2012 Bowman Chrome Baseball

I like this set because it has borders both front and back which are easily visible as far as evenness. The One Auto per box is the weak point of this specific set but I think the price of a box equals that out. I do have a question for you Trey concerning a card from this specific set. I have an opportunity to purchase a Gerrit Cole BCP 86 card that is a purple refractor parallel but does not have any serial number on the card. Do you think this card would be worth going after or would it just be a wash? Please reply whenever you have time, I’d greatly appreciate it. Jim

I’m trying to find a checklist for 2012 Bowman Chrome Prospects #1-110. I see on this page there is a checklist for #111-220 but I am unable to locate the lower numbers. Anyone have answers?

What about 2012 Bowman Chrome Prospects BCP1-110???

Hello,
I have a Matt Wisler Black Collection Autograph card that is numbered 20/25.Can someone help me find pricing and information on it?
God Bless,
Fairon Spears

opened one box. didnt really get any decent hit.

Bowman Chrome is my favorite I have read comments that people didn’t get this or that or cost too much that is why when you do get a great card the value is more than any of the others, go buy some cheap cards get a lot of cards for the buck but when you get a good player it’s still not worth anything…I will stick with chrome

This was the first case i bought in years, with the loaded rookie crop and fact that Bowman Chrome is the standard in baseball this was a great set. It had a nice mix of inserts, I actually got more autos than stated even with the bonus auto per 3 boxs, only got one redemption (of course it was for Darvish) but since it was Gold Ref it was ok, got my first Black auto which is nice, but very condition sensitive. You cant go wrong with Bowman Chrome whether looking for the quick buck or long term rookie prospecting!!

For the price point the hits were not great. I spent $120 on 2 hobby boxes and the only hits I got were Miles Head and Williams Jerez autos, both selling currently for about $3 each. The autograph checklist had very little value as well due to only about 5 good names. Wouldn’t buy again.

I just got back into collecting and this is a fun set to get back into the hobby with. The look of the cards and the inserts keep me purchasing more and more. Plus it doesnt hurt that Harper, Darvish, and Trout have made the hunt all that more exciting.

Used to be better. Still good though. Nice set.

My husband and I love to open packs. So when he gets off work he stops by our local card shop and buys. A couple packs so we can enjoy our evening watching MLB network and open them..we love bowman , we love the look of the cards and how there are different inserts and colored boraders..we enjoy everything about bowman can wait to open some more..

I like the design, more of a regular card as opposed to platinum, but very nice mixe of players and priced right. Another job well done using the wonderful technics available to set some cards apart from the lower end.

I got three hobby boxes of bowman chrome and I am pleased with the product. The assortment of veterans, rookies, and prospects really makes this a great product to buy, especially if your into collecting rookies and prospects. I guess I wouldn’t be too out of line by suggesting maybe two hits per box instead of one and three hits per third box. Overall a great product, quality of cards are second ton none, I will continue to buy Bowman Chrome every year.

I enjoy collecting Bowman products due to the wide variety of prospects. The product is consistently great in quality and value…..with the exception of Chrome. For the price (especially hobby packs) you only get three cards. That being said, there’s not enough variety of inserts in those 3 card packs for the $5 average price. I’d say $3.50 is more applicable. I’ll still buy chrome, platinum and prospects, but probably less quantity.

I had much better luck with retail on this product than hobby which is something I’ve never experienced before. After pulling the Jorge Soler refractor auto out of a blaster and finding I could only get $70 or so for it I determined this product has terrible value. I’ve now purchased 4 hobby boxes and 10 blasters and 35 or so rack (value) packs and am pretty confident I made a huge mistake. It was a nice design and a fair checklist but the hobby boxes will insult you.

I love the quality of the base cards in this set. I don’t, however, love the pricing. I broke two hobby boxes yesterday and for what I paid, the only real hits here where the ones I took at the register. Each box gave me one autograph, which I knew going in was a crapshoot at best, so no complaints, I’m certain most collectors have similar Williams Jerez/Miles Head days. But the real kick in the teeth was the one purple refractor, Ivan Nova. And somehow, out of two boxes, I managed to come up with blue refractors of the Rays out field, Zobrist and Jennings. A patch or another purple refractor would have made this a little easier to stomach. Again, I love the design, Bowman Chrome is miles ahead of Topps Chrome as far as quality chromium finished products go.

I’m busting a 2012 Bowman Chrome Case tomorrow will come back and give review on how case brook out. I’m very excited this is a sweet product. Very pretty cards, sweet auto. I’m siked about the Hat redemptions. I can’t wait to get my hands on a box for myself, all the teams from the case sold. Thanks

Bowman Chrome is always my favorite product, in whatever of the 3 annual iterations, but the prospect autos in this particular set are not that great. From looking at this checklist and the Bowman Draft checklist, it seems like Topps is saving most of the good prospect autos for 2013 Bowman. If I had to rank the prospect autos among 2012 Bowman Chrome, 2012 Bowman Draft, and 2013 Bowman, I’d put Chrome last, Draft second, and 2013 Bowman first.

I appreciate that Bowman Chrome breaks out the prospects from the main set because it is almost like being able to collect two sets. I am not an auto/relic hound, but I prefer to coallate my own sets through Hobby boxes (don’t get me wrong, the autos are really cool). I also really dig the refractor system and that different types of refractors can be acquired different ways (hobby, blaster, etc). It adds a fun wrinkle to collecting the set and presents new ways to trade to collect your set!

Agreed on the checklist..2/3 will never see MLB..I have never heard of 1/2 of them. What’s the point? Cards are the same just a different set name.. Just doesn’t do anything for me

Too little bang for the buck on this product. $3.19 a retail pack containing ONLY 3 cards…is to little of a return. Chrome is in just about every product Topps makes. This specific series is overpriced in my humble opinion.

Maybe I’m wrong, but the checklist seems really weak. Anyone disagree?

bowman chrome is a product that stands on its name. always a great product.