Buzz Break: 2020 Panini Diamond Kings (blaster box)

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The box: 2020 Panini Diamond Kings baseball cards (mispacked 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 – Carl Hubbell, Nico Hoerner, Sam Hilliard

Insert/short-print cards: 32 (all cards from box in gallery below)
Short-prints (Nos. 101-170) (19) – Aaron Judge, Juan Soto, Vladimir Guerrero Jr., Justin Verlander, Blake Snell, Francisco Lindor, Trey Mancini, Miguel Cabrera, Kirby Puckett, Joe Morgan, Sam Rice, Reggie Jackson, Ozzie Smith, Ryne Sandberg, Joe Palumbo, Sean Murphy, A.J. Puk, Rico Garcia, Jonathan Hernandez
Blue Artist's Proof (2) – Rogers Hornsby, Jake Rogers
Blue Artist's Proof All-Time Diamond Kings (1) – Ted Williams 
Blue Frame parallel (1) – Bryan Abreu
All-time Diamond Kings (2) – Mel Ott, Vladimir Guerrero
The 3,000 (1) – Al Kaline
In The Zone (2) – Alex Rodriguez, Christian Yelich
Aficionado (1) – Rhys Hoskins
Gallery of Stars (1) – Jose Altuve
DK 206 (1) – George Brett
DK Originals (1) – Clayton Kershaw

Autographs/Memorabilia: None

What's Buzz-worthy: It's been a long time since I dipped back into this pool and after opening one I really want to do more despite this one being closer to typical results for these over-delivering boxes. What do I mean? Well it seems that a lot if not most Diamond Kings blasters from this one have nearly all short-printed cards inside while also over-delivering on inserts. They aren't the super-flashiest of rips (and this botch doesn't help values a lot) but I don't mind them at all with this approach, which has the volumes of SPs vs. base cards essentially flipped. Instead of getting two or 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 and then inserts. ... 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 long ago while less than half of my blasters here had hits. ... If you're a set-builder, a hobby box and a handful of these should get you everything on the base set 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. I really like this one in nearly all ways, though this particular blaster was lean in spots with the best names. I'll rip more if I find more and the price is right.

Product Grade: A
Box Grade: B+ (should be a lot of good boxes with the mispack)
Fun Grade: B+ (I have landed better names in these)

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