DATA: 2008 Bowman Draft Picks & Prospects Chrome Refractor (BDP9)
ACQUIRED: bayTRON
PING: Votto comin’ strong with the 2008 Bowman refractor. Great stuff in person, not so much in a scan. Maybe we should change up our techniques? Maybe. Again, Joey’s about to stroke one against the Yankees.
DATA: 2007 Bowman Chrome Refractor (BDPP98)
ACQUIRED: bayTRON
PING: 2007 Bowman keeps on truckin’. I’ve got six different variations of Joey’s card from this set. I think about done with them. Maybe I’ll track down the blue border and xfractor versions and call it quits.
DATA: 2008 Bowman Sterling Black Refractor
ACQUIRED: bayTRON
PING: Hey-oh! Sweet card here. Fatty-numbered 3/25, this shiny little Bowman Sterling is a great addition to vottoTRON.
DATA: 2007 Bowman Gold Chrome Refractor (BDPP98)
ACQUIRED: bayTRON
PING: Serial numbered 49/50, this shiny little number is a nice addition to the collection.
DATA: 2007 Bowman Sterling Refractor (BSP • JV)
ACQUIRED: ‘bay
PING: Ah yeah… great card right here. A sweet horizontal layout with a dual relic and autograph combination. Very nice card design with a great chrome finish – all ruined by the scan. Ah well… that’s what you get with scanning chrome cards, right? Bowman Sterling is a bit audacious design-wise, but it’s fun. That’s what it’s all about, right? Numbered out of 199, if you’re keeping tabs.
DATA: 2006 Bowman Chrome Gold (FG8)
ACQUIRED: ‘bay
PING: This card right here is NUCLEAR Chrome. How about that scan? Retina burning, huh? You love it though, don’t you? Yeah, I know you do. This sucka is numbered 31/50… so it’s a little on the rare side. Just the way I like it.
DATA: 2008 Topps Finest Chrome Refractor (143)
PING: Topps Finest is a good looking set, but not one that I would seek out to collect. I like the nice balanced design, the subtle line-work in the background and squared off diamond shape that frames the photo. It definitely sets itself from other card designs, but I would get bored with it after cracking a few packs. Joey will probably be the lone representative of Topps Finest in my collection, but that’s fine by me.
What I cannot figure out about the photo is where the game is being played. Joey is wearing the Reds 3rd jersey, normally reserved for Sunday home games and special occasions, couple with away pants. It’s definitely not Great American Ballpark in the background. Some sort of exhibition possibly? I’m stumped.
DATA: 2008 Topps Heritage Chrome Refractor (C165)
PING: I cannot get enough of this card design! The scan certainly does not show it, but this is a great looking card in person. Numbered out of 559… you know… because it’s special. Joey’s looking like a badass, as always.
DATA: 2008 Bowman Chrome Blue Refractor 194)
PING: Purty card right here. 2008 Bowman Chrome Blue Refractor numbered 089/150.
DATA: 2008 Topps Heritage Chrome T205 Series (TCCP6)
ACQUIRED: Ebay
PING: Sweet card right here. Based on the Topps T205 series, this is the larger size chrome version of the T205 minis Topps was including as box toppers of 2008 Heritage blasters. I do have a few minis, but no Votto… on the look out for that one.
DATA: 2008 Topps Chrome Copper Refractor
ACQUIRED: Ebay
PING: Chromium! This dude is number 534/599. That means it’s special or something, right? I guess. The copper chrome edition isn’t the greatest, but it’s shiny, and that’s always nice. The blue refractor seems visually more special than the copper, but copper got the limited edition treatment. Well, as limited as 599 is in the card world these days.
DATA: 2008 Topps Chrome Blue Refractor
ACQUIRED: Ebay
PING: It’s chrome, it’s pretty. The blue variant is nice. I still don’t get all the different chrome colors Topps puts out and what it all means. Well, I guess it means I need to collect them all or something.
