Random Cardboard Of The Day:1995-1996 Spx Gold David Robinson

The Admiral

Sometimes even the easiest to find of cards land on my want list. 

This 1989-1990 Hoops rookie card of David Robinson has been on my want list for many years, but I never think to go out and try to find one to either pick up or trade for. It's one of those forgotten ones that despite being a need, I never think about.

That's until I saw the PWE Thread last Friday. 

@pdawson224 posted one of these iconic, yes I will use that word for this card of The Admirals, and I went to claim it until I saw it had already been claimed. I am always late to the party on that thread so I wasn't surprised I missed out. The difference this time though was that Patty actually had another copy of the card and offered to mail me one, I wasn't going to turn that down!

A few days later, Robinson arrived safely and soundly into my Hall Of Famer rookie PC. Thanks to Patty for mailing me one!

Robinson was a 7ft 1inch center drafted 1st overall by the Spurs in the 1987 draft and played in the league for 14 years winning a few championships, NBA awards and records and possibly being named the greatest center ever to play both college and pros.

I am sure this is not the only card I have forgotten about on my want lists that I still need to search for. Maybe I need to extensively look at them and make sure of no more cards hiding on it.

What is one card you have hiding on your want list that you tend to forget about?

Help Received

My intention when I posted the Sets Of My Childhood series was hoping other collectors would be able to help me locate or trade for set help. What i didn't know was how generous they would be about it.

When I posted set help for 1995-1996 Fleer Flair Hardwood Leaders, I had a ton of quick feedback that help could be on it's way. What I didn't expect was that it would involve so much generosity.

@pdxGraphin on Twitter was the first to jump on sending me some set help. He knocked three down off from my needs with Mitch Richdmond, Dana Barros and Cedric Ceballos.

 

Then he tossed in some sweet Knicks cards as well. They consisted of my favorite 90's Knicks players that I enjoyed watching and "being" in the backyard. I used to be the Knicks starting five playing against the NBA. They wouldn't always win either because where is the fun in that? Rivalries were more intense and I would statistically keep everything in a note pad of who score what and what the final score was. I used to determine quarters by whoever got to 20 points first.

 

Seeing these cards really took me back to that time...

I would make a few spin moves and then a jump back shot and yell out..

Allan Hooooooooouuusstooonnnnn

 

Then I would take a deep shot and go Starks for Three....NAILED IT! (except sometimes it was a complete miss. By the way, this is one of the greatest Finest designs ever)

 

Then other times I would get under the hoop for a rebound and/or do a hook shot. It was Ewing time.

Thanks goes out to @pdxGraphin for the set help, the Knicks cards and for taking me back for some great times in my life.

Other set help came via PWE in a surprise I wasn't expecting. Actually, that was a pretty solid Monday in June. I came home to roughly 8 packages. Most I have ever seen in a single day. It was from all of the trades I pulled off and a couple contest wins.

Thanks to Jon over at A Penny Sleeve For Your Thoughts passed these along to me:

Chris Webber. The Washington Bullets. I will admit I do like the Wizards uni and name better. But, it's nice to see a throwback.

 

Speaking of Throwback, the Seattle Supersonics. I know many were upset when they left town. Maybe they will make a come back some day like the Hornets did.

 

Cedric Ceballos. Well, I tried to cross off these as I get them but it may lead to a couple of doubles. But, I don't mind at all.

 

And finally one of the greats, David Admiral Robinson.

 

 

Thanks for the set help Jon!

 

It simply amazes me the amount of generosity we have in our hobby community. I am glad to be on the both ends of the giving and receiving. So much fun. 

You can check out all of my Sets Of My Childhood needs here,

http://sportcardcollectors.blogspot.com/p/sets-of-my-childhood.html

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"I did it. I touched Michael. I am never washing this hand again."

Mail Day Saturday:Reader Mail Day Part VI

The shiny stuff continues to dominate the mail today as Grady M really went to town in this box with it. No complaints from me.

First up, let's take a Crusade. Some great players to such as Hakeem, Payton, D-Rob, and Kareem to name a few.

Now we move onto some Prizm. So purrrrrty.

And best of all, this Okafor parallel. I think its a teal but with some of these it's tough to tell. I really wished they were labeled honestly.

 

Another solid part of this mail day is posted. But, there is still another five parts to go! Three more next week and then two that will be split up. So stay tuned for the good, the great and the shiny!

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