Buzz Break: 2022 Topps Series 1 baseball cards (blaster box)

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The box: 2022 Topps Series 1 baseball cards (blaster)
Where to buy: BlowoutCards.com (for hobby)
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Keep reading for a full breakdown and gallery of what was in this one.

Packs per box: 7
Cards per pack: 14
Cards per box: 99
Base set completion: 
84 of 350 (24 percent)
Duplicates: 0

Notables on base cards – Mike Trout, Buster Posey, Kris Bryant, Max Scherzer, Freddie Freeman, Jazz Chisholm Jr., Jesse Winker, Alex Kirilloff, Miguel Cabrera

Rookie Cards (13) – Jakson Reetz, Aaron Ashby, Josiah Gray, Eli Morgan, Gavin Sheets, Alex Wells, Luis Gil, Connor Wong, Matt Manning, Zach Pop, Andre Jackson, Ivan Castillo, Kyle Muller

Insert/short-print cards: 15 (all in gallery below with some base)
Royal Blue parallel (1) – "Walk-0ff Water" (New York Yankees)
Stars of MLB (7) – Shohei Ohtani, Kris Bryant, Mookie Betts, Rafael Devers, Aaron Judge, Buster Posey, Jose Ramirez
Stars of MLB Chrome (1) – Bo Bichette
1987 Topps (2) – Jarren Duran, Bo Jackson
6-4 Stars (1) – Corey Seager & Trea Turner
Welcome to The Show (1) – Kris Bryant
Home Run Challenge (1) – Shohei Ohtani
Commemorative Jersey Number Medallion (1) – Miguel Cabrera

Autographs/Memorabilia: None

What's Buzz-worthy: My sampling tour of Series 1 this week turns to the blasters ... and this one offers up plenty of what the others do -- mostly base -- but with a little more volume of inserts than hangers. The Stars of MLB cards remain heavy but welcomed here with Chromes in every other blaster at one in 10 packs. The manufactured Relics are once again seeded into the normal packs here and this one, while featuring a future Hall of Famer, was pretty anticlimactic. Surprisingly I did not find a Wander Franco here -- he's been in five of seven boxes I have opened (all formats ... some still to come here) this year -- but I did land a decent rookie volume compared to my first hanger. This one included a Blue parallel (Walmart) that may help make some box breaks better if a good name is attached but that's still one in 350 boxes for a Franco (or any particular card). These might offer up a good volume of everything for a decent price at SRP but I also suppose the formats are appealing for different reasons for different people. So far, these might be the most-comfortable break as long as the Stars of MLB cards appeal -- otherwise, I'd go hobby jumbo that guarantee autos and more every time.

Product Grade: B+ (better design than last year -- just needs something more)
Box Grade: A- (Chrome for Bichette works for me to get it an A along with Ohtani's)
Fun Grade: B (manufactured relic is not as good as others from recent years)

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