2007-2008 Bowman Draft Picks and Stars Basketball
If you are looking for the hottest rookie cards of the games best young players, here is where you get them !
Content Highlights:
-- 6 cards per pack and 18 packs per box
-- 2 brands in 1 pack - Bowman & Bowman Chrome
-- 1 Bowman Chrome autographed rookie in every box
-- 2 Bowman Relic cards per box
-- 2 Bowman Chrome Refractor parallels numbered to 299 or less per box
-- 2 Bowman Chrome cards per pack
-- 1 Hot Box per hobby case
Product Breakdown:
Bowman Base Cards - 4 per pack
-- Veterans (110)
-- Rookies (50) - #'d to 2999
Parallel Cards
-- Hobby Exclusive! Bowman Chrome SuperFractor (160) - # 1 of 1
-- Bowman Chrome X-Fractor (160) - #'d to 50
-- Bowman Chrome Gold Refractor (160) - #'d to 99
-- Bowman Chrome Black Refractor (160) - #'d to 199
-- Bowman Chrome Refractor (160) - #'d to 299
-- Bowman Gold (160) - #'d to 50
-- Bowman Silver (160) - #'d to 199
-- Bowman Bronze (160) - #'d to 399
Autographed Cards - 1 per box
-- Bowman Chrome Rookie Refractor (40)
Also available in the following parallels:
-- Hobby Exclusive! Bowman Chrome SuperFractor (40) - # 1 of 1
-- Bowman Chrome X-Fractor (40) - #'d to 10
-- Bowman Chrome Gold Refractor (40) - #'d to 50
-- Bowman Chrome Black Refractor (40) - #'d to 99
Relic Cards - Inserted 2 per box
-- Bowman Relics (50)
-- Bowman Dual Relics (50) - #'d to 199
-- Bowman Triple Relics (50) - #'d to 99
Parallels:
-- Hobby Exclusive! Gold (50) - #d 1 of 1
-- Silver (50) - #'d to 25
-- Bronze (50) - #'d to 50
Printing Plates - Hobby Exclusive
-- Framed Printing Plates (160 subjects) - #d 1 of 1
-- Framed Autographed Rookie Printing Plates - #1 of 1
Combined Insertion Rate for Autographed/Relics - 3 per box
Hot Box - 1 per Hobby Case
-- 2 Autos and 4 Relics per box
-- 4 Chrome cards per pack
Here is what I pulled:
Base Cards:
Base CHROME Cards:
Base Rookie Cards: Nice design, layout and wide choices
Nick Fazekas #/2999 and Michael Conley # /2999
Base Non Rookie
Trevor Ariza Bowman GOLD # /99
Gabe Pruitt Bowman Gold Rookie #/399
Bowman Chrome Rookies # /2999. No doubt, these cards are sharp with clean white borders. I really love the design and layout of these cards.
Taurean Green and Jason Smith
Bowman Chrome Rookie Refractor # /199. Again, very sharp card with black border and nice design.
Bowman Chrome Rookie Autographed Refractor # /599. I will be glad when cards go back to being autographed on the card. However, this isn't so bad as it is a clean, clear sticker autograph.
Bowman Relics Game Used. Nice looking cards with a clean design and layout
-- Julian Wright dual game used relic # 11/25
-- Al Thornton game used relic - no serial number
Final Thoughts on 2007-2008 Bowman Draft Picks and Stars Basketball. I really like the Bowman Chrome and the Bowman base rookies inserted in this box - nice design and wide choice of rookies.
The only thing I didn't like about this box is the base bowman set. The great majority of the cards in the base set have damaged corners and/or rough edges; at least in the box I opened. However, the base rookie cards were in great condition. The design itself is nice though and the easy to read numbers on the reverse make it easy to put together the sets.
Here's how I would rate this product;
Value = 5
Innovation = 4
Fun and Experience = 5
Rebuy Value = 4
I rate this product an overall 5 with the downside being the condition of the base bowman cards but the chrome cards made it great !
While I didn't pull any of those printing plates, superfactors, etc., I did enjoy opening these packs.
I would like to thank Clay from Topps and Trader Retreat for giving me the chance to review this new product. Cards from this break will be added to the Prize Gallery and be available for prizes for contests in the near future.
Thanks, Russ
2007-2008 Bowman Draft Picks and Stars Basketball
