Pulling together prospects, draft picks, rookies and veterans, 2018 Bowman’s Best will aim to cover all the bases for collectors. And just in time for Christmas. 2018 Bowman's Best Basics This is a hobby exclusive product that will be released the week of Dec. 19, and Topps is promising four autograph cards per hobby box. There will be two mini-boxes in each hobby box, with … [Read more...] about 2018 Bowman’s Best Big On Rookies But Also Pays Attention to Veterans, Prospects
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2016 Bowman Baseball Arrives: Prospects, Rookies And Parallels
It's always been about rookies and prospects, and 2016 Bowman Baseball is no different. But Topps is introducing a few new wrinkles that will build upon that tradition as the product hits store shelves and online dealer stock this week. A full checklist is linked below. 2016 Bowman Baseball Basics A 2016 Bowman Baseball Hobby box will contain 24 packs, with 10 cards to a … [Read more...] about 2016 Bowman Baseball Arrives: Prospects, Rookies And Parallels
2015 Topps Finest Released
2015 Topps Finest Baseball places a greater emphasis on cards of veteran players and retired stars. It also isn't quite as colorful as the 2014 edition. A full checklist for the product, which released Wednesday, is below. It's been a busy month for Topps, which also released its 2015 Archives Baseball product on the same day and its 2015 Series 2 set was slated for June … [Read more...] about 2015 Topps Finest Released
2014 Topps Finest Baseball Offers Plenty of Color
2014 Topps Finest Baseball arrives with a ‘master box’ comprised of two mini boxes. Each master box will contain two autographs--both on card according to the company with no redemption cards. Finest will include several new insert sets including ‘Finest Greats’ which will highlight some of the players in the ‘Finest Era’ which encompasses 1993-present. Topps will also … [Read more...] about 2014 Topps Finest Baseball Offers Plenty of Color
2014 Topps Spring Fever Gallery and Checklist
Earlier we wrote briefly about the strange way Topps went about their 2014 Spring Fever campaign. With the exception of how the cards were confusingly made available at the first, it was a fairly straightforward proposition. During the Opening Week of the baseball season collectors could go into designated hobby shops and obtain a five-card pack of the special cards for every … [Read more...] about 2014 Topps Spring Fever Gallery and Checklist
2014 Bowman Football Preview
NFL training camps will open next month and ahead of that comes 2014 Bowman Football, set to be released June 25. The timing works as Bowman tries hard to keep their tagline reputation “Home of the Rookie Card.” That means the pre-camp release will mean the inclusion of cards of many of the young hopefuls on NFL rosters so that fans and collectors can be a bit more in the know … [Read more...] about 2014 Bowman Football Preview
Finest Baseball Box Break and Checklist
Last time we talked about Finest, we mentioned the brand's humble beginnings as a small football factory set and then the explosion of the 1993 Finest baseball set. The 1993 Finest Baseball product set which had the best, and extremely condition sensitive, Derek Jeter rookie card. However, the chase of the refractor set probably wins out as the years go on but those are your … [Read more...] about Finest Baseball Box Break and Checklist
2013 Bowman Chrome Baseball Review
Over the past few years we have talked about what advantages Topps has in creating baseball products. The major, and obvious one, is they are the only licensed company to produce both major and minor league cards. Having that license enables them to print cards of both the players we hear about on a nightly basis during the season as well as those players who are better known … [Read more...] about 2013 Bowman Chrome Baseball Review
2013 Topps Finest Football Review
We have written quite a bit about the early days of Finest Baseball and how some mathematically inclined dealers were able to deduce there were 241 parallel refractors of each card issued. However, what many collectors do not realize the finest line actually began in 1992 as a football factory set. In the early 1990's, small-sized factory sets such as Finest were actually very … [Read more...] about 2013 Topps Finest Football Review
2012 Bowman Baseball Box Break
by Rich Klein In the years I've been writing these reviews. Bowman has always produced certain elements in every box I have opened. One, there has been exactly one duplicate card in just about all of the boxes I have opened. When you realize the odds of receiving all different cards in any box are in your favor, it gives you more confidence that there is a good chance of … [Read more...] about 2012 Bowman Baseball Box Break