So...I bought some Bowman Platinum. Let's rip it.
Pack 4 was a good one. Here's Lil' Delino.
Pack 1
The pack features a very fast guy likely flying out to a third baseman or swinging aimlessly at a bee flying around the diamond.
The highlight:
Gary Brown, SF Giants Prospect "Chrome" Refractor. 1:4. Refractors has a nice stock and their optical value crushes the overdone Platinum base cards, which would be fine without the holofoil.
The Filler:
Cano, Konerko, Brad Miller. Decent selection, boring photography.
Pack 2
The Highlight:
Completely unneccessary parallel #89644
The Filler:
Decent prospect, great defensive catching prospect and a helluva pitcher. Good pack. Not great.
Pack 3
The Highlight:
#Puigmania
The Filler:
Devan Marrero, a surprisingly cool Rob Brantley and a "gold" Alex Rodriguez. Yippee.
Pack 4
All Highlights:
Pack 4 was a good one. Here's Lil' Delino.
And
My main man Jose Reyes.
A Prospecty Chubb.
And a green Mason Williams. Blech. These are /399 and fall 1:97, so of course it's a Yankee.
Pack 5
The "Highlight":
I had the same face when I pulled this one.
The Filler:
Wow, great base cards here. Jake Marisnick (lest we forget), Yo-'spedes, Joey Votto.
Pack 6
The Highlight:
Sapphire Will Middlebrooks. These look better in the scan. Glad I didn't grab the ones I saw on ebay until seeing one in-hand.
The Filler:
Bubba Starlin(g) Castro, Taylor Guerreri. Starting to see plenty of Bubbas.
Pack 7
The Highlight:
Would have appreciated a better player. So it goes.
The Filler:
Edwin! Allen Webster, Adam Wainwright. I don't hate the filler in this one.
Drum Roll:
Pack 8
The Highlight:
Another gold, but at least Chapman makes up for the Rodriguez.
The Filler:
Jerrrrrrrd Weaver, Nick Williams, Lucas Sims. Meh.
