First Buzz: 2023 Bowman Chrome baseball cards (updated)

What: 2023 Bowman Chrome baseball cards
Arrives: Sept. 13
Box basics: Two autos per 12-pack Hobby boxes (12 per case); three autos per HTA Choice box (12 per case)
Checklist: Click here
Mega Box Checklist: Click here
Order: Click here

What's buzz-worthy: Bowman will arrive tomorrow via an early pre-sale with no details ultimately yet available other than set size and the autos per box.

Keep reading for more info as well as a full gallery of images.

The Basics: The basic sets will be 100 cards for each part of this one -- rookies/veterans and prospect sets. This item will update once the full details are revealed. ... Pre-sale via Topps was $269.99 for a hobby box and $329.99 for an HTA.

-- Update (Aug. 17) -- 

The Basics: Starting with the HTA Choice boxes ... The Chrome Prospect auto lineup is a deep one with rainbow of at least 16 different versions to chase. Standard Refractors (/499) will be joined by Speckle (/299), Purple (/250), Blue RayWave (/150), HTA Choice Mojo (/150), Atomic (/100), Green (/99), Green Lava (/99), Yellow (/75), Gold (/50), Gold Shimmer (/50), Orange Wave (/25), Red (/5), Red Shimmer (/5), Red Wave (/5) and 1/1 Superfractors. Some of those will once again only be found in these HTA boxes -- HTA, Green Lava, Gold Shimmer, Orange Wave and Red Wave. Joining them will be Chrome Rookie autos with a smaller rainbow of Refractors (/499), Blue (/150), Green (/99), Gold (/50), Red (/5) and 1/1 Supers just like last year. ... A number of insert autos also will be found in HTA boxes -- Prime Chrome (/50), Prospect Process (/TBD), Bowman Iconic (/99), AFL All-Stars (/TBD), AFL MVP (/100), Bowman Ascensions (/TBD), Bowman Invicta (/TBD) and All-American game autos. Most will only have Superfractor chases but Prime and Process will have Oranges and Invicta will have Gold Atomic and Reds. Also in there will be Chrome Auto Relics (/TBD) with Golds and Supers at same volumes along with AFL Relics (/TBD) with Supers.

For master hobby boxes (two six-pack mini boxes per), you'll find basics from the 100-card base set and then a 100-card prospect set. There will be plenty of parallels -- at least 22 per Chrome Prospect base card. Those will include Shimmer, Refractors (/499), Speckle (/299), Purple (/250), Purple Shimmer (/250), Fuchsia Pink Vapor (/199), Fuchsia Shimmer (/199), Blue (/150), Aqua (/125), Aqua Pink Vapor (/125), Green (/99), Green Shimmer (/99), Yellow (/75), Yellow Orange Vapor (/75), Gold (/50), Gold Shimmer (/50), Orange (/25), Orange Shimmer (/25), Red (/5), Red Aqua Vapor (/5), Red Shimmer (/5) and 1/1 Superfractors. ... The base set's rainbow will be simpler just like the autos with Refractors, Fuchsia (/299), Purple (/250), Aqua RayWave (/199), Blue, Wave (/100) Green, Yellow, Gold, Orange, Red and Superfractors at same volumes. Some rookies will have image variations as well as Color Run variations (/23) with team colors.

For inserts, there will be Bowman Iconic, Bowman Invicta, 2022 AFL All-Stars, a 2022 AFL MVP SP, Prospect Process, Bowman Ascensions (once again rarer with an artistic twist) and "super-limited" Retrofractors and Hidden Gems. Atomic (/150), Gold (/50), Orange (/25), Red (/5) and 1/1 Supers will be in play for some inserts but not all will have all of those colors.

For autographs in this format, there will be another deep rainbow -- some of what was in Choice but with some exclusives. There will be Standard Refractor (/499), Speckle (/299), Purple (/250), Blue RayWave (/150), Atomic (/100), Green (/99), Yellow (/75), Gold (/50), Gold Mini-Diamond (/50), Orange Shimmer (/25), Orange (/25), Red (/5), Red Shimmer (/5), and 1/1 Superfractors.

Chrome Rookie autos will again only have Refractors, Blue, Green, Gold, Orange, Red and 1/1 Supers. ... Joining them will be insert autos just like in the first format -- Prime Chrome (/50), Prospect Process, Bowman Iconic, AFL All-Star, AFL MVP, Bowman Ascensions, Invicta and prep All-Stars. Also here will be Chrome Auto Relics (/TBD) with Gold, Orange and Supers as well as AFL Relics (TBD) and AFL Relic Autos. New will be AFL Jumbo Chrome Relics (/10) with Red (/5), and 1/1 Black Nike Logo Refractors as well as Supers. ... Pearl packs one again will return -- one in 10 hobby cases -- with three Pearl Prospect Refractors and one base set Pearl Refractor inside.

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Update (Oct. 4): There are also 35-card Mega Boxes for this one ($44.99 initially via Topps) with five basic packs and then two Mega Box packs with the exclusive pattern. You can see the checklist for those above or by clicking here.

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