This is the 8th edition of Bowman Sterling, and it's had an interesting history. It started out as a very high end product in 2004 and still somewhat had that in 2005. But then starting in 2006, it really fell off my radar and got lumped in as just another late season prospect heavy product. But the last couple of editions of this product have been very good in my opinion and have really made this a product I am looking forward to in the future. The quality base set and prospect set designs in the last couple of years have a lot to do with that. In looking back, the 2006-2009 designs for this brand were not very good. But I think the fact that Topps seems to have embraced this brand as a value driven product instead of a super high end product is part of the reason also. It provides a bunch of new cards for me to chase for cheap during a down time of year for new sets.
From a Cubs content standpoint, this issue is a little light. Only 5 different cards with accompanying parallels. But getting new cards of Javier Baez and Dan Vogelbach is nice, and I really like the Starlin Castro & Darwin Barney Dual Relic card. So overall a pretty good issue to fill the gap until March for me. The breakdown is below!
Base Set - 7 Versions - Base, Refractors (#/199), Gold Refractors (#/50), Black Refractors (#/25), Purple Refractors (#/10), Red Refractors (1/1), Canary Diamond Gold (1/1), plus four colors of printing plates
No Cubs Included
Base Set Prospects - 7 Non Auto Versions and 7 Autographed versions (not all cards have an auto version) - Base, Refractors (#/199), Gold Refractors (#/50), Black Refractors (#/25), Purple Refractors (#/10), Red Refractors (1/1), Canary Diamond Gold (1/1), Autos, Autos Refractors (#/199), Auto Gold Refractors (#/50), Autos Black Refractors (#/25) Autos Purple Refractors (#/10), Autos Red Refractors (1/1) Autos Canary Diamond Gold (1/1), plus four colors of non-autographed printing plates and four colors of autographed printing plates.
#15 Brett Jackson (No Auto)
#34 Javier Baez (Auto #JV)
#49 Dan Vogelbach (Auto #DV)
Rookie Relics - 6 Versions (not all players have the auto versions) - Base Refractors Single Relic, Xfractors Double Relic (#/199), Gold Refractors Triple Relic (#/50), Black Refractors Single Relic Auto (#/25), Purple Refractors Single Relic Auto (#/10), Red Refractors Single Relic Auto (1/1).
#DB Darwin Barney Jersey - No Auto versions
Rookie Autos - 7 Versions - Base, Refractors (#/199), Gold Refractors (#/50), Black Refractors (#/25), Purple Refractors (#/10), Red Refractors (1/1), Canary Diamond Gold (1/1), plus four colors of printing plates
No Cubs Included
Dual Relics Box Toppers - 6 Versions - Base (Varied numbering), Refractors (#/99), Gold Refractors (#/50), Black Refractors (#/25), Purple Refractors (#/10), Red Refractors (1/1).
#CB Starlin Castro & Darwin Barney
Dual Autos - 7 Versions - Base (Varied numbering), Refractors (#/99), Gold Refractors (#/50), Black Refractors (#/25), Purple Refractors (#/10), Red Refractors (1/1), Canary Diamond Gold (1/1), plus four colors of printing plates.
No Cubs Included
USA Baseball Relics - 6 Versions - Base Refractors Single Relic, Xfractors Double Relic (#/199), Gold Refractors Triple Relic (#/50), Black Refractors Single Relic Auto (#/25), Purple Refractors Single Relic Auto (#/10), Red Refractors Single Relic Auto (1/1).
No Cubs Included
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