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The box: 2022 Topps Series 1 baseball cards (hanger box)
Where to buy: BlowoutCards.com
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Keep reading for a full breakdown and gallery of what was in this one.
Packs per box: 1
Cards per pack: 67
Base set completion:
59 of 350 (17 percent)
Duplicates: 0
Notables on base cards – Vladimir Guerrero Jr., Wander Franco, Kris Bryant, Max Scherzer, Alex Kirilloff, Yu Darvish, Kyle Lewis, Fernando Tatis Jr., Pete Alonso, Walker Buehler, Aaron Judge
Rookie Cards (7) – Chas McCormick, Alex Wells, Ivan Castillo, Zach Pop, Kyle Muller, Zach Thompson, Curtis Terry
Insert/short-print cards: 8 (all in gallery below with some base)
Red Rainbow Foil parallel (1) – Brady Singer (/199)
Rainbow Foil parallel (1) – David Price
2021's Greatest Hits (1) – Fernando Tatis Jr.
1987 Topps (1) – Cody Bellinger
Stars of MLB (4) – Wander Franco, Fernando Tatis Jr., Mike Trout, Gerrit Cole
Autographs/Memorabilia: None
What's Buzz-worthy: I picked up a sealed hanger box tray of this one (eight packs) at a cheap price so you'll see this one and seven more here in the coming weeks ... and I'll say that while they all collectively did over-deliver based on the odds I didn't really get a level-10 dose of hanger box magic that some have seen. (At least two 1/1 Wander Franco cards in this release were found in this format.) This time? The Red is a find that's one in 82 packs, while the inserts included a good crop of young stars. The rookies and base? Not that great this time, though statistically you should find Franco base cards in these packs roughly one in every six times you open them. ... The Stars cards are retail-only finds with parallels and Chromes in play and they make up most of your insert presence here, while hobby boxes are too lean on inserts if you ask me. So ... this format does feel a little more enticing but still also a bit base-heavy and that might appeal to some of you more for the price. This one has a crisper and cleaner design than last year -- and it's one that emphasizes the photographs well with a number of oddball images that get a good ride -- but speaking as an old-timer but not an old old-timer I think this one needs a lot more flash and dash via inserts. That thought holds true for me having ripped all formats (so far) other than hobby jumbo.
Product Grade: B+ (better design than last year -- just needs something more)
Box Grade: A (one rarer find here and some good young names)
Fun Grade: B
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