Buzz Break: 2022 Topps Update baseball cards (blaster box)

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The box: 2022 Topps Update baseball cards (blaster)
Where to buy: BlowoutCards.com (for hobby)
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Keep reading for a full breakdown and gallery of what was in this one.

Packs per box: 7
Cards per pack: 14
Cards per box: 99
Base set completion: 
84 of 330 (25 percent)
Duplicates: 0

Notables on base cards – Albert Pujols, Shohei Ohtani, Mike Trout, Kyle Schwarber, Juan Soto, Aaron Judge, Kris Bryant, Freddie Freeman

RC logo cards (29) – Notables include Bobby Witt Jr., Hunter Greene, Royce Lewis, Spencer Torkelson, Reid Detmers, Seiya Suzuki, Steven Kwan, George Kirby and others ... see them all in the gallery

Insert/short-print cards: 15 (all in gallery below with some base)
Green Rainbow Foil (1) – Jose Trevino (/499)
Rainbow Foil parallel (1) – Royce Lewis
Chrome Stars of MLB (1) – Javier Baez
Stars of MLB (7) – Anthony Rizzo, Spencer Torkelson, Tim Anderson, Kyle Tucker, Reid Detmers, Vidal Brujan, Yu Darvish
1987 Topps (2) – Vladimir Guerrero Jr., Ryan Mountcastle
All-Stars (3) – Shohei Ohtani, Bryce Harper, Nestor Cortes
Generation Now (1) – Heliot Ramos
Paragons of the Postseason (1) – Lou Brock
Commemorative Batting Helmet Medallion (1) – Royce Lewis

Autographs/Memorabilia: None

What's Buzz-worthy: I grabbed one of these stragglers out in the retail wild and got a good taste of why there's interest here for sure as this one is loaded with newcomers and good names ... but nothing truly big this time. For the price, though, the variety and star power is nice. This one beat the odds with the Green -- one in 58 packs -- and a couple others that are a little rarer than one per blaster but nothing dramatic. ... As I noted last time, there's a lot to chase here but I'll say that after delays and with a lot of stuff arriving after the MLB season was over, my interest was dampened by either price points or long odds. In this case, it's a smidge of both of those as these blasters are also among the $25 club ... though with so many other high-end hit-less releases/packs priced even higher it's perhaps a better buy than some releases even in blasters or hobby boxes. Why? Potential for something for nothing. Hobby boxes are the homes of guaranteed hits and more --- jumbos with guaranteed ink -- and that's safer but a good checklist for an update set has been powerful for a long time even in bad years of the past. ... These packs are a little unpredictable with some delivering two inserts and some  delivering more -- and the super-girthy medallion cards here make that pack obscenely double the size of others. That makes that one alone an interesting thought. ... The set does have a good assortment of rookies -- and I like the dual-rookie cards here a lot though names here seemed more obscure -- and the inserts aren't bad, either. I think I just need to rip a larger-format box to get a better feel for things ... but we'll see.

Product Grade: A- 
Box Grade: B+ (good mix this time saved by some volume ... just nothing truly big)
Fun Grade: B (manufactured relic is better than first series but still not that interesting)

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