Buzz Break: 2025 Topps Series 2 baseball cards (hanger)

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The box: 2025 Topps Series 2 baseball cards (hanger)
First Buzz preview & checklist/odds: Click here
Where to buy: BlowoutCards.com (a few formats)

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

Packs per box: 1
Cards per pack: 59
Base set completion: 
48 of 350 (14 percent)
Duplicates: 0

Notables on base cards – Shohei Ohtani, Cal Raleigh, Shota Imanaga, Jack Flaherty, Max Scherzer

RC logo cards (7) – Roki Sasaki, Jackson Jobe, Gustavo Campero, Tomoyuki Sugano, Troy Taylor, Michael Mercado, Steward Berroa

Insert/short-print cards: 11 (all in gallery below with some base)
Dynamic Duos (1) – Aaron Judge & Anthony Volpe
Diamante parallel (2) – Elly De La Cruz & C.J. Abrams, Endy Rodriguez
Rainbow Foil parallel (1) – Kirby Yates
Pink Holofoil parallel (1) – Cristian Javier
Gold parallel (1) – Kyle Isbel (/2,025)
1990 Topps (1) – Teoscar Hernandez
Stars Of MLB (4) – Roki Sasaki, Jacob Wilson, Rhett Lowder, Jose Altuve

Autographs/Memorabilia: None

What's Buzz-worthy: Simply put, this ain't the norm. The selection of base cards was pretty rough after Ohtani and the rookies were, too, after Sasaki ... but the inserts made up for it with a few cards that shouldn't be easily found all lining up in the same pack. (Collation flub? Statistically, it seems like it and this was a lot more insert action than my first one.) Gold here is one in 14, Pink one in 12, Duos one in six. The rest were pretty much the norm but I landed some key young names across the board -- some hotter than others but, overall, this was an A+ box. ... As noted before, these packs might be the best way to go for the price -- a blaster has more cards but might be a dryer break while my trio of these packs showed there is potential. The foilboard effect is back on every single card but instead of going dark on the borders it's a mash-up of 1982, 1984 and 2019 with a light modern look this time around. Does it work? Yes. ... The new Diamante parallels bring some funk -- they're different and I don't mind them -- but the lineup of what's in these packs is ultimately the same as last year with the Stars Of MLB cards once again carrying more retail weight -- so it definitely still needs more variety with a normal pack but this one was stronger. ... If you like what you see, rip into jumbo for your best results with a guaranteed autograph and Relic and maybe more.

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

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