Buzz Break: 2020 Topps Chrome National Baseball Card Day hanger box
This entry was posted on August 8, 2020
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The box: 2020 Topps Chrome National Baseball Card Day hanger box
First Buzz preview & checklist: Click here
Where to buy: Click here (a few formats)
Keep reading for a full breakdown and gallery of what was in this one.
Packs per box: 6 (five Chrome packs plus one Topps Gallery preview pack)
Cards per pack: 4 in Chrome, 5 in Gallery
Cards in this box: 25
Base set completion:
14 of 200 (7 percent)
Duplicates: 0
Base cards – Cody Bellinger, Francisco Lindor, Michael Conforto, Max Kepler, Carter Kieboom, John Means, Scott Kingery, Mitch Haniger, Brandon Belt
Rookie Cards (5) – Kyle Lewis, Gavin Lux, Tony Gonsolin, Mauricio Dubon, Seth Brown
Insert cards: 11 (everything from box in gallery below)
Refractors (2) – Ronald Acuña Jr., Jack Flaherty
Prism Refractors (1) – Kyle Lewis
1985 Topps Refractors (2) – Kyle Lewis, Mike Trout
1985 Topps Red Refractors (1) – Jesus Luzardo (/5) (One in 68,960 packs.)
2020 Topps Gallery Preview (5) – Mike Trout, Ronald Acuña Jr., Fernando Tatis Jr., Cody Bellinger, Yordan Alvarez
Autographs/Memorabilia: None
What's Buzz-worthy: Absolute insanity ... Three Lewis appearances and one of those packs had the Prism Refractor and the Luzardo inside -- that card is found one in 68,960 packs. The only parallel rarer? A Superfractor and only two of the autographed parallels of those cards are rarer pulls. To top that off? Acuña and Trout showings in the inserts as well as a loaded preview pack in these boxes made for a retail draw for National Baseball Card Day, which is today. (You can land event-specific cards at participating hobby shops today.) Chrome is a huge draw this year -- people are clearing retail shelves despite odds that aren't always the friendliest -- because there are a number of key RCs and other inclusions here that are making for some nice finds. If you want higher volume and guaranteed ink, though, you'll have to hit hobby and jumbo boxes -- check out the links above for those.
Product Grade: A+
Box Grade: A++ (yep, it's better than an A+ box this time)
Fun Grade: A
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