Buzz Break: 2023-24 Panini Haunted Hoops basketball cards

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The box: 2023-24 Panini Haunted Hoops basketball cards
Where to buy: BlowoutCards.com

Keep reading to see a breakdown and gallery of what was in this one.

Packs per box: 40
Cards per pack: 3
Cards per box: 120
Set completion: 
80 of 300 (27 percent)
Duplicates: 0

Notables on base cards – Anthony Edwards, Jalen Brunson, LaMelo Ball, Devin Booker, Bradley Beal, Russell Westbrook, Damian Lillard, Steph Curry, Chet Holmgren

Rookie Cards (19) – Victor Wembanyama, Cason Wallace, Dereck Lively II, Jordan Walsh, Sasha Vezenkov, Amen Thompson, Keyonte George, Bilal Coulibaly, Vasilije Micic, Rayan Rupert, Craig Porter Jr., Kris Murray, Julian Strawther, Kobe Brown, Marquis Nowell, Ben Sheppard, Olivier-Maxence Prosper, Amari Bailey

Insert cards: 40 (all in gallery below with some base)
Orange (24) – Notables include Luka Doncic, Jalen Brunson, Donovan Mitchell, Tyrese Haliburton, Anfernee Simons, Kristaps Porzingis, Dereck Lively II, Jordan Walsh, Sasha Vezenkov, Julian Strawther
Slime (15) – Brandon Miller, Andrew Wiggins, Draymond Green, D'Angelo Russell, Rui Hachimura, Keegan Murray, Jalen Duren, Isaiah Stewart, Kentavious Caldwell-Pope, Peyton Watson, Zach Lavine, Leonard Miller, Trayce Jackson-Davis, Tosan Evbuomwan, Markquis Nowell
Holo Webs (1) – Cam Whitmore

Autographs/Memorabilia: None in this release.

What's Buzz-worthy: I hit one of my local big-box stores and there was literally only a pair of these in the card aisle for sports -- nothing else -- so here we are for Part 1. Thankfully, this one included a Wemby, albeit off-center which is not the norm here, and some other notables or names notable to me (school ties) among the parallels, giving this a decent feel for a cheap price. ... As I noted last time, it's better than the NFL version thanks to a simpler base design that's more modern and cleanly crafted, a little less Halloween design trickery, better rookie photos and more parallels that are more mixed in here. Atop that? Wembanyama ... and the parallels mean he's in here four times for both cards he has here and if the typical box break is what it is here then you can draw up the odds on him and any other player. (Holo Candy? One in 300 boxes -- or maybe more -- since I didn't land one this time for a second time. Those singles can't be that plentiful at all even if they made a ton of this.) The set is pretty big so you'll need to rip about four boxes if the collation is perfect to land it all for just the base set. The backs are Halloween-heavy in their look but everything here feels more Hoops than it does seasonal ... yet it still is. ... Its stock, while skinny, seems more consistent than basic Hoops this year ... good finds should grade well ... and with prices on everything getting steeper all the time, well, grading helps fill some of that void for this collector. (Ripping less, grading more.) This one its simple. This one is collectable ... and you can rip into a few boxes to have some fun going through it all.

Product Grade: A (for what it is, this is super-simple and clean ... cleaner than NFL)
Box Grade: A (Wemby, Whitmore, Miller and Doncic got it there though I have had better boxes)
Fun Grade: B+

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