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

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The box: 2023 Topps Heritage baseball cards (mega)
Where to buy: BlowoutCards.com (for hobby)
First Buzz preview & checklist: Click here

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

Packs per box: 15
Cards per pack: 9-10 (Blue Sparkle Chromes are extra card)
Cards in this box: 138
Base set completion: 
122 of 400 (31 percent)
Duplicates: 0

Notables on base cards – Spencer Strider, Mike Trout, Aaron Judge, Pete Alonso, Clayton Kershaw, Vladimir Guerrero Jr., Rafael Devers, Yordan Alvarez, Steven Kwan, Mookie Betts, Jazz Chisholm Jr., Bryce Harper, Byron Buxton, Fernando Tatis Jr., Wander Franco, Miguel Cabrera

RC logo cards (36) – Notables include Michael Harris II, Adley Rutschman, Joey Meneses, Brett Baty, J.J. Bleday, Christopher Morel ... see all in gallery.

Insert/short-print cards: 15 (all in gallery below with some base)
Short-prints (Nos. 401-500) (5) – Vladimir Guerrero Jr., Joey Votto, Cristian Javier, J.T. Brubaker, Yasmani Grandal
New Age Performers (2) – J.J. Bleday, Drew Waters
News Flashbacks (1) – Nelson Rockefeller
Baseball Flashbacks (1) – Tom Seaver
1974 Topps Baseball Stamps (2) – Cubs, Phillies
Then & Now (1) – Luis Tiant & Nathan Eovaldi
Blue Sparkle Chrome (3) – Austin Riley, Sandy Alcantara, MacKenzie Gore

Autographs/Memorabilia: 1
Real One Autographs (1) – Conner Capel

What's Buzz-worthy: Did you see the post where a ripper of one of these landed not one, not two but 28 autographs from one of these mega boxes? That one is an extreme but others did note some ink flowing so I bit on two of these -- one locally and one ordered online. My first? Probably average -- and you'll see it here at some point -- but this was another and it beat the odds with an auto, which is one in 223 packs. The rest here was pretty standard but I got a good mix of the rookies and then others here of note ... nothing big (heck, the auto isn't that big, either) but I'll probably dabble here one more time or do some hobby if they dip. I'm not a big fan of the 1974s but this one at least has more of a good feel to it with some thought vs. some other releases out in the retail wild where the boxes feel way too lean. I'll open more of this one in smaller formats, too, almost by default as I'm playing the waiting game before even dabbling with some of the other newer releases.

Product Grade: B+ 
Box Grade: A- (good volume on better names and an auto, which is not easy find)
Fun Grade: A-

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