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24 packs per box
7 cards per pack
Current Retail Price (Online): $64.99 - $79.99

PRODUCT HIGHLIGHTS
- One Chrome Autographed Card Per Hobby Box!
- 3 Chrome Autographed cards per HTA Jumbo Box!
- Each pack contains three (3) '12 Bowman Draft Picks & Prospects Bowman Draft Picks cards; two (2) Bowman Rookie cards and two (2) Bowman Chrome Draft Picks cards.


PRODUCT DESCRIPTION

Bowman Chrome Autographs:
Signed-on-card autographs.
- Refractor
- Blue Refractors numbered to 150.
- Gold Refractors numbered to 50.
- Orange Refractors numbered to 25.
- Purple Refractors numbered to 10.
- Red Refractors numbered to 5.
- Super-Fractors numbered 1/1.
- Printing Plates numbered 1/1.

Chrome Draft Picks: Up to 165 subjects
- Refractor numbered 1:4.
- Blue Refractor numbered to 250.
- Gold Refractor numbered to 50.
- Orange Refractor numbered to 25.
- Red Refractor numbered to 5.
- Superfractor Parallel numbered 1/1.
- Printing Plates Numbered 1/1.

Draft Picks: Up to 165 subjects
- Bowman Blue numbered to 500.
- Bowman Orange subjects # to 250.
- Bowman Red numbered 1/1.
- Printing Plates numbered 1/1.

Silver Ice Parallel
- Red Ice #'d to 25.
- Purple Ice #'d to 10.


AUTOGRAPHS

Bowman Black (25 subjects) #'d to 25. The popular autograph program continues

Aflac, Perfect Game and Under Armour All -American Games Autographed Cards
- Autographed cards from past High School All-American Games SEQUENTIALLY NUMBERED


RELICS & INSERTS

2012 XM All-Star Futures Game Relic Cards: Jersey relic cards from the 2012 Futures Game. Numbered to 199.

2012 XM All-Star Futures Game Jumbo Patch: numbered to 25.

2012 XM All-Star "Futures Game" Patch Book Cards: numbered 1/1.

2012 XM All-Star Futures Game MLB Silhouetted Batter Logo patch: numbered 1/1.

Dual Top 10 Picks: featuring the top 10 draft picks of all-time and the 2012 MLB Draft class.
- Autographed Dual Top 10 Picks: Cards will be numbered to 25 or less.

Bowman's Best (50 Subjects):
The best rookies and prospects on an all-new design. 1:6
- Die Cut Refractor Parallel: numbered to 99.
- Die Cut X-Refractor Parallel: numbered to 25.
- Die Cut Atomic Refractor: numbered 1/1.


ROOKIE CARDS
Rookie Chrome Cards (55 subjects):
- Refractor numbered to 300.
- Blue Refractor numbered to 250.
- Gold Refractor numbered to 50.
- Orange Refractor numbered to 25.
- Red Refractor numbered to 5.
- Superfractor Parallel numbered 1/1.
- Printing Plates numbered 1/1.

Rookie Cards
- Bowman Blue numbered to 500.
- Bowman Orange numbered to 250.
- Bowman Red numbered 1/1.
- Printing Plates numbered 1/1.

Silver Ice Parallel
- Red Ice #'d to 25.
- Purple Ice #'d to 10.

WHAT WE PULLED



Base - 40/55 (72.7%)
Prospects - 69/110 (62.7%)
Chrome - 12/55 (21.8%)
Chrome Prospects - 27/110 (24.5%)





Blue Parallel /500 (1) - Wilin Rosario



Chrome Blue Parallel /250 (1) - Will Middlebrooks



Chrome Gold Parallel /50 (1) - Leonys Martin



Chrome Prospects Refractors (6)



Chrome Prospects Silver Ice (1)



Prospects Blue Parallel /500 (1) - James Ramsey



Prospects Orange Parallel /250 (1) - Kolby Copeland



Prospect Challenge Codes (2)
Top Picks (4)



Tyrone Taylor Prospects Chrome Autograph



Futures Game Manny Machado Jersey /199



FINAL THOUGHTS

Base - 4.5/5
Design - 3.5/5
Fun - 3.75/5
Value - 4/5
Rebuy - 4/5

Total - 19.75/25 (79%)

Pros:
Great products for prospectors
Lots of color (parallels)
On Card Autographs

Cons:
All rookie and prospect based (makes rookies a dime a dozen)
One autograph per box on average
Design is bland

NPN Information:

NPN 2012 Bowman BB Draft Picks & Prospects
PO Box 2008
Duryea PA 18642

Limit 1 request per household

Postmarked By: 2/27/13
Received By: 3/6/13

Canada Skills: 2 x 50 + 75 - 3 = ?

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