Monday, October 19, 2026

The Chase To 84 Part 3

It has been awhile since I have picked up new cards for this run, but I have had a few I have been sitting onto sharing for this segment.

Currently and most up to date numbers has me sitting at 30 out of 84.

A very long ways to go, but the chase has still been a lot of fun.

Let's check out the latest adds,





I don't have an updated group picture yet as I had a time crunch. Hopefully in the next update I will.

Here is the full checklist with ones I still need and the ones that are crossed out I have,
  1. Base
  2. Silver
  3. Silver Hyper
  4. Silver Lava
  5. Silver Lazer
  6. Silver Mojo
  7. Silver Pandora
  8. Silver Pyramids
  9. Silver Seismic
  10. Silver Winter
  11. White Shimmer
  12. Red Hyper /399
  13. Red Winter /399
  14. Light Blue Pyramids /385
  15. FireBurst /350
  16. Light Blue Lava /325
  17. Pink Hyper /299
  18. Pink Winter /299
  19. Lime Green Pyramids /285
  20. Purple Hyper /249
  21. Purple Winter /249
  22. Lime Green Lava /225
  23. Teal Pyramids /225
  24. Blue Hyper /199
  25. Blue Winter /199
  26. Red Lazer /199
  27. Wave /199
  28. Orange Pandora /189
  29. Yellow Pyramids /185
  30. Teal Lava /175
  31. Green Hyper /149
  32. Green Winter /149
  33. Phoenix /149
  34. Pink Lazer /149
  35. Bronze Pandora /125
  36. Yellow Lava /125
  37. Orange Hyper /99
  38. Orange Winter /99
  39. Purple Lazer /99
  40. Red /99
  41. Red Seismic /99
  42. Ash Pyramids /85
  43. Light Blue Mojo /85
  44. Pyramids /85
  45. Ash Lava /75
  46. Blue Lazer /75
  47. Lime Green Mojo /75
  48. Pink Seismic /75
  49. Blue /50
  50. Bronze Hyper /50
  51. Bronze Winter /50
  52. Teal Mojo /50
  53. Green Lazer /49
  54. Purple Seismic /49
  55. Blue Seismic /35
  56. Orange Lazer /35
  57. Yellow Mojo /35
  58. Ash Mojo /25
  59. Green /25
  60. Green Seismic /25
  61. Orange Seismic /20
  62. Bronze Lazer /15
  63. Bronze Seismic /15
  64. ColorBurst /10
  65. Gold /10
  66. Gold Hyper /10
  67. Gold Lava /10
  68. Gold Lazer /10
  69. Gold Mojo /10
  70. Gold Pandora /10
  71. Gold Pyramids /10
  72. Gold Seismic /10
  73. Gold Winter /10
  74. Dreamweaver /4
  75. Black /1
  76. Black Hyper /1
  77. Black Lava /1
  78. Black Lazer /1
  79. Black Mojo /1
  80. Black Pandora /1
  81. Black Pyramids /1
  82. Black Seismic /1
  83. Black Winter /1
  84. Celestial /1
There are still more listed on eBay I need, but for now, I have what I have. 

I hope to keep adding to this collection and to this series. Stay tuned!

Tuesday, October 6, 2026

Not Feeling Blue So Far

 
So far in this young NFL season, I am not feeling blue.

I am bleeding it.

With the Giants off to a surprising and very lucky 3-1 start despite losing Jaxson Dart and Brian Burns for basically the season, they are coming together nicely under the leadership of a real coach in John Harbaugh.

To celebrate this start, I got a solid mail day from my friend @90sNicheFBCard I have been wanting to show off.

Bryan sent a nice variety.



(I think at one point I was chasing a rainbow for this but can't remember now)



 
(there is just something about this card I really like)


(Select rookie parallel)




(not sure what this Optic parallel is called)

(this is my FIRST Abdul Carter relic card)

(color match relics are the best)

(my first Nubin auto)

A lot of nice, shiny cards mixed in here. He also sent others that I may post another day. For now, this is what I am showing off which are the key cards from it. He did send some Eli's I will need to double check to see if I have already or not.

Thanks again Bryan!

I have some more mail days to show off to come. I have been trying to decide if I wanted to try and do a random Giants card of the day on days I don't have time for a full post and just looking to share my collection. What do you guys think?

Monday, September 28, 2026

Sometimes I Just Start One

I have to give credit where credit is due, but I am digging the parallels in the new Topps product.

I am still mad at them for taking all of the licenses, but, this first product is sharp so I will give them a break....for now.

I had started to grab parallels to the team card in the 2026 Topps base set because I was thinking how cool it would look to build the rainbow of it. 

But, looking at all of my other rainbow chases, I said, no, can't go down this rabbit hole again and not be able to finish it.

So, I just stayed at my four.




 
The four I have though look really good.

Another reason I didn't feel like chasing more was the cost of the others and that there were so many to chase in so many different levels of Topps products. It would be impossible to finish.

Will I add others that I find cheap? Probably. Do I call it a rainbow chase at this point? No.

Sometimes I just start one.

Thursday, September 24, 2026

Eli Manning Countdown To 1.5K: #1,246 2025 Panini Silhouette Super Bowl Die Cut

 
It's been way too long since I have added an Eli Manning so I had to do it.

I really need to try and do it more often.

Today's card is from 2025 Panini Silhouette and is a die cut Super Bowl card. This one specifically is for Super Bowl 46. As long time followers of mine know, I am a big NY Giants Super Bowl collector and anytime I find those cards, I will add them.

I mean, I may never watch another Giants Super Bowl win so might as well enjoy the ones I have.

I am hoping to add more Eli soon. I really want to get to the top of TCDB but I still have a mile to go. Every base or low end insert counts so that will be my direction. Not that I don't prefer shiny first and I will probably have to add something cool along the way.

I mean, can't be a collector if I don't add something cool I really want as well.

Wednesday, September 23, 2026

Why Can't We Have Nice Things?

It's happened again.

My hopes and dreams of a successful NY Giants season  have gone down the drain with one quick swoop.

Thanks Rams. Thanks offensive line.

This time it isn't Jaxson's fault for being hurt. He had been playing great and playing safe unlike last year where he was looking for contact, this time contact came looking for him and took his knee out.

It was announced he will be getting season ending knee surgery that will take him out until next season. After watching Jameis Winston come in for relief last game and completely bombing it, this will luckily be a three or four game season when originally it should have been twice that.

And of course this all happens on the day I actually get a nice selection of Jaxson Darts in the mail. So, instead of a celebratory post, this is just a sad one.

Anyways, let's take a look at what came,

2025 Mosaic Silver

2025 Select Silver

2025 Topps Resurgence Silver

2026 Topps Profiles By Kyle Brandt

2026 Topps 91 Throwback Pink Parallel

And the biggie I got from my friend @90sNicheCardBlog,
 
2025 Topps Chrome Leather Refractor

As a Giants fan I am used to the pain, but this one seems to hurt more than usual. I am praying Jaxson not only comes back but comes back stronger next year.

Now it's time for me to go back into the corner and continue crying. 

Why can't we have nice things?