We Got One!!

Somehow or another, the football Gods came to save the NY Giants season as they pulled off the upset over the 3-0 LA Chargers with a 21-18 win.

And most of that was because of rookie Quarterback Jaxson Dart who all Giants fans like myself hope will be THE GUY in New York finally after we suffered through so much quarterback pain since Eli Manning retired.

Anyways, here are a few of my most recent Dart additions. I don't have anywhere near what most would consider an "epic" Dart collection, but I have a few solid cards.

 

Dart finished the day throwing for 111 yards and a touchdown along with rushing for 54 yards and another touchdown. The most important stat was the win.

Next week the Giants take on the New Orleans Saints on the road. Hopefully Sunday's win will be a turn of the season.

Cardboard Review:2021 Topps Japan Edition

I am always interested in new products I may not always see where I live, this is where today's product Topps Japan falls.

I had heard of the product through tweets, but knew no details on this product until I did my research on it today.

So, if you haven't heard of this either, let's learn about this product together.

Every box of 2021 Topps Japan Edition comes with 24 packs of 10 cards. Each box has no guaranteed hits and boxes run about $90.

BASE:

The base set is the same as flagship, except much smaller at 220 cards and features the Japan flag on each base card.

PARALLELS:

You can find the following parallels including some new ones,

Cherry Blossoms /99, Jade Green /75, Purple /50, Gold /25, Red /5, and Platinum 1/1.

Purple /50 and Gold /25

Jade Green /75

Cherry Blossoms /99 (this is a cool parallel)

INSERTS:

You can find the following parallels,

Gold /25, Red /5, and Platinum 1/1.

MLB In Japan has 15 cards to collect

 

Japan Comes To MLB has 10 cards in all to collect

OVERALL THOUGHTS:

Well, let's start with value as I always do as most collectors think about that first. Without a hit per box and it sitting at $90, it's not pretty when all you pull are a few parallels and inserts.

Thoughts outside of value, there was a ton of duplicates in my break. TONS. The base is kinda bleh with just a flag making the difference. I am happy though they came in with less parallels and even some new ones. It is also cool to see some new inserts and none using the 86 Topps design :) The parallels were nice; it just wasn't really that enjoyable as a break. I would prefer just picking up some of the parallels of my favorite players instead.

Comment below your thoughts on this product!

I Don't Know Who You Are, But I Like You

Long time friend of the blog, Grady M hit me up again with some awesomeness in a box. You have no idea how much I look forward to receiving a mail day from him.

It's always a big-packed-to-the-rim box of inserts, parallels, above the notch shiny goodness that makes you feel you are on a treasure hunt.

Today, I kick off what I expect to be many posts on this box of goodies. It cannot all be captured in one post, impossible.

Today's part of the mail day is soccer. A sport I know absolutely nothing about player wise, but a sport that has some stunning cards which is the main reason I hold onto them.

Especially if they are as shiny as today's cards I am about to show off,

I assume all of these came out of Chronicles, those are some great looking cards. The stars in the background really make them standout.

Merlin the wizard definitely put a spell and made these look amazing.

Life is better with Prizm in it.

Mosaic was so underrated in my opinion in the world of chromed cards.

But cards that look this good, I think they make a name for themselves in the same group as Prizm and Chrome.

Spectra and Select bring the wacky purple shiny to your eyes to dazzle them.

Thanks to Grady for the shiny soccer.

There is plenty more from this box of inserts to show off. Stay tuned!

Snagging Cardboard:2019 Rookies And Stars Darius Slayton

  

 

Darius Slayton

  Rookie Card

Card # In The Set 133

Total Card Count Of This Player Now:64

Card Acquired Via: Trade with Dions Autograph Collection

Breakin' Wax:2019-2020 Prizm Collegiate Basketball Rack Pack x2

I was hunting for some rookie card needs for basketball and when I saw Prizm sitting there on the shelf and knowing how hot this product is for the sport, I went and grabbed two packs. Why not a blaster, well, I actually don't know. I should have.

But, I do like the pink pulsars.

Let's see if I pull anything good. Well, you will have to tell me. Other than a couple of names like Zion, I have no idea who is good in this rookie class.

Every hanger pack of Prizm Collegiate comes with three packs of 4 cards and with a three card Pink Pulsar pack leaving you with 15 cards.

My first pack was really good.

RJ Barrett the other name I know from this draft

Kevin Porter Jr parallel. I have no idea which one.

Purple parallel

Coby White Pink Pulsar

Keldon Johnson Pink Pulsar

  

Nickeil Alexander Walker Pink Pulsar

I at least landed some nice color and a Barrett in this break. No Zion. Maybe pack 2...

No Zion or anyone I knew from base worthwhile showing. I didn't even land a color parallel at all. First pack had two, this one zero.

Cam Reddish Pink Pulsar

Jarrett Culver Pink Pulsar

 

De'Andre Hunter Pink Pulsar

I don't know what this stuff is worth or if I pulled any future studs but I at least have some rookies for my PC.

I hope to do at least one more rip of this or try some Hoops to try and land some of the rookies.

CARDBOARD REVIEW:2019 Bowman Chrome Baseball

It's that time of year again. It's time to stick some chrome on some Bowman base in all of it's glorious-ness.

To me, anything that's chrome, is a  must have. But, anything that's chrome and a rookie heavy product, it's a definite.

Let's see how my 2019 Bowman Chrome break goes?

In a master box of 2019 Bowman Chrome master box, there are two mini boxes. Each mini box comes with 6 packs and one autograph making 12 packs and two autographs per master box. Boxes currently run $125.

BASE CARDS

The base card design is simply chroming up the base cards of Bowman. The base set is built of 100 cards including stars from today and

stars from tomorrow. All of the key rookies are in the product including Vlad Jr and Pete Alonso.

There is also another base chrome set in the Prospect set which contains players appearing on a Bowman card for their first time. There are 100 cards to find in this set as well.

And it wouldn't be a newer product if it didn't include base card variations for select rookies in the product.

PARALLELS:
As with anything chrome, there are refractors and that's my key draw in to a product like this. Those crisp shiny cards catch my eye.

There are refractor parallels for both the base cards and the prospect ones.

BASE CARD REFRACTORS:Base Ref /499, Purple /250, Blue /150, Green /99, Gold /50, Orange /25, Red /5, SuperFractor 1/1.

PROSPECT REFRACTORS: Base Ref /499, Purple /250, Blue /150, Green /99, Gold /50, Orange /25, Red /5, SuperFractor 1/1.

SHIMMER REFRACTOR PARALLELS: Green /99, Gold /50, Orange /25, Red /10, Black /5.

Purple shimmer. Not numbered on this one. One shimmer per box.

Base card refractor /499

Blue /150

INSERTS:

The following parallels can be found,
Atomic #/150, Orange #/25, SuperFractor 1/1. 

Solid design all around on these.

Stat Tracker

 Arizona Fall League

Elite Farmhands

HITS:

 Adam Kloffestein

 

Brazyn Marquez

My autographs weren't the best. As everyone knows, I hate seeing pitchers as both my hits.

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

• 2018 Arizona Fall League AFL Fall Stars Autographs
• Arizona Fall League Alumni Autographs
• All-America Game Autographs
• Elite Farmhands Autographs
• Prime Autograph
• Stat Tracker Autographs
• 2018 Arizona Fall League AFL Fall Stars Relics
• 2018 AFL Fall Stars Autograph Relics
• Chrome Autographed Relics

Here is the overall checklist for 2019 Bowman Chrome Baseball, find it HERE.

OVERALL THOUGHTS: My hits were not great, but it's still a rookie heavy product so your value may come at a later date instead of a now. Even though my hits weren't great, I still enjoyed Bowman Chrome overall like I always have. If you are fan once, you will always be a fan.

Also, sorry I tossed the wrapper on this one before I was able to take a picture of the odds on the back. I will try to make sure not to do that next time.

If you want in on a box break of this product without paying box prices, I suggest Midwest Box Breaks as they pull fire!

Please make sure to take a minute out to thank Topps for providing this box for me to review and to be able to add cards to the giveaway on Twitter I am hosting. Please follow me there to enter @SportCardCollec. Also follow Topps on all social media sites and visit their SITE, as well 

Nothing If Not Random Cardboard Part 1

I just realized, even after following him on Twitter, that one of my biggest commenters on this blog has a blog of his own. Guess I should have clicked onto his profile before now. The commenters known as Bulldog who runs the Nothing If Not Random blog.




He and I both recently posted about 1995 Score on the same day and he saw my search for the 1995 Score Red Siege parallels that I am chasing a set of. He commented that he would pass along the ones he had and immediately sent me an email asking for an address to send them to. He also asked for my favorite teams.



Not only did he send along the Red Siege parallels, he sent a long that box above packed with NY Giants. (with a sprinkling of NY Yankees to) PACKED. I was thrown back by his generosity.

There was also sooooooooooooooooooooo much that I can't post it all. Not even in the two parts I have planned for this mail day.

So here are some key parts to this mail day with a follow up sequel coming tomorrow.

A mixture of new and old Giants cards was the theme. To my also surprise, many I didn't have and it helped fill in a ton of gaps.

 There were also inserts, parallels and rookies as well. Not just base.

 Some 1995 Score towards my set chase and some for my PC binders.

And a few of the Yankee cards he added in. Not sure where my other picture went but it included a Judge I didn't have.

This is just some of the cards and the next part doesn't even cover them all. Stay tuned tomorrow for the second part and don't miss out on those great additions including a hidden autograph!