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: An all-breaks look at the chatter on the boards.

Continue reading →

The "Biggest, Baddest Card Ever" is how tonight's UFC 200 is billed and it's had its fair share of drama when it comes to the card itself.

And there's plenty of cardboard to be found for it, too, with Topps on site for the UFC Expo with promo cards (though not as many as it had planned due to the Jon Jones-forced card change) and it will have even more cardboard with the launch of Topps Now UFC with this event.

But the one player on the card tonight in Las Vegas who doesn't have any new cards -- but should figure into the show prominently win or lose -- is current WWE fighter Brock Lesnar, who is making a one-time (or is it?) return to the Octagon with his organization's approval (or is it the sign of something more?) for the fight. (Update: Lesnar has been added to the Topps Now debut checklist after his win.)

He's got plenty of cardboard.

Continue reading →

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 breaks, Tom Brady Rookie Cards, Panini Rewards, The NSCC & more.

Continue reading →

What: 2016 Leaf Autographed Football Jersey Edition
Arrives: October
Box basics: One autographed jersey per box (eight boxes per case)

What's buzz-worthy: Leaf brings the fabric of the game to the blind-wrapped football memorabilia niche with "an unprecedented selection of athletes including Hall of Famers, superstars of years past, today's best players and hot rookies."

Keep reading for more.

Continue reading →

Whitecaps will be wearing these Han Solo jerseys tomorrow for Star Wars Night! #StarWars #wcaps pic.twitter.com/0Jjqv6ReK4

— Whitecaps (@wmwhitecaps) July 8, 2016

The West Michigan Whitecaps may be a Class-A farm team of the Detroit Tigers, but their jerseys to be worn on Saturday night are as big-league as it gets.

Your only appropriate answer here is ... "I know."

Follow Buzz on Twitter @BlowoutBuzz or send email to BlowoutBuzz@blowoutcards.com. 

>> Click here to buy baseball cards on BlowoutCards.com

If you know a Mike Trout collector who needs everything, then they might need this.

It's a 2000 Ford Ranger which was given to Trout when he got his first driver's license, and it's among the items being sold in the latest Goldin Auctions sale that coincides with this year's National Sports Collectors Convention.

No, really.

Continue reading →

The Upper Deck Gallery's latest release is not even supposed to be here today.

A pair of prints for Kevin Smith's Clerks -- the self-financed, filmed-at-night story of friends working at a convenience store filmed in a real convenience store -- is the latest creation from the company in a series of pieces featuring past films and comic book characters.

“I absolutely love this movie. I hope it shows through in the drawings,” said artist Steve Stark. “The team at Upper Deck and I tried to put in as many references as possible. It's the seed for the entire View-Askewniverse.”

Continue reading →

What: 2016 WNBA basketball cards
Arrives: Aug. 24
Box basics:  Two autographs per 110-card factory set

What's buzz-worthy: The annual WNBA release from Rittenhouse Archives includes autographs from a pair of UConn Huskies who were top picks in this year's WNBA Draft inside every single set.

Keep reading for more info.

Continue reading →

The second reveal from Panini America in regards to its National Sports Collectors Convention cardboard arrived on Thursday with a look at the company's wrapper-redemption set.

It will be made up of stars and rookies from four sports -- baseball, football, basketball and soccer. There will be autographs, there will be memorabilia -- but those are for a later time.

Right now, it's all about the basics.

Continue reading →

They may not scan well, but the acetate- and hit-driven Back Gold cards that arrived in hobby shops this week from Panini America remain one of the most-unique looks in collecting today.

Each box includes at least four autographs or memorabilia cards with a mix of past and present stars making up the deep checklist.

Continue reading →

Christy Mathewson game-used memorabilia is elusive and expensive with the term "museum collection" being very applicable because there's just one game-used jersey known to be in the hands of a private individual.

And that one gamer, a 1900-04 New York Giants jersey, is headed to the auction block in late August via Dallas-based Heritage Auctions.

"This Platinum Night auction will close within weeks of the centennial of Mathewson's final pitching appearance, the last of a staggering tally of 373 major league victories, third best in baseball history," reads the auction description. "The Sept. 4, 1916, contest against fellow pitching legend Mordecai Brown would likewise prove to be the last game of Three Fingers' career. And in that century that has elapsed since that battle of aging titans, only a single example of Mathewson's game-worn jerseys has surfaced within the collecting community.

"Heritage Auctions is honored and privileged by the opportunity to present that garment."

Continue reading →

Update: A fourth card for the new Daniel Cormier vs. Anderson Silva fight has been added as has a Brock Lesnar vs. Mark Hunt card.

--

With the UFC 200 main event picture a bit more murky with the news concerning Jon Jones, Topps' launch of Topps Now for UFC marches on.

A trio of cards that will reflect three bouts from Saturday night's action are now up for grabs via Topps' site on a pre-order basis.

Continue reading →

When the new Doctor Who trading card set arrives from Topps in November, there may be a familiar face found in packs even if someone has never seen a second of the long-running sci-fi show.

One of the signers is James Corden, who is the host of The Late Late Show.

Continue reading →

What: Yu-Gi-Oh! Invasion: Vengeance
Arrives: Nov. 4
Box basics: Nine cards per pack, 24 packs per box (12 boxes per case)

Continue reading →

It's a new day in Chicago -- and Miami -- as 12-time All-Star and three-time NBA champ Dwyane Wade will now be a member of the Chicago Bulls.

The 34-year-old will wind down his career with his home-state team after 13 seasons with the Miami Heat. How many more seasons will he play beyond a tw0-year deal with the Bulls? Does it matter for his cardboard? He knows the answer to the first question, and we want your take on the second ...

[polldaddy poll=9464629]

--

[polldaddy poll=9464630]

--

[polldaddy poll=9464631]

--

Follow Buzz on Twitter @BlowoutBuzz or send email to BlowoutBuzz@blowoutcards.com. 

>> Click here to buy cards on BlowoutCards.com

What: 2016 Leaf Memorabilia Vault
Arrives: December 2016
Box basics: Ten memorabilia pieces per box.

What's buzz-worthy: Leaf Trading Cards follows up its Memorabilia Vault release of last year with plenty of the same type of surprises inside one massive box -- a mix of items from the sports world and beyond.

Keep reading for more.

Continue reading →

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: 2015 Panini Immaculate Collegiate
Where to buy: BlowoutCards.com

Packs per box: 1
Cards per pack: 9
Cards in this box: 9
Base set completion: 
1 of 200 (0.5 percent)
Duplicates: 0

Base cards (1) – Eli Manning (/99)

Continue reading →

Topps Now takes an All-Star twist today with eight new cards offered on the real-time platform.

Five of those are the starting infield for the American League All-Stars -- the start of some grouped offerings celebrating The Midsummer Classic.

Continue reading →

Panini America is readying for this year's National Sports Collectors Convention and part of that preparation was revealed on Wednesday in the form of its first promo cards for the show.

It's a six-card VIP set.

Continue reading →

This year's edition of Topps Tribute baseball cards is just a week away and it will include plenty of hits -- simple as that.

In fact, there will be one in every pack -- and six in every box -- when it arrives with the newest crop of rookies and new looks at old names, too.

Continue reading →

The young stars of the Chicago Cubs are the infield of the National League All-Star team after the final voting was released on Tuesday night, but don't worry -- New Era has its on-field caps for The Midsummer Classic available for fans of all 30 teams.

The All-Star caps have gold trim on the logos, gold stars stitched on the vent holes and an All-Star logo on one side. The bills are not team colors and the same mixed gray is used for all 30 teams.

Continue reading →

The newest edition of Bowman Inception arrives tomorrow from Topps and that means autographs from the newest crop of prospects and rookies and plenty more without the sometimes-insane Chrome rainbow to complicate things when it comes to prices on the secondary market.

Don't get the wrong idea that this one doesn't pack the big names, though -- it does.

Continue reading →

What: 2016 In The Game Used hockey cards
Arrives: Aug. 3
Box basics: Five memorabilia cards per box (10 boxes per case)

What's buzz-worthy: Leaf's celebration of vintage hockey memorabilia returns once again with some of the biggest names in the history of the game and legends that you don't see on game-used cards all that often.

Keep reading for more and a full gallery of images.

Continue reading →

Topps Now is coming to the Octagon -- and it won't be the only new cardboard from UFC 200.

The company revealed Tuesday that it's launching the real-time cardboard service for MMA fans starting with the event tomorrow. Images of those cards will be available when they launch.

“UFC is the perfect fit to incorporate into the Topps Now program immediately,” said Jeff Heckman, Topps' Director of New Product Development & eCommerce Marketplace. “Every weekend there are great fights happening; we have seen a number of title changes over the last several months. Topps Now is the best way to capture these moments and give UFC fans a collectible they will treasure.”

Continue reading →

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: 2015-16 Panini Gala basketball cards (hobby box)
Where to buy: BlowoutCards.com

Packs per box: 1
Cards per pack: 5
Cards in this box: 5
Base set completion: 
1 of 120 (<1 percent)
Duplicates: 0

Base cards (1) – Robin Lopez (/99)

Continue reading →