2012 Bowman, Horrible Design.

[vwnut13]

http://www.blowoutcards.com/forums/baseball-box-breaks/297651-live-2012-bowman-retail-break.html

The random colored borders suck! The tiny foil names in a big black box? yuck!

 

[Jaypers]

Maybe Topps decided to flip the script on us, and made the Vets blue and the Prospects red? If so, that's ridiculous.

 

[Keyser Soze]

The borders are a different design, too. I don't dislike them, though

 

[Card Magnet]

I actually like this design. If by random colored borders, you mean the bit of color around the photo that matches one of the team's primary colors, I like that as well.

 

[hive17]

I actually like this design. If by random colored borders, you mean the bit of color around the photo that matches one of the team's primary colors, I like that as well.

Could be an "AL/NL" thing as well?

 

[sportscardtheory]

It's actually one of the first Bowman designs I have liked in a long time.

 

[Ian Stewart]

Looks like any base Topps card.

Meh.

 

[vwnut13]

I honestly wonder if it was a failed design for 2012 Topps Lineage.

The color of the border varies depending on the teams colors.

Hopefully the Marlins have a baby blue border, because the only player I am going for in the set is a Marlin. I can already see it being orange though. eeeeeck

 

[craftysouthpaw]

I like the design but I am sick of the names being in foil in so many of the releases. It gets really tiring having to catch the light a certain way in order to read them. Especially when I'm trying to zoom through a stack to find a particular player. I really need to ask Topps why they continue to do this.

 

[miguelcabrera]

i like the DESIGN of the border (not color, but design/shape or w/e) on the harper but the one on the darvish looks terrible imo

 

[saferseas]

I like the Yu, but not the Harper.....his name is too small for that box.

 

[miguelcabrera]

i think this thread can sum up the complaints on the new forum as you clearly cant make everyone happy.

 

[abt3509]

Border color is by teams' primary color. I like the different design from vet/rc and prospect to help differentiate between the two since they appear to be all white bordered.

 

[hoopster3977]

I don't see any problems here. In fact, I like the design.

 

[smapdi]

I haven't really liked a Bowman design since 2005. These are so meh they give me Epstein-Barr disease. I think with these players Harper is the vet and Darvish is still the blue prospect, note the RC logo, so red vet/blue rookie is still the rule. And yes I know Harper is a rookie this year according to all the rules but he's already had Bowman cards for 3 years. So who knows.

 

[noaskiecards]

The top of the design is too tight.
Its naturally off centered
The harper is worse- they should have made the top and bottom borders consistent

 

[vwnut13]

I haven't really liked a Bowman design since 2005. These are so meh they give me Epstein-Barr disease. I think with these players Harper is the vet and Darvish is still the blue prospect, note the RC logo, so red vet/blue rookie is still the rule. And yes I know Harper is a rookie this year according to all the rules but he's already had Bowman cards for 3 years. So who knows.

The Red Veteran / Green Rookie / Blue Prospect is no longer happening.

 

[Zambrano38]

I like the Yu, but not the Harper.....his name is too small for that box.

Agreed, I really like the Darvish design.

 

[scotty216brs]

Agreed, I really like the Darvish design.

+1

 

[JoshHamilton]