Congrats to Matt Martel on being the lucky winner of the Nick Allen 2018 Bowman Platinum Top Prospects Auto. Once Matt Martel sends me his mailing address, I will ship this card ASAP. Thanks!
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This contest is for a Nick Allen 2018 Bowman Platinum Top Prospects Auto. Good luck!!!
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Earlier this week I opened a blaster box of 2018 Bowman Platinum. At the time of that writing, Walmart’s website still had some blasters for sale. Checking right now, they have nothing. I was able to get my paws on a Collector’s Box though.
If you’re going for the ultimate 2018 Bowman Platinum experience, opening a Collector’s Box is the best way to go. Remember, this product is exclusive to Walmart. Hobby shops and online dealers couldn’t get it. Unless they went to their local Walmart, cleaned the shelves, and resold what they bought. Ripping into a Collector’s Box is equal to what a traditional hobby box would be. Of the three formats this product comes in (Blasters, Fat Packs, and Collector’s Boxes), the Collector’s Box is the only one that guarantees (2) autographs. Its also the only place you can pull Orange parallels #’ed/25. A Collector’s Box runs about $80, and inside you should find (20) packs.
As I mentioned when opening my blaster, the base set consists of (100) cards. There are also (100) Top Prospects. Each has the following parallels: Ice (Blaster), Sky Blue (Fat Pack), Purple #’ed/250, Blue #’ed/150, Green #’ed/99, Orange #’ed/25 (Collector’s Box), Red #’ed/10, and Foilfractor #’ed/1.
Ten players have photo variations: Kris Bryant, Rafael Devers, Clayton Kershaw, Cody Bellinger, Shohei Ohtani, Mike Trout, Jose Altuve, Francisco Lindor, Aaron Judge, and Bryce Harper. These are easy to spot as the pictures are much different compared to the base. If using the CMP codes is easier, base cards end in #264 and photo variations end in #303. Reds pitching prospect Hunter Greene has (10) Short Prints that on the surface look just like base. The card number on these all start with the letters “HG”.
Relics can be found, but are difficult to pull. Platinum Rookie Auto Pieces fall 1:374 packs, and Platinum Patches come 1:4,706 packs. The Platinum Patches remind me of Triple Threads.
Here is what I pulled:
Autos
Parallels
Inserts
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This is just a quick break. For the last couple of years, the Bowman Platinum brand has been a Walmart exclusive. My local Walmart store had three blasters on the shelf. By now they could be all gone.
There are three different formats that you can find this product in – Fat Packs, Blasters, and Collector’s Boxes. Each comes with it’s own exclusive parallel. A Collector’s Box is the most expensive at $80, but that does include (2) autographs. The base set consists of (100) cards and the following parallels: Ice (Blaster), Sky Blue (Fat Pack), Purple #’ed/250, Blue #’ed/150, Green #’ed/99, Orange #’ed/25 (Collector’s Box), Red #’ed/10, and Foilfractor #’ed/1. Top Prospects have (100) cards too with the same parallels.
Photo variations are quite easy to spot. The pictures are drastically different compared to a traditional base card. CMP codes for base are #264, whereas photo variations are #303.
My favorite Walmart exclusive Topps product recently is 2017 Topps Gallery. But these look cool too. When talking about the base set, that pure blackness mixed with those psychedelic swirls is totally far out.
Here is what I pulled:
Parallels
Inserts
Rookies
Top Prospects
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How about another soccer box? This time around its a box of 2018 Topps Premier League Platinum. Between my box of ’18 Topps MLS and ’17/’18 Topps Chrome UEFA Champions League, I’ve seen some decent pulls. Will the luck continue? Lets take a look.
A master box is made up of two mini boxes. Guaranteed inside each mini box is one autograph. That means there are two autographs per master box. Also, one of those mini boxes will have a relic card.
The base set consists of (100) cards. Parallels include Green #’ed/100, Purple #’ed/50, Orange #’ed/25, Red #’ed/10, and Holographic Foil #’ed 1/1. Beyond the base set, the card numbers continue with a good number of short prints – Global Star (#101-#140), New Signing (#141-#160), and Icon (#161-#180). Each of these have Purple parallels #’ed/50, and a FoilFractor #’ed 1/1.
Topps did a wonderful job of designing these cards. They look really nice. You don’t see Topps using a lot of foilboard. Very clean looking too. I like the plastic feel. It would be very neat to see a baseball set designed like this. Even the font used for the serial numbering isn’t what you’d traditionally see. I think that has a lot to do with these cards being printed in the UK.
Boxes cost about $80. Considering you receive (96) cards per box, it wouldn’t take that much to complete the base set. Eric Cantona of Manchester United is a top autograph to pull. Base autographs sell for $200. It’s parallels are worth even more.
Even if you’re not that into soccer, products like this are fun to open if you want something different. I’ve had a lot of luck with them recently.
Here is what I pulled:
Autos
Relics
Parallels
Icon
Global Star
New Signing
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