Buzz Break: 2023 Topps Heritage baseball cards (blaster box)

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The box: 2023 Topps Heritage baseball cards (blaster)
Where to buy: BlowoutCards.com (for hobby)
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Keep reading for a full breakdown and gallery for what was found in this one.

Packs per box: 8
Cards per pack: 9
Cards in this box: 72
Base set completion: 
65 of 400 (16 percent)
Duplicates: 0

Notables on base cards – Ozzie Albies, Fernando Tatis Jr., Rafael Devers, Andrew Vaughn, Kris Bryant, Gleyber Torres, Tim Anderson, Jordan Montgomery

RC logo cards (14) – Notables include Joey Meneses, Christopher Morel, Nolan Gorman ... see all in gallery.

Insert/short-print cards: 7 (all in gallery below with some base)
Short-prints (Nos. 401-500) (3) – Brandon Drury, Pablo Lopez, Jean Segura
New Age Performers (2) – Josh Jung, George Kirby
Then & Now (1) – Mike Schmidt & Kyle Schwarber
1974 Topps Baseball Stamps (1) – Red Sox

Autographs/Memorabilia: None

What's Buzz-worthy: The last time I opened one of these I opened with this fact: "eight packs ... seven Aaron Judge cards." This time? Average at best ... perhaps that's what I get for grabbing the two straggler boxes on the shelf (before an inevitable re-load the next week). It's OK ... it just signals I can wait until later to dabble with this 1974 revisitation once again. It was all lean here -- stars, rookies even the inserts -- and, well, at least it included what it should have. That maintained its average feel this time. ... This one reinforces my previous thought that there needs to be more in Heritage boxes through the rest of the 1970s years (save for maybe next year) to get things a little more interesting. Why? If things are too tough to find then there's no point in opening or collecting them and the basic stuff won't gain value, either, if boxes remain findable or if the overall volume is so high. ... Hit hobby boxes for a guaranteed hit in every box -- and there are  a few autos in every case -- and that's how I'll eventually go. I've easily done more of this one than any other release this year so far on the retail front ... so it's probably my fav of the year so far.

Product Grade: B+ 
Box Grade: C (my run of warmer boxes ran out ... this one is average at best)
Fun Grade: C (see above)

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