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)
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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: 
123 of 400 (31 percent)
Duplicates: 0

Notables on base cards – Aaron Judge, Ronald Acuña Jr., Pete Alonso, Shohei Ohtani, Spencer Strider, Spencer Torkelson, Manny Machado, Austin Riley, Andrew McCutchen, Yordan Alvarez, Miguel Cabrera, Max Fried, Jeremy Pena, Steven Kwan, Bryce Harper, Alex Bregman, Giancarlo Stanton, C.J. Abrams, Corey Seager, Justin Verlander, Oneil Cruz

RC logo cards (25) – Notables include Gunnar Henderson, Michael Harris II, Adley Rutschman, J.J. Bleday and others ... see all rookies in gallery.

Insert/short-print cards: 16 (all in gallery below with some base)
Short-prints (Nos. 401-500) (5) – Michael Stefanic (RC), Matt Olson, Yuli Gurriel, Alex Kirilloff, Jake McCarthy
New Age Performers (2) – Spencer Torkelson, Drew Waters
News Flashbacks (1) – World population
Baseball Flashbacks (1) – Joe Morgan
1974 Topps Baseball Stamps (2) – Cubs, Phillies
1974 Topps Baseball Stamps Blue (1) – Royals
Then & Now (1) – Ralph Garr, Jeff McNeil
Blue Sparkle Chrome (3) – Joey Votto, Shea Langeliers, Alek Thomas

Autographs/Memorabilia: None

What's Buzz-worthy: This box isn't far off from "as good as it gets" without some kind of rarer find or a hit (auto or memorabilia card) here with a mess of star players -- including five Aaron Judge appearances -- and three top rookies leading the way. Also not hurting this one is that Blue stamps card thanks to the Bobby Witt Jr. inclusion and then Langeliers and Votto among the Blue Chromes. (Granted these are all mostly affordable cards but this box was at more of a discounted price, too, but a win is a win in terms of good names no matter what they're worth.) ... 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 just feel way too lean among a lot of other recent years' MLB releases.

Product Grade: B+ 
Box Grade: A-
Fun Grade: B+

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