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Review:
2006-07 Bowman Draft Picks and Stars Basketball (Review
by Bill Kovacs A.K.A. chiliwilly)
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2006-07 Bowman
Draft Picks and Stars Basketball
Each sealed box
contains 18 packs of 6 cards each (4 Bowman and 2 Bowman
Chrome) in a 165 card base set. >>> Each box contains
ONE Bowman Chrome Autograph card and TWO Bowman Memorabilia
cards. Parallel sets (1:9): Bowman Chrome (Refractor >
#`d to 299, X-Fractor > #`d to 150, Gold Refractor > #`d
to 50, SuperFractor > #`d to 1, Rookie Autograph: Gold
Refractor > #`d to 50 and SuperFractor > each is a 1-of-1),
and Press Plates (660 Framed Printing Plates > each is
a 1-of-1 and 660 Autograph Framed Printing Plates > each
is a 1-of-1). Inserts: Memorabilia cards 1:9 (McDonald`s
All-American Rookies , Rookie Snapshots > #`d to 199,
Single, Dual > #`d to 249, and Triple > #`d to 50), Autograph
cards (Power of 2 > #`d to 50 and Power of 3 > #`d to
10), and McDonald`s All-America Rookie Autograph Memorabilia
cards (#`d to 50; Super Size > each is a 1-of-1). Also
look for HOT BOXES with 4 Bowman Chrome cards in every
pack! |
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Base Card Scan |
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| Comments:
The 2006-07
Bowman Draft Picks and Stars Basketball is a nice quality
product in the medium range of the price scale. The
front of the cards is a simple design with only the
Bowman logo, players name and team name. The back of
the cards has a short bio of the player along with a
section titled Bowman Insider which has sub-sections
titled;
The back of the cards also has the players 2005-06 statistics
along with career numbers as well. |
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Rookie Card Scan |
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The rookies have
the rookie designation below the Bowman or Bowman Chrome
logo on the top of the card. The rookies are all posed
shots from training camp, preseason or the rookie photo-shoot.
We pulled (25) rookie cards in this Bowman Draft Picks
and Stars box.
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Insert Card Scans |
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We pulled two
insert/parallels in this box. They were a Bowman Chrome
refractor of J.R. Pinnock /249 and a Kevin Garnett Xfractor
/150.
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GU Card Scan |
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The Game Used
cards we pulled are of Craig Smith of the Minnesota
Timberwolves and Antawn Jamison of the Washington Wizards.
The Jamison is a triple jersey numbered to /50.
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Auto Card Scan |
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The autograph
is a nice quality autograph of Steve Novak of the Houston
Rockets (formerly from Marquette). Very nice high quality
autograph with no breaks or bubbling.
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The
Final Verdict! |
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rate this box a 4 1/2 of 5 HI Fives. 2006-07 Bowman Draft
Picks and Stars Basketball is a medium-priced, quality
card product. You can usually find these boxes in the
$45 to $60 price range. Very good value for the money
in my opinion. |
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