Buzz Break: 2025 Topps Series 1 baseball cards (hanger)

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The box: 2025 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: 
51 of 350 (15 percent)
Duplicates: 0

Notables on base cards – Ronald Acuña Jr., Corey Seager, Elly De La Cruz, Freddie Freeman, Corbin Carroll, Rafael Devers, Shota Imanaga, Shohei Ohtani, Jose Ramirez

RC logo cards (7) – Coby Mayo, Jacob Wilson, Angel Martinez, Shay Whitcomb, Yilber Diaz, River Ryan, Carlos Rodriguez

Insert/short-print cards: 8 (all in gallery below with some base)
Training Grounds (1) – Matt Chapman
Diamante parallel (2) – Nacho Alvarez Jr., Lane Thomas
1990 Topps (1) – Nacho Alvarez Jr.
Stars Of MLB (4) – Gunnar Henderson, Julio Rodriguez, Brooks Lee, Rafael Devers

Autographs/Memorabilia: None

What's Buzz-worthy: A new year is here and since basically there's only one MLB set so far this year, here's one more hanger box of this one. It was relatively standard -- almost average -- but since there are a few notable names it checks in higher than that. Oddly, some names keep popping up in S1 packs for me -- Nacho Alvarez Jr. is one of them and he's among the eight inserts here twice. Lane Thomas also has shown up for me a few times as have others here -- and I've not opened a boatload of these. ... As I noted before, the foilboard effect is back on every single card but instead of going dark on the borders it's a mash-up of 1982, 1984 and 2019 with a light modern look this time around. Does it work? Yes. ... The new Diamante parallels bring some funk -- they're different and I don't mind them -- but the lineup of what's in these packs is ultimately the same as last year with the Stars Of MLB cards once again carrying more retail weight -- so it definitely still needs more variety in this format. ... The 1990 cards are the home to some good ink and some rarer chases -- some Frank Thomas NNOF homages that are tough -- but I opted for the smaller format where that stuff is less likely to be found. If you like what you see, rip into jumbo for your best results with a guaranteed autograph and Relic and maybe more.

Product Grade: A-
Box Grade: B-
Fun Grade: B- (still needs more variety here on a pack-to-pack basis ... and collation may be repetitive)

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