Buzz Break: 2021 Athletes Unlimited Volleyball

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The pack: 2021 Topps Athletes Unlimited Volleyball Set
Where to buy: Initially only via Topps.com. 

Keep reading for a full breakdown and gallery of highlights from this box.

Cards in this box: 53
Base set completion: 52 of 52 (100 percent)
Duplicates: 0

Base cards – See gallery for entire set

Insert cards: 1 (all cards in gallery below)
Purple parallels (1) – Taylor Bruns (/50)

Autographs/Memorabilia: None

What's Buzz-worthy: I picked up this once since it was an affordable set ($14.99 from Topps) and included a good volume of cards for a set from the Topps On Demand program where it was made to order. Just 3,048 were made with Purple, Blue (/25), Orange (/5) and 1/1 Gold parallels. Autographs also were in the mix, too, but not this time. The centering here for my parallel was pretty bad and a heavy portion of my set was rough, too, which bummed me out enough this one has sat for a few days to let the disappointment fade away some. It made this one more of an average break at best. Check out the gallery for every card in this one. There is good break-up value here for those selling vs. original price as these cards are basically the only cards for many (if not all) of them. The last few cards are for venue, processes and a preview of softball, which previously had cards from Topps. I did find my school's player on that one card along with Olympian Cat Osterman ... so if you're a softball completist you'll need that card here. If you land a rarer parallel or ink, your set is probably paid for here ... and that's why you should consider the sets like this.

Product Grade: A- (good singles value here as they don't have other cards)
Set Grade: C+ (Easiest parallel of possibilities with brutal centering = bummer. That dropped its grade for me along with a lot of badly-centered cards in this set.)
Fun Grade: C+ (see above)

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