Buzz Break: 2020 Topps Chrome baseball cards (mega box)

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The box: 2020 Topps Chrome baseball cards (mega box)
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Where to buy: Click here (a few formats)

Keep reading for a full breakdown and gallery of what was in this one.

Packs per box: 12 (10 packs plus two X-Fractor packs)
Cards per pack: 4 in standard, 5 in X-Fractor
Cards in this box: 50
Base set completion: 
32 of 200 (16 percent)
Duplicates: 0

Notables on base cards – Cody Bellinger, Freddie Freeman, Rhys Hoskins, Michael Conforto, Rafael Devers, Matt Olson

Rookie Cards (10) – Kyle Lewis, Gavin Lux, Justin Dunn, Tony Gonsolin, Mauricio Dubon, Brusdar Graterol, Austin Nola, Seth Brown, Abraham Toro, Bobby Bradley

Insert cards: 18 (all inserts and some base in gallery below)
X-Fractors (10) – Bo Bichette, Ronald Acuña Jr., Masahiro Tanaka, Miguel Cabrera, Pablo Lopez, Robel Garcia, Junior Fernandez, Oscar Mercado, Whit Merrifield, Javier Baez
Refractors (3) – Bryan Reynolds, Junior Fernandez, D.J. LeMahieu
Prism Refractors (1) – Brendan McKay
Future Stars (1) – Brendan Rodgers
Freshman Flash (1) – Yordan Alvarez
1985 Topps (1) – Aristides Aquino
Decade of Dominance diecuts (1) – Mariano Rivera

Autographs/Memorabilia: None

What's Buzz-worthy: I only did one of these -- left about nine behind for the kids -- but the first card I saw from my first pack did the job. It was a Bo Bichette X-Fractor, which is a card that at times has paid for the box over on eBay and maybe more. (He's a little volatile after his couple of big games.) Had I not done well with my previous blasters, I might have loaded up more here (but I also had Chronicles NBA to do) but the X-Fractors have not always been among my favorite parallel types. The rest of my box? Not quite as beefy as I had hoped but the second bonus pack included Acuña -- a favorite photo of mine this year for basic Topps -- and then there were some OK finds among the inserts and then at least a couple of key RCs. The rest? Not that flashy -- but the volume of what you get here gives you a good shot at landing key names more often. I like the Sepia parallels more so dollar for dollar I might do two of those instead, though that said the Pink Refractors in cello packs are pretty strong, too. (I haven't done those at this time.)

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

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