A pair of Angels rookie buyback purchases

I don’t think stamped buybacks are remotely collectible as ‘stand alone’ cards unless they are part of some autograph insert - but even if they are low-end gimmicks, with the original copies being worthless otherwise, I actually picked these cards up for a couple of bucks and change [each].

I had my eye on these cards because they are actually rookie cards unlike many buybacks I've seen - featuring a couple of retired Angels stars who made their MLB debuts in the 1990s.

Tim Salmon Bowman buyback purchase

I’m over buybacks in Topps products, but even the concept is literally the same thing [stamping commons with a buyback stamp so there are a cache of cards ready to fill out unopened product with] - it maybe a novelty to find buyback cards in Bowman.

Of course, I could have just picked up an original copy of Salmon's 1997 Bowman card [#5] without the cutesy stamp - still my impulsiveness got the best of me and I put in an eventual winning bid to secure this random card featuring someone relatively notable in my book.

2017 Bowman value pack recap

The basic cards maybe an afterthough, but they are nice - it may not be a thing Topps is actually going for, but I like the idea that Bowman looks a little different, with a focus towards the future, rather than being conservative and boring.

The basic cards have full bleed, almost Stadium Club lite images - even if the action is focused strictly on the field as opposed to the unique shots found in TSC.

Exclusive yellow parallel bonus pack
#BP19 Eric Jenkins
#BP149 Cody Bellinger
#BP51 Francisco Mejia

Pack one

#92 Joe Musgrove
#40 Manny Machado
#91 Chris Sale
#96 Jake Arrieta

#BCP37 Francisco Rios - Bowman Chrome Prospects
#92B-GM Greg Maddux - Bowman Reproductions insert
#BP79 Yu-Cheng Chang
#BCP17 Luiz Gohara
#BP121 Blake Rutherford
#BP95 Daz Cameron

Pack two

#50 Corey Seager
#17 Yoenis Cespedes
#8 Matt Carpenter
#5 Trevor Story
#BCP28 Kyle Tucker - Bowman Chrome Prospects

#BTP-40 Francisco Mejia - Bowman Scouts’ Top 100 insert
#BP132 Justus Sheffield
#BCP115 Franklin Barreto - Bowman Chrome Prospects
#BP129 Isael Soto

#BP1 Nick Senzel

Pack three
#53 Odubel Herrera
#28 Miguel Cabrera
#66 Gavin Cecchini 
#62 Jake Thompson
#42 Jose De Leon
#BP31 Chance Adams

#BCP109 Kyle Freeland - Bowman Chrome Prospects
#BCP91 D.J. Stewart - Bowman Chrome Prospects
#BP70 Kevin Newman
#BP8 Luis Almanzar