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What's Buzzing: Star Wars threads on May The Fourth (be with you), the one crypto card, the NBA's best under 23, grading chatter, new pulls and Wander Franco.

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The box: 2018 Topps Heritage Minor League baseball cards (hobby box)
Where to buy: BlowoutCards.com

Packs per box: 19 (18 standard, one box-topper)
Cards per pack: 8
Cards in this box: 142
Base set completion: 
122 of 200 (61 percent)
Duplicates: 0

Notables on base cards – Vladimir Guerrero Jr., Tim Tebow, Fernando Tatis Jr., Hunter Greene, Royce Lewis, Brendan Rodgers, Estevan Florial, Bo Bichette, Kyle Tucker, Nick Senzel, Alex Faedo, MacKenzie Gore, Ke'Bryan Hayes, Alex Kirilloff, Joey Wentz, Monte Harrison, D.J. Peters

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From time to time, Buzz will break a box of something and post the results here. Like this and want to see more? Or maybe there's a box you'd want to see busted? Send Buzz an email at BlowoutBuzz@blowoutcards.com.

The box: 2018 Bowman baseball cards (two value packs)
Where to buy: BlowoutCards.com (for a few formats)

Packs per pack: 4 (three standard packs, one Camo parallels pack)
Cards per pack: 35 (10 per standard, five in Camo pack)
Cards per lot: 70

Set completion: 
17 of 100 (17 percent)
Duplicates: 0
Prospect set completion: 
18 of 150 (12 percent)
Duplicates: 0
Chrome Prospect set completion: 
11 of 150 (7 percent)
Duplicates: 0

Notables on base/prospect cards – Clayton Kershaw, Dansby Swanson, Austin Beck, Royce Lewis, Nick Gordon, Kyle Wright, Jake Burger, Luis Robert, Fernando Tatis Jr.

Rookie Cards (8) – Rhys Hoskins, Alex Verdugo, Jen-Ho Tseng, Garrett Cooper, Anthony Banda, Francisco Mejia, Zack Granite, Andrew Stevenson

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From time to time, Buzz will break a box of something and post the results here. Like this and want to see more? Or maybe there's a box you'd want to see busted? Send Buzz an email at BlowoutBuzz@blowoutcards.com.

The box: 2017 Bowman Chrome Mini baseball (factory set & bonus packs)
Where to buy: BlowoutCards.com

Packs per box: 3
Cards per pack: 10
Cards in this box: 303 (273 cards in set, 30 bonus parallels)
Base set completion: 
273 of 273 (100 percent)
Duplicates: 0

Notable players on base cards – Aaron Judge, Cody Bellinger (2), Kevin Maitan, Yoan Moncada, Nick Senzel, Alex Bregman, Rhys Hoskins, Ronald Acuna, Vladimir Guerrero Jr., Mickey Moniak, Rafael Devers, Gleyber Torres, Andrew Benintendi,, Eloy Jimenez, Dansby Swanson ... and nearly all other rookies and prospects from 2017 Bowman and 2017 Bowman Chrome

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From time to time, Buzz will break a box of something and post the results here. Like this and want to see more? Or maybe there's a box you'd want to see busted? Send Buzz an email at BlowoutBuzz@blowoutcards.com.

The box: 2017 Bowman Chrome MLB (hobby box)
Where to buy: BlowoutCards.com

Packs per box: 12 (six per mini box)
Cards per pack: 5
Cards in this box: 60
Base set completion: 
23 of 100 (23 percent)
Duplicates: 0
Prospect set completion: 
24 of 100 (24 percent)
Duplicates: 0

Notable players on base cards – Ichiro Suzuki, Kris Bryant, Francisco Lindor, Mookie Betts, Jose Abreu

Rookie Cards (9) – Andrew Benintendi, Yoan Moncada, Orlando Arcia, Hunter Renfroe, Yulieski Gurriel, Jordan Montgomery, Robert Gsellman, Jharel Cotton, Tyler Glasnow

First Bowman Cards (8) – Chris Paddack, Austin Hays, Miguelangel Sierra, Tomas Nido, Jorge Ona, Jameson Fisher, Jazz Chisholm, Luis Alexander Basabe

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