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The (un)official PC Showdown Special Comments Guy
As most of you may already know, the Big O is my main PC guy, well liked becaus eof his well rounded game, but did you know about the 'lower case o'? Im not talking about Olowokandi, that was a big uh oh, but the other one time Clipper subjected to the Kardashian curse and also renowned for having a well rounded game and skillset....
The one, the only...................LAMAR Oooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooodom!
Not much high end stuff going on here, so if you're looking for cards worth 4 digits, or even 3, you're definitely looking in the wrong place, bes tto avert your eyes befoe scrolling any further! Oh, and there's no Panini era stuff either, not hating on them but I'm just an old school kind of guy whose stuck in a 90s and 00s timewarp.
The Rookies (and rookie year offerings)
Drafted 4th overall out of Rhode Island by the Clips, the rumours of him being a do it all swiss army knife type point forward had me envisioning a bigger, stronger version of Grant Hill with a bit of Magic Johnson / Penny Hardaway tossed in for good measure.
Topps Finest - so classy you have to unwrap it like the gift it is.... Great to see the attention to detail with the team's colours being incorporate dinto the card to match the jersey.
Skybox Metal Emerald - just love the finish on these cards - understated and not so much in your face bling
Skybox Metal Platinum Portraits - sensing a theme here? Again, just beautiful cards in hand with a classy subtle finish.
Fleer Genuine Formidable - hadn;t had one in hand before so just wanted to see what it was like - and yes, nothing too special to be completely honest. Whoever thought of having overlaping text at the the bottom of the card ought to be shot! Everytime I look at it it gives me double vision!
Fleer Ultra World Premiere - this is how die cuts need to be done, even for such a low end card, Panini ought to take notes....
Fleer Force MIssion Accomplished - accidentally bought the non-Forcefield version (or perhaps got screwed by the seller, can't remember now and probably best that I don't...) Nicely designed insert, froma vastly underrated product.
Fleer Force Attack Force Forcefield - you can sort of see here what difference the Forcefield refractor type property makes to the card. Really looks nice in hand, it just 'glimmers' as it ought to do.
Topps Initial Impact Refractor - scan does ths card no justice whatsoever, but too lazy do get a stand, mess around with lighting and channel my inner artist... 90s refractor, nuff said.
Topps Stadium Club Chrome Clearshots Refractor - Acetate, die-cut, refractor, ,matching reverse image on rear of card. Sorry lads, but this is one classy card, you ust don't see cards like this any more. ..or as the saying goes, "they just don't make 'em like they used to". Again, my scanner doing an absolutely appalling job.....of showing off this magnificet set.
Had to show the back too...
The Non Rookie Years
After 4 years on the Clips he spent one year with the Heat before being part of the big Shaq trade in which he ended up in Laker land. He'd go on to win back to back rings and a 6MOY award playing alongside Kobe, Pau and Metta World Peace.
Fleer Showcase To Air is Human - Just wanted to see what they were like in hand. Plus I miss the days of all those goofy, pun filled insert names....
Fleer Legacy - Ultimate Legacy /175 - part of the great series of Legacy cards, but probably one of the worst variations of it to be perfectly honest. Intersting take with the sort of sparkling serial numbering which looks great, but loses its impact because of the sticker. Respect to the mad headband game though!
Flair Row 1 /100 - I don;t think there's too much that Flair has made that I don't like. Classic cards which never seem to age, nice attention to detail with font, card deisgn, pics and eensome nice bronze foil stamping on the reverse. Nothing special, but just a well assmebled bit of kit.
The Slabs
It wouldn't be a mailday in 2022 without featuring a few slabs. Grades aren't the greatest but they aren't going anywhere soon, and most are pretty close to a 9 (based on the subgrades) anyway. Plus, for what it's worth I prefer the look of the BGS slab and labels anyway.
Fleer Authority Authority Figures /499 - if you know anything about Lamar Odom's personal life you know he probably shouldn't have been an authority figure for the likes of an impressionable teenager like Darius Miles drafted 3rd overall straight out of high school.....
Topps Stadium Club Rookie - no, I was not fumigating my house at the time of this scan, but a nice action shot on this RC from another underrated product imo.
Skybox E-x Generation E-x - I just love the look of thee card sin hand, the shimmer, the action shots, the design - pretty easy and affordable set chase in the making. Old School SGC label
The Threads
You know this card is old because it was actually game worn and doesn;t have the word 'prime' emblazoned all over it. Nice two tone patch from perhaps the most appropriately name dcard in history!
Fleer Ultra O!
The Scribble
I don't have too many Odom autos but from memory he isn;t th emost prolific autographer out there anyway. Has a ent sig on him though which is kinda nice and loopy - shades of Larry Bid - but only in terms of the auto! ...and for some reason I seem to have every auto in existence which wouldn't grade a 10....
Inspirations on Card w/ Eddie Griffin /1149
Fleer Autographics /250 - big on card auto - just can't be beat.
.....and that's all she wrote folks! Thanks for stopping by and having a look (and a double thanks if you actually took the time to read what I spent the time to write!) lol
Keep it classy folks!
The one, the only...................LAMAR Oooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooodom!
Not much high end stuff going on here, so if you're looking for cards worth 4 digits, or even 3, you're definitely looking in the wrong place, bes tto avert your eyes befoe scrolling any further! Oh, and there's no Panini era stuff either, not hating on them but I'm just an old school kind of guy whose stuck in a 90s and 00s timewarp.
The Rookies (and rookie year offerings)
Drafted 4th overall out of Rhode Island by the Clips, the rumours of him being a do it all swiss army knife type point forward had me envisioning a bigger, stronger version of Grant Hill with a bit of Magic Johnson / Penny Hardaway tossed in for good measure.
Topps Finest - so classy you have to unwrap it like the gift it is.... Great to see the attention to detail with the team's colours being incorporate dinto the card to match the jersey.
Skybox Metal Emerald - just love the finish on these cards - understated and not so much in your face bling
Skybox Metal Platinum Portraits - sensing a theme here? Again, just beautiful cards in hand with a classy subtle finish.
Fleer Genuine Formidable - hadn;t had one in hand before so just wanted to see what it was like - and yes, nothing too special to be completely honest. Whoever thought of having overlaping text at the the bottom of the card ought to be shot! Everytime I look at it it gives me double vision!
Fleer Ultra World Premiere - this is how die cuts need to be done, even for such a low end card, Panini ought to take notes....
Fleer Force MIssion Accomplished - accidentally bought the non-Forcefield version (or perhaps got screwed by the seller, can't remember now and probably best that I don't...) Nicely designed insert, froma vastly underrated product.
Fleer Force Attack Force Forcefield - you can sort of see here what difference the Forcefield refractor type property makes to the card. Really looks nice in hand, it just 'glimmers' as it ought to do.
Topps Initial Impact Refractor - scan does ths card no justice whatsoever, but too lazy do get a stand, mess around with lighting and channel my inner artist... 90s refractor, nuff said.
Topps Stadium Club Chrome Clearshots Refractor - Acetate, die-cut, refractor, ,matching reverse image on rear of card. Sorry lads, but this is one classy card, you ust don't see cards like this any more. ..or as the saying goes, "they just don't make 'em like they used to". Again, my scanner doing an absolutely appalling job.....of showing off this magnificet set.
Had to show the back too...
The Non Rookie Years
After 4 years on the Clips he spent one year with the Heat before being part of the big Shaq trade in which he ended up in Laker land. He'd go on to win back to back rings and a 6MOY award playing alongside Kobe, Pau and Metta World Peace.
Fleer Showcase To Air is Human - Just wanted to see what they were like in hand. Plus I miss the days of all those goofy, pun filled insert names....
Fleer Legacy - Ultimate Legacy /175 - part of the great series of Legacy cards, but probably one of the worst variations of it to be perfectly honest. Intersting take with the sort of sparkling serial numbering which looks great, but loses its impact because of the sticker. Respect to the mad headband game though!
Flair Row 1 /100 - I don;t think there's too much that Flair has made that I don't like. Classic cards which never seem to age, nice attention to detail with font, card deisgn, pics and eensome nice bronze foil stamping on the reverse. Nothing special, but just a well assmebled bit of kit.
The Slabs
It wouldn't be a mailday in 2022 without featuring a few slabs. Grades aren't the greatest but they aren't going anywhere soon, and most are pretty close to a 9 (based on the subgrades) anyway. Plus, for what it's worth I prefer the look of the BGS slab and labels anyway.
Fleer Authority Authority Figures /499 - if you know anything about Lamar Odom's personal life you know he probably shouldn't have been an authority figure for the likes of an impressionable teenager like Darius Miles drafted 3rd overall straight out of high school.....
Topps Stadium Club Rookie - no, I was not fumigating my house at the time of this scan, but a nice action shot on this RC from another underrated product imo.
Skybox E-x Generation E-x - I just love the look of thee card sin hand, the shimmer, the action shots, the design - pretty easy and affordable set chase in the making. Old School SGC label
The Threads
You know this card is old because it was actually game worn and doesn;t have the word 'prime' emblazoned all over it. Nice two tone patch from perhaps the most appropriately name dcard in history!
Fleer Ultra O!
The Scribble
I don't have too many Odom autos but from memory he isn;t th emost prolific autographer out there anyway. Has a ent sig on him though which is kinda nice and loopy - shades of Larry Bid - but only in terms of the auto! ...and for some reason I seem to have every auto in existence which wouldn't grade a 10....
Inspirations on Card w/ Eddie Griffin /1149
Fleer Autographics /250 - big on card auto - just can't be beat.
.....and that's all she wrote folks! Thanks for stopping by and having a look (and a double thanks if you actually took the time to read what I spent the time to write!) lol
Keep it classy folks!
