I used to enjoy ripping Topps Heritage and putting the set together, until last year. The 2020 Topps Heritage breaks were brutal; minimal inserts, variations, chromes etc in each format, and not to mention most of the stars were short printed, making completing a set with the SP’s very expensive. I gave up on completing 2020 Topps Heritage SP set pretty quickly. Here’s to hoping completing the 2021 Topps Heritage set will be a bit easier.

My plan this year was to just buy a hobby box for something to rip, not expecting much. I picked up a hobby box at Blowout’s The Fantastic Store the other day and then happened to unexpectedly find a fresh Target restock full of 2021 Topps Heritage Blasters an bought 6.

2021 Topps Heritage Hobby Box

My hit was a Real One Auto instead of the standard Clubhouse Collection and the box topper was a Mike Trout poster, but other than that, not much to write home about. The box was light on inserts compared to past years. No chrome, colors or variations, other than a Max Scherzer Action Image Variation. I cannot say I’m surprised by these results, considering the production increase. All of this, combined with the rather hefty price increase means it will by my last Heritage Hobby Box this year.

Blaster Boxes

My luck on the blasters was much better. Out of 6 blasters, I pulled a chrome black border refractor, Clubhouse Collection Relic, two 1972 die cuts, the expected number of inserts and SP’s, and some of the better Rookies of the total break.

Overall, if was fun to open some packs and the results were about as expected. I was happy to see some of the stars this year are in the base set and not SP’d. I’m not likely to recoup my costs, but that wasn’t the intent. I will probably buy some more retail if I’m lucky enough to find any more at MSRP, otherwise, that’s it for Heritage this year.

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