Buzz Break: 2021 Topps Series 1 baseball cards (blaster box)

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The box: 2021 Topps Series 1 baseball cards (standard blaster)
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Keep reading for a full breakdown and gallery of what was in this one.

Packs per box: 8 (seven standard, one 70th anniversary patch-card pack)
Cards per pack: 14
Cards in this box: 99
Base set completion: 
85 of 350 (24 percent)
Duplicates: 0

Notables on base cards – Luis Robert, Bo Bichette, Max Scherzer, Josh Donaldson, Gleyber Torres, Andrew Benintendi, Jack Flaherty, Clayton Kershaw, Mookie Betts, Mike Trout, Javier Baez, Jacob deGrom, Joc Pederson

Rookie Cards (13) – Joey Bart, Deivi Garcia, Evan White, Luis Garcia, Chadwick Tromp, Luis Patino, Kris Bubic, Beau Burrows, Nick Heath, Ryan Castellani, Brandon Bielak, Monte Harrison, Dylan Carlson

Insert/short-print cards: 14 (all in gallery below with some base)
Rainbow foil parallel (1) – Brusdar Graterol
70 Years of Topps (1) – Ozzie Smith
1986 Topps (2) – Josh Donaldson, Jose Altuve
Home Run Challenge (1) – Eugenio Suarez
1952 Topps Redux (7) – Joey Bart, Ronald Acuña Jr., Juan Soto, Nate Pearson, Josh Bell, Nolan Arenado, Javier Baez
1952 Topps Redux Chrome (1) – Miguel Cabrera
Topps Commemorative 70th Anniversary patch cards (1) – Clayton Kershaw

Autographs/Memorabilia: None

What's Buzz-worthy: Not a flashy one here but there's enough to give it a strong B grade in my mind with a pair of Joey Bart appearances and a few young stars among the 1952 inserts, which might be my favorite inclusion for this release, despite them being a retail-only find. Why? They add variety that's pretty obvious in every pack and that's something I think this release needs. It's crisper than I thought it would be based on previews and there's some good stuff ... it just feels like it needs more -- particularly parallels. There could/should easily be some type of parallel in every pack with this one ... just pick a color. (This is a standard blaster so there are no Blue parallels as noted in the main photo -- that's a Walmart box and those couple of colorful cards make a difference for sure.) As I noted in my previous breaks, this one is going to be a beast in Chrome with Refractor stock, etching and colorful parallels. ... The Rookie Card presence here is beefy -- 50 RCs -- but I think I'll wait and see how they shake out on the field to assess more. (I think I liked last year's crop a little more at arrival but we'll see.) There are a number of nods to the mask-wearing MLB world of last year with cardboard cutouts in the stands ... and you'll even see a card showing what I believe to be hand-sanitizer for the first time in baseball card history. There definitely will be flashier blasters of this one to be found out there and they are worth a look.

Product Grade: A
Box Grade: B+
Fun Grade: B (need more parallel volume or one more insert here in this format for my taste)

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