Monday, November 30, 2009

Its On!!! Most Iconic Rookie Card of the 1980s, A Contest!

Happy Thanksgiving to all!!! Are you guys ready to win a really awesome rookie card from the 1980s? Okay, then relax and read on...
I had a lot of plans for this blog. It was my best friend for six months. When I woke up, I read everyone’s blogs, when I got home from school-I posted, when I got home from work-I posted. While I was at work I was writing future posts. I love writing this blog, I have a ton of really awesome folks and pulled off some amazing trades and my collection has really flourished in the time that I have been blogging. I had always planned on having a HUGE contest to celebrate achieving the Collective Troll's 50,000th hit. It always seemed like an impossible or improbable number, but here I am knocking on the door. The only problem is I am without cable, a computer, a scanner and internet access. I have decided however that this blog is important enough to me to try and persevere, to blog on. While blogging on I have passed the 49,000 mark and in theory should be hitting 50 grand in the next week or two. Assuming that I hit that mark I do want to go ahead and have a contest. The prizes won’t be as grand and abundant as I had hoped, but I can still make them pretty sweet. As is typical with my contests (does anyone remember one of my contests?) there will be some voting attached. The vote will be to select the most iconic rookie card of the 1980’s. I am going to start the voting now and it will continue up till 50K and on up to 51,000.
That should leave the contest up for about a month and should allow plenty of people to have the chance to vote. The normal rule that you must follow the blog to enter will apply. You must vote for a card to be eligible, but that is it. No other hoops to jump through. After hit number 51,000 I will close the contest, all of the entrants will be randomized (only 1 entry per blogger) and a winner will be selected. The winner will receive the card that is voted as most iconic rookie card of the 80’s. I picked the 80’s for a couple of reasons-1. It is a hell of a lot cheaper to furnish the prize-I don’t wanna buy a Mike Schmidt (70s) or Steve Carlton (60s) rookie to give it away. 2. I started really collecting in the 80’s and I think most bloggers did as well. 3. The hobby really took off in the 80’s-there were negative side effects like overproduction and crappy product, but the hobby grew to a crazy, almost mainstream level in the 80s. Okay, now who wants to vote for the most iconic rookie card of the 80’s? You need to choose the year, the brand and the player, that’s it. Some year by year suggestions include: 1980 Topps Rickey Henderson. 1981 Fleer Harold Baines, 1982 Topps Cal Ripken, 1983 Fleer Tony Gwynn, 1983 Topps Wade Boggs, 1984 Donruss Joe Carter, 1984 Topps Don Mattingly, 1985 Topps Mark McGwire, 1984 Topps Traded Dwight Gooden, 1985 Donruss Roger Clemens, 1986 Topps Traded Barry Bonds, 1987 Fleer Update Fred McGriff and of course the 1989 Upper Deck Ken Griffey Jr. You don’t have to choose from these suggestions, pick whatever you feel is the most iconic rookie. Whichever card wins will be the prize. That is guaranteed. If over 100 people vote I will add a second and maybe even a third prize, but either way someone is going to win a really sweet rookie card. You don’t get an extra entry for advertising this contest, but if it helps get more entrants than it would be appreciated. What are ya waiting for? VOTE GOSH DARNIT!!!

29 comments:

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    Troll (your name)
    1982 Topps Cal Ripken Jr. (your selection)
    (thats it, simple aint it?)
    (Happy Thanksgiving to all!)

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  2. Don Wickedortega
    1980 Topps Rickey Henderson
    i need it for the set i'm building!!

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  3. Tim Dustin
    1989 Upper Deck Ken Griffey
    (isn't the '86 Leaf card McGriff's rookie? That said, I have both)

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  4. Crazy Canuck
    1980 OPC Wayne Gretzky #18

    hey, no where in your post did you say baseball... and I could've said 1986 Fleer Michael Jordan. You'd have to sell your car for that one...

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  5. Ken (From Field of Cards)
    1984 Donruss Don Mattingly

    Between that card and Griffey Jr's 1989 Upper Deck, I don't think any cards of the 80's captured both the iconic look and mass craze of collectors and baseball fans in general.

    However, Mattingly's 1984 Donruss was during a still somewhat pure collecting era, while Griffey's card came out when everything was beginning to collapse in the hobby.

    Canseco's 1986 Donruss card gets an honorable mention, but his subsequent history tainted it enough that the card leaves a bitter taste in the mouths of many. (I am a Canseco fan btw.)

    Cool contest!

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  6. Rod (padrographs)
    1989 Upper Deck Ken Griffey Jr.

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  7. The Gooch (In the Ballpark)
    1985 Topps Mark McGwire #401 - only because of the card's popularity during the late 1990's.
    I have a couple of these cards. They were my retirement fund until Big Mac decided that he didn't want to talk about the past.

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  8. Anthony K. (Balk Four)

    1982 Topps Cal Ripken Jr. -- The last great triple rookie card.

    Though, it is tough not voting for the Mattingly (possibly the HOTTEST card of the mid 80's) or the Griffey (changed the hobby as we knew it and put Upper Deck on the map).

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  9. Justin G.
    1982 Cal Ripken Jr.

    In my book it barely squeezes past the Griffy UD (my childhood in Baltimore has absolutely no bearing on my decision at all).

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  10. chris OK
    1980 Topps Rickey Henderson
    Great contest Troll!

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  11. Daniel W.
    1985 Topps Mark McGwire

    I have always wanted that card and I still want it. Thanks for the contest Troll!

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  12. Brian (play at the plate)

    1989 Upper Deck Ken Griffey Jr.

    It is one of the few cards my dad knew about and he knew NOTHING about cards. Personally it would be 1982 Topps Ripken because I still have the one I pulled out of a pack.

    Congrats on getting to the milestone Troll!

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  13. I'll say the 1985 Topps McGwire. That card always seemed to be totally unattainable to me. Griffey's Upper Deck rookie is pretty good, but I've actually owned 2 of those at some point.

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  14. gcrl
    1989 upper deck ken griffey jr

    although the 1981 topps fernando/scioscia/perconte is pretty cool, too.

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  15. Well, it's tough to say this, but if there is one LEGENDARY rookie card from the 1980's, it has to be the 1989 Griffey Upper Deck Rookie Card. My favorite personally from that timeframe is the Mattingly RC from Topps. But, that card didn't start a company, doesn't sell for 50 dollars, and isn't of a Hall of Famer (he should be though). The Griffey gets my vote, the Ripken RC in a pretty close second. Thanks Troll for the contest!

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  16. Greg (beardy)

    Gotta go with the 1989 Upper Deck Griffey Jr.

    Great contest Troll!

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  17. David (2008 Allen & Ginter Card-scape)
    1989 Upper Deck Ken Griffey

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  18. Trying to get caught up:

    Night Owl (Whoooooo!)

    1980 Topps Rickey Henderson.

    It was the FIRST rookie card that people went wacky over.

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  19. MattR

    1980 Topps Rickey Henderson

    In all honesty I never really saw the big deal with rookies. I liked to get guys with some history behind them. It was more interesting reading the card backs of players who had been around a while.

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  20. RoofGod

    1985 Mark McGwire

    Big Mac was was (and still is) my favorite player growing up. The plus side of this cards slide in popularity and price is that I can now finally afford to own this card.

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  21. Jason
    1989 Upper Deck Ken Griffey Jr.
    There are a lot of good choices for this.

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  22. abshokie
    1980 Topps Rickey Henderson
    but I'll agree with the crazy canuck the card of the 80's is the 86 fleer Michael Jordan!

    congratulations Mr Toll!!

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  23. AdamE (Thoughts and Sox)

    The Griffey Jr is the most iconic. Although I think personally I would rather have the Henderson.

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  24. Been slack about it, but I'm in.

    Paul (CCC)
    1980 Henderson.

    That card was big when Jr was still in diapers.

    Congrats on the 50,000 hits Troll!!

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  25. Greg (Lake Effect Cards)
    1980 Topps Rickey Henderson
    It was between this and the Griffey for me, but Rickey wins out because it's an action photo.
    Thanks for the contest!

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  26. Dayf (my name)
    1984 Donruss Don Mattingly

    I consider the 1980 Henderson as the end of the '70s and the '89 Griffey as the beginning of the '90s. This card was f&%*ing LEGENDARY the moment it was printed. Just think about it. In a time where packs cost 35 or 40 cents, '84 Donruss packs were selling for 2, 3, even 5 dollars a pack. Mostly because of this card. The other iconic cards of the '80s are:

    Baseball:
    #1 84D Mattingly
    #2 85 Topps Doc Gooden
    #3 86 Donruss Jose Canseco
    #4 84 Fleer Update Darryl Strawberry
    #5 85 Topps Mark McGwire

    Basketball:
    86-87 Michael Jordan

    Football:
    86 Topps Jerry Rice

    Hockey:
    1980 OPC Wayne Gretzky

    Non-Sport:
    1st series Garbage Pail Kids Adam Bomb

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