Buzz 8 in 8: Busting 2008 Artbox '24' Season 5 (Hour 6)

Do you like Buzz Breaks? Today's your day then as we launch 8 in 8 -- a series of a eight breaks of wax boxes and wax packs in as many hours today. We'll post one every hour ... this is Hour 6.

The box: 2008 Artbox 24 Season 5 trading cards
The cost: Will vary when found ... click here for newer non-sports boxes

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

Packs per box: 36
Cards per pack: 5
Cards in this box: 179
Base set completion: 
90 of 90 (100 percent)
Duplicates/Triplicates: 78

Notables on base cards – See gallery for a sampling.

Inserts: 9
Rare Foil Puzzle Cards (4) – See gallery
Rare Foil Cards (3) – Chloe & Bill, Miriam & Bill, Martha & Logan
Ultra-rare Foil Cards (1) – Mike & Logan
Box-toppers (1) – Jack Bauer

Autographs/Memorabilia: 2
Set-worn costume cards (1) – David Dayan Fisher as Anton Beresch's terrorist mask (/115)
Autographs (1) – Sean Astin as Lynn McGill (rare)

What's Buzz-worthy: Just 1,800 serial-numbered boxes of this one were made and I bought based on the price (around $60 max) and some of the possibilities here for hits. While I didn't know a lot of those included I did land ink from one you should know from countless roles in  The Goonies, The Lord of The Rings, Stranger Things, TMNT and, of course, Rudy for starters ... Sean Astin. He's not a tough auto to find in the big picture -- he's been in a number of sets and does show appearances -- but I'd never aimed to find one and he might be the best name for ink in this one. It felt like a win here, though, vs. some name I didn't know. Approximately 125 (or less) copies of the card were signed and it's among the rarer but not rarest finds here (those are around 50 copies per). There's no Kiefer Sutherland ink in this one but he's in the memorabilia card lineup that also includes Dennis Haysbert and Kate Mara for starters. There are also other notable signers where you'd know their face from many roles but may not know their names, too. The memorabilia card I landed is also on the rarer side of things though prop cards that fall every other box can have some far lower volumes. (Both of my hits have asking prices higher than what I paid over on eBay so I feel good about this one.) The base set is pretty simple and the inserts don't really jump out of the box at you, either, and that made this break pretty dull after landing ink early on. This was the final of five releases for the series, which ran 10 seasons. I'd probably dabble more if the price was right or there was somebody I'd want to chase in other releases ... but after this box of this series, I'd probably just grab the hits I'd want.

Product Grade: B+ (some good names among auto/mem)
Box Grade: A (Rudy!)
Fun Grade: C (not a lot of variety here beyond the hits)

What's next? Be back in an hour ...

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