2023 Topps Baseball Forum

I bought two blasters, hanging back to pack in a newly stocked section and one box.  

in over 60% of the base, i received 3 dupes. in about 20% maybe 2 dupes and that left about 20% where i only received one single.  Yikes.  Dont know if im going to be spending anymore on this series. 

Inserts were great though.  

From what I heard, jumbo boxes are the way to go. But I think prices are increasing quite a bit lately.

I haven't opened enough retail boxes to be sure, but I just ripped a 2022 series 1 retail box, and got the entire base set (though the inserts are garbage). But if you are a set collector like me who doesn't want to spend big bucks on a jumbo, that might be a good option. 

If you buy multiple hangers or blasters, you risk hitting the same pocket of cards over and over again. That's just the way it goes sometimes. 

My hobby box had 2 doubles.  Bought 3 blasters and got decent distribution and completed my set.  Found the distribution this year was better than the prior 2.

But that is the risk you take with blasters.  Bought a lot from a guy who broke drown 20 panini football blasters and did not get a complete set…

If you buy two separate sealed packages of cards, chances are that there will be duplicates. This isn't poor collation. Poor collation would be if you found dupes in the same box.