Random Cardboard Of The Day:2025 Select Silver Rashod Bateman

Single Card Mail Day:2022 Select Autograph Matt Breida

 

Anytime I can add a Giants autograph I don't have yet, I am going to.

Last year Panini added two Giants to their Select product I didn't expect to make a product in a Giants uniform, but I was excited that they did.

The first one was Jaylon Smith who I added a few months ago, the other was Matt Breida. Both players the Giants added to their roster a year ago with Breida being the only one of the two still on the roster. For some reason or another, Breida was overpriced until I found a cheaper one and snagged it.

The bonus for the card is the fact that it's also a nice-looking card.

I will be sure to watch the checklists again to see if any new Giants make the Panini roster for this season. 

Rodney's Cardboard:2020 Select Black Die-Cut Autograph 1/1

Let's get to a new Rodney's Cardboard since the last one I posted was way back in January.

I also figured lets get to a biggie to draw your attention back.

I had two cards left for my 2020 Select autograph chase, both 1/1's. One was a base 1/1 and then there was a die-cut version 1/1. I wasn't ever sure they would pop up especially since the products are getting older and probably sitting in warehouses somewhere with my Rodney's inside of them.

Luckily one of them finally popped up, the die-cut version and my buddy Wes, who many know across the blogosphere as JBF sent me this one for Christmas with his bomb of a package.

For a 1/1, I would say it definitely does well with eye appeal.

Back of the card gives the usual lame duck Panini back with the one of one written at the bottom.

Thanks again to my buddy Wes for sending this my way.

There are still more Rodney's to show off from my Christmas package from Wes and there may be some more 1/1 help in that group.

Thoughts on this card is welcomed in comments.

A Fun Trade Concept

In the world of "values" and worrying about every nickel and dime, it's nice to see someone break outside the box and trade in a unique way I haven't seen before.

Yes, I have seen plenty of mystery trades such as people posting cards to be claimed and you sending back a surprise from their PC list, but to have a trade that is just send back whatever you find equal, is interesting and fun.

I was tagged in this fun trade thread hosted by @tonyaces by a fellow Giants fan that spotted a card he thought I would enjoy. Of course, he was right.

Along with that card, I found a couple more I needed for my collection as well.

I traded off most of my Jasson Dominguez collection regrettably, so I am now trying to rebuild it. This was a great piece to start with. I must also apologize for posting a non-Giants card on here.

I don't know what these parallels are called in Rookies and Stars this year, but they are pretty stunning. This was the card that the fellow Giants fan tagged me for and was the one that started my claims. I was not going to say no to this one regardless of Saquon's future status with the Giants.

And my final claim was this die cut parallel of Daniel Jones. I didn't find much Select, one hanger box last year, so there are lots of Big Blue gaps in my collection.

Thanks goes out to @tonyaces for this fun trade thread and I have got to gather your return cards still. I may have to steal your idea and use it too. I liked it that much.

Thoughts on this form of trading and my newest pickups is welcome in comments!

A Fun Trade Concept

In the world of "values" and worrying about every nickel and dime, it's nice to see someone break outside the box and trade in a unique way I haven't seen before.

Yes, I have seen plenty of mystery trades such as people posting cards to be claimed and you sending back a surprise from their PC list, but to have a trade that is just send back whatever you find equal, is interesting and fun.

I was tagged in this fun trade thread hosted by @tonyaces by a fellow Giants fan that spotted a card he thought I would enjoy. Of course, he was right.

Along with that card, I found a couple more I needed for my collection as well.

I traded off most of my Jasson Dominguez collection regrettably, so I am now trying to rebuild it. This was a great piece to start with. I must also apologize for posting a non-Giants card on here.

I don't know what these parallels are called in Rookies and Stars this year, but they are pretty stunning. This was the card that the fellow Giants fan tagged me for and was the one that started my claims. I was not going to say no to this one regardless of Saquon's future status with the Giants.

And my final claim was this die cut parallel of Daniel Jones. I didn't find much Select, one hanger box last year, so there are lots of Big Blue gaps in my collection.

Thanks goes out to @tonyaces for this fun trade thread and I have got to gather your return cards still. I may have to steal your idea and use it too. I liked it that much.

Thoughts on this form of trading and my newest pickups is welcome in comments!

The Grady Chronicles: Select

Every Grady box comes with a lot of variety. Multiple sports, products, etc.

Today I tackle one of my favorite finds of the box, Select Basketball.

Around here you never find basketball cards on the shelves, so I have to get lucky to find them in other ways.

Especially when it comes to products like Select.

Derrick Rose silver and Knick colors lol. I don't know the name of that other parallel without looking it up and I am lazy today so it is whatever I say it is.

A few more of those parallels.

Blue parallels of some NBA stars

 

And we finish it up with a Luka. This was a fun surprise.

We are coming down to the final parts of this series. Stay tuned for the rest!

Rodney's Cardboard:2020 Select Chase

Just like with next weeks post, I just wanted to update and show off a couple rainbow look-ins.

 

Here is my 2020 Select chase (minus the other green /5 because that arrived after I had this picture on here)

Just two 1/1's will finish up this bad boy. So far though, no sign of either.

When I do land them, I will be sure to post them and take a new picture of them all.

If any of you see them, PLEASE CONTACT ME IMMEDIATELY!!!

Rodney's Cardboard:2020 Select Green Prizm /5

WOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO! It's football Sunday, the NY Giants are in the playoff race and I have a awesome card to show off.

It finally happened!!! The guy who owned one of my three missing Select pieces decided to let go of it and knew it wouldn't go anywhere else but my hands.

Here it is...

 

So stoked!

Now only the black 1/1 and the black die cut 1/1 are needed for my rainbow chase. I have yet to see either pop up yet.

Thanks again to Seth for thinking of me when letting this go and for Shane for the help in scoring it.

Rodney's Cardboard:2020 Select White Prizm /35

We are down to the final two Rodney showoffs for my Select chase unless another pops up soon.

Today, we are staring at the White Prizm parallel.

 

Not at all that stunning, kind of plain like the silver parallel.

 

It is numbered to 35 however and is the only one this parallel to pop up so far so I was lucky that my buddy Shane was able to snag it for me.

Here is the complete chase below. With each card I reveal, I will be crossing it off on this list. You can find my complete haves and needs HERE. (if you want to blow the fun )

57 Signatures Black Prizm 1/1
57 Signatures Black Prizm Die-Cut 1/1
57 Signatures Green Prizm /5
57 Signatures Green Prizm Die-Cut /5
57 Signatures Gold Prizm /10
57 Signatures Gold Prizm Die-Cut /10
57 Signatures Tie-Dye Prizm /25
57 Signatures Tie-Dye Prizm Die-Cut /25
57 Signatures White Prizm /35
57 Signatures Light Blue Prizm /50
57 Signatures Maroon Prizm /75
57 Signatures Blue Prizm /99
57 Signatures Prizm /199

Til next time, keep an eye out on Rodney's for me!

Rodney's Cardboard:2020 Select Light Blue Prizm Autograph /49

We are so close to some new Giants football, I can smell it! What does that smell like to me...victories. I am hoping for some major wins this year. 

Speaking of wins, trading with my buddy Shane is always a win for me. Whether it's 90's inserts, Ken Griffey Jrs, Non Sport cards or even today's card, I am always having a good time trading with him.

Today's latest Rodney is a nice color, but isn't as much of a team color standout as the blue was,

Here is the complete chase below. With each card I reveal, I will be crossing it off on this list. You can find my complete haves and needs HERE. (if you want to blow the fun )

57 Signatures Black Prizm 1/1
57 Signatures Black Prizm Die-Cut 1/1
57 Signatures Green Prizm /5
57 Signatures Green Prizm Die-Cut /5
57 Signatures Gold Prizm /10
57 Signatures Gold Prizm Die-Cut /10
57 Signatures Tie-Dye Prizm /25
57 Signatures Tie-Dye Prizm Die-Cut /25
57 Signatures White Prizm /35
57 Signatures Light Blue Prizm /50
57 Signatures Maroon Prizm /75
57 Signatures Blue Prizm /99
57 Signatures Prizm /199

Til next Sunday, keep an eye out on Rodney's for me!

Rodney's Cardboard:2020 Select Tie Dye Prizm Autograph

With the blog revamp, I have decided to play around with new days for this series. I know most expect their Rodney intake on a Sunday, but being one of my higher viewed posts, I figured I would move it in the middle of the week where things seem to be a bit slower.

Expect a new series kicking off on Sundays instead.

Today's Rodney pairs up with an earlier one from the Select series I showed in the Tie Dye die cut.

This card comes with a big thanks to Shane in our latest trade which will be shown off in chunks on here. But, a lot of the upcoming Rodney's are thanks to him.

Here's today's Rodney,

The tie-dye adds a mystical look to it.

 

I actually like the full cards more than the die cuts when it comes to these. Usually I am a die cut freak.

Here is the complete chase below. With each card I reveal, I will be crossing it off on this list. You can find my complete haves and needs HERE. (if you want to blow the fun )

57 Signatures Black Prizm 1/1
57 Signatures Black Prizm Die-Cut 1/1
57 Signatures Green Prizm /5
57 Signatures Green Prizm Die-Cut /5
57 Signatures Gold Prizm /10
57 Signatures Gold Prizm Die-Cut /10
57 Signatures Tie-Dye Prizm /25
57 Signatures Tie-Dye Prizm Die-Cut /25
57 Signatures White Prizm /35
57 Signatures Light Blue Prizm /50
57 Signatures Maroon Prizm /75
57 Signatures Blue Prizm /99
57 Signatures Prizm /199

Til next time, keep an eye out on Rodney's for me!

Breakin' Wax:2021 Chronicles Draft Picks Football Blaster Box

Wait...two boxes of football found in one week.

And this one being amazing and possibly my break of the year? Yup, that happened.

2021 Chronicles Draft Picks football comes with 4 packs of 5 cards which I didn't realize when I paid the $20 for it. So it was a gamble for me with no guarantees other than 3 blaster exclusive pink parallels.

Let's see how I did including kicking it off with this Select Silver of Trevor Lawrence which was a huge hit for retail!

The Lawrence in my first pack alone was worth the break. A second Lawrence was a bonus and the last pack with a Kadarius Toney was just the break sealer for my best break so far this year. That includes hobby.

Let me know your thoughts on Chronicles and this break below in comments.

Rodney's Cardboard:2020 Select Green Prizm Die Cut /5

Another Sunday, another Rodney. 

Today we go back to the Select chase and the most rare one I own from the chase, the Green Prizm. Die Cut.

This one features the checkerboard look again, sorry Jon I know you don't like it, and the color is green along with the die cut.

 

The card is also numbered 5/5.

This one was acquired thanks to my good friend @CardpocalypseNC. Thanks again Tim! Now if only I can talk the guy on Twitter into trading away the regular Green /5. Oh well, maybe some day.

Here is the complete chase below. With each card I reveal, I will be crossing it off on this list. You can find my complete haves and needs HERE. (if you want to blow the fun )

57 Signatures Black Prizm 1/1
57 Signatures Black Prizm Die-Cut 1/1
57 Signatures Green Prizm /5
57 Signatures Green Prizm Die-Cut /5
57 Signatures Gold Prizm /10
57 Signatures Gold Prizm Die-Cut /10
57 Signatures Tie-Dye Prizm /25
57 Signatures Tie-Dye Prizm Die-Cut /25
57 Signatures White Prizm /35
57 Signatures Light Blue Prizm /50
57 Signatures Maroon Prizm /75
57 Signatures Blue Prizm /99
57 Signatures Prizm /199

Til next Sunday, keep an eye out on Rodney's for me!

CARDBOARD REVIEW:2020-2021 Select Basketball

I don't think I post enough about basketball collecting despite my uptick in collecting it these past two years, it has actually overtaken baseball for me as a sport to collect and watch.

This year was probably the most basketball I have watched since the 90's and even though the playoff Knicks didn't play like the ones from that era, they still made the playoffs and brought some excitement back to the game for myself.

I will say though, I was still happy with the end result with Giannis and the Bucks taking home the trophy. It was nice to not see one of those Super Teams win, sorry Nets and Lakers fans.

Today will be one of the most expensive basketball breaks I have done all year so far and possibly for the whole year. Let's check out some 20-21 Select basketball.

Each hobby box of 2020-2021 Select basketball comes with 12 packs of 5 cards each. You will find three hits, 12 prizm parallels and a good amount of rookies. Each box, hope you are sitting down when you are reading this...can range from $850-$1000 per box. Did you fall over from your seat?

Now let's check out how my break went.

BASE:

The base set is broken down to three levels and each level is labeled on the back of the card.

Concourse is the basic one

Premier Level is the next one

Courtside is the top level, which means hardest to find in a box.

Each level has 100 cards that has veteran players and rookies as well.

Speaking of the rookies, my box was rough on me in that aspect in terms of finding the superstar big names.

Concourse (Edwards was my best rookie of the box)

(yessss PC!)

Premier Level

One Courtside rookie

Now we will move onto parallels which there are plenty to find.

PARALLELS:

Select offers the following parallels,

PARALLEL CARDS: Green White Purple, Teal White Pink /49, Lucky Envelopes /8, Black White Gold 1/1.
CRACKED ICE PARALLELS: Blue White Purple, Red White Green.
FLASH PARALLELS: Red White Orange, Blue White Green /49, Black White Gold 1/1.
SHIMMER PARALLELS: Red White Orange, Blue White Green /49, Black White Gold 1/1.
PRIZMS PARALLELS: Blue Retail, Elephant, Scope, Silver, Tiger, Tri-Color, Zebra, Light Blue /299, Red /199, White /149, Neon Green /75, Tie-Dye /25, Gold /10, Green /5, Black 1/1
DISCO PRIZMS PARALLELS: Base, Red /49, Blue /25, Gold /10, Green /5, Black 1/1
PULSAR PRIZMS FOTL PARALLELS: Neon Orange /15, Neon Purple /5, Black Snake Skin Pulsar 1/1.
WAVE PRIZMS PARALLELS: Gold, Red.

 

Silver

Light Blue

Scope

??? (haha)

(Same goes for this one ????) This is a Blue Die Cut

Now onto these inserts. Well, insert I pulled.

INSERTS:

There are 9 overall inserts to chase in Select, but I only found one in the whole box. Most of the inserts also offer the following parallels, Blue, Green, Red, Silver, Gold /10, and Black 1/1.

Future Isaiah Stewart

Now onto what you have been waiting for....THE HITS!

HITS:

Selective Swatches Myles Turner

Rookie Jersey autographs of Jordan Nwora

And finally, MY PRECIOUS (I state as I hold this card) a rookie signature of Precious Achiuwa.

All hits have their form of parallels as well. The Precious I believe is just what the base rookie signatures looks like with the silver.

OVERALL THOUGHTS:

I have always been a fan of Select since the 90's. I really like what Panini has done with the product as well and this is a product just behind Prizm in terms of hobby popularity when it comes to rookie card chasing. Some believe it may be ahead.

Obviously the price right now is really steep, and my break doesn't suggest over $850 in value so I sure that glared at you as well.. The product is obviously a huge gamble that can definitely pay off with the right hit or right rookie parallel. So I would suggest jumping in on a box break if you like this product and can't afford a box.

Thoughts on my break is welcomed below and stay tuned for some giveaways either on here or on Twitter coming up soon!