Buzz Break: 2018 Bowman Platinum MLB (collector's box)

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The box: 2018 Bowman Platinum baseball cards (collector's box)
Where to buy: Initially only at Walmart; Click here
Checklist: View here

Packs per box: 20
Cards per pack: 5
Cards in this box: 100
Base set completion: 
45 of 100 (45 percent)
Duplicates: 0

Notables on base cards – Mike Trout, Justin Verlander, Gary Sanchez, Cody Bellinger, Kris Bryant, Carlos Correa, Giancarlo Stanton, Andrew Benintendi, Alex Bregman, Mookie Betts

Rookie Cards (9) – Shohei Ohtani, Rafael Devers, Victor Robles, Chance Sisco, Dominic Smith, Harrison Bader, Clint Frazier, Ryan McMahon, Alex Verdugo

Insert cards: 53 (some highlights in gallery below)
Hunter Greene short-print (1) – Hunter Greene
Purple parallel (1) – Robinson Cano (/250)
Rookie Revelations (4) – Clint Frazier, Miguel Andujar, Nicky Delmonico, Walker Buehler
Platinum Presence (2) – Jo Adell, Michael Kopech
Prismatic Prodigies (4) – Cristian Pache, Ryan Mountcastle, Forrest Whitley, Brendan McKay
Prospects (41) – Notables include Ronald Acuna, Vladimir Guerrero Jr., Hunter Greene, Jake Burger, Kacy Clemens, MacKenzie Gore, Michael Kopech, A.J. Puk, Riley Pint, Shane Bieber, Keston Hiura

Autographs/Memorabilia: 2
Top Prospects Autographs (1) – Jeren Kendall
Prismatic Prodigies Autographs (1) – Brendan McKay (/50

What's Buzz-worthy: Statistically, this box delivered big with a Hunter Greene SP (one in 234 packs) and the McKay insert auto (one in 498) and that gets it an A+ grade in my book. It's interesting that these might fall in the same box given the scarcity so if that's the case there could be other boxes out there that over-deliver. This one also delivered pretty well with appearances by some solid names among the rookies and inserts -- Shohei Ohtani, Vladimir Guerrero Jr. and Ronald Acuna to name a few. ... As said previously for breaks of this one I was on the fence about the base design with its dark backdrop for a foilboard-enhanced rainbow swirl but these look better in person than they photograph. The Purple parallel also isn't a find in every box (it's one in 47 packs) so this definitely was a box that over-delivered but it's not one of those breaks that will blow you away with the variety. This one delivers prospects, stars and some inserts -- it's meaty but probably not super-flashy to some collectors out there. I'm not a big fan of foilboard and not a super-heavy prospector but I generally liked the feel of this one with the guaranteed ink. The blasters can have ink but it's not guaranteed and there are parallels specific to those and the jumbo packs. These boxes are the way to go and this box shows you some of the potential here -- and it's a box that can still be topped, too.

Product Grade: A
Box Grade: A+
Fun Grade: B

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