Buzz 12 in 12: Busting 2015 Topps Heritage High Number baseball cards (Hour 1)

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 1.

The box: 2015 Topps Heritage High Number baseball cards (hobby box)
The cost: Click here

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

Packs per box: 25 (24 standard, one box-topper)
Cards per pack: 9
Cards in this box: 217
Base set completion: 
191 of 200 (96 percent)
Duplicates: 0

Notables on base cards – Jose Ramirez, Wil Myers (this one's clearly about Rookie Cards)

Rookie Cards (52) – Notables include Francisco Lindor (SP), Byron Buxton (SP), Carlos Rodon (SP), Jung Ho Kang (SP), Carlos Correa, Noah Syndergaard, Archie Bradley, Joey Gallo, Steven Matz

Inserts/short-prints: 25 (all in gallery below with other notables)
High-number SPs (Nos. 701-725) (8) – Francisco Lindor, Byron Buxton, Craig Kimbrel, Evan Gattis, Jesse Hahn, Ben Zobrist, Jung Ho Kang, Carlos Rodon
Action variation (1) – Carlos Rodon
Black Chrome Refractors (1) – Alex Rios (/66)
Chrome (2) – Blake Swihart, Christian Bethancourt (/999)
Award Winners (3) – Mike Trout, Corey Kluber, Madison Bumgarner
Combo Cards (3) – Kris Bryant & Addison Russell, Brian McCann & Andrew Miller, Chris Davis & Manny Machado
Now and Then (3) – Alex Rodriguez, Miguel Cabrera, Clayton Kershaw
Rookie Performers (3) – Carlos Correa, Carlos Rodon, Joc Peterson
Ad panel (box-topper) (1) – Dixon Machado, Wilmer Difo, Freddy Galvis

Autographs/Memorabilia: 1
Clubhouse Collection Relics (1) – Kolten Wong

What's Buzz-worthy: This one has been a pricey box for a long time with its strong rookie crop (mostly SPs) and plenty of those same guys found as variations, Chromes and autos. This box delivered relatively well with nearly all of them except for Kris Bryant (the one I wanted to land again to potentially get graded). Centering can be an issue often here but it's still a fun break because of the RCs, though the inserts here also delivered pretty well with names as well as a rare pull as the Black Refractors are found one in every 256 packs. There were no gum-stain back cards in this one (bummer) as those cool cards are one in every other box, but this one did have a rookie on its one-per-box Action variation. This one being on sale probably won't last long but it's worth a rip at this price due to the potential for all of those big names on rarer cards and ink. It's not just about rookie ink, either, as the auto checjlosy for the high numbers includes Al Kaline, Clayton Kershaw, Carlos Correa, Francisco Lindor, Frank Robinson, Jose Abreu, Jason Hayward, Joc Pederson, Kris Bryant, Max Scherzer, Nolan Ryan, Noah Syndergaard and Steve Carlton among others. I was initially a bit torn on the results here but the more I look at the checklist it's a solid rip. Would I pay a substantial premium? Probably not because Heritage isn't really built to deliver big in every box, so enjoy it at the current price if you're tempted. Some of those big RCs that might be cold now could easily be hot later -- and unopened box  volumes are always lowering, not rising.

Product Grade: A
Box Grade: A
Fun Grade: B+

What's next? Be back in an hour ...

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