Buzz Break: 2019-20 Panini Mosaic NBA (mega box)

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The box: 2019-20 Panini Mosaic NBA cards
First Buzz preview & checklist: Click here
Where to buy: BlowoutCards.com (for a few formats)

Keep reading for a full breakdown and gallery of what was in this one ...

Packs per box: 10
Cards per pack: 8
Cards in this box: 80
Base set completion: 29 of 200 (15 percent)
Duplicates: 0

Notables on base cards – Kawhi Leonard, Jimmy Butler, Draymond Green, Andre Drummond, Victor Oladipo, Dwight Howard (Not the best crop here ... but we'll make up for it.)

Inserts/short-prints: 50 (all cards in gallery below)
Rookie Cards (SP) (15) – Zion Williamson, Coby White, Rui Hachimura, Dylan Windler, Sekou Doumbouya, Kz Okpala, P.J. Washington Jr., Jaylen Howell, Tacko Fall, Nicolas Claxton, Ty Jerome, Bruno Fernando, Nicolo Melli, Darius Bazley, Brandon Clarke
NBA Debut (SP) (6) – Zion Williamson, Rui Hachimura, Darius Garland, Nicolo Melli, De'Andre Hunter, Ty Jerome
MVPs (SP) (2) – LeBron James, Steph Curry
Hall of Fame (SP) (4) – Allen Iverson, Shaquille O'Neal, Charles Barkley, Dominique Wilkins
USA Basketball (SP) (3) – Kevin Durant, Stephen Curry, Patrick Ewing
Jam Masters (1) – Shawn Kemp
Will To Win (1) – Paul George
Old School (1) – Tim Duncan
Got Game? (1) – Anthony Davis
Give and Go (2) – Ricky Rubio, Jimmy Butler
Green Mosaic Give and Go (1) – Kyrie Irving
Mosaic Give and Go (1) – Ben Simmons
Silver Rookies Prizm parallel (1) – Sekou Doumbouya
Mosaic Prizm parallel (1) – LaMarcus Aldridge
Reactive Blue Mosaic Prizm parallel (7) – Kevin Durant, Khris Middleton, Mike Conley, Seth Curry, Alec Burks, De'Aaron Fox, Troy Brown Jr.
Reactive Blue Mosaic Prizm Rookie Card parallel (2) – Cameron Johnson, Nassir Little
Reactive Blue Mosaic Prizm Rookie Debut parallel (1) – Cam Reddish

Autographs/Memorabilia: 1
Scripts (1) – Mason Plumlee

What's Buzz-worthy: The volume of cardboard in these mega boxes is the key -- sometimes things will line up and you'll get a number of key names all in one box and this is one of those times with both versions of the standard Zion Williamson RCs -- though I once again landed one with a surface cut problem just like I did last time I pulled one (both will be headed back to Panini for hopeful replacement). The box also included Coby White and Rui Hachimura appearances as well as a number of veterans among the inserts and then Cam Reddish and a Silver of a decent name (a card that has sold for $20) among the notable parallels. To top it all off, I also landed ink -- not in every box -- but not really the biggest possible name here. All in all, though, it was a solid box, an A+ in my book. What makes this more of an interesting break? The volume -- double the number of cards per pack and 10 packs per box here. That's the same as two and a half blasters, which is why these boxes are a little pricier. As I said before, the basic design here is super simple -- almost oldschool Pacific in its feel -- but with a Prizm approach. The basic set is 200 cards and then the 100 topping that are from a number of subsets that arrive relatively often together but I'll note them as SPs here. ... This format includes Pink Fluorescent Mosaic Prizms (/10) -- I landed an Orange (/25) in my blaster -- and they include a good volume of the Reactive Blue cards (one per pack) but they seem more like red cards to me. (Just saying.) You can see the full lineup of inclusions for this format in the gallery and in other breaks of this one -- I've managed to find a few mega boxes and blasters for this one ... ripped 'em all and didn't clear the shelf like many of you out there. If you find 'em, rip 'em!

Product Grade: A-
Box Grade: A+ (despite damage to Zion, which I'll expect will get replaced, this was still an impressive box)
Fun Grade: A-

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