Buzz 12 in 12: Busting a 2018 Topps Gypsy Queen baseball cards monster box (Hour 3)

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 3.

The box: 2018 Topps Gypsy Queen baseball (monster box)
The cost: Click here

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

Packs per box: 12 (10 standard, two parallel packs)
Cards per pack: 6
Cards in this box: 72
Base set completion: 
54 of 320 (17 percent)
Duplicates: 0

Notables on base cards – Andrew Benintendi, Manny Machado, Gary Sanchez, Matt Chapman, Dansby Swanson, Clayton Kershaw, Mookie Betts, Willson Contreras

Rookie Cards (4) – Rafael Devers, Nick Williams, Victor Robles, Dillon Peters

Insert/short-print cards: 18 (all inserts and rookies in gallery below)
Missing black plate (bonus pack cards) (12) – Cody Bellinger, Rafael Devers, Charlie Blackmon, German Marquez, Roberto Osuna, Mikie Mahtook, Eddie Rosario, Jorge Polanco, Craig Kimbrel, Jake Odorizzi, Aroldis Chapman, Paul DeJong
Tarot of the Diamond (2) – Ichiro Suzuki, Giancarlo Stanton
Fortune Teller (1) – Trey Mancini
Gypsy Queen logo swap (1) – Walker Buehler
Bazooka Back (1) – Albert Pujols
Short-print (1) – Whitey Ford

Autographs/Memorabilia: None

What's Buzz-worthy: This Walmart exclusive is essentially a jumbo blaster with three more packs and a second parallel pack. Is it worth it? Well, if they over-deliver they're solid. (And both of mine have.) This one included two variations and one of the rarer short-prints that aren't easily found. The parallel packs delivered pretty well here with Devers and Bellinger -- not easy to do if you look at the depth of the base set -- while the other insets included some decent names. ... This format may be one to consider for the chase of Shohei Ohtani since it gives you more packs than a blaster and it's also more possibilities for him on those parallels. If these boxes all over-deliver like some have for me on rarer cards, they're a plus. It appears a lot of the hobby finds are also potentially found here with standard autographs one in every nine boxes or so but a lot of others possibly inside, too. ... Design-wise, this might be the best GQ set, but it still feels like it needs more variety -- something along the lines of minis -- to add to the packs. The short-prints (Nos. 301-320) are one in 20 packs here, so even that chase isn't something to check each pack for like it is in Heritage -- if you get a dud pack there at least you might add an SP to your set. If you like Gypsy Queen's past, you'll like this one -- it's solid but not super-flashy inside every box. That's something that makes the good stuff notable when you do find it.

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

What's next? Be back in an hour ...

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