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2021 Topps Bowman Baseball Hobby Box
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What are these options?
- Hobby Box
- The full-size box sold through card shops rather than big-box stores. It has the most packs and the best odds, and most modern hobby boxes guarantee at least one autograph or memorabilia card. Pack and card counts vary by product line. Older listings sometimes call this a wax box.
- Hobby Jumbo Box
- More cards in fewer, oversized packs than a regular hobby box, usually with extra guaranteed hits. It suits collectors who want volume and hits in one buy. Topps calls this tier HTA, short for Home Team Advantage, its hobby-store program.
- Mega Box
- A mid-size retail box, bigger than a blaster and smaller than a hobby box. Mega-exclusive parallels are the main draw, and some megas guarantee a hit.
- Blaster Box
- The small retail box sold at stores like Walmart and Target, usually the cheapest full box on the shelf. Autographs are not guaranteed, but many blasters carry exclusive parallels you cannot pull from a hobby box.
- Retail Box
- A full box of the individual packs sold loose at big-box stores, often 24 of them. Same base set as the hobby version, with fewer or no guaranteed hits.
- Cases
- The factory-sealed carton a product ships in, holding a set number of boxes. A full case is the whole carton; an inner case is a smaller sealed block from inside it. Case buyers get untouched pack sequencing and a lower price per box. Some rare cards are seeded about once per case, which is what collectors mean by a case hit.
| Format | In USAUSD | In CanadaCAD | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hobby Box |  |
$130 | ||
| Hobby Jumbo Box |  |
$200 | ||
| Mega Box |  |
$40 | ||
| Blaster Box | |
$25 | ||
| Retail Box | |
$70 | ||
| Hobby Box Case (12) | |
$1,800, $150 per box | ||
| Hobby Jumbo Box Case (8) | |
$1,600, $200 per box | ||
| Blaster Box Case (40) | |
$1,075, $27 per box | ||
| Retail Box Case (12) | |
$800, $67 per box | ||
These are the best prices we could find for this product across the 6 retailers we follow for 2021 Topps Bowman, checked daily. Prices move constantly and stock sells out; always confirm on the retailer’s own page before buying.
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Frequently asked
Who's 2021 Topps Bowman for?
For collectors who want hits without Cup money. Figure on an auto or relic every box or two, with rookies you'll actually recognize.
What's the main draw of 2021 Bowman Baseball?
Chrome Prospect Autographs with on-card signatures. These are the cards most collectors hunt, and they come with a huge rainbow of Refractor parallels including Superfractors and Printing Plates.
What key rookies are in the base set?
Ke'Bryan Hayes, Alec Bohm, Cristian Pache, and Joey Bart are the top rookie cards. The base set also features established stars like Mike Trout, Ronald Acuña Jr., Fernando Tatis Jr., and Shohei Ohtani.
How many autographs come in a hobby box?
One autograph per hobby box is guaranteed. HTA jumbo boxes deliver three. The autos are typically Chrome Prospect or Chrome Rookie Autographs.
What are the parallel tiers for base and prospect cards?
Base and Bowman Prospects cards have Sky Blue (/499), Purple (/250), Blue (/150), Yellow (/75), Gold (/50), Orange (/25, hobby only), Red (/5), Platinum (1/1), and Printing Plates (1/1). Chrome Prospects add even more Refractor variants including Speckle, Shimmer, and Atomic tiers.
What inserts should I know about?
Bowman Scouts' Top 100 (1:4 packs) ranks top prospects. Futurist (1:6) uses a colorful design. ROY Favorites (1:8) highlight potential award winners. Talent Pipeline (1:12) looks at key players by minor league level. 1991 Bowman (1:8) is a retro-design insert. Positional Promise (1:24) features top NL and AL prospects by position.
What's an Atomic Refractor and how rare is it?
Atomic Refractors are a short-print parallel numbered to /150 or /100 depending on the card type. You'll pull approximately one per hobby box. They're available on base cards, prospects, autographs, and inserts.
Are there any special multi-signature cards?
Yes. Dual Autographs are numbered to /25, and there's a 2021 Bowman Ultimate Autograph Book Card numbered to /10. There are also All-America Game Autographs (/199) featuring early signatures from top prospects, and 1991 Bowman Buyback Autographs.
What's the difference between hobby and HTA jumbo boxes?
Hobby boxes have 24 packs of 10 cards each and 1 autograph. HTA jumbo boxes have 12 packs of 32 cards each and 3 autographs. HTA also gets exclusive Aqua Refractor parallels.
When did 2021 Topps Bowman come out?
It dropped April 28, 2021.
What's in a 2021 Topps Bowman hobby box?
24 packs per box, 10 cards per pack (hobby); 12 packs per box, 32 cards per pack (HTA jumbo)
What's the cheapest 2021 Topps Bowman hobby box right now?
Cheapest we're tracking is $129.99 USD. Prices update daily, and the trend arrow on this page shows which way it's been moving.
Where can I buy 2021 Topps Bowman?
We track listings across the major North American card shops and surface the best price up top. The Buy on eBay links go through the eBay Partner Network.
2021 Topps Bowman Baseball
2021 Bowman Baseball kicks off the year with a 100-card base set of veterans and rookies, plus 150 minor league prospects with Chrome parallels and autographs. The main draw is landing Chrome Prospect Autographs on-card, with key rookies like Ke'Bryan Hayes, Alec Bohm, Cristian Pache, and Joey Bart in the base set.
Autographs
1 Autograph per box on average
On average per hobby box
- 6 Bowman Scouts' Top 100 inserts
- 4 Futurist inserts
- 3 1991 Bowman retro inserts
- 3 ROY Favorites inserts
- 2 Talent Pipeline inserts
- 1 Positional Promise insert
- 1 Atomic Refractor (base or prospect)
Inserts to watch
- Chrome Prospect Autographs On-card signatures of top minor league prospects with extensive Refractor parallels, the marquee chase for most collectors.
- Chrome Rookie Autographs On-card autographs of players who've already debuted in MLB, with a smaller parallel lineup than prospect autos.
- Bowman Scouts' Top 100 1 in 4 hobby packs Countdown of the year's best prospects with Refractor parallels and select autograph versions.
- Futurist 1 in 6 Colorful design insert highlighting top prospects with Refractor parallels.
- 1991 Bowman 1 in 8 Retro-design insert using the classic 1991 Bowman look but featuring current players and prospects.
- Atomic Refractors approximately 1 per box Rare short-print parallel available on base, prospect, and insert cards.
Fast facts
- Released
- April 28, 2021
- Box config
- 24 packs per box, 10 cards per pack (hobby); 12 packs per box, 32 cards per pack (HTA jumbo)
- Set size
- 100 cards
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Canadian prices in CAD, American in USD. A break in a price line means every shop was sold out that day; a day we did not scrape carries the last known price forward.