What: 2016 Topps Strata baseball cards
Arrives: July 27
Box basics: One Relic or auto Relic and one auto per box (12 boxes per case)

What's buzz-worthy: Topps' high-end acetate-framed authentication showcase returns for another season with two cards per box and plenty of modern design that "pushes the envelope of what a baseball card can look and feel like."

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With the NBA All-Star Game and its corresponding events set for this weekend in Toronto, that means Panini America will be on the scene for the event's NBA Centre Court interactive event.

For those in attendance, that means exclusive trading cards and autograph signings.

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What: 2016 Panini Prizm Draft Picks football cards
Arrives: March 30
Box basics: Five autographs per 12-pack box (12 boxes per case)

What's buzz-worthy: This year's top college stars will be found in the Prizm rainbow with Panini America's second college football release for the brand. Every box will contain plenty of ink along with 60 draft picks cards, 10 Prizms, six more draft pick Prizms, two stained glass and two die-cut inserts per box.

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Fans of the TV show Dexter will have plenty of new cardboard to collect soon from Breygent Marketing as a pair of releases for the show are set to arrive this month.

Dexter Seasons 5-8 Comic Con Packs will arrive packing six hits per pack beginning next week. There will be only 262 packs made. Meanwhile, Dexter Seasons 7-8 are recapped in a standalone product also set to arrive later this month.

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Non-sport card-maker Breygent Marketing teased many images from its upcoming Bates Motel Seasons 1-2 Comic Con Special Edition release on Wednesday and it includes some of the weirder memorabilia cards made in recent years.

Don't believe us? Check out the gallery ...

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The Walking Dead returns on Sunday with the midseason premiere and Entertainment Weekly is capitalizing on the demand for the hit show with six covers for all of the zombie-loving collectors to eat up.

There's a twist though with how somebody can collect them all.

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Maybe it's just the National Pizza Day buzz at work here -- or maybe some of those Papa John's commercials during NFL games -- but Buzz has to wonder what kind of demand there might be for a Peyton Manning & John Schnatter dual autograph card.

Maybe it's just a cheesy idea, but Buzz knows it wouldn't sell for pocket change if we found Manning and the world's most-famous pizza-selling football fan on a National Treasures card from Panini America. Buzz has imagined it above. Heck, maybe he'd be game for some kind of Ball State (where he went to school) or a Louisville college card, too? (The Cardinals play at Papa John's Cardinal Stadium.)

It would be a fun, memorable and valuable football card if it became a reality -- one that might dwarf any other Manning autograph out there, too, simply because it's something unique. Maybe J.J. Watt, Joe Montana and other NFL players who have had pizza ties could get in on the action, too?

Are you hungry for a card like this? Tell us here or on Twitter.

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On the heels of a re-release of the politicians cards in this year's Garbage Pail Kids set for the Iowa Primary, Topps has created a set of new GPK cards only available for a limited time coinciding with the New Hampshire Primary.

Why? People love their politicians -- or ripping on them.

A new batch of nine pairs of card-size stickers, as well as a full set, are initially available for 24 hours only via Topps.com.  Who's in it? Keep reading ...

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Today's apparently National Pizza Day, and, while it's totally one of those meaningless Internet holidays, it's still real.

And so is this baseball card.

In 1988, the Detroit Tigers' 1968 championship was revisited in a forgettable card set that included this "Avoid The Noid" coupon card. If you don't remember The Noid -- or past pizza sets -- keep reading.

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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: Box breaks with autographs, big NFL hits, BenchWarmers and a grading debate.

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"The Gunslinger" Brett Favre was among the players named to this year's Hall of Fame class on Saturday night, meaning he'll be forever enshrined in Canton later this year.

One card pulled in recent days by a collector is this 2015 Panini National Treasures College Notable Nicknames card -- one of only a few cards showing him at Southern Mississippi that's signed and one of even fewer that's signed and inscribed. (And it's pricey.)

Buzz thinks this is close to a perfect piece of cardboard and wonders what you think ... grade this card.

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Cuban baseball star Yulieski Gourriel and his younger brother have defected from Cuba with an eye on playing in MLB.

Yulieski Gourriel has appeared on cards since the 2006 World Baseball Classic when Upper Deck made cards for him and other players in the event. He also appeared on cards from Topps in 2009 and 2013.

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A new Ghostbusters movie is on the way in July, but before the 1980s franchise arrives with a new generation the previous movies get revisited with a new card set from Cryptozoic.

Scheduled to arrive on May 11, 2016 Cryptozoic Ghostbusters will include autographs, sketch cards, slime cards, manufactured patches and plenty more as the company revisits the tale of Peter Venkman, Raymond Stantz, Egon Spengler, Winston Zeddmore and others.
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The Topps Spring Fever hobby shop program is back beginning this week with packs of exclusive cards a reward for making qualifying purchases at participating stores.

The 50-card set will be found in Spring Fever packs along with autographed versions. As an added bonus, this set will be the first place that some notable free agent/trade signees are found in their new uniforms.

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While we all should know about two-sport stars like Bo Jackson, Deion Sanders and plenty of others from the past, there's only one man in MLB history to be a manager of a baseball team and then also coach of an NFL team.

His name is Hugo Bezdek.

That's your obscure trivia for the day courtesy of the MLB Network and Hot Stove this morning ... now Buzz will add some cardboard context.

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It's pretty obvious who won and who lost after Super Bowl 50 on Sunday night without a glance at the scoreboard that read Broncos 24, Panthers 10.

The storybook finish happened for one, an emergence for another. And for the losing team we saw the best and the worst possibilities -- for guys who have plenty of good and now bad potential on cardboard. Here's a rundown ...

Von Miller -- Not long ago he was a guy coming off a suspension and an ACL tear, but on Sunday night the Broncos LB became one of a handful of defensive stars named the Super Bowl MVP. He recorded six tackles, two forced fumbles and two sacks for a loss of 27 yards. His strip of Cam Newton in the fourth quarter set up the final score of the game. Miller's Rookie Cards can be found in 2011 boxes and he's undoubtedly seen an uptick in interest simply because defensive stars are often overlooked. Will it last? Probably not, but he'll always have the MVP award in the record book. It will help, though, if he remains in Denver.

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You won't see any sports card companies selling cardboard during Super Bowl 50, but there will be plenty of collectors watching Super Bowl commercials and Buzz will share some favorites here as they arrive during the game.

Which one is best? Tell Buzz here or on Twitter ...

Super Bowl Commercial: Skittles
Buzz's Take: Marshawn Lynch might have something to say about this one ...

Super Bowl Commercial: Chunky Soup
Buzz's Take: A classy football-related commercial that would make Donovan McNabb's mom proud.

Super Bowl Commercial: X-Men Apocalypse
Buzz's Take: Buzz hadn't seen anything for this one, so it was pretty striking. (Meanwhile, 41 million of you have seen the previous trailer since December on just one YouTube account ... Buzz was apparently in Star Wars mode back then.)

Super Bowl Commercial: Bud Light
Buzz's Take: In what's likely to be a series of commercials, Seth Rogen and Amy Schumer spoof politics. (For the record, neither one has a certified auto ... just saying.)

Super Bowl Commercial: Doritos
Buzz's Take: The leader for the creepiest and funniest commercial in the game so far ...

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The latest trailer for Captain America: Civil War just arrived just before Super Bowl 50 in advance of its arrival in May. Check it out below and take our poll.

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What's Buzzing Today: Super Bowl 50, Superfractors, SportKings & more.

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What a player pic.twitter.com/ZEc40fMHgd

— Rob Gronkowski (@RobGronkowski) February 7, 2016

You won't find this cardboard in packs just yet ... but Rob Groncatski clearly gets Rob Gronkowski's endorsement in advance of the Kitten Bowl.

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Our weekly Blowout #BuzzWorthyPulls Contest is back. Every single Saturday we'll launch a new post where all you have to do is show off your biggest, newest card via a photo posted on Twitter and here on BlowoutBuzz.com.

Your prize if you're the winner? A $25 BlowoutCards.com gift certificate.

This week's contest & instructions (read closely): Show your best football pull. We have simplified the steps -- read the instructions to make sure your entry is done correctly.

Step 1 -- Take your photo. This must either be a selfie with the card or an image of the card with paper that has #buzzworthypulls hand-written on it. Be sure to show the card clearly. No exceptions.

Step 2 -- Tweet us and tag it. Tweet your pic to @blowoutbuzz and @blowoutcards and you must include the #BuzzWorthyPulls tag. You don't have to say anything else but if you need to add a detail ("Card is a 1/5.") you can.

What's next? Be Patient and wait for the following Saturday ... we'll announce a winner either in the early morning or in the evening (depends on Buzz's schedule). The winner will be notified on Twitter and noted in the comments for that week. The comments will then be closed. At the same time, we'll post the next contest and you can enter there.

Are you ready to win? You know what to do ... show us your #BuzzWorthyPulls.

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From time to time, Buzz will break a box of something and break down 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 baseball cards (blaster box)
Where to buy: BlowoutCards.com (for hobby)

Packs per box: 10 -- plus one manufactured Relic pack
Cards per pack: 10
Cards in this box: 101
Base set completion: 
78 of 350 (22 percent)
Duplicates: 0

Notable names pulled on base cards: Mike Trout, Miguel Cabrera, Matt Harvey, Jose Abreu, Yasiel Puig

Rookie Cards pulled: Aaron Nola, Greg Bird, Henry Owens, Ryan Lamarre

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We're a day away from the Pro Football Hall of Fame revealing its 2016 class of inductees, and there's been plenty said about a group that includes Brett Favre, Ken Stabler, Terrell Davis, Terrell Owens and other finalists as the hours click down to Saturday night.

And that's when there will be even more said.

But Buzz was wondering about college ties for the big names this year and noticed something else -- many of the candidates come from big schools with a number of Hall of Famers already enshrined. That got Buzz thinking about which schools have the most players in Canton -- and whether this year's class might shake things up in the record book.

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What: 2016 Topps Star Wars: The Force Awakens Chrome trading cards
Arrives: July 13
Box basics: One hit in every 24-pack hobby box (12 boxes per case)

What's buzz-worthy: Topps takes the Star Wars universe to the Chrome galaxy with one autograph, Relic, printing plate, sketch or medallion card per box and, of course, a rainbow of color.

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What happens when you have a retail-only, hit-per-pack product that can be condition sensitive with a likely modest print run and sometimes-rocky collation? A super collecting challenge -- and a product that is available now at an outrageous price as part of Blowout Cards' Super Bowl 50 sale coinciding with the big game.

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The 2014 Topps Turkey Red football set presents a collecting challenge with some surprisingly expensive cards -- even for rookies who may not have lived up to expectations. Need an example of how expensive? Click here. Yep, that much ... even for Johnny Manziel. And one expensive card that's unsigned? Click here.

There aren't that many $100 cards popping out of retail packs regularly, but these two cards are not alone in Turkey Red. In fact that second sale above might be underselling the card based on scarcity. Overall, it seems autograph asking prices are healthy, too.

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