Buzz Break: 2024 Topps Update baseball cards (blaster)

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The box: 2024 Topps Update baseball cards (blaster)
First Buzz preview & checklist/odds: Click here
Where to buy: BlowoutCards.com (hobby & jumbo)

Keep reading for a full breakdown and gallery of what was in this one.

Packs per box: 7
Cards per pack: 12
Cards per box: 88
Base set completion: 
67 of 350 (19 percent)
Duplicates: 0

Notables on base cards – Paul Skenes, Jackson Merrill, Fernando Tatis Jr., Josh Gibson, Mookie Betts ... another rough lineup for this part beyond combo cards.

RC logo cards (24) – Notables include Paul Skenes, Jackson Merrill, Jasson Dominguez, Wyatt Langford, Shota Imanaga  ... see all in gallery.

Insert/short-print cards: 21 (all in gallery below with some base)
Holiday parallel (2) – Juan Soto, Joe Ross
Holiday Jack O' Lantern parallel (1) – Vidal Brujan
Rainbow Foil parallel (1) – Steven Matz
Green Crackle Foil parallel (1) – Joey Bart (/499)
Gold parallel (1) – Blake Treinen (/2,024)
All-Star Game (3) – Bryce Harper, Brian Reynolds, Christian Yelich
1989 Topps (2) – Jackson Holliday, Matt Chapman
Stars Of MLB (7) – Wyatt Langford, Jung Hoo Lee, A.J. Smith-Shawver, Adley Rutschman, Justin Verlander, Spencer Torkelson, Oneil Cruz
Chrome Stars Of MLB (1) – Jackson Holliday
Let Him Cook (1) – Juan Soto
Mystical (1) – Shohei Ohtani

Autographs/Memorabilia: None

What's Buzz-worthy: My second one of these was a winner on the insert front as well as with the rookies and that makes it a winning box, despite non-rookie base stuff being not strong at all. The odds for the numbered parallels are higher than one per box as well as a couple of the inserts here but it's ultimately going to be the young stars and sone veterans here that are strong -- Holliday Othani, Soto and rookies. ... Will I open more? Maybe. The bigger formats seem to be delivering well at times for sure ... but there's also a lot of postseason MLB arrivals to compete with this. Plenty is made (based on the odds) and plenty are ripping but unless I get a madness for Mysticals I'm not sure I'm even going to do a big box. We'll see. This one wasn't damaged like my last one -- so it might make for an oddball novelty slab as, well, that's an oddball novelty set. Generally, I was left with a better impression after ripping for this one than Series 2. I've seen better, I've seen worse ... but there's a lot to find here if you're chasing some of the newcomers.

Product Grade: A
Box Grade: A (good names among inserts with the numbered parallels being rarer but not that big)
Fun Grade: A-

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