Buzz Break: 2022 zerocool Clerks III trading cards

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The box: 2022 zerocool Clerks III trading cards
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Where to buy: BlowoutCards.com (when/if available)

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

Packs per box: 10
Cards per pack: 5
Cards in this box: 50
Base set completion: 
17 of 43 (30 percent)
Duplicates: 5

Base cards – See all in gallery.

Insert cards: 28 (all cards from box in gallery below)
Behind The Counter (8) – Jennifer Schwalbach-Smith, Brian O'Halloran, Jeff Anderson, Comic Book Men, Kevin Smith, Ernest O'Donnell
Quick Stop Merch Corner (6) – Surly The Duck, Chewlie's Gum Sucker, Krel Public Access, Ranger Danger, Chewlie's Spearmint Gum, Leonardo Bears
RST Video Rewind (6) – T&A, Out Of Shape (2), Cancer Merchant, Salsa Shark (2)
Chrome Crypto Club Fungible Token Cards (2) – Christian, Crimson
Yellow parallel (2) – Wish You Were Here, I Trust The Director (/99)
Yellow & Blue parallel (2) – Dream Bigger, Thirty-seven!? (/69)
Orange & Red parallel (1) – Wow, Meta (/37)
Blue parallel (1) – In The '90s (/15)

Autographs/Memorabilia: None

What's Buzz-worthy: My first box? An A++ with a pair of autos (one a rare dual) and then a 1/1. This one? None of that but a pair of Chrome NFT joke cards (a reference in the film that's forgettable) ... it didn't leave me laughing given the box price, though the parallels here helped a little with some good subjects on them. Now, is a hitless box planned here or is it a botched box? Dunno ... there weren't odds posted that I ever saw for this one. First box amazing, second box dud. That sums it up. ... But I'll revisit some of my thoughts from last time starting now. I think this is a release with a backstory that could have all kinds of twists and turns. Why? This one quickly arrived several months (if not years) ago at this point with zero announcement (and then it vanished) on Fanatics' site with no mention anywhere of its inclusions -- nothing -- while carrying a premium price (pushing $100) for a whole lot of unknown. Some rippers found autographs in volume ... meanwhile, some found zilch on that front. With that in mind, I never bothered looking for it -- too much cost for the mystery -- and moved on, though there was a time when I would have absolutely dropped everything and bought anything View Askew in bulk. Fast-forward (VHS pun intended) to 2024 and this one just recently arrived via Topps' site with a slightly lower price, zero mention of zerocool and a checklist but no odds for hits or anything laid out to even know what parallels there are or what they might be called. With this surprise, I quickly contemplated and bit on two. (This being my second box.) ... This set is small -- just 43 cards -- and the collation was still pretty bad here, though not as rough as my first. That, along with the autograph uncertainly, makes me think this one was mispacked or aggressively packed to deliver big but not all the time for some odd reason. There's chatter that there were only 1,500 boxes made but who knows there ... I do know that despite this dud box, I have a third in-hand and I'll rip that one next month. Hopefully it will redeem this one.

Product Grade: A- (it's perhaps got collation issues so beware ... see below)
Box Grade: C- (hitless box is massive bummer even with other stuff in here ... odds also would be nice to know if this is an error or a planned possibility)
Fun Grade: C- (see above)

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