Buzz Break: 2018 Topps Heritage baseball cards (Hot Box)

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

Packs per box: 8
Cards per pack: 9
Cards in this box: 72
Base set completion: 
58 of 400 (15 percent)
Duplicates: 0

Notables on base cards – Buster Posey, Ichiro Suzuki, Carlos Correa, Yasiel Puig, Yu Darvish, Trey Mancini, World Series celebration, Paul Goldschmidt, Aaron Judge, Gary Sanchez, Anthony Rizzo, Kris Bryant, Giancarlo Stanton, Clayton Kershaw

>>> For a checklist and variation galleries, click here

Rookie Cards (6 cards, 12 rookies) – Anthony Banda, Jimmie Sherfy, Ryan McMahon, Mike Tachman, Alex Verdugo, Walker Buehler, Harrison Bader, Jack Flaherty, Zack Granite, Felix Jorge, Max Fried, Luiz Gohara

Insert/short-print cards: 14 (gallery of these and more below)
Short-prints (Nos. 401-500) (3) –  Carlos Gonzalez, Xander Bogaerts, Brandon Drury
Purple Chrome (8) – Carlos Correa, Ichiro Suzuki, Cody Bellinger, Jake Arrieta, Kyle Seager, Adam Jones, Eric Thames, Yoenis Cespedes
New-age Performers (1) – Jose Altuve
1968 Topps Deckle Edge (1) – Yadier Molina
1969 Topps Decals (1) – Aaron Judge (Walmart blasters only)

>>> For a checklist and variation galleries, click here

Autographs/Memorabilia: None

What's Buzz-worthy: This will be the first of a few Heritage boxes you'll see ripped here in the coming days as Buzz went on the promised binge you probably saw predicted after our hobby box break here. This Hot Box was a fun find with a few big names but the biggest, Cody Bellinger, had really awful centering. (I may try and get it replaced.) You may find some streaky packs on as far as centering is concerned, but most cards will be fine. A fun surprise here was my finding my first Topps Decal, a Walmart-only inclusion, which comes in its own little sleeve inside packs at Walmart. (Approximately one per blaster and also falling relatively often in hanger boxes.) Hot boxes deliver almost as many inserts as a hobby box, but generally these boxes will deliver between six and eight inserts/short-prints. You'll see more of Heritage here, soon.

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

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