2018 Panini Georgia Bulldogs Update #50

                 

               

          I will collect any Herschel Walker card which I don't already have, but I tend to make those that don't have images uploaded onto the TCDB, a priority. This card is an exception. The image was uploaded to the TCDB website in January 2019, by another member. It is difficult to find, as it doesn't show up for sale very often.

          The card is a 2018 Panini Georgia Bulldogs Update card of Walker. It is part of a three-card set, made to update a 2015 Panini Georgia Bulldogs set. Walker is #50 in the set. The other two cards are also Bulldogs running back legends. #51 is Nick Chubb and #52 is Sony Michel.

          This card recently showed up on Ebay and was listed at a great price, so it now has a new home in the Herschel Hoard.

2023 Panini Playoff National Treasures Synced Signatures # SS-WS

 

               

            A great looking dual autographed card of Herschel and Cowboys Hall of Famer, Emmitt Smith. This is a limited set which has only two different cards in the checklist. This one, and one of Aaron Donald and Jalen Ramsey. This is card # 1 of 49. The serial number designation can be seen on the right of the card front.

2024 Leaf In The Game Used Gr8's Running Backs GUG-12

           

          

          This is the first 2024 Herschel Walker card I've picked up. It is a multi-player, memorabilia card, featuring game used swatches from eight legendary running backs in NFL history. It is from the Leaf in the Game Used set, the subset is Gr8's (Greats) running backs.

            Along with Walker, the other seven running backs shown on the card are: Walter Payton, Emmitt Smith, LaDainian Tomlinson, Tony Dorsett, Thurman Thomas, Eddie George and Bronco Nagurski.

         This card set is yet to be uploaded to the TCDB, at least on Herschel's page. His cards only go up to 2023 at this point. Uploading entire checklists is beyond my scope. I'll leave that to someone else, but as soon as it's there, I'll upload this card.  I'm guessing there are various numbered parallels in this set, as this card in numbered 10 of 35, which can be seen on lower right corner of the card front.

Clearing Out The Cache (More 2023 Panini)

           I'm showing five more different, yet similar looking, 2023 Panini Draft Picks cards, featuring Herschel Walker.

            1. 2023 Panini Prizm Draft Picks Green:

               

               

          2. 2023 Panini Prizm Draft Picks Mojo:

               

                

          3. 2023 Panini Prizm Draft Picks Red Flash:

               

               

          2023 Panini Prizm Draft Picks Ruby Wave:

               

               

          2023 Panini Prizm Draft Picks Purple Wave:

               

                

          So ends another grouping of #43 Walker cards. Believe it or not, there are more to collect, but these five were a nice addition to the Hoard.

2022 Leaf In The Game Used Sports-Big Ticket Signatures#BTS-HW1

           

               

         I thought this was a pretty cool card. This card is from the 2022 Leaf in the Game Used Sports- Big Ticket Signatures set. It is a 20-card set of autographed cards, featuring a ticket from a game in which a famous athlete participated in during their career.

          In this case, it's a ticket from a USFL football game, played on Sunday, May 6, 1984, between the Oklahoma Outlaws and Herschel Walker's New Jersey Generals. The game was a blowout, with the Generals winning, 49-17. Walker rushed for 127 yards on 16 carries and had three touchdowns. One of his scores came on a 62-yard run. The score was so lopsided that Herschel sat out the entire fourth quarter.

         I like the concept of this card. Nice to see some different ideas from the card companies.

     It's been quiet here at the Hoard. This is my first post in over a month. It has been really hard to find new product that doesn't have that "every card is damn near the same" feel. Also, the older cards I'm looking for are showing up less and less. My top ten list has been dormant for a long time. In that vein, next week will be another "clean out the cache of Panini examples."

      The goal as always, is to collect as many different Walker cards as I can, but Panini Draft Picks don't always rate an individual post. The current total count in the Hoard is 1, 023.

Odds and Ends

      Shown are four cards in the Herschel Hoard, which I've obtained over the past few months, but have not posted about. One is a relatively scarce, 2022 Panini Mosiac Red Wave, shown here:

          

          

          The Red Wave card is serial numbered to just 9. This example is #6, which can be seen in the upper left on the card back. If the image appears a bit washed out, it's because this is an encased, graded card. I don't usually buy these, but in this instance, it was the only condition I was able to find it in. The image is cropped to show just the card itself, rather than the case.

            The next three are all versions of the 2023 Panini Prizm Draft Picks set. Though I try to collect any Herschel Walker cards which I don't already have, the variations in some of Panini's sets are so slight, that it seems almost redundant when posting them individually. That being the case, I've grouped the three here. First is a Draft Picks Red:

          

          

        The Red version is serial numbered to 200, shown on the bottom of the card back.

               Next is the Purple Ice version:

                                

          

           These are numbered to 149.

          Finally, here is the Purple Prism card, which is numbered to 75:

               

          

          

           Many people complain about Panini and the fact that they have so many variations, but although they're not my absolute favorite cards to chase, I will pick them up if I have the opportunity.

2007 Press Pass Legends-Legendary Legacy Autographs Platinum #LL-HW

           

          

          Continuing my recent run of autographed Herschel Walker cards, here is a 2007 Legendary Legacy Platinum card, from the Press Pass Legends series.

           The Platinum subset has a checklist of 29 cards and each one is serial numbered to just 25. That serial number is boldly shown on the bottom of the card back. Another empty space filled in at the Herschel Hoard.