Buzz Break: 2021 Topps U.S. Olympic Team & Hopefuls (blaster)

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The box: 2021 Topps U.S. Olympic Team & Hopefuls cards (hobby box)
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Keep reading to see a full breakdown and gallery of highlights for what was in this one.

Packs per box: 5
Cards per pack: 5
Cards in this box: 25
Set completion: 
19 of 76 (25 percent)
Duplicates: 1

Base cards – Alex Morgan, J'Den Cox, Lilly King, Simone Manuel, Steele Johnson, Kathleen Baker, Jessica Beard, Bryce Hoppel, DeAnna Price, Wil London III, Carissa Moore, Robbie Hummel, Daryl Homer, Christopher Blevins, Sakura Kokumai, Carlin Isles, Katherine Nye, Kim Rhode, Nyjah Houston (2)

Inserts & short-prints: 5 (see entire box in gallery)
Bronze parallels (1) – Cat Osterman
Silver parallels (1) – Jordan Burroughs
U.S. Olympic Heroes (1) – Alex Morgan
For Pride & Country (1) – Jordan Burroughs
New To The Games! (1) – Haylie McCleney

Autographs/Memorabilia: None

What's Buzz-worthy: My second one of these isn't all that flashy so I don't have a lot more to say here vs. last time. It's a small box with long odds on hits, so you're far better off to go for a hobby box unless your only goal is set-building. (And that's far more of a sure thing ripping a hobby box.) As noted last time, this one was originally slated to arrive last year -- hence the year on the box to match the original event year  -- but with the Olympics cancelled the cardboard waited. The checklist is perhaps a little smaller than other past releases and the list does not include any women's gymnasts or men's basketball stars so a few things could have been in play here beyond it having been shelved and then revived. You can find autos and other inclusions here but at long odds considering there are only five packs per box (at least the blaster boxes are $10 SRP) -- autos start at one in 152 while Relics start at one in 116. You get ink every time in hobby boxes.

Product Grade: B+
Box Grade: B (good names among the inserts helped)
Fun Grade: C+ (buy hobby for guaranteed hits and more volume ... blasters are tiny)

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