Single Card Mail Day:2018 Origins Rookie Patches Saquon Barkley

I pulled off a trade on Twitter this past week with @DarkCards66 who showed off a Saquon Barkley rookie patch card I really wanted.

And before you ask, yes, I am still taking in Saquon Barkley cards despite the trade rumors. I am 50/50 on how I feel about moving him. I see his injury history, the cap space need but I also see his ceiling as well. I feel with a better offensive line maybe that 2018 Saquon will return.

Regardless, I will continue to take Saquon cards....as long as they feature him in Giants blue if he happens to be traded.

  

White patch relic from Origins. I really like the mix of team colors on this card.

I know the title says Single Card Mail Day, but @DarkCards66 also tossed in a bonus because he is a great guy, and I didn't want to leave it out of this post.

Illusions Clear Shots from 2021 Illusions.

Thanks again for the trade and the bonus @DarkCards66.

Thoughts on Saquon Barkley's possible trade or the cards today welcomed in comments!

Single Card Mail Day:2018 Origins Rookie Patches Saquon Barkley

I pulled off a trade on Twitter this past week with @DarkCards66 who showed off a Saquon Barkley rookie patch card I really wanted.

And before you ask, yes, I am still taking in Saquon Barkley cards despite the trade rumors. I am 50/50 on how I feel about moving him. I see his injury history, the cap space need but I also see his ceiling as well. I feel with a better offensive line maybe that 2018 Saquon will return.

Regardless, I will continue to take Saquon cards....as long as they feature him in Giants blue if he happens to be traded.

  

White patch relic from Origins. I really like the mix of team colors on this card.

I know the title says Single Card Mail Day, but @DarkCards66 also tossed in a bonus because he is a great guy, and I didn't want to leave it out of this post.

Illusions Clear Shots from 2021 Illusions.

Thanks again for the trade and the bonus @DarkCards66.

Thoughts on Saquon Barkley's possible trade or the cards today welcomed in comments!

Random Cardboard:2020 Origins Patch Autograph Joe Burrow

More Toney!

The Giants season never quite panned out nor did their first round stud WR. But, we saw some really big flashes from Kadarius Toney when he was on the field healthy.

So, right now the way I look at it, it's a great time to load up on him while things are cheap. Cheap can be from buying them or by trading for them.

Here are six I picked up in a trade with Nekbone on Twitter who also threw in 

this one. I love the gold shine on this card.

Up next, the top card I wanted of Toney,

That originally was found for $20 and I found for $3. I just love the color scheme.

Finally,

 

My buddy Brent landed me this Rookie Sweater of Toney. The first time a Giant was featured in this set.

I hope to add some more Toneys as I go on but more importantly, I hope the Giants can find a way to right the ship. Football is the only sport I truly watch and enjoy and having to go through this sewage every year is so frustrating!!

Summer Of Wes Card #83

RJ's Cardboard:Another Lot Find

And we are back for the 4th edition of RJ's Cardboard. I haven't been grabbing too much RJ recently, just a few here and there so I don't know how long this series will go on for but we at least have some to look at.

My most recent was a lot under $10 that had some impressive cards in it.

I didn't have the Class of 2019 or We Got Next cards yet so they were great adds.

I really only needed one of these, but hey, what's three anyways

More Hoops rookies.

Another Prizm rookie! Can't believe it was in this lot!!

Revolution rookie. Didn't have one of those and they look spectacular!

Die Cut Superstar insert

Fireworks insert from Prizm

And that was all from one lot!

The next lot had a pair of Origins rookies including an Sp. Pretty sure I landed these for like $7.

I really like what Panini does with Origins. Always sharp.

Another 16 cards added to the PC in this post. Not sure where my PC stands at this point but will update it here sometime.

REVIEW:2019-2020 Panini Origins Basketball

I have always liked Origins when it came to football cards a few years back, my only complaint about the release was the use of 00 jersey numbers on the rookies. I have never busted a basketball break of it before. But, one is to assume, that 00 jerseys don't exist in basketball other than being a number so I was pretty excited about being able to give a box a go.

Especially with this years strong rookie class led by Zion and Morant.

Let's see how my first break of Origins goes.

Every box of 2019-2020 Origins comes with one pack with 7 cards per pack. There will be two hits per box with a mixture of autographs and relics. Boxes remain high because of the strong rookie class and can be found $120-$150 so a tad of a high end product.

BASE CARDS.

The base have the "artsy" look to them with team colors specific. I think it blends well together.

 

The card backs however are a tad bland and have no statistics of the player featured. I personally am a man of numbers so I like to see stats on my cards.

There are 90 cards overall in the base set including rookies and veterans.

 

My second base card. I was a little disappointed he wasn't featured in a Pelicans uniform.

 

Rookie card find.

PARALLELS

The parallels were at first hard to find, but it has to do with the coloring behind the player. Instead of white, you will find a color and possibly some numbering.

 Here is a red parallel. The name is also in a rainbow foil

 Blue /99

Here are the other parallels you can find within the product, Red, Blue /99, Orange /75, Pink /35, Turquoise /25, Purple FOTL /21, Gold /10, Green /5, and Black 1/1.

HITS:

My first hit is this....WHAT IN THE SAM HILL.... on card autograph? smudge? a few dots and a line? is this in code? Anyways, you should get one on card autograph per box

My second hit was this blue Rookie Jersey autograph of Jordan Poole. This is a Turquoise /25

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

• Rookie Autographs Set Checklist
• Autographs Set
• Rookie Auto Booklet Patch
• Six Star Signatures
• Origins Memorabilia
• Rookie Jumbo Jerseys

OVERALL THOUGHTS: Well, at least I saved some good hits for you guys by breaking this one. The box was rough, but I like what I see from the product overall. Solid design throughout and some big names to hit for both rookies and veterans. I always like it when a product has some solid veteran content so you are not mainly focused on rookies.

You can Google a checklist to see the overall look at the product. I can't seem to locate one on their website to link you to.

Please thank the WONDERFUL people at Panini America for providing me with this box to review for some upcoming giveaways. Here are many places you can find Panini America: official site, blog, Twitter, and Facebook.  

Pillars Of The Game

Bloggers Note: this post was typed up back in September so I am just getting it published now. Who knows how far or how far not the Giants or players featured in this post have come

The NY Giants season is still young, but it appears this young team may have a bright future. How far down that road is the bright future? I don't know. I just know the pieces appear to be in place for it.

In the meantime, I will collect the future before it hits full power.

Darius Slayton has shown signs of life and for some reason for me has shown that maybe I should start a PC of him. Of course I always worry about PCing newer players not knowing how long they will be on the team or in the league for. Hence Rueben Randle and Andre Williams.

Thanks to my friend @JGfan24ever for grabbing this beaut (besides the 00 jersey) for me from @ACFCARDS1.

 Here is my best Slayton to date, a green ink, green parallel /50 I recently got in a trade with @card_a_holic who busted a box of 2019 Spectra for his birthday which I think was a box intended for me as three of the hits were for me. And they literally were thanks to this trade.

This was another one of those hits, Michael Strahan Pillars Of The Game.

And the final hit I fell absolutely head over heels for. /15 Pink Pillars Of The Game Lawrence Taylor. The only sad part about this card is the fact it's a player worn jersey. Really? Really? Player worn? I don't know why we don't have more Game Worn jerseys in this hobby.

Rookies I somewhat understand as they hadn't hit the field yet, but maybe at least get their preseason game worn ones. But Legends of the game such as LT should be Game Worn.

A big thanks goes out to @card_a_holic for another successful trade. I look forward to our next!