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: 2 of 100 (2 percent)
Duplicates: 0

Base cards – Adbert Alzolay (RC), Bert Blyleven

Insert/short-print cards: 32 (all cards from box in gallery below)
Short-prints (Nos. 101-170) (19) – Mike Trout, Shohei Ohtani, Jose Ramirez, Joey Gallo, Eloy Jimenez, Jose Altuve, Billy Williams, Jesus Luzardo, Trent Grisham, Brock Burke, Anthony Kay, Sheldon Neuse, T.J. Zeuch, Andres Munoz, Nick Solak, Donnie Walton, Mauricio Dubon, Randy Arozarena, Lewis Thorpe
Blue Artist's Proof (2) – Lou Gehrig, Tyrone Taylor
Blue Artist's Proof short-print (1) – Randy Arozarena
Blue Frame short-print parallel (1) – Michel Baez
All-time Diamond Kings (2) – Cal Ripken Jr., Stan Musial
The 3,000 (1) – Tony Gwynn
In The Zone (1) – Tony Gwynn
Aficionado (1) – Mike Trout 
Gallery of Stars (1) – Fernando Tatis Jr.
Artist's Palette (1) – Yordan Alvarez
DK 206 (2) – Ronald Acuña Jr., Anthony Rizzo

Autographs/Memorabilia: 1
DK Quad Materials (1) – Hyun-Jin Ryu

What's Buzz-worthy: This isn't an officially planned Hot Box (that I'm aware of) but I'm 6-for-6 on having Diamond Kings blasters (at least ones from the red retail chain out there) having nothing but short-print cards and over-delivering on inserts. They aren't the super-flashiest of rips but I don't mind them at all with this approach, which has the volumes of SPs vs. base cards essentially flipped here. Instead of getting two or three SPs per box, this one included just two base cards and the rest were from Nos. 101-170, which are the short-printed cards for this brand and then inserts. Does that translate into a bunch of cash value? Perhaps in volume but most of the SPs aren't expensive right now. This one also included a hit. ... 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'm 2-for-6 on hits from all blasters.) ... If you're a set-builder, a hobby box and a handful of these should get you everything on the base set this year and perhaps good run on a non-parallel master set. These are also over-delivering big on the insert cards as preview info for blasters only indicated the four Blue cards and a single insert per box. ... 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 for a low price 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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