BuzzMania3: Busting 2016 Topps Heritage WWE (Hour 3)

The biggest weekend in professional wrestling is here with WrestleMania 36 set for a scaled down split event on Saturday and Sunday. We'll make today a big day for wrestling collectors right here on The Buzz with #BuzzMania3, a series of WWE wax box and wax pack breaks -- though also on a smaller scale than Buzz had previously planned, too.

This is Hour 3 ... a volume rip with quality basics.

The case: 2016 Topps Heritage WWE blasters (16 boxes)
The cost: Click here

What's inside this one? Keep reading ...

Boxes per case: 16
Packs per box: 8 (seven standard plus one Relic pack)
Packs per case: 128
Cards per pack: 9
Cards per box: 64
Cards per case: 1,024
Base set completion: 
110 of 110 (100 percent)
Extras: Yes -- between four and seven copies per card (four sets completed)

Notables on base cards – Steve Austin, Trish Stratus, Bret Hart, Kevin Owens, The Rock, Undertaker, Bruno Sammartino, Finn Balor, Bayley, Bray Wyatt, Sasha Banks, Roddy Piper, Asuka, John Cena, Becky Lynch, Eddie Guerrero, Shawn Michaels, Triple H, Randy Orton, Chris Jericho, Brock Lesnar, Roman Reigns, Lana, Charlotte Flair, Paige, Lita, Carmella, Nia Jax, Eddie Guerrero, Andre The Giant, Elizabeth, Randy Savage and many more.

Rookie Cards – Mandy Rose, Braun Strowman, Big Cass, A.J. Styles, Enzo Amore, Karl Anderson, Aiden English, Apollo Crews, Baron Corbin, Sami Zayn, Simon Gotch

Inserts: 387 (All hits in gallery below with some samples of inserts and base)
All-Star Patch (5) – Andre The Giant, Brock Lesnar, Sami Zayn, Finn Balor, Bubba Ray Dudley (/299)
All-Star Patch Bronze (2) – Bam Bam Bigelow, Syxx (/99)
All-Star Patch Silver (2) – Triple H, Kevin Nash (/50)
The Rock Tribute (38) – three to five copies per card (part of a continuity set)
Turn Back The Clock (112) – set complete with six to eight copies per card
Record Breaker (112) – set complete with three to six copies per card
WCW/nWo All-Stars (112) – set complete with two to five copies per card
Blue parallel (1) – Sheamus (/25)
Bronze parallel (3) – Asuka, Enzo Amore, Luke Gallows (/99)

Autographs/Memorabilia: 7
Shirt Relics Bronze (1) – Zack Ryder (/150)
Shirt Relics Silver (1) – Xavier Woods (/50)
NXT Mat Relics (1) – Colin Cassady (/199)
NXT Mat Relics Silver (1) – Enzo Amore (/50)
Survivor Series Mat Relics (1) – Titus O'Neil (/199)
Survivor Series Mat Relics Bronze (1) – Kevin Owens (/99)
Survivor Series Mat Relics Silver (1) – Dean Ambrose (/50)

Card That Stole The Show: Tough case this time ... I'm going with the Woods Shirt Relic.

What's Buzz-worthy: This case actually delivered more manufactured patches than standard Relics (three less than the last time I ripped a case of this) and the victim of that was from the Shirt Relic side -- and those are the main highlights here unless you land printing plates if you ask me. (I have done that, actually -- mat printing plate.) The base set is the star here -- the 1986 design is crisply re-created with a really good checklist of past, present and future stars all in one place with really good photography for most notables. The inserts follow some of the past Topps formats well and show a little more from the WCW and nWo years vs. WWE. Meanwhile, the Turn Back The Clock cards show off some international stickers as well as a few early WWE cards from Topps. The Record Breakers set also offers some solid looks back at stars' previous achievements. ... I picked this one up awhile back when on sale and it's still available (hit that link up top) perhaps because you're not landing ink here. (Topps added signed cards into blasters the year after this one.) A good touch here is that the rarer versions of Shirt Relics seem to be more likely to have colorful swatches -- those make for some nice cards. All in all, these are fun for a price that's a fraction of the original -- you probably won't cash in big without a big name on a rarer Relic, but it's possible ... and the names here are good across the board.

Product Grade: A 
Case Grade: B (manufactured Relics dropped too often)
Fun Grade: B (fewer shirt/mat Relics here vs. my past breaks)

What's next? Be back in an hour ...

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