Buzz Break: 2021 Bowman Platinum baseball cards

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The box: 2021 Bowman Platinum baseball cards (mega box)
Checklist: Click here
Where to buy: Initially at Walmart (here when/if available)

Keep reading for a full breakdown and a gallery of what was in this box.

Packs per box: 20
Cards per pack: 5
Cards in this box: 100
Base set completion: 
46 of 100 (46 percent)
Duplicates: 0

Base cards – Notables include Ronald Acuña Jr., Fernando Tatis Jr., Freddie Freeman, Juan Soto, Bo Bichette, Walker Buehler, Pete Alonso, Rafael Devers, Trevor Story

Rookie Cards (17) – Notables include Joey Bart, Andrew Vaughn, Bobby Dalbec, Cristian Pache, Tyler Stephenson, Alex Kirilloff, Jarred Kelenic, Nate Pearson, Jake Cronenworth

Insert cards: 52 (a sampling of everything in gallery below)
Top Prospects (40) – Notables include Asa Lacy, Cade Cavalli, Robert Hassell, Heston Kjerstad, Austin Hendrick, Hedbert Perez, Hyun-Il Choi
Green parallel (1) – Yadier Molina (/99)
Pink parallel (1) – Manny Machado (/199)
Platinum Elements (4) – Zac Veen, Mick Abel, Jordan Walker, Gabriel Arias
Renowned Rookies (4) – Luis Garcia, Clarke Schmidt, Nate Pearson, Casey Mize
Meteoric (2) – Tyler Soderstrom, MacKenzie Gore

Autographs/Memorabilia: 2
Top Prospect Autographs (1) – Mason Martin, Jordan Walker

What's Buzz-worthy: These bigger boxes guarantee ink and more volume but really feel about the same but with some slight variety as other parallels pop up more. My two numbered cards are nothing all that special here but they are on the rarer side of things at one in 134 for the pink and one in 270 for the Green. Throw on two standard autos of names with potential and that gets this one higher up the grading charts but I'm not sure I'd give it an A. I think the better names weren't here this time -- but that happens. There's potential here for sure -- especially for long-term stashing if box prices dip on the secondary market later -- but for Bowman brands there are others that command a lot more attention on the secondary market. Long-term, this brand may be one with some legs as its print run can't be anywhere like main Bowman releases but I've not been a big fan of this one among all of the options. (Keep in mind, I'm not a heavy prospector type, either.) It has, however, delivered some better ink than others in my experience.

Product Grade: B
Box Grade: B+ (two rarer parallels, two autos with potential)
Fun Grade: B

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