Rodney's Cardboard:1992 Wild Card 5-Stripe

It's NFL Kickoff Sunday and what a better way to celebrate such an even than with my latest Rodney Hampton add. There haven't been a lot of them incoming, but a few here and there.

This one comes thanks to my buddy @ShaneSalmonson from Cheap Wax Wednesday fame.

I never know the odds on these as the early 90's didn't have odds, but I know the higher the stripe, the more rare.

This one is just a base stripe with 5. Surprisingly I hadn't seen one pop up yet until Shane did. The only difference in these between the base is the literal black line at the corner of the card with the number of stripe it is.

 

Back of the card. I miss the days when we had photography and actual stats on the back of cards.

I am just glad to have another one of these done. This is my toughest chase left for Rodney other than 1/1's.

Thoughts on my latest Rodney Hampton and if you ever pulled or chased these welcomed in comments.

Rodney's Cardboard: 2021 Panini Illusions /10

Hello! And welcome back to the latest Rodney's Cardboard.

Last week's newest addition didn't view too well, so I guess I will post another just like it haha!

Last week I showed off the /25 Illusions card and today I am tackling one that is a bit tougher to find, the /10. Which is actually an eBay 1/1 with a 10/10.

There isn't much to these cards when it comes to telling them apart as it's only the background shine that really changes. This one looks like a sunburst.

The card back remains the same.

Once again, here are the ones that I know exist and I will cross off the ones I have with every post. The ones that are offered are, /35, /25, /10, /5 and 1/1. If there is any others outside of those, that information would be new to me.

Thanks to my buddy Shane for the assist on landing this card.

Thoughts on today's card and the Illusions parallels welcomed in comments.

Single Card Mail Day:1998 Topps Generation 2000 Tiki Barber

Tiki Barber is one of many on the list of great NY Giants running backs, but for some reason is a player I never quite chased cards of compared to the others on that list.

It wasn't that I didn't like Barber or enjoy watching him play, I really don't have a reason for not have adding many cards of him.

Instead, I am now starting to add a few of his cards to fill in some gaps. Most of the ones I target of him are from the 90's, you know, the greatest era of collecting.

Today's addition came from my buddy Shane from Cheap Wax Wednesday fame. He is the king of finding 90's inserts for me from card shows he attends.

This 1998 Topps Generation 2000 card fell 1:18 packs and was a 15-card set featuring some of the top young talent in the game at that time. The front of the card is foil with some added rainbow shine from the 2000 on the front.

 

The back features information on the player and the comparisons they have to other top players in their rookie seasons.

Thanks to Shane for this latest add.

Thoughts on Barber, the card or a running back from your team that you didn't quite collect until later on are welcomed in comments.