Buzz Break: 2022 Topps 206 Star Wars Wave 1 (two packs)

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The packs: 2022 Topps 206 Star Wars Wave 1 (two packs)
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Keep reading for a full breakdown of what was in this one as well as a gallery of highlights.

Cards per pack: 10
Cards per lot: 20
Base set completion: 
16 of 50 (32 percent)
Duplicates: 0

Base cards: Han Solo, Pammich Nerro Goode, Jawa, Zero, Zuckuss, Director Krennic, Master Codebreaker, General Veers, Sheev Palpatine, Galen Erso, Executioner Stormtrooper, Lobot, General Jan Dodonna, Dryden Vos, General Rieekan, Pao

Insert cards: 4 (everything in the gallery below)
Blue Starfield parallel (2) – Jyn Erso, Luminary Unduli
Star Wars logo back (1) – Jannah
Yellow Starfield parallel (1) – Maz Kanata

Autographs/Memorabilia: None in this wave.

What's Buzz-worthy: My third pairing here in a run of about seven boxes for Wave 1 was once again in the ballpark of my past pair but offered up a new color in my run of parallels for a quirky and popular secondary character among the newer films. Not exactly what I was looking for, but I'll take it. I finally found a Han Solo card -- took six packs -- but still no Luke Skywalker, which was odd, but no dupes with these two packs. ... This series sold 25,102 packs on Topps.com -- not bad for just plain cardboard -- and I'm sold on this concept as it's weird enough to work in my eyes, though I like minis. Will I do more? I skipped the second and third wave but ordered my Wave 4 packs today. ... This one is arriving in multiple 50-card waves with 10 cards per pack and most having eight base cards and two Blue parallels but one of my packs here slightly over-delivered on that as the Yellow is one in 15. ... The color is a winner here as the nicer cards for sure. Here's hoping I land the names I'm looking for in future waves.

Product Grade: A-
Lot Grade: A (rarer color here and Han Solo helped out)
Fun Grade: B (small with two inserts per ... but the checklist is deep)

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2022 Topps 206 Star Wars Wave 1 Gallery | Click for a closer look