Buzz 12 in 12: Busting a 2018 Topps Heritage box (Hour 5)

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 5.

The box: 2018 Topps Heritage baseball cards (hobby)
The cost: BlowoutCards.com

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

Packs per box: 24 (plus one box-topper)
Cards per pack: 9
Cards in this box: 217
Base set completion: 
196 of 400 (49 percent)
Duplicates: 0

Notables on base cards – Mike Trout, Albert Pujols, Ichiro Suzuki, Manny Machado, Gary Sanchez, Aaron Judge, Justin Verlander, Anthony Rizzo, Kris Bryant, Jose Altuve, Corey Seager, Clayton Kershaw, Giancarlo Stanton, Bryce Harper, Andrew Benintendi, Carlos Correa

>>> For a checklist and variation galleries, click here

Rookie Cards (16 cards, 40 rookies) – J.P. Crawford, Victor Arano, Yacksel Rios, Nick Williams, Rhys Hoskins, Jen-Ho Tseng, Dillon Maples, Taylor Davis, Ryan McMahon, Mike Tachman, Alex Verdugo, Walker Buehler, Harrison Bader, Jack Flaherty, Richard Urena, Chris Rowley, Carlos Ramirez, Max Fried, Luiz Gohara, Francisco Mejia, Greg Allen, Nicky Delmonico, Aaron Bummer, Ryder Jones, Miguel Gomez, Reyes Moronta, Brandon Woodruff, Taylor Williams, Aaron Wilkerson, Dustin Fowler, Paul Blackburn, Brian Anderson, Dillon Peters, Raudy Read, Erick Fedde, Rafael Devers, Kyle Martin

Insert/short-print cards: 20 (gallery of these and more below)
Short-prints (Nos. 401-500) (8) –  Matt Shoemaker, R.A. Dickey, Hernan Perez, Logan Morrison, Patrick Corbin, Wade Davis, Marwin Gonzalez, Todd Frazier
Chrome (1) – Miguel Cabrera (/999)
Action photo variation (1) – Nolan Arenado
Color swap variation (1) – Bryce Harper
New-age Performers (2) – Paul Goldschmidt, Francisco Lindor
1968 Topps Deckle Edge (2) – Carlos Correa, Joey Votto
Baseball Flashbacks (1) – Fergie Jenkins
News Flashbacks (1) – Sesame Street debut
Then & Now (2) – Fergie Jenkins & Max Scherzer, Juan Marichal & Carlos Martinez
Stamped buyback (box-topper) (1) – Dan Coombs

>>> For a checklist and variation galleries, click here

Autographs/Memorabilia: 1
Real One Autographs (1) – Dick Tracewski

What's Buzz-worthy: As said in a past hobby break here, some of the highlights with Topps Heritage this year include a number of rookies on the autograph checklist, a number of variations and a clean crisp re-do on the 1969 Topps set that includes today's stars in a burlap-free style with the appropriate salmon-colored backs. You can find more stars among the standard portion of the set, which has its pluses (better pack-by-pack rips) and its minuses (less big-money to be made for short-print sellers). That's fine by me as a collector, but those tearing into these for flipping at its present price would have wanted some big SPs. The price now is being fueled by the MLB card debut of Angels star Shohei Ohtani, who has an action SP appearance (thankfully that's the easiest type of SP to pull, every other box) and a certified autograph here. Adding international interest to the always-popular Heritage line could spark interest like not seen before for key singles and wax -- especially if he lives up to his hype. The overall lineup and design is a strong one among Heritage releases (though heavy on rookie autos) and it might be the last of the truly classic Heritage sets as the 1970s just can't compare with the 1950s and 1960s in my mind. Autographs start at one in 154 packs so there will be a number of Relic boxes out there, but there are a lot of inclusions here that will out-pace the Relics in terms of interest as long as you're lucky enough to pull one. This was a fun rip and it's one you'll see more of here this spring and summer ... if I can still find new boxes to shred.

Product Grade: A
Box Grade: A
Fun Grade: A-

What's next? Be back in an hour ...

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