Buzz Break: 2018 Topps Archives baseball cards (blaster box)

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The box: 2018 Topps Archives baseball cards (blaster box)
Where to buy: BlowoutCards.com

Packs per box: 8 (seven standard packs, one coin pack)
Cards per pack: 7
Cards in this box: 58 (56 cards and two coins)
Base set completion: 
50 of 300 (17 percent)
Duplicates: 0

Notables on base cards – Bryce Harper, Anthony Rizzo, Eddie Mathews, Ralph Kiner, Roberto Clemente, Wade Boggs, Goose Gossage, Eddie Murray, Mike Piazza, Don Mattingly, Pedro Martinez, Jack Morris, George Brett, Tommy Lasorda, Robin Yount, Bob Feller

Rookie Cards (9) – Ronald Acuña Jr., Victor Robles, Luiz Gohara, Chance Sisco, Nicky Delmonico, Willy Adames, Max Fried, Anthony Banda, Ryan McMahon

Inserts/short-prints: 8 (all inserts in gallery below)
Silver parallel (1) – Monte Irvin (/99)
1959 Topps Combos (1) – Giancarlo Stanton & Aaron Judge
1981 Topps Future Stars (1) – Sandy Alcantara, Garrett Cooper, Brian Anderson
1977 Topps Turn Back The Clock (1) – Mike Piazza
Topps Rookie History (1) – Al Kaline (1954 Topps)
The Sandlot (1) – Kenny DeNunez
Coins (2) – Shohei Ohtani, Buster Posey

Autographs/Memorabilia: 1
Purple Fan Favorite Autographs (1) – Luis Castillo (/150) (redemption)

What's Buzz-worthy: I didn't plan to post another of these ... but there was ink and we won't see hobby boxes of this one until October (expect some surprises with that kind of a delay) so here we are. This box delivered pretty well for Rookie Cards, Hall of Famers and had some decent names among the inserts. The auto is a redemption and one in 535 packs, but we'll see at some point if that card will be an interesting one. (I don't recall Castillo's autos wowing me back in the day, but we'll see.) This box included a rarer parallel and also an insert not found in every box, the Turn Back The Clock card, which is every other one so it's along the lines of what we've seen in other boxes. As said before, The Sandlot inserts are one per box as are the short-printed Combos cards and Rookie History. Not all boxes have this many inserts -- I wish they did, because I think this is the type of brand that can be insert-heavy without it hurting at all. It's a fun trip to the past with some surprises. If you rip to collect this one is fun and strong -- and if you get lucky you can land some money cards, too.

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

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