Buzz Break: 2024 Topps Allen & Ginter baseball cards

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The pack: 2024 Topps Allen & Ginter baseball cards (value)
First Buzz preview & checklist: Click here
Where to buy: BlowoutCards.com (for hobby)

Keep reading for a full breakdown of what was in this one as well as a gallery of highlights.

Cards per pack: 14
Base set completion: 
7 of 300 (2 percent)
Duplicates: 0

Notables on base cards – Greg Maddux, Sammy Sosa, Corbin Carroll, Yu Darvish

RC logo cards (5) – Elly De La Cruz, Nolan Schanuel, Austin Martin, Emerson Hancock, Jordan Westburg

Insert cards: 5 (all in gallery below with some base)
Short-prints (Nos. 301-350) (1) – Lou Brock
Mini Short-prints (Nos. 301-350) (1) – Jeff Bagwell
Mini A&G Back (1) – Justin Foscue
Buzzin' (1) – Paper wasp
Stars Of The Show (1) – Zayne

Autographs/Memorabilia: None

What's Buzz-worthy: The Elly De La Cruz RC was visible on the top of this pack and in an alternate universe Buzz might have not opened that but in the here and now for Buzz Breaks, well, I bit on this one and ripped it. The rest of the pack was fine but that card is still the highlight ... and at least there's no damaged stuff this time, unlike a mangled icon on a Chrome last time that put a damper on the pack. ... The very repetitive look here led me to just do a pair of packs of this year's edition -- and I'm not sure I'll do more unless bargain-bin time includes these later. I wasn't a big fan of last year's Ginter but it having ink from Victor Wembanyama and a few other non-baseball notables was likely stronger than this time among longshot finds. ... As I said ripping last year, I did an all-time low of this brand previously and I've been a heavy buyer since its revival in 2006. I still think this one needs a reboot, rebrand or maybe even a break. Last year was a better design for the brand -- but the waist-up/essentially mugshot photo on seemingly every card is, well, not all that appealing card after card after card. ... Hobby boxes once again include three hits -- sometimes that will be three Relics -- and then some chase stuff that can make for fun breaks if you go there. I would rather have consistency box to box and for the more-premium price for these boxes these days I'll play the broken record and note that this one really does need an auto in every hobby box. (A lot of the names can't be pricey signers to land, either.) Rip hobby boxes if you're chasing the elite stuff or get in on the Ginter X chase -- should be an auto per box there, though its price this year started higher than usual.

Product Grade: B (same grade as last year, but 2023 seems better with Victor Wemanyama ink among finds)
Pack Grade: A- (good run of rookies ands stars among the base ... but this is a brand to do by the box for sure)
Fun Grade: B

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