Buzz Break: 2022 Topps Heritage MLB cards (blaster Hot Box)

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The box: 2022 Topps Heritage baseball cards (blaster Hot Box)
Where to buy: BlowoutCards.com (for hobby)
First Buzz preview & checklist: Click here

Keep reading for a full breakdown and gallery of what was in this one.

Packs per box: 8
Cards per pack: 9
Cards in this box: 72
Base set completion: 
57 of 400 (14 percent)
Duplicates: 0

Notables on base cards – Fernando Tatis Jr., Aaron Judge, Pete Alonso, Albert Pujols, Randy Arozarena, Adolis Garcia, Salvador Perez, Giancarlo Stanton, Patrick Wisdom, Ian Happ, Ryan McMahon

Rookie Cards (10) – Seth Beer, Lars Nootbaar, Chas McCormick, Rodolfo Castro, Joe Barlow, Jake Cousins, Kyle Muller, Jackson Kowar, Alfonso Rivas, Cal Raleigh

Insert/short-print cards: 15 (all in gallery below with some base)
Short-prints (Nos. 401-500) (3) – Hank Aaron, Danny Jansen, Travis Shaw
New-age Performers (2) – Julio Urias, Josiah Gray
News Flashbacks (1) – Chicago Exchange
1973 Topps Comics (1) – Eloy Jimenez
Purple Hot Box Chrome Refractors (8) – Bo Bichette, Ronald Acuña Jr., Jazz Chisholm, Xander Bogaerts, Shane Bieber, Cal Raleigh, Manny Machado, Gerrit Cole

Autographs/Memorabilia: None

What's Buzz-worthy: When it rains it pours? Maybe at my one Walmart ... my second blaster of the year -- bought at the same -- had another one-per-case Hot Box. This time there wasn't a Relic, but the names among the Purples hit my collecting sweet spot better with Bichette and Acuña appearances. Throw in that SP Hank Aaron and a Seth Beer appearance and I didn't mind the retro centering I found (hard, bad OC) on many cards in this box. It happens. ... As I noted before, truth be told, I wasn't very sold on 1973 cards in most of the years leading up to this edition of Heritage but I have done relatively well this year without pulling ink. ... The printing seems a little retro as there are cards with some brighter white on fronts than others and the backs are admittedly chippy and have dark spots here and there as black and yellow aren't the most-friendly colors on oldschool stock. It's not as dry as a couple years ago but it's also not as colorful and star-stuffed as last year's ... but some touches are growing on me. ... There's a lot to like and chase here (see checklist with all of the variations noted above) but you'll need some luck to find many of them. You never know ... stuff found in hobby boxes here can also be in blasters ... just at longer odds.

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

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