Buzz Break: 2024 Topps Series 1 baseball cards (hanger)

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The box: 2024 Topps Series 1 baseball cards (hanger)
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Keep reading for a full breakdown and gallery of what was in this one.

Packs per box: 1
Cards per pack: 59
Base set completion: 
49 of 350 (14 percent)
Duplicates: 0

Notables on base cards – Aaron Judge, Anthony Rizzo, Gleyber Torres, Braves team, Bobby Miller, Seiya Suzuki, Fernando Tatis Jr., Andrew Vaughn

RC logo cards (9) – Elly de la Cruz, Andrew Abbott, Marco Luciano, Ronny Mauricio, Brendan White, Keaton Winn, Davis Schneider, Chris Murphy, Endy Rodriguez

Insert/short-print cards: 10 (all in gallery below with some base)
Holofoil parallel (1) – Joey Meneses
Yellow parallel (2) – Jose Ferrer, Nathan Eovaldi
Celebration of The Kid (1) – Ken Griffey Jr.
1989 Topps (1) – Mark McGwire
2023 Greatest Hits (1) – Christopher Morel
Stars Of MLB (4) – Bobby Witt Jr., Corey Seager, Riley Greene, Christian Encarnacion-Strand

 Autographs/Memorabilia: None

What's Buzz-worthy: My third rip of this release this year is perhaps the most-standard break of the bunch but this is also my third time landing a RC for Elly de la Cruz, which is one of the best young names to land. But with plenty made that would have been a lot better if it were some type of parallel ... but, for a cheap box, I'll take it. The highlight here is the simplicity of touches in the base set, which is printed with a foil effect that makes the neon highlights here pop -- it's like it's on foilboard but not for the whole image like those parallels (you can't see it in these images) -- and the printing here is crisp and sharp, arguably cleaner than flagship sets have been in a while. Those black corners will still be hit and miss for grading but everything else here looks sharp. I think examining how inserts and parallels are spread out -- and adding more where it would help -- needs an immediate look, though, as this arguably delivered better than a hobby box did for dollars vs. inclusions. More, more, more is needed in all formats here -- and this one shows how some exclusives really help the variety and make a rip of a basic flagship release a lot more fun.

Product Grade: A (improved overall vs. last few years)
Box Grade: B+ (solid little box on the cheap ... but wasn't as good as my first hanger)
Fun Grade: B+

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