Buzz Break: Panini Country Music (retail display box case)

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The box: Panini Country Music trading cards (retail display-box case)
Where to buy: BlowoutCards.com

Boxes per case: 20
Packs per box: 24
Packs per case: 732
Cards per pack: 8
Cards per box: 192
Cards per case: 3,840 (approximated ... didn't sort base completely)
Base set completion: 
100 of 100 (100 percent)
Duplicates: Plenty ... could be as many as 28 sets here

Notables on base cards – Darius Rucker, Florida Georgia Line, LeAnn Rimes, Tracy Lawrence, Kimberly Perry, Sara Evans, Alabama, Big & Rich, Trick Pony, Nitty Gritty Dirt Band, Wynona Judd ... and plenty more.

Insert cards: 902 (sampling of it all in gallery)
Green base parallel (80) – Notables include Darius Rucker, Tyler Hubbard, Brian Kelley, Sara Evans, Wynona Judd, Kimberly Perry, LeAnn Rimes, Big & Rich, Joe Diffie, Nitty Gritty Dirt Band, Tracy Lawrence, Randy Owen
Purple base parallel (9) – Trick Pony, Parmalee, Pat Green, Tracy Lawrence, Randy Owen, Joe Diffie, Tracy Lawrence, Josh Thompson, Neil Mason (/99)
Award Winners (80) – Complete set of 25; between one and six copies per card.
Award Winners Green (83) – Similar to above. (I wanted this break posted before 2020.)
Award Winners Purple (3) – The Band Perry, Lauren Alaina, Chris Young (/99)
Backstage Pass (80) – Complete set of 20; between two and six copies per card.
Backstage Pass Green (80) – Similar to above.
Backstage Pass Purple (1) – Tracy Lawrence (/99)
Fresh Faces (80) – Complete set of 14; between four and seven copies per card.
Fresh Faces Green (78) – Similar to above.
Fresh Faces Purple (2) Jon Jones, Chris Thompson (/99)
Instrumental (80) – Complete set of 15; between three and seven copies per card.
Instrumental Green (80) – Similar to above.
Instrumental Purple (2) – Darius Rucker, Brantley Gilbert (/99)
Top of the Charts (80) – Complete set of 25; between one and five copies per card.
Top of the Charts Green (81) – Similar to above.
Top of the Charts Purple (3) – Big & Rich, Mark Chesnutt, Jerrod Niemann (/99)

Autographs/Memorabilia: 40
Musician Materials Green (15) – Pat Green (/49), Jon Pardi (/96), Sara Evans (/149), Lauren Alaina (/149), Matt Thomas (/149), Ronnie Milsap (/169), Dustin Lynch (/173), Scott Thomas (/175), Barry Knox (/192), Neil Perry (/399), Reid Perry (/399), Tyler Hubbard (/399), Neil Mason (/444), Jon Jones (/499), Kelsey Harmon (/499)
The Pick Collection (manufactured pick embedded into card) (20) – Jon Jones, Tracy Lawrence, Josh McSwain, Lauren Alaina, Lindsay Ell, Matt Thomas, Chris Young, Mike Eli, Jeff Cook, Shawna Thompson, Dustin Lynch, Joe Nichols, Mike Gossin, Tom Gossin, Big Kenny Alphin, Jamie Lynn Spears, Troy Gentry, Brantley Gilbert, Jana Kramer, Jerrod Niemann
Musician Materials Dual Green (1) – Josh Gracin & Lauren Alaina (/49)
Musician Materials Quad Green (1) – Chris Thompson, James Young, Jon Jones & Mike Eli (/49)
Combo Signatures Green (1) – Joe Diffie & Tracy Lawrence (/25)
Silhouettes Material Sigantures Green (2) – Brian Kelley (/25; autopenned), Teddy Gentry (/25)

What's Buzz-worthy: This dirt-cheap case in the big sale is one that delivers a ton of cardboard with a traditional format that offers plenty of packs, one hit and one manufactured hit every time along with a numbered parallel or parallel insert card. This case was a tad lighter on its autograph volume compared to other breaks I have seen -- those have had five autos, maybe more -- but this one included premium dual-auto, multi-person mem and Silhouettes autos (the best type in this one if you ask me) with all of them being the rarer Green version limited to only 25 copies for the ink. This particular box included an example of an enigma, too, as the Brian Kelley autographed card is an autopen -- somebody in the Florida Georgia Line camp decided to use a machine to sign the autos for him and Tyler Hubbard and it was not caught before release. ... The hobby boxes of this one are four packs total with each including a hit -- typically two or three autographs per box there -- so this one is dramatically different compared to that. The basic cardboard here has bronze stamping (retail or hobby) with the inserts also having bronze foil. There are a few colors added to the mix for everything in hobby packs but here you get Green and Purple (/99) parallels and that's it and they arrive regularly. At this current sale price, retail has pretty strong potential as there are a few cards that could pay for at least half if not all of your case if you land them. This case actually avoided standard autos (still all /25 here) so it may not be a typical break and those can make for some really cheap cards when not a bigger name. I'd still probably break hobby packs at their current box prices in the big sale as I'm at the point where I'm just chasing certain autos but this one does present a good chunk of a master set project in a case if you wanted to go there. I did like seeing the multi-piece and multi-auto cards but this case was a tad heavy on memorabilia. ... As said previously here, this release is a landmark one for the genre of country music in the "hits" era of the hobby. There have been other sets for the genre -- but not with autographs and memorabilia. There are some big names (not in the base set) on autographs, including Miranda Lambert, who sells pretty well on eBay along with others because these are their only certifed auto cards.

Product Grade: A
Case Grade: B+ (for the price now, it's a solid volume break at retail -- hobby still wins, though)
Fun Grade: B+

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