Buzz Break: 2020-21 Topps Finest UEFA Champions League

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The box: 2020-21 Topps Finest UEFA Champions League soccer cards (hobby)
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Keep reading for a full breakdown and gallery of images from this one.

Packs per box: 12 (via two mini-boxes)
Cards per pack: 5
Cards in this box: 60
Base set completion: 
43 of 100 (43 percent)
Duplicates: 0

Base card notables – Kylian Mbappe, Jadon Sancho, Lionel Messi and more ... see gallery.

Rookie Cards (18) – Youssoufa Moukoko, Antony, Curtis Jones, Tino Anjorin, Romario Baro, Luis Henrique, Jeremy Doku, Jamal Musiala, Mitchel Bakker, Jean-Claude Ntenda, Edouard Mendy, Noah Okafor, Kenneth Taylor, Charles de Ketelaere, Alejandro Marques, Karim Adeyami, Eduardo Camavinga, Reinier Jesus

Insert/short-print cards: 14 (all cards from box in gallery below)
Refractors (3) – Eduardo Camavinga, Marcel Sabitzer, Andre Onana
Aqua Refractors (1) – Brandon Williams (/75)
Blue Refractors (1) – Andrei Lunev (/150)
Purple Refractors (1) – Lucas Perrin (/250)
Green Refractors (1) – David Neres (/99)
Pink Prism Refractors (1) – Charles de Ketelaere (/125)
Prized Footballers (4) – Jude Bellingham, Kylian Mbappe, Timo Werner, Gianluca Vialli
Finest Footwork (1) – Neymar Jr.
Gold Finest Footwork (1) – Lionel Messi (/50)

Autographs/Memorabilia: 3
Autographs (2) – Timo Werner, Christopher Nkunku
Neon Green Autographs (1) – Eric Garcia (/99)

What's Buzz-worthy: How about that box? An extra autograph that's one in 75 packs (seven boxes), a Gold Messi insert (albeit with bad surface scratches) that's one in 614 packs (52 boxes!) and plenty more that's not statistically supposed to all line up in any one box. Then throw in key names among the inserts and at least one I know to be a big deal among the RCs (there are likely more ... I'm a newb) and this is an A++ box. (And I haven't even looked at eBay sales.) On that front, the Werner is a solid find and the Green auto is also comparable for asking prices. (Both are around $60.) Meanwhile, the Messi has an asking price of $199 on eBay (this one's surface is unusually scratched up) and then the Camavinga Refractor is also around $50 on the high side. Of course, everything with soccer on Chrome stock these days is very volatile so any numbers can be higher or lower in other experiences or even higher or lower as time goes on. Check out all of it in the gallery below ... this seemed like a very good break and a fun one, too, despite a pretty small lineup of inclusions. Of all the Finest boxes I've done in the last year or so, this one was the best and seemed to have the most color and energy.

Product Grade: A
Box Grade: A++
Fun Grade: A-

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