Buzz Break: 2024 Topps Heritage baseball cards (blaster)

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The box: 2024 Topps Heritage baseball cards (blaster)
Where to buy: BlowoutCards.com (for a few formats when available)
First Buzz preview, odds & checklist: Click here

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

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

Notables on base cards – Max Scherzer, Anthony Rizzo, Max Fried, Austin Riley, Gerrit Cole, Francisco Lindor, Dusty Baker, Ronald Acuña Jr., Spencer Strider, Miguel Cabrera, Buster Posey, Jeff Bagwell, Frank Thomas, Rollie Fingers, Mike Schmidt, Nellie Fox, Ernie Banks, Yogi Berra, Roy Campanella

RC logo cards (18) – Notables include Jasson Dominguez, Austin Wells, Evan Carter, Jordan Westburg ... see all of the rookies in gallery below. 

Insert/short-print cards: 6 (all in gallery below with some base)
Short-prints (Nos. 1-100) (3) – J.J. Bleday, Jake Rogers, Merrill Kelly
News Flashbacks (1) – Trans-Alaska Pipeline
New-age Performers (1) – Freddie Freeman
Baseball Sensations (1) – Julio Rodriguez

Autographs/Memorabilia: None

What's Buzz-worthy: I spotted this one on the cheap so I bit and was reminded why I passed on so many of these -- while still ripping plenty of Heritage year. The smaller formats are just really hit and miss. My run of stars here wasn't bad but it also wasn't that packed with value guys and too many are subset names. The inserts? Well, my SPs were awful and really only one matters in the long run ... maybe two if we count this year's postseason. The rookies? I got a lot more this time and landed a couple of note ... but not enough. ... This one reinforces that hobby boxes -- or bigger boxes with more volume --  are your best way to go as long as you don't over-pay there. (A hit of some type should be guaranteed and typically some kind of variant will pop out of a box, too, but that's not always a given.) ... As I said in other breaks, the stock here is light and chippy -- too light and chippy -- while the backs are often too dark to read things on them, which isn't ideal, either. The printing and cutting is cleaner than 1975, though, and the colorful yet industrial spirit of the 1975 design comes through here for sure. The design is arguably better than much of the last few years for Heritage, too, though the next few years of the 1970s might be challenging to get through. This one is perhaps the best of the 1970s years but could have been stronger in a few ways.

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

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