Buzz Break: 2021 Topps Chrome WWE (blaster box)

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The box: 2021 Topps Chrome WWE wrestling cards (blaster)
First Buzz preview & checklist: Click here
Where to buy: BlowoutCards.com (for hobby)

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

Packs per box: 7
Cards per pack: 4
Cards in this box: 28
Base set completion: 
16 of 100 (16 percent)
Duplicates: 0

Notables on base cards – Peyton Royce, Mandy Rose, Jeff Hardy, Drew McIntyre, Johnny Gargano, Natalya, "The Fiend" Bray Wyatt, Io Shirai

Rookie Cards (1) – Arturo Ruas

Insert/short-print cards: 12 (a sampling of everything from box in gallery below)
Refractors (7) – Scarlett, Raquel Gonzalez, King Corbin, Lince Dorado, Mustafa Ali, Xavier Woods Billie Kay
Best of In Your House (1) – Undertaker
Image variations (1) – Angel Garza
Great Feats of Strength (2) – Ronda Rousey, Mark Henry
Five-Timers Club Green Refractors (1) – Dolph Ziggler (/99)

Autographs/Memorabilia: None

What's Buzz-worthy: After doing hobby boxes and having a lull in stuff to rip, I opted for a trio of blasters for this one at SRP and, well, it reinforced what I had been saying -- do hobby if you're looking for ink or deluxe stuff. I demolished the odds on that Green at one in 258 packs (37 boxes!?!) but, well, it's not a card that will likely pay for a box and maybe not even a pack. Standard ink here starts at ... one in 2,950 packs? (Part of me thinks that's a typo ... but that's what the box says.) The Feats of Strength inserts are exclusives here and there are autos to find at 1,122 packs -- and other autos in tandem with the inserts all do add up to find more here -- but hobby boxes have two autos every time. (Do those until they are gone.) You get a standard Refractor in every pack here with inserts and variations dropping in, too, so you get some god variety here for a small box ... but this box was the best of my three ... and not that great. ... As I noted previously I gave the somewhat minimalist design of Chrome an A+last year  but I think this one is better with the pseudo-1987 Topps vibe borders (no wood) working well within Chrome but without a comic book feel that I initially feared. This one feels modern like a Chrome set should. The only drawback here is you can see how it was delayed a bit this year with a number of past WWE stars still on the checklist, giving us last shots at new cards and new ink. For more thoughts and images, check out my previous breaks.

Product Grade: A+ (it feels like an improvement on last year's set ... which I gave an A+)
Box Grade: B- (Green is a tough pull ... but not good enough)
Fun Grade: B (do hobby on this ... the auto odds are rough here)

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