Buzz 12 in 12: Busting 2011 Panini Americana (Hour 7)

Do you like Buzz Breaks? Today's your day then as we launch 12 in 12 -- a series of a dozen breaks of wax boxes and wax packs in a dozen hours. We'll post one every hour all day long ... this is Hour 7.

The lot: 2011 Panini Americana (100-pack retail lot)
The cost: Click here (when available)

What's inside this one? Keep reading ...

Packs per lot: 100
Cards per pack: 5
Cards in this lot: 500
Base set completion: 
100 of 100 (100 percent)
Duplicates: plenty ... as many as nine copies of some cards

Notables on base cards – David Carradine, Linda Hamilton, Tommy Chong, John Hurt, Corey Haim, Ralph Macchio, Ric Flair, Christina Applegate, Jeffrey Tambor, Katie Hoff, Tori Spelling, Erika Eleniak, Leslie Nielsen, Burt Reynolds, Michael Madsen, Michelle Beadle, Pamela Anderson, Justin Bieber, George A. Romero, John Schneider, Kenny Baker, Alan Ruck, Emmanuelle Chriqui, Selma Blair, Noel Neill, Brigitte Nielsen, Elise & Electra Avellan (aka "The Crazy Babysitter Twins")

Insert/short-print cards: 43 (all in gallery below with some base)
Gold Proofs (3) – Robert Carradine, Jon Provost, Heidi Androl (/50)
Silver Proofs (8) – Pamela Anderson, Stephen Baldwin, Dick Gordon, Barbara Morgan, Ed Gibson, Walt Cunningham, Barry Bostwick, Jamie Donnelly (/100)
Matinee Legends (10) – Bettie Page, James Dean,  Jayne Mansfield, Ginger Rogers, Dorothy Lamour, Ava Gardner, Ingrid Bergman, Peter Sellers, Natalie Wood, Gene Tierney (2)
Screen Gems (10) – Selma Blair, Willie Aames (2), Willa Ford, Milo Ventimiglia (2), Robert Carradine (2), Noureen DeWulf, Meredith Salenger
Prime Time Stars (12) – Pamela Anderson (2), Lee Majors (2), Michael Ontkean, Milo Ventimiglia, Selma Blair, Erin Moran (2), Erin Gray (2), Linda Evans

Autographs/Memorabilia: None this time

What's Buzz-worthy: I did one of these not long ago and it delivered not only rare parallels but also a pair of hits -- it impressed me enough to try it again. This one was heavy on parallels and delivered well with a Pam Anderson parallel as well as a run of NASA notables -- but no hits this time despite there being 19 thick packs. At the price I grabbed this at ($25), it's hard to complain given the volume. ... As said before, this edition of Americana has aged pretty well with a number of notable names who don't have a lot of card appearances elsewhere and a good variety of inserts. The blasters here typically delivered a memorabilia card, while the hobby boxes -- relatively tough finds now -- were a hit per pack and just four packs per box. The retail base cards for this one are not on foilboard -- a plus in my mind -- while the parallels are also on standard stock with just the three colors seen here in the mix. The other inserts appear to be the same. See the list of names up top and you'll see a good mix of past and present and various genres, too, making it a cheap and somewhat fun way to amass some good names. ... Autographs could be possible -- many of those names in the base set signed -- though these retail packs are likely at longer (unannounced) odds as I've not found ink in them ... yet.

Product Grade: A-
Lot Grade: B (at the price)
Fun Grade: B (at the price)

What's next? Be back in an hour ...

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