As a Christmas treat a couple of weeks ago I bought a sealed box of 2012 Bowman Draft Picks and Prospects off eBay from seller – 1958chicagofan!

24 packs per box and 7 cards per pack!!

The box was a great price with pretty decent shipping to the UK, and although it wasn’t sent as part of the Global Postage Program it arrived here safe and sound without any extra duty or charges!!

I was initially going to break this down into two separate posts because of its size, but then I got on a bit of a roll so here’s the review of the contents of the whole box, pack by pack, pull by pull.

Let me start by saying I’m a big fan of this years Bowman releases! Topps’ decision to release these as a white bordered card, as opposed to the black borders of the last decade and a bit, really works, and we end up with some sharp and clean cards. The photography is nice and sharp as well and the colours are really vibrant!

So I had pretty high expectations going into this purchase, and boy was I not?disappointed!!

Here’s a breakdown of the packs in the order that I opened them in…

Note – The 4th and 5th cards in each pack are Chrome while the rest are standard, non-Chrome

Pack 1

Rashad Brown (DET) – 1st Bowman
Devin Mesoraco (CIN) – RC
Longoria/Zinino – Top Picks Insert
Yoenny Gonzalez (STL) – 1st Bowman Chrome (Refractor)
Adrian Marin (BAL) – 1st Bowman Chrome
Mitch Haniger (MIL) – 1st Bowman
Paul Blackburn (CHC) – 1st Bowman

Pack 2

Paul Sewald (NYM) – 1st Bowman
Quintin Berry (DET) – 1st Bowman
Yasmani Grandal (SD) – RC
Anthony Gose (TOR) – Chrome RC
Christopher Beck (CHI) – 1st Bowman Chrome
Marcus Stroman (TOR) – 1st Bowman
Andre Martinez (MIN) – 1st Bowman

Pack 3

John Kuchno (PIT) – 1st Bowman
Kirk Nieuwenhuis (NYM) – RC
Matt Hague (PIT) – RC
John Silviano (TOR) – 1st Bowman Chrome
Corey Seager (LAD) – 1st Bowman Chrome (AUTO)
Caleb Frare (NYY) – 1st Bowman
Brett Wiley (STL) – 1st Bowman

Pack 4

Justin Jackson (MIA) – 1st Bowman
Anthony Gose (TOR) – RC
Will Hudgins (WAS) – 1st Bowman (Blue Bordered #’d 071/500)
Wei-Yin Chen (BAL) – Chrome RC
Taylor Hawkins (TB) – 1st Bowman Chrome
Max White (COL) – 1st Bowman
Mark Sappingt