The Revival

 

I hope everyone had a Happy Holiday season! Thanks again to Gavin from Baseball Card Breakdown for this "Christmas Card".

I know my holiday season was crazy busy. 

Family visited from Tennessee and Massachusetts, my wife took an almost two-week vacation, and there was just so much going on that I am glad that I had taken a break from blogging. Even though posts were on here, it was because they were pre-drafted and scheduled ahead of time.

By now I think you may have figured out what my post title is about. I am reviving this blog. It's been a long two-year vacation away from putting up real posts on here and now I am back and ready. I have learned a lot the last two years in my journey away and hope that will show in my new content on here moving forward. This is why I took so long to put a new post on here this year, yes 4 days is awhile for me, I don't plan to blog every day anymore.

Along with that, I also took some time updating the blog adding a Top 10 Want List, Who I Collect, Player Collection Links to TCDB, and completely updated my Set Needs list as well. I will continue to tweak the blog as I go.

Thanks again for being patient with me on here and hope you come back to read more.

SPORT CARD COLLECTORS BLOG IS BACK!

Rodney's Cardboard:2019 Legacy Black Printing Plate

Awhile back, I put up a post from a trade that Gavin from Baseball Card Breakdown and myself did and mentioned there was one more card to go in that post and that it was the centerpiece of the trade.  Today, is the day I finally reveal it.

Introducing the latest printing plate to my Rodney Hampton collection,

This one comes from Panini's Legacy collection.

I always find these newer plates hard to find so adding these when I can is great. Gavin seems to always have luck finding Hampton plates.

Thanks again Gavin for the trade!

Mantle and Jeter Breakdown

It's been a long, too long, time since I had a bigger trade with Gavin from Baseball Card Breakdown blog. About 3 years to be exact.

We have done a couple in the past but normally just do PWE ones which I have been really lacking on the last couple of years. Once again I need to lay this out there, I really need to start trading again with bloggers but I always question if they have anything in return for me since my collecting preferences have changed so much since I have traded with most.

My PC is deep, but it's actually much easier than most think. 

1. NY Giants cards I don't have
2. Non Sport cards (mainly celebrities and Batman but don't mind going off course to) and I do enjoy the Allen and Ginter non baseball cards 
3. 90's inserts from any team or sport. 

These are the Top 3 PC's for me. Yes, I do have side player collections I add to occasionally, but if you are looking to hit the sweet spot, these are the three things you want to take aim for.

In this most recent trade with Gavin, he absolutely nailed down one card I definitely needed (saved for a later date) and then were a couple I didn't really need but wanted.

As most know, I am probably one of the lone bloggers who doesn't do a lot of baseball card collecting anymore. I have shifted gears completely and have found myself unloading my baseball player and Yankee collections-with the exception of any 90's inserts- in exchange for stuff I needed and wanted more.

There are also two players to this exception as well. Ken Griffey Jr who I have collected since the 90's and Derek Jeter who is my favorite Yankee player of all-time.

 

Well, here is the latest Jeter add thanks to Gavin. I think this is my 6th or 7th DJ relic. I like this one because of the stitching on it.

So with two cards down in the trade with Gavin, we needed one more to finish it. He showed me some Yankees cards, and even noted he knew I wasn't collecting baseball that much, to see if something caught my eye to finish up our trade.

And there was one....

I can't say no to a Mickey Mantle. This marks my second vintage Mantle and my first graded one, not that I am a grading card guy.

Gavin also tossed in a few extras I will show off another time along with the key piece in the trade.

Thanks again to Gavin for the trade and hope we can do this again soon!

Giants Cardboard:My First Breakdown of 2021

 

Gavin from Baseball Card Breakdown blog and I usually do many PWE trades over the years but the last couple we, mostly I have been slacking. Not sure why because Gavin always sends some great stuff in return and somehow finds Giants cards I don't have. 

It simply must be the fact I don't always know what to send. Hopefully I will figure that out soon so I can keep getting these fun exchanges going with Gavin.

I didn't have the Phil Simms to kick off this post and same goes for Justin Pugh rookie Chrome refractor right here either.

Sometimes I forget that Ron Dayne (1st round pick) and Tom Brady (6th round pick) came out of the same draft. The Giants first round pick in Dayne didn't quite pan out as hoped, unlike that later pick Brady guy, but had his bright spots. I have never seen this rookie of him, though I do own some 2000 Ultra, and I dig it. Love that years design and photography.

I keep hoping for a healthy full year Sterling Shepard where he just blows away the field. You sometimes can see the talent and then he just gets lost. Just like Evan Engram, I hope Shepard can show what he can do in 2021.

One guy that always came to play was Amani Toomer. This guy was completely underrated in the NFL putting up some solid numbers even with some of the QB's he had to play with.

And to finish this mail day, a new Eli for the chase.

Thanks to Gavin for the mail day. I am hoping the next one won't be so far apart.

Breakdown And A New Griffey

Gavin from Baseball Card Breakdown blog and I usually do many PWE trades throughout the year but last year I was a slacker on doing so. Not sure why, but I was.

This year however, I have already done two with him and plan on doing more. Gavin always seems to find some Giants I need.

Overall, he sent 7 Giants cards but in this post only four of those will be shown. The last three, You gotta check out SNAGGING CARDBOARD if you want to see them. It's the home of my NY Giants PC.

Shiny JPP. I always take refractors when I can.

Some former Gmen. I had high hopes for Williams and "prospected" him. Well, taught me a lesson. However he did play in the XFL, not sure how he did. I didn't watch any of that.

Thanks again Gavin!

Up next, I made a small trade for a big PC card.

Boom! It's my first Quad Relic featuring Griffey Jr. Not that the other guys on here are okay, but the main focus was my boy. I haven't added a Griffey card to the PC in quite some time so it was nice to do so. I have lost track of my PC count once I hit over 1,000 of him. I will need to update that on here at some point.

Thanks to @somosLosAstros on Twitter for the trade!

Just another reminder, if you want to check out the last three cards from Gavin, go check out Snagging Cardboard!

Busting Down Another 1/1

Once again, Gavin from Baseball Card Breakdown and myself pulled off another trade. And once again, he held a familiar sight for me that I wanted.

Being the great guy he is, he also threw in some pretty sweet bonuses.

 

If you read his blog, you would know he built the Ghostbusters autograph set as well, way before me, and for fun created some "cards that should have been in the set but were missing) to go along with his set. Well, he sent me a set of those to go along with my autograph set. He was so on key with these. They look more amazing in person.

 

Who ya gonna call? I wished they had actually added these guys, minus Ego RIP, to the set or made a second series. I am still holding out hope they will make something for Ghostbusters 2.

 

I don't have much high end Giants stuff, so adding new base like this is pretty sweet. I just wished I knew what was happening to Eli Manning. Will he retire? Leave the Giants for another team? Come back? Let's go Giants, release some info!!!

 

And finally the card that the trade was based around. Once again Gavin snagged another 1/1 Rodney Hampton plate for me.  I have no idea where he finds these. This is my first non 90's plate of Rodney I have. Overall I have six or seven plates with five of those coming from Gavin.

Big thanks to Gavin for the great mail day. Hoping we can do this again!

Who You Gonna Call? A COMPLETE SET!

Just in time for Halloween today, I finally get to unveil my other big completed project for 2018. I have officially completed the entire Cryptozoic Ghostbusters autograph set!

This set took me a few years to do and it definitely wouldn't have been possible without some major help from friends. Thank you @Jake1725,Gavin over at Baseball Card Breakdown, My Wife, the late George Nadeau who held a contest that I won to add it and his support, @90sNicheFBcard and

Wes who helped locate and acquire this last piece I was missing in this Michael Ensign who seemed to have disappeared right when I was at the very end. But, nobody gets by Wes!

 

Here is a up-close look to most of the other set in case you haven't seen them on here before.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

  

 

    

 

 

 

I couldn't believe that I finished the Psych seasons 1-4 autograph set this year and then to top it off with another autograph set. Stunning.

Now that this is complete, it's time to chase down the Film-Cel cards, sketch cards , slime cards (my next set goal), and the patch cards.

Thanks again for everyone who helped me out with this project. I couldn't have done it without you!

The Front And The Back

Gavin from Baseball Card Breakdown blog and I usually do small PWE surprise exchanges occasionally, but sometimes we bring out the big guns and go all out. That was one of these times.

This time I brought out my Tim Duncan Printing Plates I have held onto for years from my Printing Plate PC-something I have broken up now in different trades-and we did a plate trade. Despite me messing up on my end, not noticing that one of the four plates was another player, Gavin was right on key with what he sent me.

Somehow or another, Gavin has been locating and hoarding Rodney Hampton printing plates for me. I am in no position to complain about that as I know one way or another they will make their way to me, it's just surprising how he finds them.

And this time he found three to send my way.

Back plate

Another back plate. I have another copy of this one. But, it appears the writing on this one is a tad darker than that one.

And we find the front to the backs.

 

With these plate adds, I now have 6 total. Four of which come from Gavin.

Next is a Ghostbusters autograph add for my set. Nice looking signature of Bobby Brown. Now only 7 autographs left to chase! (update only 3 left)

That was the trade we had made above, however, the great Gavin wasn't done there. He passed along some bonuses because he knew I could use some cheering up back when I had my first kidney stone surgery this year. Good guy.

Gavin had posted about this chopping up of a pair of Brian Giles game used pants and making relics. Well, this one was a tease for a Yankees fan as the card features Derek, but is Giles used and discusses Giles on the back. Still cool no matter.

I KNEW Slimer was a Giants fan. He may look green and live in NY so you gotta think Jets, but in the end, he is true blue. Great looking sketch card for my Ghostbusters PC by Gavin with an added Giants touch.

So another mail day from Gavin comes to a close. So long cowboy til next time and thanks Gavin!

 

(in case you were wondering why I stuck a random Elvis card in here, it's because Gavin sent it I assume as a filler)

My Top 9 From A Trio Of Mail Days

I have been right out straight typing up mail day posts for the month of July. Yes, the month. It will basically take the entire month to catch up on so many thank yous but I don't want to miss a single one whether the mail day was big or small.

Between that project and busy life, I saw a contest over at It's Like Having my Own Card Shop blog and wanted to jump in on getting in on it but had to figure out how. Well, I decided to combine three recent mail days that I got and do a countdown of the Top 9 cards acquired from them. Now, this doesn't mean I didn't enjoy all of the cards sent, this just means these were the Top 9 of the group. So no offense should be taken.

So here is the trio of mail days combined into one post. These cards were sent by @JGfan24ever, Gavin over at Baseball Card Breakdown and Greg over at Night Owl Cards.

9. Y.A. Tittle.

 

#8 Jordan Montgomery Green parallel from Donruss

 

#7  is time to All Rise for some new Aaron Judges. I want to chase the set I think.

  

#6. Pacific Gold parallel of Ike Hilliard /199

 

#5 is this Monday Night Heroes of Eli Manning numbered to 1000. Remember when most inserts were numbered? I do and Pepperidge Farm remembers.

 

#4 this Rated Rookie Of Clint Frazier. Not sure how much longer he will be a Yankee according to trade rumors. I hope they don't move him.

 

#3 is this chromed Odell Beckham Jr. Cool stuff.

 

 #2 are these numbered Griffeys from that huge Spx set. I haven't looked to see if they are new to my set part, but still new to my collection with different numbering.

 

And #1 is my first new Rodney Hampton add in some time.

 

Here are the remaining cards from the mail days from the trio.

New Paul Perkins add.

 

These three I do have, but I just dig the look so much that they are still well enjoyed.

 

Some double Yanks but I still enjoy looking at the snowflake cards.

 

Elite Series of my man Rueben, was really hoping this guy would pan out, this card is numbered to 999.

 

Eli to Shepard. Well Eli and Shepard. I expect a bigger year from both.

 

A Yank I needed. He looked like he wasn't ready for photo day.

 

This card almost made the cut for Top 9. I really like cards with great photos. This one is definitely that.

 

Another one that was close to the cut because it's a new add and because of the photo.

 

And we finish it up with two Donruss adds. I like the Mantle look without a color photo.

 

 

A thanks goes out to Gavin, Greg and Michael for the mail days and a congrats to Daniel on 9 years of blogging-hence the reason for the 9 card countdown.

Look out for more mail days in the entire month of July. There is some really cool stuff to see!