Buzz Break: 2021 Topps Chrome baseball cards (hanger box)

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The box: 2021 Topps Chrome baseball cards (hobby box)
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Keep reading for a full breakdown and gallery of what was in this one.

Packs per box: 5
Cards per pack: 4
Cards in this box: 20
Base set completion: 
13 of 220 (6 percent)
Duplicates: 0

Base cards – Gleyber Torres, Juan Soto, Nick Castellanos, Chris Sale, Brandon Lowe, Starling Marte, Joc Pederson, Jose Ramirez, Marco Gonzales

Rookie Cards (5) – Joey Bart, Brady Singer, Cristian Javier, Sixto Sanchez, Cristian Pache

Insert cards: 6 (all inserts and some base in gallery below)
Refractors (2) – Alex Verdugo, Max Fried
Prism Refractors (1) – Max Kepler
Negative Refractors (1) – Hyun-Jin Ryu
1986 Topps (1) – Luis Robert
Beisbol (1) – Juan Soto

Autographs/Memorabilia: None

What's Buzz-worthy: My second one of these didn't include ink but the Negative Refractor here is one in 112 packs -- one in 23 hangers -- and that's almost twice as tough as landing a rookie auto here. (I'd rather have the ink.) Atop that, Juan Soto and Joey Bart appearances made this a good box but I don't think I landed anything big enough to get it to an A grade despite the rare Ryu. Both of mine over-delivered and if that is consistent these might deliver some really good results -- though blasters are jam-packed with color and variety of parallels even better than these. I generally like the feel of this design in Chrome and in color or with Refractors but it's not one that has aged well with me ... I don't like going though the base stuff here at all ... but there are enough notable RCs who are cheap now and worth considering to stockpile to some degree. (Production volume may be up, too, so parallels are your safest bets.) Topps Chrome is a brand that seems to have picked up a lot more steam in recent years -- and this one with all its RC logos and rookie autos make it one to consider ripping or sitting on. See a few more formats at the link above.

Product Grade: A-
Box Grade: B+ (some solid finds and a rare pull but key names off-centered)
Fun Grade: B+

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