Buzz Break: 2018 Panini Chronicles baseball cards (blaster)

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The box: 2018 Panini Chronicles baseball cards (blaster box)
Where to buy: BlowoutCards.com

Packs per box: 5 (four standard, one Revolution)
Cards per pack: 5 (three in revolution)
Cards in this box: 23
Base set completion: 
1 of 60 (2 percent)
Duplicates: 0

Base cards – Harrison Bader

Insert cards: 22 (all cards from box in gallery below)
Chronicles Press Proof (1) – Max Scherzer (/299)
Classics (1) – Ronald Acuña Jr.
Contenders Optic (1) – Gleyber Torres
Crusade (2) – Gleyber Torres, Rhys Hoskins
Illusions (2) – Rafael Devers, Richard Urena
Donruss (1) – Chance Sisco
Phoenix (1) – Clint Frazier
Phoenix Orange Prizm (1) – Mike Trout (/199)
Prizm (1) – Amed Rosario
Prestige (2) – Ronald Acuña Jr., Gleyber Torres
Revolution (2) – Ozzie Albies, Gleyber Torres
Revolution (1) – Shohei Ohtani (/49)
Rookies & Stars (1) – Rafael Devers
Select (2) – Cody Bellinger, Miguel Andujar
Score (1) – Rhys Hoskins
Status (1) – Shohei Ohtani
Studio (1) – Luiz Gohara

 Autographs/Memorabilia: None

What's Buzz-worthy: This is the kind of Chronicles blaster box that should make it obvious about the potential power of a product loaded up with rookies all in the same place. There were a few Acuña appearances, several Torres cards and three serial-numbered cards in this one, which is higher than any other I had seen. It gets an A+ from me without any hits. In my mind, this one might go down as one of my most under-appreciated releases of last year. This one is easily a contender for the most-improved brand vs. the previous year in that this update-everything release (one that even offers updates brands that didn't previously exist) has been flipped on its head. The base cards are few and the majority of inclusions here are cards from countless brands all in one place. The year before, it was a lot of base cards with the inserts being other sets. Check out the gallery and then check out a box at the link above.

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

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