Zac Gallen
Buzz Buys (Aug.): Boys of Summer, old stuff, Shotzi & some TLC
Here's this month's roundup of items that have recently caught my eye as a buyer ...
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PARALLEL POWER?
The Card: National League Wins Leaders (Spencer Strider, Zac Gallen, Justin Steele) 2024 Topps True Photo variant & Gold Foil parallel
The Price: About $11 total
Why it’s Buzz-worthy: The concept of this one is simple and it's striking -- knock off the border of a base card completely, using just its photo -- and I think it works. But there's also one thing here that's striking -- and not in the best way. These are arguably too rare to make that big of an impact with me and I think perhaps other collectors who might not bother to grab their players or even think about a team set or full set. How rare? They are one in 677 hobby packs and I'm confident they'd be more popular if people could reasonably collect a team run or set. Why? Because they're something dramatically different and you can compare the regular card and this version side by side. I also grabbed a Gold Foil parallel for this one this time after I bit on the variant ... just to say I had one. Even paying $10 for this was a stretch for me ... and those odds and that price might say that these aren't as popular as they could/should be. These are one in basically every third hobby case.
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Buzz Break: 2024 Topps Heritage baseball cards (blaster)
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The box: 2024 Topps Heritage baseball cards (blaster)
Where to buy: BlowoutCards.com (for a couple formats)
First Buzz preview, odds & checklist: Click hereKeep reading for a full breakdown and gallery for what was found in this one.
Buzz Break: 2020 Topps Heritage High Number (hobby box)
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The box: 2020 Topps Heritage High Number baseball cards (hobby box)
Where to buy: BlowoutCards.com
First Buzz preview, SPs & checklist: Click hereKeep reading for a full breakdown and gallery of what was in this one.
Buzz Break: 2023 Topps Heritage baseball cards (blaster box)
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The box: 2023 Topps Heritage baseball cards (blaster)
Where to buy: BlowoutCards.com (for hobby)
First Buzz preview & checklist: Click hereKeep reading for a full breakdown and gallery for what was found in this one.
Buzz Break: 2021 Topps Allen & Ginter MLB cards (blaster)
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The box: 2021 Topps Allen & Ginter baseball cards (hobby box)
First Buzz preview & Checklist: Click here
Where to buy: BlowoutCards.com
Keep reading for a full breakdown and gallery of what was in this one.
Buzz Break: 2021 Topps Chrome Black baseball cards
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The box: 2021 Topps Chrome Black baseball cards
Where to buy: BlowoutCards.com
First Buzz preview & checklist: Click hereKeep reading for a full breakdown and gallery of what was in this one.
Buzz Break: 2020 Topps Holiday baseball cards
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The box: 2020 Topps Holiday baseball cards
Checklist: Click here
Where to buy: Click here
Keep reading for a full breakdown and gallery for what was in this one.
Buzz 8 in 8: Busting 2020 Topps Holiday MLB cards (Hour 8)
Do you like Buzz Breaks? Today's your day then as we launch 8 in 8 -- a series of a eight breaks of wax boxes and wax packs in as many hours today. We'll post one every hour ... this is the finale for today.
The box: 2020 Topps Holiday baseball cards
Checklist: Click here
The cost: BlowoutCards.com
What's inside this one? Keep reading ...
Buzz Break: 2020 Topps Mini baseball cards
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The pack: 2020 Topps Mini baseball cards
First Buzz preview: Click here
Where to buy: Here when available (initially offered via Topps.com)Buzz Break: 2020 Topps Gallery baseball cards (mega box)
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The box: 2020 Topps Gallery baseball cards (mega box)
Checklist: Click here
Where to buy: BlowoutCards.com (when available)
Keep reading for a full breakdown and gallery of highlights from this one.
Buzz Break: 2020 Topps Stadium Club MLB cards (blaster box)
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The box: 2020 Topps Stadium Club baseball cards (blaster)
First Buzz preview & checklist: Click here
Where to buy: BlowoutCards.com (for hobby)
Keep reading for a full breakdown and gallery of highlights from this box.
Buzz Break: 2020 Topps Big League baseball cards (blaster)
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The box: 2020 Topps Big League baseball cards (blaster box)
First Buzz Preview & Checklist: Click here
Where to buy: BlowoutCards.com (a few formats)Keep reading for a full breakdown and gallery of what was in this one.
Buzz Break: 2020 Panini Diamond Kings (blaster box)
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The box: 2020 Panini Diamond Kings baseball cards (blaster box)
Where to buy: BlowoutCards.com (for hobby & FOTL)
Keep reading to see a breakdown and gallery of what's in this one.
Buzz Break: 2020 Panini Diamond Kings (blaster box)
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The box: 2020 Panini Diamond Kings baseball cards (blaster box)
Where to buy: BlowoutCards.com (for hobby & FOTL)
Keep reading to see a breakdown and gallery of what's in this one.
Buzz Break: 2020 Panini Prizm baseball cards (Mega Box)
From time to time, Buzz will break a box of something and post the results here. Like this and want to see more? Or maybe there's a box you'd want to see busted? Send Buzz an email at BlowoutBuzz@blowoutcards.com.
The box: 2020 Panini Prizm baseball cards (Walmart Mega Box)
Where to buy: BlowoutCards.com (for hobby)
Keep reading to see a full breakdown of what was in this one as well as a gallery.
Buzz Break: 2020 Bowman baseball cards (blaster box)
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The box: 2020 Bowman baseball cards (blaster)
First Buzz preview & Checklist: Click here
Where to buy: BlowoutCards.com (for a few formats)
Keep reading for what was inside this one ...
Buzz Break: 2020 Topps Heritage baseball cards (blaster)
From time to time, Buzz will break a box of something and post the results here. Like this and want to see more? Or maybe there's a box you'd want to see busted? Send Buzz an email at BlowoutBuzz@blowoutcards.com.
The box: 2020 Topps Heritage baseball cards (blaster box)
Where to buy: BlowoutCards.com (for a few formats)
First Buzz preview, SPs & checklist: Click hereKeep reading to see a full breakdown and gallery of what was in this one ...
Buzz Break: 2020 Bowman baseball cards (blaster box)
From time to time, Buzz will break a box of something and post the results here. Like this and want to see more? Or maybe there's a box you'd want to see busted? Send Buzz an email at BlowoutBuzz@blowoutcards.com.
The box: 2020 Bowman baseball cards (blaster)
First Buzz preview & Checklist: Click here
Where to buy: BlowoutCards.com (for a few formats)
Keep reading for what was inside this A+ box.
Buzz Break: 2020 Topps Series 1 baseball cards (blaster box)
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The box: 2020 Topps Series 1 baseball cards
Where to buy: BlowoutCards.com
First Buzz preview with checklist/SPs/more: Click hereKeep reading for a full breakdown and gallery of what was in this one.
Buzz Break: 2020 Topps Heritage baseball cards (mega box)
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The box: 2020 Topps Heritage baseball cards (hobby box)
Where to buy: BlowoutCards.com (this and hobby)
First Buzz preview, SPs & checklist: Click herePacks per box: 16 (15 standard, one Chrome)
Cards per pack: 9
Cards in this box: 138
Base set completion: 122 of 400 (31 percent)
Duplicates: 0Buzz Break: 2020 Topps Opening Day MLB cards (mega box)
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The box: 2020 Topps Opening Day baseball cards (Target mega box)
Where to buy: BlowoutCards.com (for hobby)
Packs per box: 17 (16 standard, one Red parallel pack)
Cards per pack: 7
Cards in this box: 119
Base set completion: 94 of 200 (47 percent)
Duplicates: 0Buzz 8 in 8: Busting 2020 Topps Heritage MLB cards (Hour 8)
Do you like Buzz Breaks? Today's your day then as we launch 8 in 8 -- a series of a eight breaks of wax boxes and wax packs in as many hours today. We'll post one every hour ... this is Hour 8.
The box: 2020 Topps Heritage baseball cards (blaster)
Where to buy: BlowoutCards.com (for hobby)
First Buzz preview, SPs & checklist: Click hereWhat's inside this one? Keep reading ...
Buzz Break Battle Part II: 2020 Topps Heritage (blaster)
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WHICH BOX IS BETTER ... This one or a 2019 Topps Heritage High Number blaster?
The box: 2020 Topps Heritage baseball cards (blaster box)
Where to buy: BlowoutCards.com (for hobby)
First Buzz preview, SPs & checklist: Click herePacks per box: 8
Cards per pack: 9
Cards in this box: 72
Base set completion: 66 of 400 (17 percent)
Duplicates: 0Notables on base cards – Cody Bellinger, Carlos Correa, Joe Panik, Zack Greinke, Ryan Zimmerman, Stephen Strasburg, Gerrit Cole, Pete Alonso
Rookie Cards (7 cards, 15 rookies) – Dustin May, Gavin Lux, Austin Nola, Kyle Lewis, Justin Dunn, Jordan Yamamoto, Lewis Thorpe, Brusdar Graterol, Domingo Leyva, Josh Rojas, Alex Young, Zac Gallen, Aaron Civale, Bobby Bradley
Buzz Break: 2020 Topps Heritage baseball cards (blaster)
From time to time, Buzz will break a box of something and post the results here. Like this and want to see more? Or maybe there's a box you'd want to see busted? Send Buzz an email at BlowoutBuzz@blowoutcards.com.
The box: 2020 Topps Heritage baseball cards (blaster box)
Where to buy: BlowoutCards.com (for hobby)
First Buzz preview, SPs & checklist: Click herePacks per box: 8
Cards per pack: 9
Cards in this box: 72
Base set completion: 66 of 400 (17 percent)
Duplicates: 0Buzz Break: 2020 Topps Series 1 baseball cards (blaster box)
From time to time, Buzz will break a box of something and post the results here. Like this and want to see more? Or maybe there's a box you'd want to see busted? Send Buzz an email at BlowoutBuzz@blowoutcards.com.
The box: 2020 Topps Series 1 baseball cards
Where to buy: BlowoutCards.com
First Buzz preview with checklist/SPs/more: Click herePacks per box: 8 (seven standard, one medallion card pack)
Cards per pack: 14
Cards in this box: 99
Base set completion: 82 of 350 (23 percent)
Duplicates: 0Notables on base cards – Vladimir Guerrero Jr., Rafael Devers, Alex Bregman, Miguel Cabrera, Carlos Correa, Max Scherzer, Ramon Laureano, Clayton Kershaw, Mike Yastrzemski, Christian Yelich, Shohei Ohtani, Keston Hiura, Cody Bellinger
Keep reading for a full breakdown and gallery of what was in this one.
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