First Buzz: 2022 Bowman baseball cards

[SaltyCracker]

Originally Posted by imbluestreak23

More feedback like this please.

Dropping 5 figures on singles from 2021 BC without knowing of the "quality control" issues is a mistake I would like to avoid again

I’ve seen a lot of print lines on cards I opened. One card also had a big dimple. Luckily it was a gold refractor and not a super.

[Stech36]

Originally Posted by hermanotarjeta

Yeah, jumbos are down about $75 as well.

Still a joke.

Haven't people figured out that the retailers now start high and drop prices later?

Definitely depends on release.

Draft didn’t drop a penny.

[OneSickDegen]

Originally Posted by Stech36

Draft didn’t drop a penny.

Apex predator of prospect releases right there.

Regular bowman is ehh ok

[Stech36]

Originally Posted by OneSickDegen

Apex predator of prospect releases right there.

Regular bowman is ehh ok

I know that, I was telling everyone I knew to buy and hold draft. And everyone I knew to wait on bowman.

Just saying, every release is different

[OneSickDegen]

Originally Posted by Stech36

I know that, I was telling everyone I knew to buy and hold draft. And everyone I knew to wait on bowman.

Just saying, every release is different

Agree 110%

[DetroitTN]

Sheesh, the hobby boxes are insane, especially when only 1/3 will be in decent condition. I wanted to buy more, but I'm not wasting more money on these. Good luck everyone

[Nung2019]

Draft is by far my favorite product.. but I’m scared at what the pre sell pricing will be this year

[OneSickDegen]

Originally Posted by Nung2019

Draft is by far my favorite product.. but I’m scared at what the pre sell pricing will be this year

You gotta bite the bullet with Draft tho. There's no retail option.

I guess there's hobby lite boxes which are kinda cool.

[Hail24]

Originally Posted by OneSickDegen

Retail >>> Hobby

See I had the opposite experience as you. My Fat Packs were much better than my balsters. Bought 3 blasters and 10 fat packs. Blasters yielded one refractor parallel of a nobody that wasn't even a Chrome 1st and basically nothing else besides a few of the mid range BC 1st. The 10 fat packs yielded a paper Auto of Henry Henry, a purple refractor BC 1st of Ian Lewis, BC 1st Kahlil Watson base, and BC 1st autograph of Jhonkensy Noel.

[OneSickDegen]

Originally Posted by Hail24

See I had the opposite experience as you. My Fat Packs were much better than my balsters. Bought 3 blasters and 10 fat packs. Blasters yielded one refractor parallel of a nobody that wasn't even a Chrome 1st and basically nothing else besides a few of the mid range BC 1st. The 10 fat packs yielded a paper Auto of Henry Henry, a purple refractor BC 1st of Ian Lewis, BC 1st Kahlil Watson base, and BC 1st autograph of Jhonkensy Noel.

Don't forget if you drop $300 on a hobby and do pull something fire, you always run the risk of the notorious printing lines and damage, etc.

I based by opinion on watching many breaks of blasters and hobby. I cannot speak for the fat packs as I don't intend on buying any of those. At least you got an auto!!

My purchasing this year is down about 75% from last year tho. I think I'm in regular bowman for $500 (15 blasters) so for this reason I think you get more bang for the buck.

[Hail24]

Originally Posted by OneSickDegen

Don't forget if you drop $300 on a hobby and do pull something fire, you always run the risk of the notorious printing lines and damage, etc.

I based by opinion on watching many breaks of blasters and hobby. I cannot speak for the fat packs as I don't intend on buying any of those. At least you got an auto!!

My purchasing this year is down about 75% from last year tho. I think I'm in regular bowman for $500 (15 blasters) so for this reason I think you get more bang for the buck.

That was my fault I quoted your quote to his picture Sorry about that. I acutally got 2 autos /10 fat packs and a purple which is a lot better than my 3 blasters that were basically fire starter. In 3 blasters and 10 fat packs I didn't get one Wander Rookie either

[TruBlueBrewCrew]

Pulled this from a hobby box.

[Nung2019]

Originally Posted by OneSickDegen

You gotta bite the bullet with Draft tho. There's no retail option.

I guess there's hobby lite boxes which are kinda cool.

No doubt.. and there will be big names this year

[OneSickDegen]

Originally Posted by Nung2019

No doubt.. and there will be big names this year

Yeah if I didn't recently make a couple pricey vintage slab pickups, I'd probably take a degen stab at a 2021 draft jumbo. Those boxes have really started to dry up it seems.

[OneSickDegen]

Originally Posted by Hail24

That was my fault I quoted your quote to his picture Sorry about that. I acutally got 2 autos /10 fat packs and a purple which is a lot better than my 3 blasters that were basically fire starter. In 3 blasters and 10 fat packs I didn't get one Wander Rookie either

I've watched about 7 channels opening fat packs varying in quantity from 4-13 since you posted this and WOW they all pulled at least 1 auto and tons of color. Seems like a pretty decent value since you get 4 chrome per fat pack. I'll definitely snag some if I can find at retail.

[WalterAZ31]

cant say im not crushing the odds

2 rack packs from Barnes yesterday ($9.99 each), and i pull a Edgar Quero 1st Chrome Autograph

[paloose]

Originally Posted by Burbot

Just bought 5 blasters at the Topps site, 29.99.

Hobby 299.99

When you add taxes and shipping those blaster boxes turn out to be about$35 per box. Not as good as it sounds.

[BabaORiley]

Originally Posted by Hail24

That was my fault I quoted your quote to his picture Sorry about that. I acutally got 2 autos /10 fat packs and a purple which is a lot better than my 3 blasters that were basically fire starter. In 3 blasters and 10 fat packs I didn't get one Wander Rookie either

Ripped 15 blasters and 10 cellos.

Best cards: Jack Suwinski Auto, Andry Lara Green Shimmer, Purple Pete Crow-Armstrong

For those of you looking for bad retail breaks...

[Minelayer]

Originally Posted by paloose

When you add taxes and shipping those blaster boxes turn out to be about$35 per box. Not as good as it sounds.

Comes out to about the same when buying from Walmart. Ordering from Topps takes a month to get to me. At least Walmart ony take about a week.

[hermanotarjeta]

Originally Posted by Stech36

Definitely depends on release.

Draft didn’t drop a penny.

This is the only product out there that group breaking makes sense.

[OneSickDegen]

Originally Posted by Minelayer

Comes out to about the same when buying from Walmart. Ordering from Topps takes a month to get to me. At least Walmart ony take about a week.

yeah definitely LOL @ Topps clownshow. My order isn't scheduled to "ship" until 5/18-5/24

[Burbot]

Originally Posted by paloose

When you add taxes and shipping those blaster boxes turn out to be about$35 per box. Not as good as it sounds.

No tax here

[cbeauch87]

Opened my first two blasters, off to a good start! Gold Shimmer /50. Two more blasters and 9 hanger packs on the way too.


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[Seitas]

Originally Posted by cbeauch87

Opened my first two blasters, off to a good start! Gold Shimmer /50. Two more blasters and 9 hanger packs on the way too.


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Nice pull. He’s a stud.

[Remmons22]

I know it's early and prices will change, but Oswaldo Cabrera feels way over priced. Doesn't feel like he'll get a ton of opportunities with Oswald Peraza and Anthony Volpe in the pipe. Might be a trade candidate but he would have to crush in a new organization to stay at these prices. Right now he's looking like the Oswaldo of 2019.

That being said, I wound up paying what I thought was too much on a Volpe sapphire Bowman auto. Paid $100 for that at the time and glad I did. So I am often wrong.