Buzz Break: 2018 Topps Series 2 baseball cards (hobby box)

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The box: 2018 Topps Series 2 (hobby)
Where to buy: BlowoutCards.com (a few formats)
Packs per box: 36
Cards per pack: 10
Cards in this box: 361
Base set completion: 
317 of 350 (91 percent)
Duplicates: 0

Base cards of note – Bryce Harper, Kris Bryant, Jake Arrieta, Justin Verlander, Paul Goldschmidt, Max Scherzer, Andrew Benintendi, Yadier Molina, Cody Bellinger, Albert Pujols, Jose Altuve, Aaron Judge, Giancarlo Stanton

Rookie Cards (24) – Notables include Scott Kingery, Christian Villanueva, Tim Locastro, Kyle Farmer, Jordan Luplow, Jen-Ho Tseng, Mitch Garver

Insert/short-print cards: 42 (all in gallery below with some base)
Topps Home Run Challenge (1) – Marcell Ozuna
Photo variation (1) – Trevor Bauer
Black parallel (1) – Yonder Alonso (/67)
Negative parallel (1) – Matt Garza
Gold parallel (3) – Sean Newcomb, Logan Morrison, Mark Melancon (/2,018)
Rainbow Foil parallel (3) – Devon Travis, Jose Martinez, Steven Souza Jr.
1983 Topps (9) – Dillon Maples, Richard Urena, Frank Thomas, John Smoltz, Adam Jones, Josh Harrison, Mark McGwire, Charlie Blackmon, Francisco Lindor
Salute (10) – Ben Gamel, Orlando Arcia, Mike Clevinger, Domingo Santana, Edwin Encarnacion, Manny Machado, Yoan Moncada, Bob Gibson, Nolan Ryan, Rafael Devers
Longball Legends (6) – Aaron Judge, Jim Thome, Giancarlo Stanton, Darryl Strawberry, Harmon Killebrew, Charlie Blackmon
Instant Impact (4) – Carlos Correa, Bryce Harper, Tom Seaver, Jeff Bagwell
MLB The Show code (3) 

Autographs/Memorabilia: 2
Salute Autographs (1) – Alex Mejia
Major League Material Relics (1) – Sonny Gray

What's Buzz-worthy: A rare over-delivering two-hit box? That gets an automatic higher mark in my book. Add on a Black parallel (one in 114 packs) and a Negative parallel (one in 155) atop the standard stuff (photo variations are one per box here) and it's an A+ box despite not having an appearance from the biggest (non-SP) rookie to chase here, Shohei Ohtani. Blaster boxes actually deliver more variety thanks to some retail-only and store-specific inclusions (those grade as more fun to me because of that added stuff) but a box like this one still wasn't bad. The autograph? It's a one in 1,215-pack find. One thing not found here? The one-per-case rookie short-prints that include Ronald Acuna and Gleyber Torres. If you're a dedicated collector of the hobby's flagship release, you should have already ripped into this one.

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

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