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 Shohei Ohtani, Pete Alonso, Buster Posey, Juan Soto, Mookie Betts, Kris Bryant, Max Scherzer, Bo Bichette, Bryce Harper

Rookie Cards (14) – Ryan Mountcastle, Bobby Dalbec, Ian Anderson, Jazz Chisholm, Deivi Garcia, Alec Bohm, Dylan Carlson, Triston McKenzie, Casey Mize, Alex Kirilloff, Tyler Stephenson, Kohei Arihara, Sam Huff, Luis Garcia

Insert cards: 52 (a sampling of everything in gallery below)
Top Prospects (40) – Notables include Spencer Torkelson, Tyler Soderstrom, Ed Howard, Pete Crow-Armstrong, Zac Veen, Max Meyer, Maximo Acosta, Mick Abel, Jared Kelley, Blaze Jordan, Nick Loftin
Foilboard parallel (1) – J.D. Martinez (/299)
Aqua Ice parallel (2) – Jo Adell, Asa Lacy (/250)
Platinum Elements (4) – Austin Martin, J.J. Bleday, Blaze Jordan, Bobby Witt Jr.
Renowned Rookies (4) – Jazz Chisholm, Cristian Pache, Sam Huff, Sixto Sanchez
Meteoric (2) – Austin Martin, Brailyn Marquez

Autographs/Memorabilia: 2
Top Prospect Autographs (1) – Maximo Acosta, Josh Mears

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. This one is a tad stronger than my first on a few fronts but this is still a brand that seems a little on the plain side for my tastes -- though I'm not a prospector as much as I collect in other ways. As I noted last time, 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. 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. Meanwhile, it has, however, delivered some better ink than others in my experience with Kris Bryant, Luis Robert and other autos found here in recent years. If you're open to what you see here, definitely do mega boxes due to the guaranteed ink.

Product Grade: B
Box Grade: A- (some solid names in key spots)
Fun Grade: B+

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