Buzz Break: 2021 Topps Series 1 baseball cards (retail tin)

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The box: 2021 Topps Series 1 baseball cards (retail tin; Aaron Judge)
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Keep reading for a full breakdown and gallery of what was in this one.

Packs per tin: 1
Cards per pack: 33
Base set completion: 
23 of 350 (7 percent)
Duplicates: 0

Notables on base cards – Shohei Ohtani, Juan Soto, Mike Trout, Aaron Judge, Jack Flaherty, Clayton Kershaw, Gleyber Torres, Yordan Alvarez, Shane Bieber, Aristides Aquino, Rafael Devers, Freddie Freeman

Rookie Cards (8) – Triston McKenzie, Ryan Castellani, Nick Heath, Dalton Varsho, Chadwick Tromp, Brady Singer, Dane Dunning, Mitch White

Insert/short-print cards: 10 (all in gallery below with some base)
Chrome 70 Years of Topps (1) – Yadier Molina
1986 Topps (1) – Gerrit Cole
1952 Topps Redux (5) – Pete Alonso, Rafael Devers, Casey Mize, Freddie Freeman, Joey Votto
1952 Topps Redux Chrome (1) – Justin Verlander
Foilboard parallels (1) – David Dahl
Platinum Players (1) – Mike Trout

Autographs/Memorabilia: None

What's Buzz-worthy: The annual retail tins ($15) for flagship were a recent arrival and this one presented itself and I ripped with pretty average results here save for perhaps the Trout card. Why pop these? They are the exclusive home for 70 Years of Topps Chrome cards -- the Molina in the gallery -- and they give you five more 1952 inserts and a Chrome from that one, which are a star of retail packs in general this year if you ask me ... at least when they are well-centered. (These were off but closer than some I have pulled.) The stars and Rookie Cards here were pretty flat considering the many possibilities and my inserts were pretty rough beyond the Trout and maybe a couple of others value-wise. I wouldn't pay a premium for this format but if you can't find any other versions out there it's kind of a no-brainer with the base-card volume ... if that's your thing. My collecting tastes are leaning away from purely base so I need variety and some flash ... you get that here to a degree.

Product Grade: A
Tin Grade: B- (Trout gets it to that point -- very average pack otherwise to me)
Fun Grade: B-

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