Does everyone like the look of 2014 Bowman?

Nervo · 04-30-2014, 10:53 PM

It seems like everyone really likes this product. IMO it looks way worse than 2013, 2012, and 2011.

The cards just don't look right and the design is ugly, which has caused me to not buy any and won't even pick up singles.

Does anyone else think the design isn't up to par?

columbusbuckeye · 04-30-2014, 10:55 PM

I originally didn't like the design in the mock ups, but the more I see of it I'm starting to like it. Some people just don't like change and I get that since it's pretty much been the same design for years now.

On a side note, what do people think about those Oversized Ice Autos? Like the purple Appel on eBay. I think they are a pretty cool addition.

jmscoggin · 04-30-2014, 11:00 PM

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Originally Posted by columbusbuckeye

I originally didn't like the design in the mock ups, but the more I see of it I'm starting to like it. Some people just don't like change and I get that since it's pretty much been the same design for years now.

On a side note, what do people think about those Oversized Ice Autos? Like the purple Appel on eBay. I think they are a pretty cool addition.

I'm fine with the design but hate oversized. They don't ship well and they don't store well.

jared6180 · 04-30-2014, 11:02 PM

Overall I am going to say yes. I like it. My favorite part is how they put the foil team logo on the bottom center for paper, and in color for Chrome, glad they didn't just make it a black and white outline on the chrome cards, which would have been easier.

I would change the Bowman logo though and attach the "1" to the left side of it where needed. Make the "1" red or white...yeah, that would clean up the 1st Bowman cards a little.

columbusbuckeye · 04-30-2014, 11:02 PM

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Originally Posted by jmscoggin

I'm fine with the design but hate oversized. They don't ship well and they don't store well.

Well it seems most are redemptions, so you just have to worry about how Topps plans on shipping it to you lol. That could be a disaster.

As far as storing them I guess that would be difficult. Do they make oversized sleeves? I know there are toploaders, but I'd want more protection than that.

BusterPosey=MVP · 05-01-2014, 01:31 AM

I would prefer it a bit lower and wider towards the bottom outline

dasiegel · 05-01-2014, 02:31 AM

im happier after i saw it in person

Frankp2311 · 05-01-2014, 06:31 AM

I think the design is great. Past years for me are a bit boring.

TheAntiCard · 05-01-2014, 06:43 AM

Don't like it as much as last year's...design seems somewhat antiquated.

Adamchuk · 05-01-2014, 08:03 AM

I don't mind it but don't love it. They made it a lot harder to sort with the Vet papers having white backs as well. It was so much easier when the vets had gray backs and the borders aren't as defined

batottu · 05-01-2014, 08:05 AM

I love the design. I was so-so on it before opening, but I really like it.

chezball · 05-01-2014, 08:33 AM

it wouldn't matter what they look like, people will still buy it.

calculusdork · 05-01-2014, 08:34 AM

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Originally Posted by dasiegel

im happier after i saw it in person

This. I didn't like it until yesterday.

DirtyBirdy · 05-01-2014, 09:25 AM

I like the design of the vet and rookies better than the prospects. The border on the prospects is too big and weird.

saraceno21 · 05-01-2014, 09:26 AM

I am getting a couple of boxes friday, but from scans I have seen I do not like the design. Even centered cards look off center to me.

Cliffroach · 05-01-2014, 09:36 AM

I like the cards but as with some other sets the names are hard to read particularly on the prospects.

Keyser Soze · 05-01-2014, 10:04 AM

I like it very much. I rip Topps a lot, but I love that they brought back the old Bowman logo and the "1st Chrome Card" designation. I am, however, getting increasingly annoyed with the constant additions of pattern parallels in Bowman (i.e. orange waves) and Topps Chrome (i.e. camo, atomic)

knicksguy86 · 05-01-2014, 10:17 AM

The design is cool but I'm really liking all the met prospects in it.

Nervo · 05-01-2014, 10:21 AM

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Originally Posted by chezball

it wouldn't matter what they look like, people will still buy it.

That is totally true. It just looks like they tried too hard and wanted to do something different and totally flopped.

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Originally Posted by Keyser Soze

I like it very much. I rip Topps a lot, but I love that they brought back the old Bowman logo and the "1st Chrome Card" designation. I am, however, getting increasingly annoyed with the constant additions of pattern parallels in Bowman (i.e. orange waves) and Topps Chrome (i.e. camo, atomic)

Couldn't agree more. A rainbow has gone from base, ref, blue, gold, orange, purple, red, super to all those and about 50 other parallels lol. Its made most parallels worth pennies.

dbacksfan4life · 05-01-2014, 10:25 AM

Justseeing pictures of it l can't say that I'm a fan. But I know I'll try to pick up some singles.

Keyser Soze · 05-01-2014, 10:25 AM

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Originally Posted by Nervo

Couldn't agree more. A rainbow has gone from base, ref, blue, gold, orange, purple, red, super to all those and about 50 other parallels lol. Its made most parallels worth pennies.

My 2013 Topps Chrome rainbow of Rendon consists of Super, Pink, Camo, Atomic, Red, Black w/ Silver Ink, Gold, Sepia, Black, Blue, Ref, and base. And I guarantee 2014 Topps Chrome adds at least one more stupid pattern and probably another color to that.

timelovesahero · 05-01-2014, 11:09 AM

I really like the base/RC design, but the prospect design doesn't even jive with the whole "golden ratio" thing. the paper versions feel like a lot of white to me...but the change to "chrome-under-white" for the BCPs is tight.

I am genuinely so sick of the minis. so sick. don't even care that I got a numbered one. these guys have like 14 prospect cards in the world since 2011and have not cracked AAA.

Fisherman44 · 05-01-2014, 11:16 AM

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Originally Posted by chezball

it wouldn't matter what they look like, people will still buy it.

True, but people will complain no matter how it looks.

timelovesahero · 05-01-2014, 12:07 PM

reminds me of 2007, 2009 and 2010 topps
2009 bowman and other ass-like sets of the type.
I really do like the squared-up feel of the vets and RCs

mattpoin · 05-01-2014, 12:19 PM

They look fine to me. The rookie/veteran cards look a bit better, I think, since they don't have as heavy a design as the prospect cards. I figure it takes a significant amount of photoshop on the prospects to get them into MLB uniforms, they end up trying to cover up advertisement-prominent backgrounds with borders and whatnot.

04-30-2014, 10:53 PM	#1
Nervo Banned Join Date: Dec 2013 Posts: 1,021	Does everyone like the look of 2014 Bowman? It seems like everyone really likes this product. IMO it looks way worse than 2013, 2012, and 2011. The cards just don't look right and the design is ugly, which has caused me to not buy any and won't even pick up singles. Does anyone else think the design isn't up to par?

05-01-2014, 02:31 AM	#7
dasiegel Member Join Date: Oct 2012 Posts: 27,556	im happier after i saw it in person __________________ Board man. Board man gets paid.

05-01-2014, 08:03 AM	#10
Adamchuk Member Join Date: Feb 2011 Location: Boston, MA Posts: 3,617 Adamchuk Adamchuk	I don't mind it but don't love it. They made it a lot harder to sort with the Vet papers having white backs as well. It was so much easier when the vets had gray backs and the borders aren't as defined __________________ https://www.flickr.com/photos/138250157@N05/albums http://s1202.photobucket.com/albums/bb379/Adamchuk/

05-01-2014, 10:04 AM	#17
Keyser Soze Member Join Date: May 2012 Location: Close enough to Houston to say Houston Posts: 9,549	I like it very much. I rip Topps a lot, but I love that they brought back the old Bowman logo and the "1st Chrome Card" designation. I am, however, getting increasingly annoyed with the constant additions of pattern parallels in Bowman (i.e. orange waves) and Topps Chrome (i.e. camo, atomic) __________________ Every post you can hitch your faith on is a pie in the sky, chock full of lies a tool we devise to make sinking stones fly

05-01-2014, 10:17 AM	#18
knicksguy86 Member Join Date: Mar 2013 Posts: 898	The design is cool but I'm really liking all the met prospects in it. __________________ Collecting Mets Prospects.

04-30-2014, 10:55 PM	#2
columbusbuckeye Banned - PBM Join Date: Feb 2013 Posts: 2,468	I originally didn't like the design in the mock ups, but the more I see of it I'm starting to like it. Some people just don't like change and I get that since it's pretty much been the same design for years now. On a side note, what do people think about those Oversized Ice Autos? Like the purple Appel on eBay. I think they are a pretty cool addition.

04-30-2014, 11:02 PM	#4
jared6180 Banned Join Date: Sep 2012 Location: Kansas Posts: 4,421	Overall I am going to say yes. I like it. My favorite part is how they put the foil team logo on the bottom center for paper, and in color for Chrome, glad they didn't just make it a black and white outline on the chrome cards, which would have been easier. I would change the Bowman logo though and attach the "1" to the left side of it where needed. Make the "1" red or white...yeah, that would clean up the 1st Bowman cards a little.

05-01-2014, 01:31 AM	#6
BusterPosey=MVP Banned Join Date: Oct 2012 Location: San Francisco, CA Posts: 1,158 melovesports	I would prefer it a bit lower and wider towards the bottom outline

05-01-2014, 06:31 AM	#8
Frankp2311 Member Join Date: Jul 2010 Location: Virginia Posts: 5,270	I think the design is great. Past years for me are a bit boring.

05-01-2014, 06:43 AM	#9
TheAntiCard Member Join Date: Aug 2013 Location: St. Peters, MO Posts: 1,599 swansan	Don't like it as much as last year's...design seems somewhat antiquated.

05-01-2014, 08:05 AM	#11
batottu Member Join Date: Jan 2008 Location: Texas Posts: 7,829 rebkeep7695b	I love the design. I was so-so on it before opening, but I really like it.

05-01-2014, 08:33 AM	#12
chezball Member Join Date: Dec 2010 Location: North East Beatoff USA Posts: 21,679 jabber	it wouldn't matter what they look like, people will still buy it.

05-01-2014, 09:25 AM	#14
DirtyBirdy Member Join Date: Feb 2011 Location: ct Posts: 955 iamchaoscards	I like the design of the vet and rookies better than the prospects. The border on the prospects is too big and weird.

05-01-2014, 09:26 AM	#15
saraceno21 Member Join Date: Jan 2011 Location: New Hampshire Posts: 1,352 Saraceno21 Saraceno21	I am getting a couple of boxes friday, but from scans I have seen I do not like the design. Even centered cards look off center to me.

05-01-2014, 09:36 AM	#16
Cliffroach Member Join Date: Feb 2014 Posts: 1,437	I like the cards but as with some other sets the names are hard to read particularly on the prospects.

05-01-2014, 10:25 AM	#20
dbacksfan4life Member Join Date: Dec 2013 Location: Chase Field/ Any ST Ballpark Posts: 10,990	Justseeing pictures of it l can't say that I'm a fan. But I know I'll try to pick up some singles. __________________ Adam Engel SUPERCOLLECTOR!

05-01-2014, 11:09 AM	#22
timelovesahero Member Join Date: Jun 2011 Location: Virginia Posts: 722 simple.machines timelovesahero	I really like the base/RC design, but the prospect design doesn't even jive with the whole "golden ratio" thing. the paper versions feel like a lot of white to me...but the change to "chrome-under-white" for the BCPs is tight. I am genuinely so sick of the minis. so sick. don't even care that I got a numbered one. these guys have like 14 prospect cards in the world since 2011and have not cracked AAA.

05-01-2014, 12:07 PM	#24
timelovesahero Member Join Date: Jun 2011 Location: Virginia Posts: 722 simple.machines timelovesahero	reminds me of 2007, 2009 and 2010 topps 2009 bowman and other ass-like sets of the type. I really do like the squared-up feel of the vets and RCs

05-01-2014, 12:19 PM	#25
mattpoin Member Join Date: Jan 2014 Location: North Carolina Posts: 129	They look fine to me. The rookie/veteran cards look a bit better, I think, since they don't have as heavy a design as the prospect cards. I figure it takes a significant amount of photoshop on the prospects to get them into MLB uniforms, they end up trying to cover up advertisement-prominent backgrounds with borders and whatnot. __________________ Collecting Braves, mid-'90s to present in general, Jason Heyward in particular.