2011 Bowman Chrome sell sheet & prelim checklist

[That's Crucial]

you say thats a pro but if they are ever worth a shiite as prospects theyll have autos making the base chromes worthless. unless you are stras or harper base CL cards are worthless.

Ok, here are my thoughts, all told.

Pros

1) The base prospect set looks MUCH better than 2011 Bowman's. Includes the first ever cards of Jiwan James and Carlos Martinez, as well as the first Topps cards of Skaggs, Castellanos, Ranaudo and Marisnick.
2) The on-card autograph checklist looks very good overall. Includes Hicks' and Lyles' first Topps auto, as well as Ranaudo and international prospect Luis Heredia. McNutt will do well. Lawrie and Turner will do even better. (Why exactly are these out of numerical sequence on the sheet, though?)
3) Prospect base refractors #d to 500? Works for me.
4) USA 18U redemption packs. I like this concept, but I hope Topps doesn't take long to redeem them.
5) Not a fan of inserts, but I like the 2001 BC 10th Anniversary throwback cards.

Cons

1) I'll say it again - WHEN is Hosmer going to get a Topps auto? They included Lyles, Lawrie and Hicks as autos (all were Razor guys), so why not him????
2) Is this 2005 BCDP? Why do we need a second 1/1, especially when it wasn't in 2011 Bowman? NOT a fan of the Canary Diamonds.
3) Repetition in the prospect base set - Banuelos, Morrison and Arcia already had them in Bowman, just to name three. Boooooo.
4) I don't mind bringing back Bowman's Best, but ANOTHER Harper? C'mon, you guys can find more than just him.
5) I thought I was looking at 2011 Bowman at first when I saw the Green MLB Rookie CL - more repetition here, too.
6) Micro-Fractors? Fusion-fractors? Future-fractors? PLEASE. I'd like to find the guy who came up with this premise and knee him in the jewels.

Overall though, I'd say this is better than Bowman.

I'd give it a solid B+.

 

[uniquebaseballcards]

Ok, here are my thoughts, all told.

Pros

1) The base prospect set looks MUCH better than 2011 Bowman's. Includes the first ever cards of Jiwan James and Carlos Martinez, as well as the first Topps cards of Skaggs, Castellanos, Ranaudo and Marisnick.

It won't be Castellanos' or Skaggs' first Topps cards, only their first photoshopped cards.

 

[Junior Griffey]

JP I thought you didn't want Ranaudo to have any Topps autos?

 

[tikitomoka]

you say thats a pro but if they are ever worth a shiite as prospects theyll have autos making the base chromes worthless. unless you are stras or harper base CL cards are worthless.

That's not true.

 

[Seiya]

Lollis and Sampson Autos! :shock:

 

[rsmath]

A couple of interesting Harpers in the preview - him thrown in a Nats uni, a double-flap batting helmet, and pretending like he's in a game. He forgot to put on his Maybelline so it looks so fake to me!

 

[Jaypers]

JP I thought you didn't want Ranaudo to have any Topps autos?

Personally I don't, but he'll add value to the product.

 

[matchpenalty]

Love seeing Arcia again and Hicks!!!

 

[braden]

Damn, really thought we'd see Henderson Alvarez in here. He has soared up the prospect list this year to the point where I'd rank him #2 in toronto.

 

[matchpenalty]

anybody locking in early? or will BC crash from last year scare people off. I would expect production to still be high

 

[ahill1]

I like seeing Trey Mcnutt in there...Kind of wish Yorman would get an auto(not only found in retail).


I would have liked to see some Cubs in there like Junior Lake and Alberto Cabrera or even Tony Campana

 

[BowmanChromeAddict]

anybody locking in early? or will BC crash from last year scare people off. I would expect production to still be high

I inquired, but the price seemed pretty high. I bought in after release last year at $450 a case. I'm not sure if this product will collapse like last years did, but the early pricing for 2011 was higher than I expected.

 

[CollectorsCorner]

Love seeing Arcia again and Hicks!!!

Why are you happy for a second arcia which will basically be the same set?

 

[matchpenalty]

I like Arcia. Can't believe how much some of his cards from Bowman have been fetching. orange sold for well over $100..

 

[CollectorsCorner]

I like Arcia. Can't believe how much some of his cards from Bowman have been fetching. orange sold for well over $100..

and I agree but why do you want 2 base bowman chrome prospects in back to back products? If it was an auto that would be another story

 

[spcollector]

Interesting to see this year that there will be no Bowman Chrome version of the Bowman Topps 100 Prospects cards. I was hoping that Chrome would include that insert set again this year.

 

[SeattleSports]

Really disappointed that Pineda is not in here. I thought the whole point of giving him a BPA in 2011 Bowman was so that they could give him a BC auto.

 

[Wes]

Thinking seriously about taking a shot at this one. Would be my first big break since 2010 Bowman.

 

[trolea1234]

I locked in early. Busting one case for sure. Might try to get 2 cases.

 

[bowmanchromeandorr]

so far prices haven't jumped so maybe it will be calm an dnormal this year for the chrome release. i have my case being held at the LCS. mine should be around 730$ or 740$ maybe less