Cardboard Review:2021 Bowman Chrome (Solid Break)

As baseball season has officially come to a close, we are ramping up on the postseason and when it comes to baseball cards, we are ramping up for the future players.

A lot of late season releases for baseball right now are rookie and prospect heavy as a lot of collectors and MLB teams prep for next season.

Bowman Chrome is included as one of those late season releases and I was able to recently open a box to review. Let's see how I did,

Each Master Box of 2021 Bowman Chrome comes with 2 mini boxes. Each mini box comes 6 packs of five cards and 1 autograph. Each hobby master box goes for roughly $240.

BASE:

The base set is 100 cards deep. Has veterans and

rookies such as Akil Baddoo.

There is also a prospect set as well that includes 100 cards and players like

Spencer Torkelson.

PARALLELS:

It's chrome so you know what's coming, lots of refractors!

Base Set Parallels:
Base Refractor /499, Fuchsia/Pink /299, Purple /250, Blue /150, Green /99, Yellow /75, Gold /50, Orange /25, Red /5, and SuperFractor 1/1.

Prospect Parallels:
B&W Mini-Diamond, Shimmer, Base Refractor /499, Speckle /299, Purple /250, Purple Shimmer /250, Fuchsia/Pink /199, Fuchsia/Pink Shimmer /199, Blue /150, Aqua /125, Green /99, Green Shimmer /99, Yellow /75, Gold /50, Gold Shimmer /25, Orange /25, Orange Shimmer /25, Red /5, Red Shimmer /5, Black Shimmer 1/1, and SuperFractor 1/1.

Base Refractor

Purple Shimmer

INSERTS:

Only 4 insert sets to chase and all four are all about the rookies/prospects

Dawn Of Glory has 30 cards to collect and falls 1:12 packs.

Summer Camp (great looking card by the way) has  30 cards and falls 1:6 packs.

40 Man Futures has 30 cards to collect at a going rate of 1:4 packs.

HITS:

This has been the part you have been waiting for! AND NO PITCHER AUTOS!!

Since I don't know much about baseball prospecting, I have to do some research by asking a fellow friend and by Google.

Viandel Pena

And a nice one here in Pedro Leon who is a highly touted prospect.

OVERALL THOUGHTS:

You can never judge the price on a box of a product like this vs what you get until the haul. Some of these prospects you may wait years on. Some not so much. A product like this is for those who have patience, I wouldn't say it's for the every day collector unless you find some retail, jump in a box break or buy team lots.

Let me know your thoughts on my break and Bowman Chrome overall below.

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REVIEW:2021 Topps Pro Debut

Hello everyone! I hope all of you are having an amazing day whenever and wherever you are reading this, even those of you sitting on the toilet right now during your work day.

Today, I will be reviewing the latest prospect chasing product from Topps in Pro Debut, a product in the past I haven't ever hit too well in. I think that changes today, but you will have to read through my gibberish to see. Although, most of you will click this link and scroll to the bottom. Yes, I see you doing it.

Let's check this break out and not make you wait any longer, shall we?

Every hobby box of 2021 Topps Pro Debut comes with 24 packs of 8 cards. There will be four autographs per box and box prices for those four autographs is pretty good at $90.

BASE:

The base set for Pro Debut consists of 200 cards and has mixed prospects of the future and some of the top prospects in the MLB right now.

Guys like Wander Franco, Bobby Witt Jr and

 

Jarred Kelenic co-exist in this product in the 2021 Topps MLB design along with

Top prospects being featured in the 1991 Topps design. A little odd seeing two different base card designs done as it reminded me of Archives, but, I get what they were trying to do.

PARALLELS:

I think Pro Debut has the "right" amount of parallels, not too many and not too less. The product offers the following parallels to chase, Blue /150, Green /99, Gold /50, Orange /25, Red /10, and Black 1/1.

Here was my gold parallel /50

Blue /150

INSERTS:

There are only a small handful of inserts to tackle in Topps Pro Debut, once again, I think it's the right amount of them.

They also have the following parallels, Green /99, Orange /25, and Black 1/1.

MILB Legends has all of those stud players from their time in the minors. There are 20 cards in the set and I need the Griffey. These fall 1:6 packs.

 Major Scale has 10 cards in the set that falls 1:12 packs.

 

The Cogeneration has 20 cards to collect and falls 1:6 packs.

HITS:

I don't have a vast knowledge in the minor league system or top guys unless I have heard their name before.

So I don't know these first three guys.....

But.....

The #1 pick I do know. Great pull in this box.

OVERALL THOUGHTS:

The price per box and number of hits is excellent considering today's times. I have seen a few bangers come out of this so far.

There is also that chance that one of these unknown guys, at least to me, can turn out big as well. I say this is a worth the gamble product.

Let me know your thoughts on today's product in comments below!

Cardboard Review:2020 Onyx Vintage Extended Series 2 Box Break (HUGE HIT)

Baseball season has officially ended, but that doesn't mean the baseball card season has. That never has an end date.

Swinging it's way into stores recently is the latest product from Onyx, which is Vintage Extended Edition. Which is basically an update or Series 2 to the Onyx Vintage. I reviewed the first series awhile back and had a blast, not too mention I also pulled a Gavin Lux auto.

So I couldn't wait until I got my hands onto this edition and today will show off how a two box break may look.

How did my break go? Well, you gotta read on to find out.

Every box, which feels like a pack, of Onyx Vintage Extended Edition comes with 4 cards. Two of those cards will be base and the other two will be autographs. On card autographs as well. Boxes of this product currently sit just under $40.

Before I show you how Box One went, I wanted to show you the back of the box and how the product is broken down.

 

Now onto the box break.

 

You open the box from the side and pull it out. Inside is a clear pack and this one shows Diego Caraya right on top.

 

Here is a better look at the Cartaya. I think Onxy did a great job with the design and feel of these cards.

 

Second base card was Carmen Mlodzinski

Now onto the two autographs. The checklist overall for this product is small which isn't a bad thing because you have a better chance to land a top autograph for a pretty solid price for the box.

Here's the checklist,

Adael Amador - Colorado
Adinso Reyes - Detroit
Adley Rutschman - Baltimore
AJ Vukovich - Arizona
Alexander Ramirez - New York NL
Angel Martinez - Cleveland
Armando Cruz - International
Austin Martin - Toronto
Bayron Lora - Texas
Bobby Witt Jr. - Kansas City
Bryan Mata - Boston
Carlos Colmenarez - International
Carmen Mlodzinski - Pittsburgh
Cody Thomas - Los Angeles NL
Cristian Pache - Atlanta
Cristian Hernandez - International
Danny De Andrade - International
Diego Cartaya - Los Angeles NL
Dylan MacLean - Texas
Endy Rodriguez - New York NL
Erick Pena - Kansas City
Estevan Florial - New York AL
Felnin Celesten - International
Francisco Alvarez - New York NL
Freudis Nova - Houston
Jake Vogel - Los Angeles NL
Jasson Dominguez - New York AL
Jerar Encarnacion - Miami
Jordan Walker - St. Louis

Jorge Ona - San Diego
Jose De La Cruz - Detroit
Juan Then - Seattle
Julio Rodriguez - Seattle
Kris Bubic - Kansas City
Luis Robert - Chicago A
Luis Toribio - San Francisco
Luis Rodriguez - Los Angeles NL
Marco Luciano - San Francisco
Mick Abel - Philadelphia
Miguel Bleis - International
Nick Yorke - Boston
Omar Estevez - Los Angeles NL
Pedro Pineda - International
Pete Alonso - New York NL
Riley Greene - Detroit
Robert Puason - Oakland
Roderick Arias - International
Rodolfo Castro - Pittsburgh
Ronny Mauricio - New York NL
Ryan Mountcastle - Baltimore
Seuly Matias - Kansas City
Spencer Torkelson - Detroit
Spencer Howard - Philadelphia
Wander Franco - Tampa Bay
Wander Javier - Minnesota
Yanquiel Fernandez - Colorado
Yiddi Cappe - International
Yusneil Diaz - Baltimore

 

Some solid names to chase in there. Being a Yankees fan I of course prayed hard for a Dominguez.

 

But, no luck in box 1.

Kris Bubic went 1-6 in his time in the MLB this past season for the Royals.

 

Felnin Celesten is an International Prospect who could be a stud when he reaches the majors.

 

There are also parallels to the autographs as well, but the base blue autographs like the ones I pulled are "numbered" to 275 copies. There are also Green Signatures (50 copies), Red Signatures (25 copies), Purple Signatures (10 copies), Black Signatures (5 copies), and Full Name/Inscription that are numbered.

So not too bad for the first box. I wonder what the second box will hold...(prays for Dominguez)

  

I pulled the pack out and Yusniel Diaz sat on top.

Closer look at it.

Next base card is this Freudis Nova

 

And now my two autographs...

 

BOOM!!!! First overall pick of the 2020 draft Spencer Torkelson.

The second autograph was of 2015 first round draft pick Ryan Mountcastle of the Orioles.

Box number 2 was an obvious winner despite the lack of Dominguez for me.

Overall though, pretty solid breaks. I like the design and feel of the product and think with some of the big names on the checklist that this one is worth a gamble on if you are into collecting prospects.