Buzz Break: 2019 Topps Heritage baseball cards (mega box)

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The box: 2019 Topps Heritage baseball cards (mega box)
Where to buy: BlowoutCards.com (a few formats)

Packs per box: 16 (15 standard, one Chrome)
Cards per pack: 9 per standard (three per Chrome)
Cards in this box: 138
Base set completion: 
121 of 400 (30 percent)
Duplicates: 0

Notables on base cards – Bryce Harper, Manny Machado, Freddie Freeman, Max Scherzer, Justin Verlander, Yasiel Puig, Andrew Benintendi

>>> For variation details, click here

Rookie Cards (9 cards, 20 rookies) – Kyle Tucker, Lionel Perez, Michael Kopech, Caleb Frare, Chad Sobotka, Bryse Wilson, Kevin Newman, Kevin Kramer, Brandon Lowe, Michael Perez, Christin Stewart, Dawel Lugo, Nick Ciuffo, Andrew Velazquez, Francisco Arcia, Ty Buttrey, Williams Jerez, Ryan Borucki, Sean Reid-Foley, Danny Jansen

Insert/short-print cards: 17 (gallery of these and more below)
Chrome (mega box pack) (2) – Michael Fulmer, Freddy Peralta (/999)
Chrome Refractor (mega box pack) (1) – Pat Neshek (/570)
Chrome (1) – Clayton Kershaw (/999)
Short-prints (Nos. 401-500) (5) – Shohei Ohtani, Javier Baez, Anthony Rizzo, Justin Upton, Max Muncy
New-age Performers (3) – Justin Verlander, Javier Baez, Blake Snell
Baseball Scratch-off (1) – Freddie Freeman
Baseball Flashbacks (1) – Brooks Robinson
Then And Now (1) – Tom Seaver & Max Scherzer
Cloth stickers (2) – Rhys Hoskins, Gleyber Torres  (Walmart boxes/packs only)

>>> For a checklist and other details, click here

Autographs/Memorabilia: None

What's Buzz-worthy: These boxes have started popping up at Walmart stores and essentially are a double-blaster with a pack of Chrome cards only found here. The Chromes notation on the box are a little confusing as the cards aren't numbered that way but they are not the same Chromes found in hobby packs or standard packs. They are, however, serial-numbered the same way. You have a one-in-eight-box chance at a Black Refractor and a one-in-551-box shot at a Superfractor. The basic packs also deliver about in line as two blasters as the Cloth inserts were two-per-box here. I did two of these (expect another in the coming days or weeks) and both delivered a standard Refactor in the Chrome bonus pack as well as a standard Chrome in the regular packs (those actually over-delivered vs. the odds). The Chromes are the highlights here -- click here to view the checklist for the extra stuff found in these boxes -- though a short-printed Shohei Ohtani appearance didn't hurt. The good volume of SPs here (directly in line with more packs) is a plus but not over-delivering vs. other box options. If you can't find hobby (hit that link above) this is a decent option, though the odds on hits appear to be roughly in line with other retail formats.

Product Grade: A-
Box Grade: A-
Fun Grade: B+ (not a ton of extra variety/flash here ... just more volume)

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