Buzz Break: 2018 Topps Museum Collection baseball cards

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The box: 2018 Topps Museum Collection baseball cards
Where to buy: BlowoutCards.com

Packs per box: 4
Cards per pack: 5
Cards in this box: 20
Base set completion: 
11 of 100 (11 percent)
Duplicates: 0

Base cards – Ty Cobb, Chipper Jones, Roger Maris, Manny Machado, Miguel Cabrera, Yoenis Céspedes, Reggie Jackson, George Springer, Miguel Sano

Rookie Cards (2) – Rhys Hoskins, Victor Robles

Insert cards: 5 (everything from box in gallery below)
Copper parallel (2) – Cal Ripken Jr., Gary Sanchez
Sapphire parallel (1) – Luis Severino (/150)
Amethyst parallel (1) – Andrew Benintendi (/99)
Canvas Collection (1) – Sandy Koufax

Autographs/Memorabilia: 4
Meaningful Materials Patch Relic (1) – Wil Myers (/50)
Primary Pieces Relic Copper (1) – Ian Kinsler (/75)
Signature Swatches Dual Relic Autograph (1) – Greg Bird (/299)
Archival Autograph (1) – Tom Glavine (/299)

What's Buzz-worthy: I've said it before but I'll say it again -- this high-end brand is one where you're best-suited to take the gamble by the box. There are once again there are two autos per box (one on-card auto, one auto Relic) and then one Relic patch card and one quad Relic. If you can take the chance at a Relic for the typical pack price, then dig in that way -- you have a 50-50 chance at ink. That said, the design of the quad Relics are nicely created and the patch pieces can be more ornate or colorful than the single-color one found here. The best pull in this box is the Hall of Famer auto -- and that's not the norm to have a Hall of Famer be the highest-volume pull in a box. Helping out this year? Shohei Ohtani, sketch card autographs (check out this Hank Aaron on eBay) and some impressive bat barrels, tags, logo cards, patch autos and framed autos from past and present stars. The big potential is here -- they're in there -- but they're not easily found in every box. The formula here is very (too?) similar to past years so perhaps there should be some type of added inclusions or extra-hit element in some packs that could spice things up? All in all, this one is on par with past editions, so if you've dug in on Museum Collection in the past you'll be comfortable here.

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

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