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

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The box: 2020 Topps Heritage baseball cards (hobby box)
Where to buy: BlowoutCards.com (this and hobby)
First Buzz preview, SPs & checklist: Click here

Packs per box: 16 (15 standard, one Chrome)
Cards per pack: 9
Cards in this box: 138
Base set completion: 
122 of 400 (31 percent)
Duplicates: 0

Notables on base cards – Cody Bellinger, Albert Pujols, Carlos Correa, Christian Yelich, Cavan Biggio, Javier Baez, Yoan Moncada, Buster Posey, Manny Machado, Jose Altuve, Stephen Strasburg, Gleyber Torres

Rookie Cards (5 cards, 10 rookies) – Yordan Alvarez, Aristides Aquino, Bo Bichette, Anthony Kay, Nick Solak, Brock Burke, Josh Staumont, Bubba Starling, Lewis Thorpe, Brusdar Graterol

Insert/short-print cards: 16 (all in gallery below with some base)
Mini parallel (1) – Daniel Volgelbach (/100)
Short-prints (Nos. 401-500) (5) – Vladimir Guerrero Jr., Dwight Smith Jr., Aaron Hicks, Stephen Piscotty, Julio Urias
Willie Mays' 20 Gigantic Seasons (1) – 1971
New-age Performers (2) – Mike Yastrzemski, Jack Flaherty
Then and Now (1) – Joe Torre & Anthony Rendon
Baseball Flashbacks (1) – Nolan Ryan
Scratch Offs (2) – Ronald Acuña Jr., Yordan Alvarez
Exclusive Chrome (2) – Nick Ahmed, Lorenzo Cain (/999) (box-topper pack)
Exclusive Chrome Refractor (1) – James McCann (/571) (box-topper pack)

Autographs/Memorabilia: None

What's Buzz-worthy: After my first two breaks of this box format -- both yielding Relics (one in 71 packs) -- my hot streak continues here (at least statistically) with a Mini parallel that's one in 457 ... and that's almost twice as tough as landing an autograph here and one in 31 boxes. Had I found a bigger name that smaller card might be a bigger deal, though I have always liked the minis here ... they're always tough pulls. That said, I'd probably rather have ink -- but three non-guaranteed cards might show these to be running warm (some say it is). My next box will be back to average. (A spoiler for that break to come.) If you ignore the exclusive Chromes found in this box -- see that list here along with the SPs -- this box was pretty strong on the insert/SP side with young names and star power and while my rookie volume was seriously low (half as many cards as last time), at least two of the best RCs to find were here. This box is an example where the star power can line up here well with the pack volume.

Product Grade: A
Box Grade: A+ (the Mini makes it a good box ... but it's not the only highlight)
Fun Grade: B+

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