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 7.
The packs: Three 2015 Topps Series 2 blister packs (each contains three packs)
The cost: Click here
What’s inside this one? Keep reading …
Packs per pack: 3 (plus one Cal Ripken Jr. 2,632 Gold insert)
Cards per pack: 37
Cards in this lot: 114
Base set completion:
82 of 350 (23 percent)
Duplicates: 9
Notables on base cards – Clayton Kershaw, Justin Verlander, Hanley Ramirez, Stephen Strasburg
Rookie Cards (11) – Kris Bryant, Micah Johnson, Jason Rogers, Archie Bradley, R.J. Alvarez, Miguel Alfredo Gonzalez, Odubel Herrera, Jung Ho Kang, Andrew Chafin, Matt Szczur, Jason Rogers
Inserts: 21
2,632 (3) – Cal Ripken Jr.
2,632 Gold (3) – Cal Ripken Jr.
Gold parallel (2) – John Holdzkom, Mat Latos (/2,015)
Snow Camo parallel (1) – Brett Cecil (/99)
Stepping Up (2) – Reggie Jackson, Hunter Pence
Highlight of the Year (3) – Babe Ruth (2), Bobby Doerr
‘Til It’s Over (1) – Ivan Rodriguez
First Pitch (3) – Kevin Hart, Kelsey Grammer, Jon Hamm
Babe Ruth’s Call Your Shot game cards (2) – 50 cents off, $10 off (Why is this listed here? Keep reading … )
Topps Bunt Loot Code Card (1)
Autographs/Memorabilia: None
What’s Buzz-worthy: The main mission with these packs? Landing a Kris Bryant Rookie Card on the cheap — and that was accomplished. Why? Hobby and even retail boxes of this one are drying up so they, unfortunately, aren’t getting any cheaper. While I’d normally just chuck cards like the Call Your Shot contest into the garbage with wrappers, one had been good for $10 off of a factory set — a card that was found one in every 1,000 packs. (Could this be a card that master set collectors seek? I’m not sure … but maybe.) Another interesting off-radar inclusion here are the Gold Ripken cards, which are pretty scarce in online auctions vs. the standard cards and uncatalogued in some circles. It’s a simple parallel but one that’s only available in these packs, making them rarer than those found in all packs as part of the run. One plus also seen here? The fact that parallels are found in these packs — and that means key cards like Bryant’s can be found in parallel form here, too. They won’t be easy pulls, but they’d be profitable if found here. You won’t find them too easily but there are also autographs and memorabilia cards to be found in these packs, too.
Product Grade: A
Pack Grade: A (collectively, this lot of three blisters did well)
Fun Grade: A-
What’s next? Be back in an hour …
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