Buzz 12 in 12: Busting a 2018 Topps Series 1 blaster box (Hour 6)

Do you like Buzz Breaks? Today's your day then as we launch 12 in 12 -- a series of a dozen breaks of past wax boxes and wax packs in a dozen hours. We'll post one every hour on the hour all day long today ... this is Hour 6.

The box: 2018 Topps Series 1 baseball cards (blaster)
The cost: Click here

What's inside this one? Keep reading ...

Packs per box: 11 (10 standard and one manufactured Relic pack)
Cards per pack: 10
Cards in this box: 101
Base set completion: 
76 of 350 (22 percent)
Duplicates: 0

Notables on base cards – Cody Bellinger, Aaron Judge, Michael Conforto, Manny Machado, Rizzarper (Anthony Rizzo and Bryce Harper), Alex Bregman, Nolan Arenado

Rookie Cards (11) – Victor Robles, Amed Rosario, Alex Verdugo, Willie Calhoun, Francisco Mejia, Lucas Sims, Aaron Slegers, Harrison Bader, Max Fried, Greg Allen, Dillon Peters

Insert/short-print cards: 25 (all in gallery below with a few base of note)
Superstar Sensations (2) – Yu Darvish, Miguel Sano
Rainbow Foil parallel (1) – Jay Bruce
1983 Topps (2) – Ryan McMahon, Clint Frazier
1983 Topps Blue (1) – George Springer
MLB Awards (1) – Mike Moustakas
Salute (3) – J.P. Crawford, Miguel Andujar, Tyler Mahle
Kris Bryant Highlights (3) – 2015 Home Run Derby, First Walk-off Home Run, First Career Grand Slam
Kris Bryant Highlights Blue (1) – Hits Two Home Runs
Legends in the Making (2) – Buster Posey, Carlos Correa
Legends in the Making Blue (1) – Buster Posey
Legends in the Making Black (1) – Manny Machado
Opening Day (5) – Kris Bryant, Yoan Moncada, Joey Votto, Francisco Lindor, Andrew Benintendi
Opening Day Blue (1) – Josh Donaldson
MLB Players Weekend Patch (1) – "The Machine" Albert Pujols

Autographs/Memorabilia: None

What's Buzz-worthy: We previously busted a hobby box here, so check that out if you want to see more on this one. These retail boxes seem to have a lot more variety in the inserts — or at least a few of the retail-only inserts that feel quite different than the rest vs. what's found in hobby -- and this particular box included a few colored parallels of retail-only inserts and a much-rarer but not numbered Blue 1983 that's one in every 203 packs. This box seemed a little dull but that and the other parallels that aren't found in every box helped out the grade in my mind. There also weren't some bad names found among the Rookie Cards, base and inserts here that should help returns here in the short-term if flipping. If you’re on the fence about the different design for the flagship this year — I think it might look better with a narrow border, myself — then try a blaster box. You might like it better than you expect. I actually did. Autographed versions of the Players Weekend cards are one of the possibilities here (one in 748 boxes), while there also are autographs of the retail-only inserts with long odds there, too.

Product Grade: A-
Box Grade: A-
Fun Grade: A

What's next? Be back in an hour ...

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