Buzz Break: 2019 Topps Stadium Club MLB cards (blaster box)

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The box: 2019 Topps Stadium Club baseball cards (blaster)
Where to buy: BlowoutCards.com (for hobby)

Packs per box: 8
Cards per pack: 5
Cards in this box: 40
Base set completion: 
32 of 300 (11 percent)
Duplicates: 0

Notables on base cards – Mookie Betts, Jose Altuve, Dansby Swanson, Miguel Cabrera, Francisco Lindor, Felix Hernandez, Carl Yastrzemski, Rod Carew, Tony Gwynn, Fred McGriff

Rookie Cards (5) – Vladimir Guerrero Jr. (SP), Luis Urias, Kyle Tucker, Patrick Wisdom, Steven Duggar

Insert cards: 9 (all inserts and some base in gallery below)
Short-print (1) – Vladimir Guerrero Jr. (How rare? Just four in a 16-box BlowoutTV hobby case.)
Red parallel (2) – Jesus Aguilar, Lorenzo Cain
Black parallel (1) – Clayton Kershaw
Sepia parallel (1) – Jose Abreu
Rainbow foilboard parallel (1) – Lance McCullers Jr. (/25)
Emperors of The Zone (1) – Gerrit Cole
Power Zone (1) – Ronald Acuña Jr.
Warp Speed (1) – Byron Buxton

Autographs/Memorabilia: None

What's Buzz-worthy: This blaster delivered more inserts than last year -- just five back then -- and it made all of the difference even though most of them were parallels or the key short-print of the year, an RC of Vladdy Jr. These cards are high-glossed -- you will see your fingerprints on them afterward -- and they do have a softer stock so watch those corners and edges but otherwise this was a good-feeling rip. Everything here delivered just as the odds said (Vladdy isn't noted) except for the Rainbow foilboard card -- that's one in 235 packs (one in two blaster cases). That and Vladdy gets this box an A+ in my book though also helping were some notables in the inserts and some of the better base cards photo-wise. All in all this was a good first impression for the brand and each hobby box -- hit that link above -- has two on-card autos and shots at a number of one-per-case inserts and other inclusions. A number of those can also be found in retail -- even autographed Chrome Superfractors -- so blasters are a route to consider if you're not worried about landing autos.

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

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