Buzz Break: 2020 Topps Heritage baseball cards (blaster)

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The box: 2020 Topps Heritage baseball cards (blaster box)
Where to buy: BlowoutCards.com (for a few formats)
First Buzz preview, SPs & checklist: Click here

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

Packs per box: 8
Cards per pack: 9
Cards in this box: 72
Base set completion: 
65 of 400 (16 percent)
Duplicates: 0

Notables on base cards – Cody Bellinger, Ozzie Albies, Jacob deGrom, Stephen Strasburg, Max Scherzer, Trevor Story, Pete Alonso, Freddie Freeman, Jack Flaherty, Byron Buxton, Mike Clevinger, Khris Davis, Gerrit Cole, Robinson Cano

Rookie Cards (3 cards, 6 rookies) – Logan Allen, Yu Chang, Patrick Sandoval, Matt Thaiss, Lewis Thorpe, Brusdar Graterol

Insert/short-print cards: 6 (all in gallery below with some base)
Short-prints (Nos. 401-500) (3) – Ronald Acuña Jr., German Marquez, Yu Darvish
Then & Now (1) – Willie Stargell & Pete Alonso
New-age Performers (1) – George Springer
Scratch Off (1) – Kris Bryant

Autographs/Memorabilia: None

What's Buzz-worthy: With this year's edition upon us very soon, I figured I'd revisit this one -- one of only a few brands from last year one can find somewhat easily -- and it delivered about the same as most blasters out there other than an Acuña short-print. Pretty much everything else in this box was the norm or even average but the inserts did include some younger stars to help it out in this 1971 throwback. Hobby boxes delivered very well for me with this one last year, while I had better luck on the blaster front the year before when it came to autographs ... I found a few. Not every hobby, blaster or mega box will wow you in this brand -- it never has -- but you can still do well in general with SPs and some other fun inclusions if you rip in some volume. The 1970s aren't going to be one of my favorite decades for Heritage but it's a brand that's always a go-to for me if available. I'm looking forward to the oddities of 1972 coming here soon, too.

Product Grade: A
Box Grade: A- (Acuña SP got it here ... otherwise, not too flashy)
Fun Grade: B- (this format is just so limited)

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