Buzz Break: 2017 Topps Holiday Box baseball cards

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The box: 2017 Topps Holiday Box baseball cards
Where to buy: Click here

Packs per box: 10
Cards per pack: 10
Cards in this box: 98
Base set completion: 
92 of 200 (46 percent)
Duplicates: 0

Notables on base cards – Jose Altuve, Justin Verlander, Mike Trout, Manny Machado, Buster Posey, Gary Sanchez, Miguel Cabrera, Mookie Betts, Yasiel Puig, Ichiro Suzuki, Max Scherzer, Luis Severino

Rookie Cards (21) – Aaron Judge, Cody Bellinger, Yoan Moncada, Ian Happ, Derek Fisher, Trey Mancini, Lewis Brinson, Jharel Cotton, Robert Gsellman, Jorge Bonifacio, Joe Musgrove, Sean Newcomb, David Dahl, Mitch Haniger, Ryon Healy, Reynaldo Lopez, Franklin Barreto, Jeff Hoffman, Dinelson Lamet, Jesse Winker, Manny Margot

Insert cards: 5 (all in gallery below with some base)
Metallic Snowflake (5) – Andrew Benintendi, Alex Bregman, Jose Bautista, Nelson Cruz, Domingo Santana

Autographs/Memorabilia: 1
Snowflake Relic (1) – Troy Tulowitzki

What's Buzz-worthy: It might be about time for a new edition of this one to be announced, so I figured this was worth a look after finding it in a bargain bin. I didn't do this one much at all last year after ripping into them heavily two years ago, but this particular box delivered very well with a few key Rookie Cards and two top rookies among the parallels. Pulling any particular parallel isn't easy -- one in 40 boxes -- so that makes this box's combo of Bregman and Benintendi pretty solid. These are simple cards -- snowflakes applied to the basic Topps flagship design -- and this set includes notables from all three Topps flagship releases (Series 1, Series 2 and Topps Update) to help amp up the checklist There's some decent ink possible, too. Click here to view the final checklist for the release. There is a hit in every box, though this one wasn't that flashy. You can still track one of these down at the link above if you don't find it hunting in the wild.

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

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