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Review:
2006 Bowman Football (Review
by Bill Kovacs A.K.A. chiliwilly)
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2006 Bowman Football
Each sealed box contains 24 packs of 10 cards each in a 275 card base set including 165 Rookies (including 10 Autograph Rookie variations > #`d to 199). >>> Each box contains ONE Autograph Rookie card and ONE Memorabilia card. Parallel sets: Gold 1:1, Blue 1:6 (#`d to 500), White 1:1 (varied #ing), and Red (each is a 1-of-1). Inserts: Autograph cards 1:24 (Signs of the Future: Single, Gold > #`d to 50, Doubles > #`d to 50, & Gold Doubles > #`d to 10; Rookie Coaches, and Signature Series > varied #ing) and Memorabilia cards 1:24 (Fabric of the Future: Jersey, Gold > #`d to 100, Doubles> #`d to 50, &1-of-1; Draft Day: Cap, Jersey, Cap/Jersey, & 1-of-1 Patch; and Rookie Rewind Throwback (Single & Gold> #`d to 50).
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Base Card Scan |
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The 2006
Bowman Football is a nice quality product at the low-end
of the market only in price. The back of the cards has
stats of the players previous year in the NFL. There is also
a short bio of the player along with an area called "Bowman Briefing" which highlights include; Resume, Skills and Evolution. The The Bowman logo is on the front upper left of the card. The bottom front of the card lists the players' name and team. Everything is easily readable.
There are parallels of the base that include the gold bordered thicker card and the blue bordered /500 cards.
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Rookie Card Scan |
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The rookies have
the rookie card designation below the Bowman logo and
the players name and team are on the bottom of the card.
The rookies have nice posed or action shots from training camp or preseason.
There are also (2) Bowman Chrome rookies in every pack as well.
The back of the cards has
stats of the players previous year in College. There is also
a short bio of the player along with an area called "Bowman Briefing" which highlights include; Resume, Skills and Up Close.
We pulled (160) rookies of one form or another from our 24 packs
of cards in this box. Here's the breakdown for this box of Bowman "Home of the Rookie Card";
- (95) regular rookie cards
- (48) rookie card chrome
- (14) rookie gold border parallel
- (2) rookie blue border parallel /500
- (1) rookie white border parallel /125
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GU Card Scan |
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The Game Used card we pulled was of Matt Leinart of the Arizona Cardinals. The card has a piece of the Draft Day Jersey.
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Auto Card Scan |
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A real nice autograph pull of one of the new up-and-coming receivers in the NFL. This autograph is the Signs of the Future GOLD version /50 of Chad Jackson of the New England Patriots. Very nice high quality autograph with no breaks or bubbling.
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The
Final Verdict! |
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| I
rate this box a 4 1/2 of 5 HI Fives. 2006 Bowman Football
is a nice rookie card product. If you want rookie cards
then this is the box you want to try. You can usually
find these boxes in the $40 to $50 price range. Very good value
for the money in my opinion. |
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