Buzz Break: 2021 Topps Fire baseball cards (hobby box)

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The box: 2021 Topps Fire baseball cards (hobby box)
Checklist: Click here
Where to buy: Initially only at Target (here when available)

Keep reading for a full breakdown and gallery of what was in this one.

Packs per box: 20
Cards per pack: 6
Cards in this box: 120
Base set completion: 
101 of 200 (50 percent)
Duplicates: 0

Notables on base cards – Shohei Ohtani, Ken Griffey Jr., Cal Ripken Jr., Fernando Tatis Jr., Juan Soto, Pete Alonso, Miguel Cabrera, Andrew McCutchen, Salvador Perez, George Brett, Rickey Henderson, Vladimir Guerrero Jr., Aaron Judge, Randy Arozarena, Kris Bryant, Bryce Harper, Ichiro Suzuki, Cavan Biggio, Mariano Rivera, Greg Maddux, Chipper Jones, Max Fried, Yadier Molina, Buster Posey

Rookie Cards (36) – Notables include Alec Bohm, Jazz Chisholm, Akil Baddoo, Luis Garcia, Ke'Bryan Hayes, Jo Adell, Jonathan India, Bobby Dalbec, Deivi Garcia, Cristian Pache, Brady Singer

Insert cards: 17 (all inserts and some base in gallery below)
Flame parallels (5) – Mariano Rivera, Shane Bieber, Trevor Larnach, Taylor Trammell, Jose Altuve
Purple parallels (1) – Clarke Schmidt (/99)
Magenta parallels (1) – Max Muncy (/25)
Fired Up (2) – Luis Robert, Francisco Lindor
Flame Throwers (2) – Gerrit Cole, Tyler Glasnow
Smoke & Mirrors (2) – Max Scherzer, Blake Snell
We Have Liftoff (2) – Mike Trout, Francisco Lindor
Rookie Ignition (2) – Bobby Dalbec, Keibert Ruiz

Autographs/Memorabilia: 2
Fire Autographs (1) – Akil Baddoo
Scorching Signatures (1) – Dylan Carlson (/199)

What's Buzz-worthy: I missed ripping into this one last year and this box made up for it with an autograph that's one in 13 boxes and then a parallel that's one in 12 boxes. Throw in another parallel that's one in three boxes and this one, on just those basics, is an A+ box. Could it be topped? Yep, but you can't deny the odds on just those three boxes. The checklist for this one is heavy on RCs but not solely RCs but the autograph lineup is pretty close to all newbs -- and that can mean good results. I landed two notables for ink here, making this pretty comfortable and I don't remember pulling on-card ink in past, either, in past versions, so that big sig was a nice surprise. There are some strong rarer pulls here with multi-player autos but it appears that I otherwise pulled something from all options here other than parallel colors. The basic design here is colorful and busy -- that's the brand -- but it may be a little simpler than some other releases for this one in the past. I'm not a big fan of it but it's efficient and the overall inclusions don't feel limited in scope so the release still gets an A- from me. This is a "hobby box" as noted on the box but Fire is a Target-only release with this and blasters. If you can find this format, the autos make it the one to rip with the safest shot at a safe or big return.

Product Grade: A-
Box Grade: A+ (Carlson is one in 250 packs and numbered parallels are rare here, too)
Fun Grade: B

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