Buzz Break: 2020 Panini Diamond Kings (blaster box)

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The box: 2020 Panini Diamond Kings baseball cards (blaster box)
Where to buy: BlowoutCards.com (for hobby & FOTL)

Keep reading to see a breakdown and gallery of what's in this one.

Packs per box: 7 (six standard, one bonus)
Cards per pack: 5
Cards in this box: 35
Base set completion: 
3 of 100 (3 percent)
Duplicates: 0

Base cards – Cody Bellinger Harmon Killebrew, Don Larsen

Insert/short-print cards: 32 (all cards from box in gallery below)
Short-prints (Nos. 101-170) (20) – Bo Bichette, Brendan McKay, Justin Dunn, Brusdar Graterol, Deivy Grullon, Michael King, Tres Barrera, Logan Webb, Jake Fraley, Adrian Morejon, Jaylin Davis (all RCs to this point), Ken Griffey Jr., Ronald Acuña Jr., Ichiro Suzuki, Fernando Tatis Jr., Johnny Bench, Tony Gwynn, Manny Machado, Mookie Betts, Nolan Arenado
Blue Artist's Proof (2) – Luis Robert (RC), Frank Baker
Blue Artist's Proof short-print (1) – Joe Morgan
Blue Frame parallel (1) – Patrick Sandoval (RC)
All-time Diamond Kings (1) – Nolan Ryan
The 3,000 (1) – Nap Lajoie
DK Originals (1) – Alex Bregman
In The Zone (2) – Reggie Jackson, Anthony Rendon
Aficionado (1) – Cal Ripken Jr.
Gallery of Stars (1) – Bryce Harper
DK 206 (1) – Shohei Ohtani

Autographs/Memorabilia: None

What's Buzz-worthy: Well, the forum chatter is true ... some, if not all, of these blaster boxes are delivering an abnormal amount of short-printed cards with the volumes of those vs. base cards essentially flipped here. Instead of getting three SPs per box, this one included just three base cards and the rest were from Nos. 101-170, which are the short-printed cards for this brand.  Does that translate into a bunch of cash value? Perhaps in volume but most of the SPs aren't expensive right now. However, this kind of issue can make one wonder if any other types of cards will over-deliver? One forum member said they got two hits in a blaster -- I can say though two boxes for Buzz there were no hits ... but the SPs issue was consistent. (And I have more boxes incoming to see if it continues.) If you're a set-builder, a hobby box and a handful of these boxes should get you everything on the base set this year. They are also over-delivering big on the insert cards as the preview info for blasters only indicated the four Blue cards and a single insert card per box. (This one had all the Blues and eight other inserts.) Now, I'm really intrigued about my incoming ... and whether there might be some legendary hits to be found here. We'll see ... and I'll let you know. This brand is a colorful one jam-packed with stars from the past and present with some big names among the mem cards ... so it could be one to watch as more people open these. Hobby boxes (link up top) are your best bet with guaranteed hits but if you like to dabble with the chance at something more then the blasters are worth a look. You never know how they might (over) deliver.

Product Grade: A
Box Grade: A+ (should be a lot of good boxes with the mispack ... and this can be topped)
Fun Grade: A-

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