Show & Tell Contest 11.0 - Week 8! Leg 4 in our Drive for Draisaitl Contest!

[aweeks]

For more information and rules about this contest, please see this thread.

The theme for this week is: Best rainbow

The theme will run from today until 11:59pm EST on Saturday, Dec.8th, 2018

General Rules

1. You MUST post a new scan/picture of your card with your handwritten ID next to it in this thread.
2. Only one submission per member per week.
3. A card can only be submitted ONCE throughout the whole contest, so choose wisely.
4. If you make a mistake, do NOT edit your post! Instead, create a new one, or your entry for the week will be disqualified. No exceptions.


* Any card that won in last years Show & Tell contest cannot be used again this year!

REMEMBER!
EVERY entry will earn you 25RP!
AND the more entries we get, the more points you can earn for our UF RAK 'EM Up Contest!
50+ entries in a week: 3 points to the winner, 2 to 2nd place, 1 for 3rd
20-49 entries: 2 points to the winner, 1 for 2nd place
Under 20 entries: 1 point to the winner


Good luck!

*** Please insert the image directly in your post rather than adding it as an attachment..
When viewing the card in your photobucket.. Look to the right. Under "Share this photo", copy the direct link and simply paste it here.

The winner of week 6's Show & Tell was johnse27! He will received 50RP and 2 points in the standings. Second place goes to 09232003, who will receive 1 point.
Because we had less than 20 entries for week 6, johnse27 will receive 1 point in our Drive for Draisaitl Contest.

[nyrangersfan8169]

Here is my choice for the week....

[Thick McRunfast]

So a "rainbow" means the card has multi-color foil on the front? (I'm not much of a modern collector, but I think I have one of those.)

[apod417]

@aweeks can we get clarification. I'm under the impression that a rainbow is a base card plus all of its parallels (example- Base, clear cut, silver foil, rainbow foil, exclusive, midnight, high gloss, possibly printing plate) not saying you have to have all those or maybe you do?

[Uhtred.the.viking]

From lastwordonsports.com

Rainbow – Short for completing the rainbow – Most sets will feature refractors to collect alongside the common base card. Completing the rainbow means you have collected every available refractor as well as the common of the same player or card. Most rainbows will feature 8 – 10 cards while some can be as low as 4. Some refractors will be numbered 1/1, /5, or /10 so it becomes increasing difficult to find as the numbers get lower.

Refractor – A card that has a chrome reflective service.(surface?) Refractors will look identical to their common base counterpart except that their border will feature a different color. Refractors are rarer than commons and come in a variety of colors. Refractors can be numbered, autographed, GU, or any combination of the three. Refractors make up a rainbow.

So if you look at card #82 from 2007-08 The Cup as an example, there are 6 cards to collect for the rainbow. I don't count printing plates, but 1/1 cards do count. (base /249, black 1/1, black patches 1/1, gold /25, gold jerseys /25, gold patches /10). That is my understanding for the term rainbow.

[aweeks]

@aweeks can we get clarification. I'm under the impression that a rainbow is a base card plus all of its parallels (example- Base, clear cut, silver foil, rainbow foil, exclusive, midnight, high gloss, possibly printing plate) not saying you have to have all those or maybe you do?

Correct.

From lastwordonsports.com

Rainbow – Short for completing the rainbow – Most sets will feature refractors to collect alongside the common base card. Completing the rainbow means you have collected every available refractor as well as the common of the same player or card. Most rainbows will feature 8 – 10 cards while some can be as low as 4. Some refractors will be numbered 1/1, /5, or /10 so it becomes increasing difficult to find as the numbers get lower.

Refractor – A card that has a chrome reflective service.(surface?) Refractors will look identical to their common base counterpart except that their border will feature a different color. Refractors are rarer than commons and come in a variety of colors. Refractors can be numbered, autographed, GU, or any combination of the three. Refractors make up a rainbow.

So if you look at card #82 from 2007-08 The Cup as an example, there are 6 cards to collect for the rainbow. I don't count printing plates, but 1/1 cards do count. (base /249, black 1/1, black patches 1/1, gold /25, gold jerseys /25, gold patches /10). That is my understanding for the term rainbow.

You got it.

[aweeks]

Here is my choice for the week....

Sorry bud.. See above for clarification.

[nyrangersfan8169]

I'm confused as to how the Gretzky I entered is not a rainbow card, it is a Legend Rainbow card from O-Pee-Chee, if a rainbow is not a rainbow card than what exactly is a rainbow card lol

[apod417]

Brian Elliott Certified Rainbow, LMK if there is any issue and I can post a different one.

[Uhtred.the.viking]

I had to get a bit creative when scanning my group, as there are 10 cards in the rainbow. They come from 2003-04 Topps C55 minis, and I believe there are only 5 copies of the Bazooka card. I've added a second scan to show what the front of the cards look like. I realize this shows a different example from the definition above, but since it shows many varieties of the same card I'm thinking it qualifies as a rainbow. Sorry if this muddles things further, but I'm curious to know.

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