Buzz Break: 2016 Topps Gypsy Queen baseball cards (blaster box)

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The box: 2016 Topps Gypsy Queen baseball (blaster)
Where to buy: BlowoutCards.com (for hobby when available)

Packs per box: 8
Cards per pack: 6
Cards in this box: 48
Base set completion: 
36 of 300 (12 percent)
Duplicates: 0

Notable players on base cards – Bryce Harper, Manny Machado, Carlos Correa, Matt Harvey, Jacob deGrom, Paul Goldschmidt

Rookie Cards (1) – Max Kepler

Buzz Break: 2016 Topps Gypsy Queen baseball cards (blaster box)

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: 2016 Topps Gypsy Queen baseball cards (blaster box)
Where to buy: BlowoutCards.com (for hobby)

Packs per box: 8
Cards per pack: 6
Cards in this box: 48
Base set completion: 
34 of 300 (11 percent)
Duplicates: 0

Notable players on base cards – Noah Syndergaard, Alex Rodriguez, Anthony Rizzo, Jose Altuve

Rookie Cards (7) – Corey Seager, Gary Sanchez, Stephen Piscotty, Jerad Eickhoff, Zach Davies, Matt Duffy, Aaron Nola

Board Buzz: Must-read threads on the Blowout Forums (Nov. 11)

The Blowout Cards Forums are where thousands of collectors converge daily to discuss, well, a little bit of everything. Here are five threads about collecting and more that you should check out right now.

What’s Buzzing Today: Contest prizes, Gotham boxes, Prizm cases, MLB hits and the last box on the shelf.

Board Buzz: Must-read threads on the Blowout Forums (May 22)

The Blowout Cards Forums are where thousands of collectors converge daily to discuss, well, a little bit of everything. Here are five threads about collecting and more that you should check out right now.

What’s Buzzing Today: Big blasters, big pulls & big names on this Sunday afternoon.

Kenta Maeda’s Bowman Chrome auto debut comes at perfect time

The headlines after Kenta Maeda‘s fourth MLB start speak of superlatives — all-time superlatives — and that bodes well for his cardboard.

In part due to good timing.

Gallery: 2016 Topps Gypsy Queen baseball cards

Buzz was gone fishing  last week when 2016 Topps Gypsy Queen arrived, but the retro brand is clearly well-stocked with Trout and plenty of other stars from the past and present that make it a box worth considering.

Unlike other retro brands, here every box includes a mix of two autographs and two Relics with even more possible.

Need a 2016 Topps Gypsy Queen baseball checklist? Get it here …

Topps‘ next retro baseball card brand is Gypsy Queen and the newest version arrives on April 6 packing plenty of old styles with today’s newest features.

You know, like the card seen above.

Topps details its plans for Kenta Maeda autographs in 2016 products

When 2016 Topps Legacies of Baseball arrives on March 30, the new brand will include a first-time signer for the company.

That signer is Los Angeles Dodgers rookie pitcher Kenta Maeda, who signed with the team after a successful career in Japan and made his spring debut this past weekend.

“Maeda is a popular player on a big market team with dominant international statistics,” said baseball brand manager Zvee Geffen. “It’s a combination driving excitement for fans everywhere, and Topps is the only place collectors will find his Major League Baseball-licensed autographed cards.”

First Buzz: 2016 Topps Gypsy Queen baseball cards

What: 2016 Topps Gypsy Queen baseball cards
Arrives: April 6
Hobby box basics: 24 packs, 10 cards — two autographs, two Relics and one 10-card mini box box-topper

What’s buzz-worthy: The sixth edition of Gypsy Queen follows much of the same formula from the past releases with the same number of hits and the same mini box box-topper we have seen from past years. What’s new here this time are a few insert sets (MVP Minis, Power Alley), some parallels (MVP Minis autos, Mini Black autos) and a few other fun inclusions. Those will be Laces Around the League Relics — cards with baseball stitch swatches limited to five copies — as well as jumbo patch Relic and Ancient Era Remnants — aka buybacks from the 1920s to 1950s.

See a gallery and more … below.