Buzz Break: 2023 Topps Stadium Club MLB cards (blaster box)

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The box: 2023 Topps Stadium Club baseball cards (blaster)
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Keep reading for a full breakdown and gallery of highlights from this box.

Packs per box: 8 (plus one box-topper card)
Cards per pack: 5
Cards in this box: 41
Base set completion: 
32 of 300 (11 percent)
Duplicates: 0

Notables on base cards – Yogi Berra, Dennis Eckersley, Ozzie Smith, Alex Rodriguez, Barry Larkin, Ronald Acuña Jr., Bo Jackson, Mark McGwire (with Will Clark), Rogers Hornsby, Wade Boggs

RC logo cards (8) – Adley Rutschman, Hunter Brown, Nolan Gorman, Javier Assad, Hayden Wesneski, Tyler Freeman, Triston Casas, Vinnie Pasquantino

Insert cards: 9 (all inserts and some base in gallery below)
Black parallel (1) – Tim Anderson
Sepia parallel (1) – Javier Baez
Red parallel (3) – Larry Walker, Michael Grove, Byron Buxton
Virtuosos of Velocity (1) – Christian Yelich
Chief Fantasy Professionals (1) – Juan Soto
Beam Team (1) – Cal Ripken Jr.
Master Photo (1) – Vladimir Guerrero Jr. (box-topper)

Autographs/Memorabilia: None

What's Buzz-worthy: This is one of my go-to brands and this third blaster after its recent arrival was perhaps not as strong as my others with one fewer inserts, some of the same base quad some lesser names among the parallels in terms of value. The Rutschman RC is a nice find, though, to go with my Gunnar Henderson from my first and some better names were among the inserts to keep this one OK but not great. (Getting a number of the same stars a last time hurt the fun factor here for me.) ... I think this one's mix of past and present players always helps make it one of the best releases for a baseball collector year in and year out with this set packed with everything. Plus, The Club added a new "compact box" to its lineup which includes ink every time and I think the smaller formats here might be better than full hobby boxes unless you only want autos. I'll offer up more thoughts on this one with my future boxes ... I suspect there will be some as this might be among the better affordable brands Topps did last year. The card world needs a lot more releases like this one.

Product Grade: A-
Box Grade: B+
Fun Grade: B

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