2018 Bowman Platinum Baseball Cards

Thanks for the reply back Trey. I just wonder why a card manufacturer like Bowman would make the Platinum release such a secret or should I say keep it away from consumers until the last minute?

You would think a card company as popular as Bowman would want to get the word out early on the release instead of waiting & not even placing these cards on a Calendar for release dates.

Maybe I’m picky or just different but to me I find this odd for the standard now in baseball cards which Bowman has been for a while now. Thanks.

Hey Trey. Just wanted to ask about 2019 Bowman Platinum Baseball. This product came out early July in 2018 but on the Calendar 2019 Bowman Platinum isn’t even listed. I see no mentioning of it or any presells on eBay either. Do you know anything about it yet? Thanks again for you work that you provide here @ Cardboard Connection.

pulled Acuna green 1/99 like a foulfractor

No rookies.no autographs.this box sucked feel like I just got robbed

I bought three boxes at Walmart. Did get lucky. Pulled a platinum cut Royce Lewis Redemption.

Kinda plain jane.

Either the crackpipe has been tasting a bit too delicious today (a more likely scenario)– or the name “Juan Soto” appears 0 times total above….

So I’m a sucker…purchased 2 more hobby boxes and ended up with 4 more junk base autos and only a couple of purple parallels to 250. Again…higher price point plus a watered down product = no more of my hard-earned money. Thanks Topps for ruining this once very nice product.

I live in Canada and bought 2 blasters @ $30 each CAD and in one blaster I ended up pulling a Royce Lewis BP Cut Autographs Redemption card ser# 50 or less. Ratio 1 in 617 packs but not sure if that is hobby ratio or Retail ratio. Either way what a great pull!! Very happy with this product !!

so I buy 8 blasters at Walmart..
not one of them had anything more than the basic inserts.. no numbered, no auto, no SP….
guess they are getting searched before the local distributor drops them off at the walmart…
that’s really gonna create trust in buying any product from Walmart.
Topps and panini should stop distributing to these retail stores thru local distributors… its just not working right.

Pretty cards! Although not Walmart exclusive. I found a lone pack at my local Meijer.

Rural Walmart had a full tray of blasters and an empty beside it marked Topps Hobby 79.99. Bought two boxes. Not a fan of the design or the myriad cracked/fracked/iced parallels. How do you trade a card when it’s value can’t be agreed upon. Based on Ebay sales Foilfractors are a dime a dozen. Scratch offs finally helped offset the card jones. So I went to the track. Yes I know, too much s not enuff.

Really nice looking cards. Would have given 5 stars, but a handful of my cards had some printing imperfections. Not enough to ruin the set for me, but enough to be concerned. I bought two blasters online from Walmart and got a nice Keston Hiura card #/99. Pleasant surprise!

I would give this product a 3.5 rating.I bought 2 mega boxes and pulled A TOMAS NIDO JERSY/AUTO-HOLMES-ALLEN- GUTIERREZ AUTOS AND #1 OF TEN RED KEVIN MAITAN+3 GREEN#TO 99 OF KENDALL#3-BUKAUSKAS#60 AND BLACKMON#82 AND A HUNTER GREEN SSP PIC.Nice cards but still an overpriced market! can’t stop collecting been at it 54 years and counting!

Higher price on the collector/hobby boxes from past years. Also, all the hobby boxes I bought in the past had 1 base and 1 numbered auto. Bought two hobbys this year, got 4 base autos. Design is strange and color scheme is off-putting. Given these factors, will likely avoid this in the future. I did, however, come across a Wal-Mart that had 10 hobby boxes, 20 blasters, but oddly, no fatpacks, which appear to be the best value

Great product. I got 6 collector boxes at a local Walmart. Box #1 yielded Hunter Greene SP Auto /10 and Brendan McKay Top Prospect Green Auto #/99!! Box #2 yielded Keegan Akin Top Prospect Red Auto #/10 and Tyler Freeman Top Prospect Auto. Will open the other boxes later. Sticker Autos reason for 4 Star rating. But decent design otherwise. Pics on Twitter.

Pretty sure the Gleyer Torres is Ronaled Torreyes

I remember 2010 Bowman Platinum being one of the best sets I ever collected. Nice clean design, amazing prospects and rookies featured with on card autos. Now look at it – It’s a sticker dump with a pretty unsightly design. I will pass this year.

I ordered a blaster box from Walmart, picked it up this evening, brought it home, and split up the packs with my sons. My 6 year old pulled a Hunter Greene Short Print Auto 6/10! He’s the luckiest person I know.

I bought one box and it was pretty good. My Miguel Andujar Rookie Revelations Auto is numbered /99, and is card RR-4, not RRA-MA. Good luck to any looking for boxes. I found mine in rural MI.

Not a great product. Price is far too steep for the scarcity of cards that are worth anything. I’ve spent over $300 on mega boxes, blasters, and packs, and have almost nothing to show for it.

Pulled the Aaron judge die cut FoilFractor 1/1. Lucky me I guess.

Got Lucky this year. Found collectors box and a blaster. Autos in box Gimenez of the Mets and Robles of the Nats. Also auto in blaster box was Alzolay of the Cubs. All 3 are the teams number one prospect.

Finally found some boxes and packs at a wal-mart way off the beaten path. They had a full tray with everything in it. However, they would not hold the tray for me for 40 mins until i drove there. Luckily it was all still therecwggen i showed up. I bought the 2 collector boxes, 4 blasters and 12 fat packs. I will be splitting this with my collecting friend. Yes, i did leave 2 blasters for the next guy. Nice product, but dont like the 8.00 price hike from last year for the collector boxes. Did pull a gleyber torres orange auto out 25 and a kris bryant photo variation. The other autos were evan white and duplantier pp out of 50. Happy ripping all.

Too many haters on early reviews not hitting the shelf. But again, there is the internet to buy at the main website. Got a box and it is awesome really worth putting money into

Just a heads up…you can order right now at Walmart.com if interested. Did they raise price for box with the two autos? Past two years was $69.99. $79 online at WM. I hope you all have good finds

Found one Mega box at our local store. Two nice prospect autos, 1 short print and one numbered parallel. Clean design and nice insert sets. About a 45% fill rate on a base and prospect set. Reason for 4 instead of 5 stars is that half of this product should hit hobby stores shelves as well on initial release, just like other retail only releases.

Great photography, awful choice on the “psychedelic swirl”. Easy set to complete. Came across my first base variation today. Code # 303. Card #49 Mike Trout in BP warmup…..nice.

Product has a nice look to it. Ohtani’s face on his Rookie Revelations card will be my exact expression when I pull his auto.

Excellent product. Spent $100 and got approximately $836 in cards. Not even close to a set, but did get some nice parallels of some good RCs, and some nice prospect autos.

Horrible product. Spent $836 (megas, blasters and packs) and pulled maybe $100 worth of cards.1 card short of a set after opening that much! Very disappointing product

Bought a whole tray at my Walmart today that consists of 2 megas, 6 blasters and I think 15 single packs. Will be ripping on the next rainy day (other than today lol)

easy pass. this years rookie class is pretty weak. All the good guys worth waiting for are going to be in future releases. its also painfully obvious Topps has increased their print runs.

Unlike last years product with Judge/Bellinger mania in full swing this years product should be a lot easier to find especially since the chase player Ohtani is out for the season with an injury. This is a real nice product if you can find them on the shelves.

I would say 75% will not reach the shelves…Since the Big Cheese is Hurt…

Once again 90 percent of the product won’t actually hit the shelf.