You Should See Me In A Crown

The throne is once again mine.

A while back I decided that having one Torrens superfractor wasn't enough. So I did a little digging around on a card forum and a few DM's later I became the proud owner of another Torrens superfractor. Big thanks to J.B. and R for the assist.

This is Torrens 1/1 number 17 for me.

More importantly it completes something I've been building for nearly five years now.

Yup.

That my friends is the 2014 Bowman Draft Chrome Prospect Luis Torrens rainbow.

I'm still paranoid that some obscure parallel only given out in some weird way sometime in late 2014/early 2015 is going to surface at one point, but for now I've consulted the official checklist three times and I can say that the 2014 ToBoChroBow is now complete.

I honestly never thought I'd see the day this came to completion. The superfractor eluded me and, much like all who tried and failed to build rainbows of their own, I thought it'd stay that way forever. Instead I managed to finish the normal rainbow a good 4 and 1/3 years after the product came out. Dope.

What made matters better was that the individual who had it also had this yellow printing plate. This is Torrens 1/1 number 18 for me now. Turns out that after they pulled the superfractor a few years ago they tried building the rainbow too. But after the red never showed up the project fell by the wayside for them.

Unfortunate, but I guess it turned out pretty well for both of us. As now they've got a bit of Paypal money to play with. Meanwhile I've got one more superfractor and rainbow to my name, AND I'm two more 2014 Bowman Draft Chrome Prospect printing plates away from completing the master rainbow. Yeah, I'm not holding my breath on that one. But it's nice to know that the very plate that slipped my grasp on COMC several years ago wound up in my possession eventually.

2/5 total LT superfractors doesn't make me a majority stakeholder. Nor does the 18 1/1's I have put me in a strong position to be the most elite LT collector out there. Nor does the four Luis Torrens rainbows I've completed. But that's fine, it just keeps me motivated to get there one day.

This was from November, 2014. Yes, at a mere 23 cards, my collection was nothing compared to what people would call a proper player collection. I was far removed from reaching the "super-collector" threshold.

Over 100 cards later, my collection still isn't quite super.

But it's getting there. Maybe.

Obligatory mention that this is the fourth Bowman-brand superfractor I've ever owned (no, I don't have the Pressley anymore). I'd forgotten how amazing these things are to have in hand. Might have to fool around and get more...

As always thanks for stopping by and take care :).