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Best of 2018: Revisiting some of Buzz's favorite breaks

Best of 2018: Revisiting some of Buzz's favorite breaks

This entry was posted on December 30, 2018 by BlowoutBuzz.

Between everyday Buzz Breaks and the near-monthly Buzz 12 in 12 marathons, Buzz busted a lot of packs in 2018.

How many? Well, Buzz is almost afraid to count -- though it was seemingly news to me that the 12 in 12 marathons actually started early last year. (That's even more proof there's been a lot of wax to get these hands ... it's all a blur.)

It was a year of memorable pulls for me at times with some icons' autographs found in my packs. It also was fun one ripping into really old packs, too, with some cheap thrills there.

Breaks are among the most-popular items seen here nearly every day and Buzz knows that. So look for plenty of breaks in 2019 -- but, before that time comes, keep reading for links to not one, not 18, but 25 memorable breaks from 2018.

Chasing Shohei Ohtani in 2018 Bowman ... and scoring a little something from retail

Landing a century-old buyback card of Christy Mathewson's catcher

Pulling my first Kobe Bryant autograph (for real)

Tua Time: A dream pull then ... that delivered even more over the past college football season

Boldly getting one of the Star Trek autos I'd want first ... from just one box

A strong 2018 Topps Heritage box landed at The National

A bargain break that delivered big -- and you can still grab them cheap

This Mega Box wasn't that big of a deal then ... but this NFL season changed that

No Kobe for you: My first Kobe Bryant auto pull was a big-league bummer ...

Seeing Red from a Rip Card for the first time

A bleeping big surprise (done twice) in a 24-hour pack-busting marathon

... And the one pack from that marathon that mattered most

Bowman delivered rarity and the biggest player at that time not named Ohtani

NFL Elite delivered well from the retail aisle

Allen & Ginter delivered perhaps better than any other brand for me this year ...

No Fighting (With My Family) Here: Landing Paige's only auto at long odds from a retail box ... twice!

Busting more than 1,000 packs of a heavily collected set from the past

And here's the over-delivering (and relatively outrageous) box that prompted revisiting Pro Set

Allen & Ginter X provided me with ink for one of the biggest rookies in the game today

... and then it gave me ink for his key teammate on the same day

Landing a Hall of Famer's auto from an iconic NFL set ... in a $35 box

BenchWarmer Eclectic is gone from the Blowout warehouse forever ... so here are the hits from eight boxes as Buzz mourns

Pulling the biggest autograph possible in the first Panini Cooperstown release

A Star Wars box that delivered a very solid auto

The oldest pack that Buzz has ever busted ... and it had the biggest card possible inside

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