Unintentional Rainbow Chase: 2017 Optic Davis Webb

 

Davis Webb was supposed to be the face of the NY Giants after Eli Manning retired, but instead he became the face of my latest Unintentional Rainbow segment.

I may only have three, but it's a start of something that could grow big pretty easily as they are affordable.

Here is the overall chase,

Base,Bronze, Holo, Lime, Pink, Red/Yellow, White Sparkle, Aqua /299, Orange /199, Blue /149, Red /99, Purple /50, Black /25, Gold /10, Green /5, and Gold Vinyl 1/1.

Here is what I have remaining,

Base,Bronze, Holo, Lime, Pink, Red/Yellow, White Sparkle, Aqua /299, Orange /199, Blue /149, Red /99, Purple /50, Black /25, Gold /10, Green /5, and Gold Vinyl 1/1.

If you have any of my needs and are up for a PWE trade, please contact me via email at sportcardcollectors@hotmail.com.

Summer Of Wes Card #56

GIVEAWAY! WIN THESE TOPPS FINEST CARDS!

This contest is simple,

1. Have a U.S. Address (I appreciate all readers but can't afford to ship outside the country)

2. Comment below in this post your favorite Topps release up to this point and why

3. SHARE ON TWITTER OR YOUR BLOG FOR AN ADDITIONAL ENTRY. Comment you have done so on Twitter (I will check) and comment with your blog link if you did so.

4. RANDOM winner will be announced in ONE week in comments below.

5. Winner will receive all cards in picture from my Finest break Here:

6. Thanking Topps and Emily from Topps is appreciated:)

Good luck everyone!

Cardboard Review:2021 Stadium Club Baseball Hobby Box

When it comes to the hobby, I can't list many products that get me excited enough to countdown to, but there are some.

One of those products, I know I am not alone on.

That product, Stadium Club.

It's the one product that you whisper it's name and it gives you goosebumps and makes your hair stand up on your arm.

Why do collectors seek this product out so much? Is it the hits? Is it the checklist? No, no, and the next question was a no before I even asked it. Let's see why collectors dig this product so much.

Every hobby box of 2021 Stadium Club baseball comes with 16 packs per box with 8 cards per pack. Each box has 2 autographs, a box topper and is around $120 per.

After opening up the box, your box topper is just there.

Certain players also offer up autograph versions of this card that are all numbered to 10.

BASE

Well, it didn't take me too long to get right to the answer of the burning question above on why collectors flock to Stadium Club. Believe it or not, it's the base cards.

NO OTHER, I mean no other product offers the kind of photography Stadium Club does and has for many years.

Here are a few of my favorites from this box break,

The base set overall has 300 cards and is built up of veterans, legends and rookies.

Parallels
Stadium Club offers the following parallels,

Red Foil, Black Foil, Sepia, Black & White, Blue Foil /50, 30 Years (30 copies), Rainbow Foilboard \/25, First Day Issue (10 copies), Members Only (1 per case), Photographer’s Proof , and Gold Rainbow Foil 1/1.

Red Foils fall 1:3 packs

Black Foil falls 1:8 packs

30 Years, which I missed in the break the first time, fall 1:199 packs.

And with most products, there are Sp's and Variations. These are tough pulls falling at 1:179 and I found this design variation of Ichiro in this break.

INSERTS

 

Stadium Club Chromes fall One-Per-Box and I found myself a nice one in Tatis. I know you guys don't want to hear this, but I sure hope Topps brings this back as a full time set again. Taking everything Stadium Club has to offer and chroming it looks amazing.

These also come with parallels,

Refractor, Orange /99, Pearl White /30, Gold Minted and SuperFractor 1/1.

Stadium Club Greats revisit old Stadium Club designs. These fall 1:8 packs and have 25 cards to collect in the set.

Super Star Duos falls 1:16 packs and has a player on the front and back. This one features Paul Goldschmidt on the back. This one features 15 cards in the set.

Virtual Reality falls 1:8 packs and have 25 cards in the set to collect.

HITS

There are on card autograph offerings in Stadium Club with a mix of Veterans, Legends and lots of rookies.

I pulled two rookie autographs in mine,

Not terrible, not great but at least no pitcher autos!

HITS
Stadium Club isn't about the hits, it's about the photography and the nostalgia as well. This years version is loaded with it especially with the throwback designs.

There are a ton of great photos as well that I didn't even post because it would have taken up the entire post to do so.

In comments, let me know your thoughts on Stadium Club whether it be past or present.

Random Card Of The Day: 2005 Upper Deck Legends Harry Carson

Rodney's Cardboard:2020 Select Gold Prizm /10

It's July 4th, it's Independence Day! And no, not the one starring Will Smith, Jeff Goldblum and the late Bill Pullman. Though 2020 wouldn't have surprised me if the planet was attacked.

A day of celebration! A day of fireworks, BBQ's and family.

It will be a quiet one for me though. My wife's at work, most of the family has moved away we used to celebrate with and it's kind of dreary out. Sounds like a good day to celebrate it with cards.

So for today's Rodney's Cardboard segment, I had to find a new one to show off that brings some fireworks of it's own and since I don't have all of my rainbow ones in-hand yet, I chose the best one I haven't shown you guys yet.

The gold prizm parallel is bright, bold and checkerboard.

It is also /10 and not easy to find. 

I actually acquired this one in a trade with @Seth_Murphy8 who had two of the rainbow chase cards I needed. He still has one I really want, guess I will continue to check in with him to see if he is ready to let go of it yet :) That one is even tougher than this one.

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

Next week, will be more Rodney fun and another rare one in this chase.

I hope everyone has a great 4th of July and hope all of you stay safe and make good decisions.

Take care!

Random Card Of The Day:1991 Pro Line Portraits William Roberts

Summer Of Wes Card #57

Summer Of Wes Card #58

Cardboard Review:2021 Topps Finest Baseball Master Box

Since the 1990's, Topps Finest has been a staple in my collection since the 90's.

Every year I try to pickup some form of it up whether it's through trading, a box break, mini box break, etc. It doesn't quite have the same UNPEEL as the 90's, but I still like it. And speaking of the peeling off, please don't ever unpeel those. Yes the cards look better, but my OCD goes nuts finding them that way. I have never once peeled one off.

Getting back on track, let's see how this years Topps Finest faired for me.

Each Master Box of 2021 Topps Finest comes with 2 Mini Boxes. Each mini box comes with 6 packs per box and 5 chrome cards per pack. Each Master Box comes with 2 autographs with 1 autograph per mini box.

Boxes go for around $270.

BASE

There are 100 cards in the base set with rookie and veteran content. The cards are chromed with a funky futuristic design.

The card backs give career statistics.

There is also an extended base card set with 25 more cards which gives the overall set total of 125 cards to chase. (Ruiz isn't in the extended base set and given just as an example of a rookie)

There are also rookie variations that fall 1:12 packs where the background is different.

PARALLELS

There are plenty of refractors to find this year as they upped from a few to a good handful this year. The offerings are, Refractor, Sky Blue /300, Purple /250, Purple/Aqua Vapor /250, Aqua /199, Aqua Shimmer /175, Blue /150, Green Speckle /125, Green /99, Rose Gold /75, Rose Gold Mini-Diamond /50, Gold /50, Orange /25, Red /5, Purple/Pink Vapor /3, and SuperFractor 1/1.

Refractors fall 1:3 packs.

Green Speckle falls 1:47 packs. This card is beautiful in person!

Purple /250 falls 1:24 packs

Sky Blue falls 1:20 packs

Rose Gold falls 1:78 packs.

INSERTS

Legacies Inserts combine the past and the future of a team. These fall 1:6 packs and have 20 to collect. I gotta have the Kyle Lewis/Ken Griffey Jr.

Masters pays tribute to 1997 subset and falls 1:3 packs. There are 25 cards to collect overall.

Every year Topps celebrates a player and their careers with Finest Careers. This year it's Mike Trout and these fall 1:48 packs. There are 10 of these to collect.

HITS

The autographs are all on-card with 81 cards to land from. There are also parallels to find such as Blue /150, Green /99, Green Wave /99, Gold /50, Orange /25, Orange Wave /25, Red /5, Red Wave /5, and SuperFractor 1/1.

Base

Green Wave /99

OVERALL THOUGHTS

Price Point always plays a role for me as a budget collector. This is a big gamble product with a lot of big hits to chase though.  I suggest picking up singles or joining box breaks if you like what you see from my break as the average collector can't afford a full box.

Overall though, nice design and I always like the throwback inserts.

Thoughts on my break or on Finest in general welcomed below. I will also be doing a solid giveaway on Twitter or on here as well.