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2018 Topps Bowman Baseball Hobby Box
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.
- 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 |  |
$4,500 | ||
| Blaster Box |  |
$600 | ||
| Retail Box | |
$2,000 | ||
| Hobby Box Case (12) | |
$54,000, $4,500 per box | ||
These are the best prices we could find for this product across the 4 retailers we follow for 2018 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 2018 Topps Bowman for?
The deep end. People buy this chasing top rookie patch autos and legend signatures, and the price reflects it.
What makes 2018 Bowman special?
It's the year's first prospect-focused release and features Shohei Ohtani's Chrome Rookie Autograph and first Superfractor autograph. The product is built around hard-signed autographs and chromium parallels, with Hunter Greene as one of the key prospect pulls.
How many autographs are in a hobby box?
One autograph per hobby box. Hobby jumbo boxes contain three autographs. The autographs come from Chrome Prospect Autographs, Chrome Rookie Autographs, ROY Favorites, Dual Prospect Autographs, and Bowman Sterling Continuity sets.
What's the base set like?
The base set is 100 cards of veterans and rookies. It comes with a large parallel rainbow including Sky Blue (/499), Purple (/250), Blue (/150), Gold (/50), Orange (/25, hobby only), Red (/5), Platinum (1/1), and Printing Plates (1/1). Each hobby box includes one exclusive Chrome Prospect Atomic Variation Refractor.
What are Bowman Prospects?
There are two 150-card Prospect checklists: Bowman Prospects and Bowman Chrome Prospects. These spotlight players working through the minors and come with their own parallel rainbows. Chrome Prospects get the chromium treatment and are a major chase element.
What's the difference between hobby and hobby jumbo boxes?
Hobby boxes have 24 packs of 10 cards each and 1 autograph. Hobby jumbo boxes have 12 packs of 32 cards each and 3 autographs. Hobby boxes get the exclusive Chrome Prospect Atomic Variation Refractor, while hobby jumbo boxes do not.
Are there any other notable inserts besides autographs?
Yes. Bowman Sterling unsigned inserts appear in every hobby box (two per jumbo). All-America Game Autographs return with early high-school signatures. #BowmanTrending highlights prospects with strong 2017 seasons, and Bowman Scouts' Top 100 also returns.
What rookies should I know about?
Shohei Ohtani is the marquee rookie with his Chrome Rookie Autograph. Other key rookies in the base set include Victor Robles, Rafael Devers, Clint Frazier, and Ozzie Albies. In the Prospects, Ronald Acuña, Juan Soto, Fernando Tatis Jr., and Vladimir Guerrero Jr. are among the top names.
When did 2018 Topps Bowman come out?
It dropped April 25, 2018.
What's in a 2018 Topps Bowman hobby box?
24 packs per hobby box, 10 cards per pack. Hobby jumbo boxes contain 12 packs of 32 cards each.
What's the cheapest 2018 Topps Bowman hobby box right now?
Cheapest we're tracking is $4499.95 USD. Prices update daily, and the trend arrow on this page shows which way it's been moving.
Where can I buy 2018 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.
2018 Topps Bowman Baseball
2018 Bowman is the year's first prospect-focused baseball release, headlined by Shohei Ohtani's Chrome Rookie Autograph and a deep checklist of top prospects like Hunter Greene and Ronald Acuña. It's built around hard-signed autographs and chromium parallels that collectors hunt year-round.
Autographs
1 Autograph per box on average
On average per hobby box
- 1 Bowman Sterling insert card
- 1 Chrome Prospect Atomic Variation Refractor (hobby box exclusive)
Inserts to watch
- Chrome Prospect Autographs Hard-signed prospect cards with a vast Refractor rainbow; Hunter Greene is a marquee pull.
- Chrome Rookie Autographs On-card signatures from players who've made their MLB debuts, including Shohei Ohtani's first Superfractor autograph.
- ROY Favorites Autographs Exclusive to hobby packs, featuring prospects with Rookie of the Year potential.
- Dual Bowman Prospect Autographs New for 2018, double-sided cards with different players on each side, all serial-numbered.
- Bowman Sterling Continuity Autographs Ongoing set spanning multiple releases, with hard-signed cards and a Refractor rainbow.
- #BowmanTrending Prospect-focused inserts highlighting players with strong 2017 seasons.
Fast facts
- Released
- April 25, 2018
- Box config
- 24 packs per hobby box, 10 cards per pack. Hobby jumbo boxes contain 12 packs of 32 cards each.
- Set size
- 100 cards
- Top rookie
- Shohei Ohtani
Last 30 days
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.