After a 11 year hiatus, Bowman Heritage made a return to the market in 2019 as an Online Exclusive product.  Its design mimics the 1953 Bowman set.

The Breakdown

2019 Bowman Heritage was the first product made available for preorder exclusively to Topps 582 Montgomery Club members.  Initially, Topps planned to make it available to the public, but it seems sales to club members were strong enough to completely sell out prior to the public offering.  

Boxes were sold for $100 per box and contained 24, ten card packs.  Each box was guaranteed to contain one autograph and 15 parallel cards. 

The checklist is divided into two groups.  Vets and Rookies are in one group, and Prospects are in the second.  118 Vets and Rookies make up the first checklist with names like Mike Trout, Pete Alonso, Juan Soto, and Vladimir Guerrero Jr. leading the way.  In addition to the base cards, Black and White parallels exist for the Vets and RCs.  Once you add in the 132 Prospects, you get a total checklist of 250 cards.  In addition to their base cards, the prospects are also available in a chrome version, and along with them the numbered parallels listed below.

The parallel options are as follows:

Black and White: 1:3 packs and full checklist is represented

Prospect Refractor /199

Prospect Blue /99

Prospect Yellow /75

Prospect Gold /50

Prospect Orange /25

Prospect Red /5

Superfractor /1

Printing Plates /1

Oops?

When Topps released the initial checklist during the presale window, collectors were quick to point out that three players, including Houston Astros phenom Yordan Alvarez were listed as RCs in the product.  This caused quite a stir in the hobby community as it was widely anticipated that 2020 Topps Series One would be the official RC for Yordan, and the thought of having an Online Exclusive with a relatively small print run owning the official RC was unthinkable.

Just as the product was scheduled to ship, Topps announced “Due to unforeseen circumstances, Bowman Heritage boxes will have a shipped delay of 3-4 weeks.”  It was widely assumed(and later confirmed) this was to pull the RC logo cards for these three players and reprint/repack the cards as prospects.  It appears however, chrome cards and parallels were not created for these three players who changed checklists.  An updated checklist later confirmed the move.  Boxes eventually began shipping during the last week of December and first week of January.

Autographs

There are 28 players in the autograph checklist made up of 24 prospects and 4 rookies.  In addition to the base autos, five levels of numbered autograph refractor parallels exist with serial numbers ranging from /99 to 1/1.  Vlad Jr., Wander Franco, Eloy Jimenez, Joey Bart, and Casey Mize are a few of the more sought after auto subjects.

Box Break

I took advantage of the opportunity to purchase two boxes.  Here’s a video of one of my box breaks!

I plan to put together a complete set for my PC, and I’ll likely list all the chrome and parallels on a combination of eBay, Sportlots, and COMC.  

I’m going to be honest.  Both boxes having a low tier auto is pretty disappointing.  If they were both Wander or something I’d be ecstatic, but not when they are both Dean Kremer.  I think I should be fairly close to a complete base set, but worst case I’ll pick up a few of the missing cards on Sportlots.

Overall, it was a fun break, but I feel like the $100 price point is a bit on the high side.  Especially for what I got in my boxes.

Checklist

Vets and Rookies

53VR-1 Mike Trout - Los Angeles Angels
53VR-2 Justin Verlander - Houston Astros
53VR-3 Chris Archer - Pittsburgh Pirates
53VR-4 Carter Kieboom - Washington Nationals RC
53VR-5 Whit Merrifield - Kansas City Royals
53VR-6 Josh Hader - Milwaukee Brewers
53VR-7 Chance Adams - New York Yankees RC
53VR-8 Yoan Moncada - Chicago White Sox
53VR-9 Zack Greinke - Houston Astros
53VR-10 Juan Soto - Washington Nationals
53VR-11 Willy Adames - Tampa Bay Rays
53VR-12 Ronald Acuña Jr. - Atlanta Braves
53VR-13 David Fletcher - Los Angeles Angels RC
53VR-14 Josh James - Houston Astros RC
53VR-15 Evan Longoria - San Francisco Giants
53VR-16 Joey Wendle - Tampa Bay Rays
53VR-17 Michael Chavis - Boston Red Sox RC
53VR-18 Ryan Helsley - St. Louis Cardinals RC
53VR-19 Jake Cave - Minnesota Twins RC
53VR-20 Kyle Freeland - Colorado Rockies
53VR-21 Jacob deGrom - New York Mets
53VR-22 Scooter Gennett - San Francisco Giants
53VR-23 Aaron Judge - New York Yankees
53VR-24 Rowdy Tellez - Toronto Blue Jays RC
53VR-25 Kolby Allard - Texas Rangers RC
53VR-26 Vladimir Guerrero Jr. - Toronto Blue Jays RC
53VR-27 DJ Stewart - Baltimore Orioles RC
53VR-28 Ryan O'Hearn - Kansas City Royals RC
53VR-29 Taylor Ward - Los Angeles Angels RC
53VR-30 Fernando Tatis Jr. - San Diego Padres RC
53VR-31 Mookie Betts - Boston Red Sox
53VR-32 Keston Hiura - Milwaukee Brewers RC
53VR-33 Jon Duplantier - Arizona Diamondbacks RC
53VR-34 Brandon Crawford - San Francisco Giants
53VR-35 Aramis Garcia - San Francisco Giants RC
53VR-36 Danny Jansen - Toronto Blue Jays RC
53VR-37 Michael Kopech - Chicago White Sox RC
53VR-38 Eddie Rosario - Minnesota Twins
53VR-39 Maikel Franco - Philadelphia Phillies
53VR-40 Cedric Mullins - Baltimore Orioles RC
53VR-41 Willians Astudillo - Minnesota Twins RC
53VR-42 Brian Anderson - Miami Marlins
53VR-43 Kevin Newman - Pittsburgh Pirates RC
53VR-44 Jose Altuve - Houston Astros
53VR-45 Ramon Laureano - Oakland Athletics RC
53VR-46 Chris Shaw - San Francisco Giants RC
53VR-47 Nick Senzel - Cincinnati Reds RC
53VR-48 Kyle Tucker - Houston Astros RC
53VR-49 Trey Mancini - Baltimore Orioles
53VR-50 Bryce Harper - Philadelphia Phillies
53VR-51 Steven Duggar - San Francisco Giants RC
53VR-52 Nicholas Castellanos - Chicago Cubs
53VR-53 Dakota Hudson - St. Louis Cardinals RC
53VR-54 Salvador Perez - Kansas City Royals
53VR-55 Mitch Keller - Pittsburgh Pirates RC
53VR-56 Jose Abreu - Chicago White Sox
53VR-57 Paul Goldschmidt - St. Louis Cardinals
53VR-58 Edwin Diaz - New York Mets
53VR-59 Cal Quantrill - San Diego Padres RC
53VR-60 Clayton Kershaw - Los Angeles Dodgers
53VR-61 Kevin Pillar - San Francisco Giants
53VR-62 Ronald Guzman - Texas Rangers
53VR-63 Amed Rosario - New York Mets
53VR-64 Mychal Givens - Baltimore Orioles
53VR-65 Marcus Stroman - New York Mets
53VR-66 Ryan Borucki - Toronto Blue Jays RC
53VR-67 J.T. Realmuto - Philadelphia Phillies
53VR-68 Rougned Odor - Texas Rangers
53VR-69 Francisco Arcia - New York Yankees RC
53VR-70 Eric Hosmer - San Diego Padres
53VR-71 J.D. Martinez - Boston Red Sox
53VR-72 Dawel Lugo - Detroit Tigers RC
53VR-73 Christin Stewart - Detroit Tigers RC
53VR-74 Starling Marte - Pittsburgh Pirates
53VR-75 Max Scherzer - Washington Nationals
53VR-76 Peter Lambert - Colorado Rockies RC
53VR-77 Griffin Canning - Los Angeles Angels RC
53VR-78 Luis Urias - San Diego Padres RC
53VR-79 Brad Keller - Kansas City Royals RC
53VR-80 Ozzie Albies - Atlanta Braves
53VR-81 Sean Reid-Foley - Toronto Blue Jays RC
53VR-82 Justus Sheffield - Seattle Mariners RC
53VR-83 Bryse Wilson - Atlanta Braves RC
53VR-84 Luis Guillorme - New York Mets RC
53VR-85 Matt Chapman - Oakland Athletics
53VR-86 Enyel De Los Santos - Philadelphia Phillies RC
53VR-87 Matt Carpenter - St. Louis Cardinals
53VR-88 Touki Toussaint - Atlanta Braves RC
53VR-89 Jose Ramirez - Cleveland Indians
53VR-90 Jeff McNeil - New York Mets RC
53VR-91 Andrew Knizner - St. Louis Cardinals RC
53VR-92 Shohei Ohtani - Los Angeles Angels
53VR-93 Anthony Rizzo - Chicago Cubs
53VR-94 Eloy Jimenez - Chicago White Sox RC
53VR-95 Mitch Haniger - Seattle Mariners
53VR-96 Adolis Garcia - St. Louis Cardinals RC
53VR-97 Giancarlo Stanton - New York Yankees
53VR-98 Khris Davis - Oakland Athletics
53VR-99 Miguel Cabrera - Detroit Tigers
53VR-100 Christian Yelich - Milwaukee Brewers
53VR-101 Cody Bellinger - Los Angeles Dodgers
53VR-102 Brandon Lowe - Tampa Bay Rays RC
53VR-103 Kevin Kramer - Pittsburgh Pirates RC
53VR-104 Jose Berrios - Minnesota Twins
53VR-105 Jake Bauers - Cleveland Indians RC
53VR-106 Francisco Lindor - Cleveland Indians
53VR-107 Will Smith - Los Angeles Dodgers RC
53VR-108 Corbin Burnes - Milwaukee Brewers RC
53VR-109 Kyle Wright - Atlanta Braves RC
53VR-110 Chris Paddack - San Diego Padres RC
53VR-111 Wil Myers - San Diego Padres
53VR-112 Nolan Arenado - Colorado Rockies
53VR-113 Jonathan Loaisiga - New York Yankees RC
53VR-114 Eugenio Suarez - Cincinnati Reds
53VR-115 Yadier Molina - St. Louis Cardinals
53VR-116 Kris Bryant - Chicago Cubs
53VR-117 Aaron Nola - Philadelphia Phillies
53VR-118 Pete Alonso - New York Mets RC

Prospects

53P-1 Wander Franco - Tampa Bay Rays
53P-2 Blake Rutherford - Chicago White Sox
53P-3 Heliot Ramos - San Francisco Giants
53P-4 Beau Burrows - Detroit Tigers
53P-5 Ronny Mauricio - New York Mets
53P-6 Drew Waters - Atlanta Braves

53P-7 Matt Mercer - Arizona Diamondbacks
53P-8 Brewer Hicklen - Kansas City Royals
53P-9 Ryan Vilade - Colorado Rockies
53P-10 Chad Spanberger - Toronto Blue Jays
53P-11 Dylan Cease - Chicago White Sox
53P-12 Edward Cabrera - Miami Marlins
53P-13 Jordyn Adams - Los Angeles Angels
53P-14 Austin Beck - Oakland Athletics
53P-15 Alex Faedo - Detroit Tigers
53P-16 Domingo Acevedo - New York Yankees
53P-17 Matt Manning - Detroit Tigers
53P-18 Julio Rodriguez - Seattle Mariners
53P-19 Reggie Lawson - San Diego Padres
53P-20 Anthony Seigler - New York Yankees
53P-21 Jose de la Cruz - Detroit Tigers
53P-22 MJ Melendez - Kansas City Royals
53P-23 Alex Kirilloff - Minnesota Twins
53P-24 Adonis Medina - Philadelphia Phillies
53P-25 Victor Mesa Jr. - Miami Marlins
53P-26 Sixto Sanchez - Miami Marlins
53P-27 William Contreras - Atlanta Braves
53P-28 Hunter Greene - Cincinnati Reds
53P-29 Noelvi Marte - Seattle Mariners
53P-30 Orelvis Martinez - Toronto Blue Jays
53P-31 Adam Haseley - Philadelphia Phillies
53P-32 Travis Swaggerty - Pittsburgh Pirates
53P-33 Seth Beer - Arizona Diamondbacks
53P-34 Brendan Rodgers - Colorado Rockies
53P-35 Jarred Kelenic - Seattle Mariners
53P-36 Nick Madrigal - Chicago White Sox
53P-37 Julio Pablo Martinez - Texas Rangers
53P-38 Kevin Smith - Toronto Blue Jays
53P-39 Taylor Trammell - San Diego Padres
53P-40 Taylor Widener - Arizona Diamondbacks
53P-41 Ryan McKenna - Baltimore Orioles
53P-42 Brandon Marsh - Los Angeles Angels
53P-43 Franklyn Kilome - New York Mets
53P-44 Lyon Richardson - Cincinnati Reds
53P-45 DJ Peters - Los Angeles Dodgers
53P-46 Royce Lewis - Minnesota Twins
53P-47 Gavin Lux - Los Angeles Dodgers
53P-48 Colton Welker - Colorado Rockies
53P-49 Alec Bohm - Philadelphia Phillies
53P-50 Luis Robert - Chicago White Sox
53P-51 Ryan Mountcastle - Baltimore Orioles
53P-52 Brent Rooker - Minnesota Twins
53P-53 Brent Honeywell - Tampa Bay Rays
53P-54 Nick Neidert - Miami Marlins
53P-55 Daniel Johnson - Cleveland Indians
53P-56 Derian Cruz - Atlanta Braves
53P-57 Aramis Ademan - Chicago Cubs
53P-58 Joey Wentz - Detroit Tigers
53P-59 Anthony Kay - Toronto Blue Jays
53P-60 Nate Pearson - Toronto Blue Jays
53P-61 Ian Anderson - Atlanta Braves
53P-62 Forrest Whitley - Houston Astros
53P-63 Cole Ragans - Texas Rangers
53P-64 Ronaldo Hernandez - Tampa Bay Rays
53P-65 Jeter Downs - Los Angeles Dodgers
53P-66 Sandro Fabian - San Francisco Giants
53P-67 Cristian Santana - Los Angeles Dodgers
53P-68 Keibert Ruiz - Los Angeles Dodgers
53P-69 Ke'Bryan Hayes - Pittsburgh Pirates
53P-70 Cristian Pache - Atlanta Braves
53P-71 Joey Bart - San Francisco Giants
53P-72 Cole Winn - Texas Rangers
53P-73 Jonathan India - Cincinnati Reds
53P-74 Ryan Weathers - San Diego Padres
53P-75 Luken Baker - St. Louis Cardinals
53P-76 Justin Dunn - Seattle Mariners
53P-77 Nolan Gorman - St. Louis Cardinals
53P-78 Bo Bichette - Toronto Blue Jays
53P-79 Esteury Ruiz - San Diego Padres
53P-80 Genesis Cabrera - St. Louis Cardinals
53P-81 Sean Murphy - Oakland Athletics
53P-82 Ryan Costello - Minnesota Twins
53P-83 Freudis Nova - Houston Astros
53P-84 Albert Abreu - New York Yankees
53P-85 Jazz Chisholm - Miami Marlins
53P-86 Logan Webb - San Francisco Giants
53P-87 Shane Baz - Tampa Bay Rays
53P-88 Marco Luciano - San Francisco Giants
53P-89 Nico Hoerner - Chicago Cubs
53P-90 A.J. Puk - Oakland Athletics
53P-91 Jesus Sanchez - Miami Marlins
53P-92 Cole Tucker - Pittsburgh Pirates
53P-93 Blaze Alexander - Arizona Diamondbacks
53P-94 Triston McKenzie - Cleveland Indians
53P-95 Franklin Perez - Detroit Tigers
53P-96 Jonathan Hernandez - Texas Rangers
53P-97 Rylan Bannon - Baltimore Orioles
53P-98 Andres Gimenez - New York Mets
53P-99 Keegan Thompson - Chicago Cubs
53P-100 Jo Adell - Los Angeles Angels
53P-101 Evan White - Seattle Mariners
53P-102 Dustin May - Los Angeles Dodgers
53P-103 Daz Cameron - Detroit Tigers
53P-104 Brady Singer - Kansas City Royals
53P-105 Victor Victor Mesa - Miami Marlins
53P-106 Ethan Hankins - Cleveland Indians
53P-107 Yusniel Diaz - Baltimore Orioles
53P-108 Brock Burke - Texas Rangers
53P-109 Bryan Mata - Boston Red Sox
53P-110 Luis Garcia - Washington Nationals
53P-111 Matthew Liberatore - Tampa Bay Rays
53P-112 Adrian Morejon - San Diego Padres
53P-113 DL Hall - Baltimore Orioles
53P-114 Cristian Javier - Houston Astros
53P-115 Michel Baez - San Diego Padres
53P-116 Roberto Ramos - Colorado Rockies
53P-117 Dane Dunning - Chicago White Sox
53P-118 Jesus Luzardo - Oakland Athletics
53P-119 MacKenzie Gore - San Diego Padres
53P-120 Brendan McKay - Tampa Bay Rays
53P-121 Leody Taveras - Texas Rangers
53P-122 JoJo Romero - Philadelphia Phillies

53P-123 Tirso Ornelas - San Diego Padres
53P-124 Jay Groome - Boston Red Sox
53P-125 Estevan Florial - New York Yankees
53P-126 Brusdar Graterol - Minnesota Twins
53P-127 Miguel Amaya - Chicago Cubs
53P-128 Corey Ray - Milwaukee Brewers
53P-129 Casey Mize - Detroit Tigers
53P-130 Yordan Alvarez - Houston Astros
53P-131 Logan Allen - Cleveland Indians
53P-132 Zack Collins - Chicago White Sox