Buzz Break: 2023 SportKings Volume 4 (blaster box)

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The box: 2023 SportKings Volume 4 sports cards (blaster)
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Packs per box: 6 (five standard, one hit pack)
Cards per pack: 10
Cards in this box: 51
Base set completion: 16 of 30 (53 percent)
Duplicates: 4

Base cards – Jerry Rice, Lolo Jones, Larry Bird, Carl Eller, Dallas Seavey, Amy Van Dyken, Greg Louganis, Cal Ripken Jr., Matti Nykanan, Jerry West, Kurt Warner, Frank Shorter, J.R. Celski, Victor Espinoza, Frank Gore

Insert cards: 30 (everything from box in gallery below)
Mini (15) – Jerry Rice, Lolo Jones, Greg Louganis, Matti Nykanan, Larry Bird, Dallas Seavey, Sir Garfield Sobers, Carl Eller, Efren Reyes, Cal Ripken Jr., J.R. Celski, Jerry West, Victor Espinoza, Joseph Ruud, Juan Manuel Fangio
Silver parallels (10) – Lolo Jones, Larry Bird, Ma Long, Jerry Rice, Matti Nykanan, Fred Taylor, J.R. Celski, Juan Manuel Fangio, Efren Reyes
Blue parallels (5) – Babe Ruth, Efren Reyes, Ma Long, Matti Nykanan, Sergey Bubka

Autographs/Memorabilia: 1
SK Legends Memorabilia (1) – Jacques Villenueve

What's Buzz-worthy: These are an affordable go-to break for me with a guaranteed hit in every box for a low price -- plenty of surprises there -- and then a whole lot of parallels here and with a batch of minis I like. The drawback for me here? This is my second one of these in a row where I'd already pulled that particular memorabilia card in a past break. (Insert the ol' shrug emoji here.) That one pack is kind of my sole reason to rip here -- or at least the main money card in terms of potential -- while the base cards are more for notables who don't have a boatload of other cards. This one wasn't a clone of other boxes on that front but it's a small checklist among those names so there will always be familiar finds. As long as these are cheap, they're still worth the look. ... These boxes are bigger than past releases of this one with 20 guaranteed base cards and the hit and atop that, you get 15 mini parallels and two colors of base parallels, which are a big upgrade from past versions that might have a card or two of this type in a blaster. The overall mix here can be collected pretty easily -- it's just 30 base cards with the two parallels and a mini version for each. The hits packs can include on-card auto cards, memorabilia cards, cut autos, 1/1 sketch cards, a Grand Patch card or a Jared Kelley 1/1 painted art card. A premium find in this format could pay for a few boxes for sure but if not it's a simple rip for a collector who likes to dabble with a bit of everything but not break the bank.

Product Grade: A-
Box Grade: B (a unique name to find for the hit ... but my second time for this one)
Fun Grade: B (parallels alone add a ton more to these boxes)

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