Buzz Break: 2021 Topps Allen & Ginter MLB cards (blaster)

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The box: 2021 Topps Allen & Ginter baseball cards (hobby box)
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Keep reading for a full breakdown and gallery of what was in this one.

Packs per box: 8
Cards per pack: 6
Cards in this box: 48
Base set completion: 
27 of 300 (9 percent)
Duplicates: 0

Notables on base cards – Jose Andres, Roy Campanella, Andre Dawson, Bob Gibson, Joe Morgan, Steve Carlson, Bobby Moynihan, Jim Koch, David Ortiz

Rookie Cards (8) – Joey Bart, Luis Garcia, James Kaprielian, Brailyn Marquez, Jake Cronenworth, Spencer Howard, Andres Gimenez, Victor Gonzalez

Insert cards: 21 (all in gallery below with some base)
Short-prints (Nos. 351-400) (4) – Fred McGriff, Derrek Lee, Aroldis Chapman, Zach Plesac
Mini parallel (3) – David Ortiz, Orlando Cepeda, Josh Naylor
Mini short-print parallel (1) – Yogi Berra
Allen & Ginter Back parallel (1) – Ronald Acuña Jr.
Mini Black parallel (1) – Carlos Martinez
Rookie Design Variation (1) – Sixto Sanchez
Good For You (1) – Tomatoes
Far Far Away (1) – Proxima B
T51 Murad Reimagined (2) – Mike Trout, Manny Machado
Birds of a Feather (1) – Sun Conure
Arboreal Appreciation (1) – Red Maple
Deep Sea Shiver (2) – Mako Shark, Caribbean Reef Shark
Historical Hits (2) – Jim Thome, David Freese

Autographs/Memorabilia: None

What's Buzz-worthy: I opened a hobby box of this one rather than a Ginter X but am still feeling the sting there so it will wait for another day. Blasters? A little more palatable if they aren't wowsers. ... This box? Well, it isn't all that different than a couple I have opened so that's not a bad thing here -- rarer cards here are a mini SP and then one of the other mini inserts that's one in 50 packs (and I seem to find them in every blaster I open). The Rookie Card volume here was up quite a bit vs. others I have opened so that's good and I landed a couple of names I liked, too. Is there a "big" card here? Perhaps not but I didn't think this box was extremely lacking. ... As I said last time, this one is a master set collector brand with enough weird stuff that it can deliver big -- and all the minis can have some deceiving value as well -- but I think buying more than just one hobby box or blaster is the key. The big box will pay for a few while others might not. If you've been in on the brand you know this feeling -- it may not have as many "big" autos as some years but it's still on par with the Ginter legacy and that means there's a lot of unique stuff here that will likely not ever be done again. If you like this one, do some volume in either format -- a good box could pay for it all while a lesser box may have other stuff to take some of that sting away.

Product Grade: B+
Box Grade: B (two rarer minis here ... otherwise average)
Fun Grade: B

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