Buzz Break: 2018 Panini Classics football cards (blaster box)

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The box: 2018 Panini Classics football cards (blaster box)
Where to buy: BlowoutCards.com (for hobby)

Packs per box: 8
Cards per pack: 8
Cards in this box: 64
Base set completion: 
56 of 300 (19 percent)
Duplicates: 0

Notables on base cards: Brett Favre, Joe Namath, Jim Kelly, Troy Aikman, Terry Bradshaw, Joe Theismann, Roger Staubach, Hines Ward, Tony Dorsett, Ozzie Newsome, Jerome Bettis, Kellen Winslow, Patrick Mahomes II, Eli Manning, Odell Beckham Jr., Marcus Mariota, Derrick Henry

Insert/short-print cards: 7 (all inserts in gallery below with some base)
Rookie Cards (3) – Harold Landry, Jaleel Scott, Trey Quinn
Composers (1) – Philip Rivers
Full Throttle (1) – Jerome Bettis
Eras (1) – LaDainian Tomlinson & Melvin Gordon
Blue back parallel (1) – Joe Flacco (/175)

Autographs/Memorabilia: 1
Saturday Swatches (1) – Mike Evans

The Big Card here? The hit, but really only by default.

What's Buzz-worthy: This one was one of my favorites two years ago and was an occasional go-to last year, though not as rabidly because blasters didn't guarantee anything. This year they do -- a player-worn college jersey card in every box that's not found anywhere else. Two drawbacks here? White card stock that pushes this one from more of a 1980s feel to an early 1990s one -- but with a still semi-1980s-feeling design -- and far fewer Rookie Cards. You get three RCs per blaster this year vs. one (and sometimes more) per pack last year. You also get far fewer inserts, too, with them falling at about half as many as last year. That means more base cards and that's not that bad considering how the checklist here is loaded with past and present stars -- but that also hurts the value return here if you're worried about that. It also puts a lot more of the focus on the memorabilia card and if your box isn't as strong there, it will burn a little. This one wasn't a great hit in my book. Over on the hobby side, you'll find a lot more interesting and new inclusions that help change this one dramatically but they're not here. If I bust a hobby box at some point, I'll talk about those then. 

Product Grade: B
Box Grade: B
Fun Grade: B

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