even though that was simply only a year ago, a lot of those things you don't realize how much they actually meant until they were taken away. Even those family get togethers with that one annoying aunt or uncle who discussed politics at the table.

As this year has gone on and holidays are approaching, I am realizing more and more how much those things meant, even the simple things of running to a grocery store, to my cycle of life. It's like taking sunlight away from a plant and expecting it to grow with just water and a seed.

At least I have a distraction in blogging and card sorting to get me by. Even though most parts of the hobby this year haven't been the same either.

*takes a sip of coffee trying to perk myself up. See what I did there, tried to use a coffee synonym joke to help with my feelings of 2020.*

One of my last Walmart runs in September, I actually stumbled on a few packs of retail at the store. It 

wasn't the newest product by any stretch but it was product so I grabbed a couple of packs just to have something to break. I actually felt like a champion that day just for finding any retail packs.

The packs were 2019 Score football fat packs.

I stored one of the packs away, it's still sealed, for a later date just in case I get another retail itch to open since I am no longer going to Walmart until Covid goes away (all three Walmart within an hour of me are in "hot" Covid zones). In the meantime, I did rip one of the packs and thought I would show off my finds today.

*takes a sip, already ripped*

2019 Score came with a 330 card veteran base set that has some great photography such as this A.J. Green.

The base set was also topped off with 110 rookies pictured in their College Uni's to make it a 440 base card set. One of Panini's bigger base set products. Could actually be the biggest knowing most of their base sets run 100 cards. 

My rookies from this pack were not too strong. CJ Conrad was at least Giants PC material even though he didn't make the team but I will keep it.

Each Fat Pack comes with red parallels as well,

T.J. McDonald was my first

Followed by Saquon Barkley. I really miss him making plays like this. Can't wait until he is on the field next year.

And no rest of the pack which was made up of a variety of inserts. Sorry for the early no hit spoiler but I am sure most of you have already scrolled by my rambling just to see the pictures anyways.

*takes a gulp and back to the inserts*

NFL Draft  has 30 cards to collect. I landed the speedster Hollywood Brown

Captains has the team leaders, such as Cam Newton that I haven't adjusted to seeing in a Patriots uniform yet, that has 30 cards to collect as well.

Fantasy Stars...well I have had Rodgers as my QB many times in Fantasy and he never scored much for me. It's too bad I didn't have him this year however as my QB's have been less than par especially when you start out with Carson Wentz and now have Taysum Hill. There are 20 of these to collect.

Epix, an Epix fail compared to what we saw in the 90's but it's still nice to see an attempt to bring it back. Also finding any Patrick Mahomes in your pack is a pack saver. There are 30 cards split up into three 10 card sets. Similar to the 90's. There is Game, Moment and Season and each of the 10 players has a card in each set. I have all three of Saquon Barkley.

All Hands team are those great catches that happened the previous year from guys who have gloves of steel. There are 10 of these to collect.

Signal Callers are the QB's leaders in this 30 card set. The two I pulled are QB's on different teams. Jameis is with the Saints and Darnold is with the bench/injured reserve most of the time.

And finally, Throwbacks. 20 card set to collect. The Darnold is a red parallel if you look really closely.

And that's it. Not a bad pack considering I landed a few PC cards and most were known names in football.

*takes a sip to finish up this cup and post. Definitely need more coffee to drown the sorrows of 2020 out*

2020 has taught me many lessons both big and small. Other than the one about how much those things meant to my cycle of life in the example I gave above, I also learned even more how much things I already have in my life on a daily basis are even more important to me now.

Cards From All Around

Today's post is a mixed bag of mail days that came in a variety of ways. Some I knew about, some I knew where they came from and one was just a mystery.

Let's check out all of the cards below.

 

Jason over at Hoarding Cardboard (love that blog name it's my second favorite to Penny Sleeve For Your Thoughts) held a 12 Days Of Giving contest again this year and I held out for a prize that caught my PC eye most. Why would I enter otherwise? Better to leave those cards for others who could use them. Anyways, Day 12 there was a NY Giants relic of Paul Perkins I didn't have up for grabs donated by the TradingCardDB.Com member above so I entered and failed to win.

 

Surprisingly this arrived at my doorstep not much longer after as Trevor from Bump and Run Football Card Blog  graciously forwarded the prize onto me. Thanks again Trevor!I will have to update my numbers on here to see how many Perkins I have now.

The next mail day is my continuation from @Brent3323.

 

I realized that after I posted yesterday's post I forgot to add this beautiful Victor Cruz into the post. The card looks so great I didn't want to miss posting it in general.

 

Brent also sent me rookies of guys I was seeking this year in Lamar Jackson and Baker Mayfield. Baker had a great season and was QB a Browns team that has been desperate at that position, but I still hope Barkley wins OROY. Look at what he did behind the Giants oline.

 

So, so pretty.

 

My first relic of Lamar. Now need to land that autograph!

 

James Conner autograph plus it's Contenders, yeah, I like it. Always been a big fan of Contenders no matter the sport.

 

And finally, a wantlist item achieved!! O.J. Simpson rookie! Now I just need a Walter Payton somehow...

A big thanks to Brent for yet another great trade! I look forward to our next!

Next mail day I got a small eBay Gift Card for Christmas and used it to it's full potential. I don't go out and grab one card, which would have been the case had I wanted some Barkley, so instead I went out and used it the best I could.

  

Tyrone Wheatley has been on my Giants need radar for some time and I was able to snag this one for less than $5 so it was a big time win. Especially when others are listed for $20 on there. This is a 1999 Skybox Autographics card so it fits my 90's PC as well.

And the final card from today will end up on Unsolved Mysteries. I know who sold the card, just don't know who bought it for me.

Boom! Another Giants autograph off my NY Giants list! Ottis Anderson one of the Giants RB greats. Thanks to whomever bought me this card and for @Ericwyant1 for shipping it. Unless you are the one that just sent me the card and thanks to you for that. Like I said, I am left clueless with no evidence.

I know I said I was cutting back on mail day posts, but to be honest, til I can come up with other creative content, this week is full of them. There is some greatness to see however including how I spent the rest of my gift card.

REVIEW:2018 Panini Phoenix Football

Panini Phoenix returns for another season, it's third, with it's chromed technology and funky background designs.

The product does produce some good looking hits. I didn't fair great in my first break in 2017, so let's see if something improves in 2018.

 

In every box of 2018 Panini Phoenix football, there are 12 packs with 5 cards per pack. Boxes will have two autographs and one memorabilia card per box and boxes will run around $110.

The base set uses a chrome technology, one closer to Bowman Platinum a few years back than Topps Chrome, and has 200 total cards to collect in the base set with 100 veterans

and 100 rookies. None in my box were a guy named Saquon Barkley. I know, I am obsessed okay. But, if you got one and wanna donate it or trade it, let me know.

 

 Parallels are very hard sometimes to define in this product especially these red ones. You have to base the background color on it. These are the reds /299.

This is purple /149

Pink /199

 

Orange /99. Nice one here!

Yellow /75

Green /25. This guy is going to be good.

And these color burst that fall 1:6 packs which ends up being one per box and one pack that has them all.

 

Other parallels not found in my box include Black /10, Blue 1/1, and Printing Plates 1/1.

Inserts. There are a few and all of them have the parallels of Color Burst that fell 1:60 packs which is the Eli above, Red /299, Pink /199, Purple /75, Orange /49, Yellow /25, Green /10, and Blue 1/1.

 Unmatched:

QB Vision. Bortles is a red /299

Adrenaline Rush. Howard is purple /149

Most Valuable, Cam is Red /299

Now onto the hits! They have the following parallels of, Purple /75, Prime Yellow /25, Prime Green /10, and Super Prime Blue 1/1.

 RPS Jumbo Memorabilia cards.Josh Allen purple

Rising Rookie of Traquon Smith. I used to hate seeing this guy in boxes since he flooded them but now that he is starting to turn it up with Drew Brees. Cool football swatch.

And the best hit of the box is of Sony Michel who is having a good first season with the Patriots. He is also helping my fantasy football team since I traded for him.

Other hits not in my box but could be in yours includes,

• Class of 2018 RPS Rookie Jumbo Auto
• Retired Signatures
• Veteran Autographs Relic
• Dual Patch Autographs
• Triple Patch Autographs
• RPS Memorabilia
• Retired Patches
• Veteran Materials
• Veteran Materials Prime Yellow / Green 

OVERALL: A nice looking product despite its sometimes confusing parallels. The price point it what you would expect for a product with three hits and my break actually wasn't that bad with three names I knew. I have seen better and I have seen worse.

I think for a product like this it's best to stick with a box break and I strongly recommend using Midwest Box Breaks for your breaking needs. They are always hitting the big pulls so if they are breaking this, you could put yourself in a good spot.

Please thank Panini America and Tracy Hackler for providing this box for me to review to giveaway some of the hits in my Christmas giveaway!! Please follow them on all social media sites and visit their website for all your card needs, HERE.

REVIEW:2018 Panini Obsidian Football

Obsidian is Panini's latest high end football product. From the previews and box breaks I saw before mine, it looked pretty solid. Especially in design.

Let's take a gander out how my break went of the product.

 

In every box of 2018 Panini Obsidian Football there are 7 cards in one pack. Four of those cards will be hits. Boxes run $150. So you're expecting a lot out of the 7 cards you find.

The base set is beautiful.  Black background with lightly foiled silhouettes of players behind the focused player. The product uses optic chrome technology to bring out it's beauty. Each base card is numbered to 100 and there are 100 rookies and 100 veterans to collect. It won't be easy to build a base set.

The cards also remind me of an 80's video game with the design. It's really fun to see. My one and only base card was of Ravens QB Joe Flacco. I don't see this guy starting next season.

Here was the rookie from my box in Jaylen Samuels.

I found a parallel as well. You can tell by the foil this is a green parallel. Just compare it to the ones above. These are numbered to 25.

 

Other parallels you can find are, Purple /75, Orange /50, Yellow /10, Red /5, and White 1/1.

Now onto the hits since I didn't pull any inserts. There are some in the product.

Hits have the following Electric Etch parallels, Orange /50, Green /25, Yellow /10, Red /5, and White 1/1.

My first hit, Galaxy Gear patch of Baker Mayfield. Pretty solid swatch and it's an orange parallel /50.

Richie Taylor autograph. I have no idea who this is.

Pretty solid Corey Davis autograph patch card /50

And the best pull of the box, a Jason Taylor Aurora autograph yellow parallel /10. There are a lot of fun names on the Aurora autograph checklist including a guy named Tom Brady.

Other hits not found in my box include,

• Rookie Jersey Autographs
• Rookie Jersey Ink Dual Relics
• Award Winners Autographs
• Hall of Fame Signatures
• Lightning Strike Autographs
• Matrix Material Autographs
• Super Bowl Signatures
• Atomic Material Relics
• Cutting Edge Relics
• Rookie Eruption Relics
• Volcanic Material Relics
• Vitreous Die-Cut 

OVERALL: The product looks really nice from the base all the way to the hits. However, 7 cards for $150 is rough. My box was okay I suppose, but not great compared to others I have seen broken. The product overall however is full of big names and those names you don't always see like the Jason Taylor I pulled.

I think for a product like this it's best to stick with a box break and I strongly recommend using Midwest Box Breaks for your breaking needs. They are always hitting the big pulls so if they are breaking this, you could put yourself in a good spot.

Please thank Panini America and Tracy Hackler for providing this box for me to review to giveaway some of the hits in my Christmas giveaway!! Please follow them on all social media sites and visit their website for all your card needs, HERE.