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Review:
2006 Bowman Chrome Baseball (Review
by Bill Kovacs A.K.A. chiliwilly)
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2006 Bowman
Chrome Baseball
Each sealed box
contains 18 packs of 4 cards each in a 330 card base set
including 20 Bowman Autograph Rookie cards, and 110 Bowman
Chrome Prospect cards >>> Each box contains ONE Autograph
card. Parallel sets (5:box): Bowman (Refractor, X-Fractor
> #`d to 250, Blue Refractor > #`d to 150, Gold Refractor
> #`d to 50, Orange Refractor > #`d to 25, Red Refractor
> #`d to 5, and Superfractor > each is a 1-of-1), Bowman
Autograph Rookies (Refractor > #`d to 250, X-Fractor >
#`d to 125, Blue Refractor > #`d to 75, Gold Refractor
> #`d to 50, Orange Refractor > #`d to 25, Red Refractor
> #`d to 5, and Superfractor > each is a 1-of-1) and Bowman
Chrome Prospects/Autograph Prospects (Refractor > #`d
to 500, X-Fractor > #`d to 250, Blue Refractor > #`d to
150, Gold Refractor > #`d to 50, Orange Refractor > #`d
to 25, Red Refractor > #`d to 5, and Superfractor > each
is a 1-of-1), and Printing Plates (4 variation for each
player > each is a 1-of-1). |
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Base Card Scan |
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The 2006 Bowman
Chrome Baseball design this year is nice and clean looking
and historically near the same as regular 2006 Bowman
Baseball. Really high-quality cards on nice high-quality
stock with superb action or posed shots that we expect
from a Bowman Chrome product. The back of the cards
has a short bio of the player including sections on
Resume, Skills and Evolution.
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First Bowman Card Scan |
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| Comments:
The 1st Bowman
Chrome card logo affixed to these cards designates that
this is a Major League prospect still in the Minors.
The backs have the players' short bio from the minor
leagues including sections on Resume, Skills and Up-Close.
We pulled (36) Prospects cards from our 18 packs of
cards in this box.
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Rookie Card Scan |
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The Bowman Chrome
rookies have the new rookie logo on the bottom portion
of the card. The backs have the same bio information
as the prospects cards. We pulled (4) rookies from our
18 packs of cards in this box.
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Insert Card Scan |
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We pulled (8)
refractors out of this box also. They included
- (2) Xfractor /250
- (1) Blue Refractor /150
- (5) Refractors
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Autograph Scan |
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| Comments:
One rookie players
autographed card topped the box off very nicely. The
autograph is of Prince Fielder of the Milwaukee Brewers.
The autograph looks better in person than the scan does.
Very nice high-quality autograph.
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The
Final Verdict! |
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| I
rate this box a 4 of 5 HI Fives. 2006 Bowman Chrome Baseball
is a very nice product, but I would have liked to see
more rookie cards throughout the box instead of prospects.
I would buy this product because of the high quality of
the base set, refractors and autographed cards in the
box we opened to review. You can usually find these boxes
in the $70 to $87 price range. |
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