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Sunday, November 11, 2012

2011 Bowman/Chrome/Draft Parallels


Set Size: Regular parallels have 220 cards, and Draft parallels have 110 cards. Plus, prospect parallels are an additional 220 cards, and prospect Draft parallels have a set size of 110 cards.

Design Notes: The design looks like a modern TV screen, with colored arcs in the bottom corners. The borders on the base version of the card is black for regular cards and white for prospect cards.

Parallels and Similars: Regular cards come in blue, gold, and red parallels, with Chrome parallel refractors in blue, gold canary, gold, orange, purple, red, regular, and superfractor versions. Plates for regular and Chrome versions were also issued.

Distribution: Cards were randomly inserted into packs of 2011 Bowman products. Some parallels are serial numbered as low as 1. Purple parallels were included in retail rack packs.

Thoughts: The red refractor parallel shown above (numbered out of five) is my favorite color combination: the green RC color in the bottom arcs matches perfectly with the red border to make this a very Christmas-y card. Keeping track of all the different sets (regular, Chrome, regular Draft, Chrome Draft) and the multiple parallels is quite difficult but the different refractor colors are attractive.

Additional Images: Various parallels.
 Bowman Chrome Draft version (RC green).
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Bowman Chrome Draft Prospects Refractors.
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 Bowman Draft.
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 Bowman Chrome Draft Prospects Gold Refractors
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 Bowman Chrome Draft Prospects Blue Refractors
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 Bowman Chrome Draft Blue Refractors
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 Bowman Draft Prospects Blue
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 Bowman Draft Blue
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 Bowman Chrome Draft Refractors
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 Bowman Chrome Draft Prospects Refractors
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