Do you like Buzz Breaks? Today’s your day then as we launch 12 in 12 — a series of a dozen breaks of past wax boxes and wax packs in a dozen hours. We’ll post one every hour on the hour all day long today … and this is Hour 4.
The pack: 1989 Upper Deck High Series baseball cards
The cost now: $2
The cost then: $1
What’s inside this pack? Keep reading …
Cards per pack: 15 cards + 2 stickers (all in gallery below)
Base set completion:
15 of 800 (2 percent)
Duplicates: 0
Inserts: 2 (if you consider the hologram stickers to be inserts)
Hologram stickers (2) – Red Sox, Yankees
Autographs/Memorabilia: None
What’s Buzz-worthy: This is an iconic brand in many ways — printing, packaging, Rookie Cards, design — but this pack was simply brutal. It happens with just 15 cards and an 800-card set. As there should have been there were two high-number (Nos. 701-800) cards in this one — a forgettable combo of Pete O’Brien and Mel Hall — and then the rest of them were potentially a Ken Griffey Jr. Rookie Card. Except they weren’t. The only thing close to a good card in this one was a Fred McGriff team checklist. The Star Rookie? A checklist, too. Maybe Buzz will grab one of these packs again (or maybe a box) for a future 12 in 12 … it couldn’t get much worse than this pack!
Product Grade: A
Pack Grade: D
Fun Grade: C
What’s next? Be back at the top of the next hour …
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