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

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The box: 2022 Topps Heritage baseball cards (blaster Hot Box)
Where to buy: BlowoutCards.com
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: 
58 of 400 (15 percent)
Duplicates: 0

Notables on base cards – Mike Trout, Justin Verlander, Matt Olson, Jose Abreu, Gavin Lux, Max Muncy, Patrick Wisdom ( ... not the best crop)

Rookie Cards (5) – Luis Gil, Joe Ryan, Chas McCormick, Nick Fortes, Zach Pop, Anthony Bender, Zach Thompson

Insert/short-print cards: 15 (all in gallery below with some base)
Short-prints (Nos. 401-500) (3) – Austin Gomber, Michael Perez, Steven Duggar
New-age Performers (1) – Rafael Devers
News Flashbacks (1) – NASA lauches Skylab
Then & Now (1) – Willie Stargell & Fernando Tatis Jr.
1973 Topps Comics (1) – Fernando Tatis Jr.
Purple Hot Box Chrome Refractors (8) – Ronald Acuña Jr., Juan Soto, Yordan Alvarez, Jose Abreu, Reid Detmers, Kyle Lewis, Tylor Megill, Corbin Burnes

Autographs/Memorabilia: None

What's Buzz-worthy: I dabbled once again in the retail wild and got my hands on a one-per-case Hot Box. What was hot here? Not much other than a handful of good names among the Purple Refractors that are one per pack here, making the box hot. Not much else here but that's fine as these boxes are now cheaper than at release and worth the rip as long as you can deal with the long-odds realities here. There is good stuff to be found in Heritage but it's not easy ... and good stuff is in retail, too. ... 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 did relatively well without pulling any monster autos. ... 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. All in all, this one surprised me -- it's not as dry as a couple years ago but it's also not as colorful and star-stuffed as the previous 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. They could be in there.

Product Grade: A-
Box Grade: A-
Fun Grade: B+

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