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 10.
The case: 2016 Topps Heritage WWE blasters
The cost: Click here (and it’s on sale)
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 – “Stone Cold” Steve Austin, Trish Stratus, Bret “Hit Man” Hart, Kevin Owens, The Rock, Undertaker, Bruno Sammartino, Finn Balor, Bayley, Bray Wyatt, Sasha Banks, “Rowdy” Roddy Piper, Asuka, John Cena, Becky Lynch, Braun Strowman, Eddie Guerrero, Charlotte Flair, Paige, Lita, “Macho Man” Randy Savage and many more.
Rookie Cards – Braun Strowman, Big Cass, A.J. Styles, Enzo Amore, Karl Anderson, Mandy Rose, Aiden English, Apollo Crews, Baron Corbin, Sami Zayn, Simon Gotch
Inserts: 384 (All hits in gallery below with some samples of inserts and base)
All-Star Patch (5) – Andre The Giant, “Stone Cold” Steve Austin, Scott Hall, Sami Zayn, Booker T (/299)
All-Star Patch Bronze (1) – Triple H (/99)
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) – Tyson Kidd (/25)
Bronze parallel (3) – Bret “Hit Man” Hart, Kalisto, Triple H (/99)
Autographs/Memorabilia: 10
Shirt Relics Bronze (3) – Roman Reigns, Asuka, Zack Ryder (/150)
Shirt Relics Silver (1) – Dolph Ziggler (/50)
NXT Mat Relics (1) – Samoa Joe (/199)
NXT Mat Relics Bronze (1) – Colin Cassady (/99)
Survivor Series Mat Relics (2) – Charlotte Flair, Roman Reigns (/199)
Survivor Series Mat Relics Bronze (1) – Jimmy Uso (/99)
Survivor Series Mat Relics Silver (1) – Sheamus (/50)
What’s Buzz-worthy: Buzz picked this one up recently when on sale (and it’s on sale again right now) and unlike a previous break of this — yep, there was a previous case — this release was a little bit stronger in its variety of who it included but had a few rarer hits. (All in all, still a good rip for a sliver of the original price.) The base cards, which use the 1986 Topps baseball design for the stars of the WWE’s past and present, delivered with remarkable consistency just as the standard inserts did, while there was some movement with the other inserts and parallels vs. the previous case. (There are no autographs in these boxes — not that big of a deal for the current price.) This base set is one of the best WWE sets ever made with the strong photography of past and present stars perfectly working here along with a simple array of inserts and parallels. The printing quality also is far better than that of 1986 Topps — and there are no wax stains here, either. The quality of this set alone keeps these cases from being a bummer if the hits don’t deliver well for you. Had these boxes included occasional signed Relics — a move that Topps has turned to this year — it might be an untouchable case and a perfect buy to hunt big cards on the cheap. This was a fun rip and I’ll be doing another when it’s at this price — this is a quality product that offers a comprehensive look at the WWE’s heritage.
Product Grade: A
Case Grade: A
Fun Grade: A
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