Buzz 12 in 12: Busting a 2017 Panini Absolute Racing hobby box (Hour 10)

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 10.

The box: 2017 Panini Absolute Racing (hobby)
The cost: BlowoutCards.com

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

Packs per box: 4
Cards per pack: 5
Cards in this box: 20
Base set completion: 
10 of 100 (10 percent)
Duplicates: 0

Base cards – Kate Dallenbach, Michael Waltrip, Austin Dillon, Noah Gragson, Landon Cassill, Jeff Burton, Matt DiBenedetto, Kurt Busch (car)

Rookie Cards (2) – Kaz Grala, Cole Custer

Inserts: 6 (all cards from box in gallery below)
Spectrum Silver parallel (1) – Austin Dillon (car) (/299)
Spectrum Blue parallel (1) – Garrett Smithley (/199)
RPM (1) – Kevin Harvick
Icons (1) – Dale Earnhardt Jr.
Action Packed (1) – Richard Petty
Action Packed Spectrum Red (1) – Matt Kenseth (/149)

Autographs/Memorabilia: 4
Absolute Memorabilia Signatures Spectrum Red (1) – Jeffrey Earnhardt (/25)
Tools of the Trade Triples (1) – Kyle Busch (/99)
Absolute Memorabilia Materials (1) – Jamie McMurray
Tools of the Trade Duals Signatures (1) – Kyle Busch 

What's Buzz-worthy: This one is quite possibly my favorite NASCAR brand of the Panini America era -- at least to break in box form vs. National Treasures group breaks -- simply due to the memorabilia factor here and the guarantee of at least two autos per box. (That and it's cheap now, which isn't a bad thing for a casual NASCAR collector.) This is my third hobby box of this one and it's delivered pretty well save for all of the Jamie McMurray cards that have been following me around the track. ... This one has delivered pretty well at retail in past breaks here as the packs are ultimately very similar. This particular box delivered relatively well without any super-high-end flash -- it has a rarer Earnhardt (just not the one many fans want) and an auto-mem from a past season champ. ... As said before, the past blaster boxes ripped here delivered bigger single cards, but the volume you get here can definitely lead to some strong breaks. If you can find hobby cheap, then it's worth a look but those blasters can deliver just as well. The presentation in this one is cool -- four mini boxes inside that don't match, giving it a colorful NASCAR feel. If you land a top-tier box, it's probably a satisfying rip -- in this case I just wanted more packs in the box. Otherwise, it was a decent break for the reduced price.

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

What's next? Be back in an hour ...

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