Buzz 8 in 8: Busting 2021 Topps Series 1 MLB (Hour 1)

Do you like Buzz Breaks? Today's your day then as we launch 8 in 8 -- a series of a eight breaks of wax boxes and wax packs in as many hours today. We'll post one every hour ... this is Hour 1.

The box: 2021 Topps Series 1 baseball cards (hobby box)
The Cost: BlowoutCards.com
First Buzz preview with checklist/SPs/more: Click here

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

Packs per box: 25 (24 standard, one four-card Silver Chrome topper)
Cards per pack: 14
Cards in this box: 340
Base set completion: 
318 of 350 (91 percent)
Duplicates: 0

Notables on base cards – Fernando Tatis Jr., Mike Trout, Mookie Betts, Eloy Jimenez, Cody Bellinger, Austin Riley, Pete Alonso, Luis Robert, Juan Soto, Ronald Acuña Jr., Albert Pujols, Shohei Ohtani, Max Scherzer, Brendan McKay, Clayton Kershaw, Cody Bellinger, Kyle Lewis, Bo Bichette, Aristides Aquino, Vladimir Guerrero Jr., Bryce Harper, Shane Bieber, Corey Seager, Aaron Judge, Walker Buehler, Gavin Lux, Nico Hoerner, Yordan Alvarez, Max Fried, Justin Verlander ... and others

Rookie Cards (43) – Joey Bart, Sixto Sanchez, Bobby Dalbec, Edward Olivares, Deivi Garcia, Jo Adell, Andres Gimenez, Isaac Paredes, David Peterson, Albert Abreu, Tarik Skubal, Daniel Johnson, Nate Pearson, Nick Heath, Beau Burrows, Monte Harrison, Humberto Mejia, Ryan Mountcastle, Anderson Tejeda, Kodi Whitley, Evan White, Tyler Stephenson, James Kaprielian, Brady Singer, Ryan Castellani, Cristian Javier, Cristian Pache, Brandon Bielak, Nick Madrigal, Luis Patino, Blake Taylor, Dane Dunning, Kris Bubic, Ian Anderson, Santiago Espinal, Spencer Howard, Keibert Ruiz, Leody Taveras, Alec Bohm, Dylan Carlson, Luis Garcia, Codi Heuer, Triston McKenzie

Insert/short-print cards: 22 (all in gallery below with some base)
Rainbow foil parallel (3) – Bryce Harper, Cavan Biggio, Jakob Junis
Gold parallel (1) – Yonathan Daza (/2,021)
Green foil parallel (1) – Rafael Devers (/499)
70 Years of Topps (2) – Ernie Banks, Randy Johnson
Double Headers (1) – Cal Ripken Jr.
1986 Topps (6) – Roberto Clemente, Shohei Ohtani, Johnny Bench, Eddie Murray, Andres Gimenez, Anthony Rizzo
Home Run Challenge (1) – Kyle Schwarber
Platinum Players (1) – Willie McCovey
History of Topps (1) – First Topps All-Rookie Team
Topps Through the Years (1) – Kris Bryant
1986 Topps Chrome (3) – Roberto Clemente, Chipper Jones, Cristian Javier (box-topper pack)
Orange 1986 Topps Chrome (1) – Alec Bohm (/25) (box-topper pack)

Autographs/Memorabilia: 1
Major League Material Relics (1) – Casey Mize

What's Buzz-worthy: My third hobby box of the year for this one didn't have an autograph this time but with the Orange Chrome card I'm fine with the results. The Bohm probably pays for the box -- the only one on eBay is a PSA 10 with a nearly $4,000 price tag -- though I'm probably not as bullish on the card as that seller is. It does make this an A+ box in my mind, though. Some of the base images in the gallery are from my previous box -- these break pretty consistently -- and the insert lineup here was remarkably similar to a past Buzz Break you can find here, though my first two boxes included ink. ... I still think these packs need more inserts -- the years of alleged "bloat" on that front need to return in flagship. I said it. The names are quite small -- I've noted that a few times on Twitter -- but they are not as un-readable as I had feared and this design feels a little crisper (and a tad less boring than last year) when in hand. Beyond that? This one is going to be a beast in Chrome with Refractor stock, etching and colorful parallels. For more thoughts on this one, check out my other hobby and some blaster breaks here. I'm probably done ripping this one for the year but parallels of Rookie Cards and other rarities of big names could pay off very well here.

Product Grade: A
Box Grade: A+ (Bohm Orange Chrome was a solid find)
Fun Grade: C+ (need a lot more parallel volume and more inserts in this)

What's next? Be back in an hour ...

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