Buzz Break: 2025-26 Topps basketball cards (blaster)

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The box: 2025-26 Topps basketball cards (blaster)
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Keep reading for a full breakdown and gallery of images in this one.

Cards per pack: 12
Packs per box: 7
Cards per box: 84
Set completion: 69 of 300 (23 percent)
Duplicates: 0

Notables on base cards – Victor Wembanyama, Anthony Edwards, James Harden, Kevin Durant, LaMelo Ball, Tyrese Haliburton, Jaren Jackson Jr., Joel Embiid, Shaquille O'Neal, Kevin Garnett, Dwyane Wade, Dirk Nowitzki

Rookie Cards (8) – Asa Newell, Rasheer Fleming, Walter Clayton Jr., Tyrese Proctor, Yang Hansen, Tre Johnson III, Kam Jones, Nolan Traore, Jeremiah Fears, Danny Wolf, Hugo Gonzalez, Noa Essengue

Inserts/short-prints: 15 (all in gallery below with some base)
8-Bit Ballers (2) – Anthony Davis, Trae Young
Power Players (2) – Anthony Davis, Pascal Siakam
Generation Now (2) – Kon Knueppel, Kasparas Jakucionis
1980-81 Topps (4) – Asa Newell, Chaz Lanier, Cedric Howard, Grant Williams
Foilboard parallels (1) – Ryan Kalkbrenner
Season Tip-off parallels (4) – Nikola Vucevic, Keyonte George, Ausar Thompson, Nicolas Batum

Autographs/Memorabilia: None

What's Buzz-worthy: The larger format enticed me ... and then it really didn't deliver beyond more base stars (particularly retirees) and a lot more inserts that really aren't my thing. My rookie presence here? I'll let you decide ... ultimately the only card that stood out to me was the Knueppel from an insert set that I didn't like years ago in MLB, let alone on a reboot in NBA. So ... to me, merely an NBA dabbler here, this box just wasn't all that impressive. I think I'd stick to hangers for this one -- hit and miss but the Diamante parallels at least add more visual variety -- as this just felt like more of base and more of somewhat bland foilboard sets. This will probably be my last break for this release until things hit the slasher bin -- if they do at all. For more thoughts here, check out my other breaks ... I did a few and have a couple of nicer finds from hangers.

Product Grade: B+ (big stuff in this one ... but long odds and a lot made)
Box Grade: C (good names in base, a few highlights in inserts but nothing here at all A-level in my mind)
Fun Grade: C (this box just felt boring despite the stars on base)

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