Buzz Break: 2021 Topps Series 2 baseball cards (blaster box)

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The box: 2021 Topps Series 2 baseball cards (Walmart blaster)
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Keep reading for a full breakdown and gallery of what was in this one.

Packs per box: 7 (manufactured Relic found in standard packs this time)
Cards per pack: 14 (15 in manu-Relic pack)
Cards in this box: 99
Base set completion: 
82 of 350 (23 percent)
Duplicates: 0

Notables on base cards – Miguel Sano, Giancarlo Stanton, Michael Conforto, Trevor Story, Nick Solak, Trevor Bauer

Rookie Cards (22) – William Contreras, Mickey Moniak, Luis Garcia, Daz Cameron, Shane McCanahan, Ha-Seong Kim, Jared Oliva, Yohan Ramirez, Lewin Diaz, Jonathan Arauz, Julian Merryweather, Jose Garcia, Zach McKinstry, Matt Foster, J.T. Brubaker, Taylor Widener, Daulton Jefferies, Brailyn Marquez, Jordan Weems, Ryan Jeffers, Sherten Apostel, Rafael Marchan

Insert/short-print cards: 17 (all in gallery below with some base)
Home Run Challenge (1) – Cody Bellinger
Blue parallel (2) – Giancarlo Stanton & Phil Nevin, Brandon Belt (Walmart boxes only)
Significant Statistics (1) – Pete Alonso
70 Years of Topps (1) – Gary Carter
1986 Topps (1) – Brady Singer
1986 Topps All-Stars (1) – Willie Mays
Blue Platinum Players (1) – Kirby Puckett
1965 Topps Redux (7) – Jazz Chisholm, Ronald Acuña Jr., Alec Bohm, Tyler Stephenson, Miguel Cabrera, Clayton Kershaw, Luis Robert
1965 Topps Redux Chrome (1) – Justin Verlander
Topps Commemorative 70th Anniversary patch cards (1) – Frank Robinson

Autographs/Memorabilia: None

What's Buzz-worthy: My first blaster of this one included some rarer stuff but this one is a little more back to reality with a solid Home Run Challenge card taking the place of one of my parallels from last time. One notable difference in this box? My first pack had five RCs and tallied up 22 while last time I had just nine. This time the names were perhaps a little lean ... but I think the best RC options will be coming in Update instead this year. Something different to watch for? The bonus manufactured Relics are put into the standard packs this time instead of being a separately wrapped bonus pack. (They are obvious at a glance.) As I noted last time, the Redux cards are 1965s and still a one-per-pack retail-only highlight with much better centering this time vs. Series 1 and its 1952s. The insert lineup was pretty strong save for the parallels maybe. I have a hobby box of this one incoming so we'll see what arises from that one and I'll offer up more thoughts then.

Product Grade: A-
Box Grade: B+ (I like manufactured Relic player and 1965s ... rest feels leaner than I'd like in some spots)
Fun Grade: B (not flashiest box this time so wasn't as fun)

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