Buzz 12 in 12: Busting a 2016 Topps Archives 65th MLB box (Hour 5)

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 … this is Hour 5.

12in12-logo-smallerThe box: 2016 Topps Archives 65th Anniversary Edition baseball box
The cost: Click here to view

What’s inside this pack? Keep reading …

Cards per pack: 16 (see all in gallery below)
Base set completion: 
14 of 65 (22 percent)
Duplicates: 0

Inserts: 1
65th Anniversary stamped buyback (1) –
Chipper Jones 2012 Topps (All-Star Game)

Autographs/Memorabilia: 1
Autographs (1) – 
Jose Vidro

What’s Buzz-worthy: This retail-only product has long odds on some very good possibilities when it comes to autographs of notable players and there’s a shot at them in every single box. (Click here for a previous break and a checklist link.) This box? Not so much notable on that front, though it did include rookie reprints for Mike Trout, Buster Posey and Corey Seager and cards for legends such as Ted Williams, Roberto Clemente, Ozzie Smith and Rod Carew. This collector has ripped a few of these boxes with better autograph results than this (Did anyone want a Jose Vidro autograph when he was active?) but, hey, it happens.

Product Grade: A
Pack Grade:
 C+
Fun Grade: B

What’s next? Be back in an hour …

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