This year's Pro Football Hall of Fame class gets its gold jackets tonight in Canton, Ohio, and the Hall of Fame store has the simplest way to start a collection of the newest football greats.

That's the Goal Line Art set.

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LT is a VIP.

Former New York Giants linebacker Lawrence Taylor is the latest guest for the Panini America VIP Party that's set for Saturday night in Atlantic City, N.J. He's the fifth guest revealed by the company and only one announced (so far) on Friday.

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The National Sports Collectors Convention has everybody busy, but Buzz isn't too busy to make sure that this one gets out there.

It's the 2016 Topps Strata baseball checklist for the product that arrives on Wednesday.

Click here to view the final 2016 Topps Strata checklist as released by Topps.

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Day 2 of this year's National Sports Collectors Convention is over inside the Atlantic City Convention center and the preview night has come and gone, too.

Now it's time for Day 3 as we near the weekend with a larger slate of signers and plenty of action. You'll never know what big items you'll see (how's that box up top look?), and there will be items you'd never imagine finding because, well, you probably didn't know they existed.

Keep reading for more and to see a gallery that will grow throughout the day as the doors open shortly.

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A Basketball Hall of Famer is coming to Atlantic City, N.J. on Saturday night.

Panini America revealed its second VIP Party guest of the day on Thursday and it is former Chicago Bulls star Scottie Pippen. He'll be on hand Saturday night to meet collectors at the company's party.

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The newest retro-styled look at World Wrestling Entertainment arrives on Friday in the form of 2016 Topps Heritage WWE trading cards.

It's a product that will pack two hits per hobby box and one that looks back at the past stars as well as today's greats.

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What: 2017 Topps WWE Road to WrestleMania wrestling cards
Arrives: Feb. 1, 2017
Box basics: Two hits in every 24-pack hobby box (eight boxes per case)

What's buzz-worthy: The Road to WrestleMania will begin on cardboard right here with a new look for the brand -- at least on its hits -- with some new touches and some new faces and energy, too.

Keep reading for more and a full gallery of images.

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There is reign in the forecast for Saturday night in Atlantic City, N.J.

Panini America will guarantee that with the addition of former Seattle Sonics star Shawn Kemp as the latest guest at the company's much-watched VIP Party.

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Via @slmsolo: Look what I found ... #KrisBryant #Superfractor

All of the on-floor preparation for this year's National Sports Collectors Convention is over inside the Atlantic City Convention center and the preview night has come and gone.

Now it's time for the show. You'll never know what big cards you'll see (Kris Bryant Superfractor, anyone?), and there will be items you'd never imagine finding because, well, you probably didn't know they existed.

Keep reading for more and to see a gallery that will grow throughout the day as the doors open shortly.

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National Baseball Card Day is back.

The hobby shop event is set for Saturday, Aug. 13, and participating stores in the United States and Canada will have free six-card packs available for visitors. It's a promotion that hasn't been done since 2008.

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What: 2016 Topps Stadium Club EPL soccer cards
Arrives: Dec. 21
Box basics: Two autographs per box (16 boxes per case)

What's buzz-worthy: Topps takes its Stadium Club brand to the pitch with the stars of the Premier League for the first time with an energetic photo-driven look at the game that will carry just an $80 suggested retail price per box.

Keep reading for more and a full gallery of images.

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"Mr. October" is coming to the Panini America VIP Party on Saturday night coinciding with the National Sports Collectors Convention in Atlantic City, N.J.

Reggie Jackson is the second guest confirmed for the party.

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The National Sports Collectors Convention is just getting going and for those not at the show there will be plenty to see here and elsewhere online to get a glimpse at all of the action.

Buzz wants you to get in on the action from afar by offering up this 2016 Topps Tribute autograph of Hall of Famer (and NSCC signer) Frank Thomas that was recently pulled in a Buzz Break.

Want your shot at the card? Simply leave a comment on this post telling us your favorite Hall of Famer. Include your email (in the spot where it asks for it) and also include your Twitter handle (so Buzz can follow you and also potentially contact you there if you win).

We'll pick a winner from all entries received by Monday. (Yes, you can enter if you're at the show ... and don't worry if you don't see your comment immediately. They are held before approval.)

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

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Today's the day that Panini America's first NASCAR product arrives in the form of 2016 Panini Prizm, and one of the biggest newcomers in that set is Chase Elliott, who's the leading candidate for the Sprint Cup Rookie of the Year award.

Today's also the day for the opening of the National Sports Collectors Convention in Atlantic City, N.J., too.

And how do those two things cross paths? Elliott will be one of the guests at Panini's VIP Party on Saturday night -- he's the first guest confirmed by the company.

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Update: This post started on Monday and its gallery is updating throughout the preview night on Wednesday. There will be new galleries to come beginning on Thursday.

The calm before the storm is here.

On-floor preparation for this year's National Sports Collectors Convention has begun inside the Atlantic City Convention center. What you see here is the view of what will become Booth No. 1220, the home of BlowoutCards.com for the show, which begins Wednesday evening and runs through Sunday evening.

But that's not the only early scene seen so far ...

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The mystery is over.

Topps revealed the three Mystery Redemption Autograph subjects in 2016 Topps Finest on Tuesday night and they're three rookies you might have heard of.

And there's a pretty sweet twist.

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The 37th National Sports Collectors Convention is nearly here and, while Atlantic City, N.J., will be the center of the collecting universe, we have to note that the BlowoutCards.com booth (No. 1,220) will be the epicenter of the show at 3 p.m. on Thursday, Friday and Saturday.

Why?

Well, some of those boxes -- and cases -- in our 18 pallets of stuff out on the show floor are part of the largest Blowout giveaways yet in our history at the show. (And show veterans should already know how big they've been in the past ... this time we're stealing the show.)

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There are many products making their debut tomorrow and at the National Sports Collectors Convention and one of the more-watched ones might be 2016 Topps Chrome.

It's got a big rookie autograph checklist with quite a few notable names and a design that seems like it will be primed for a good-looking rainbow.

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The wait for the latest comic book blockbuster continues, but the wait for the new collectable caps does not.

Suicide Squad arrives in theaters on Friday, bringing a new group of DC Comics stars to the big screen for the first time but New Era has it covered already with the release of its Suicide Squad Collection today.

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Via @paniniamerica: We are here! Set-up has begun for the @nsccshow #NSCC16

The National Sports Collectors Convention is nearly here and the months of preparation are culminating in the show of all shows for sports collectors the next five days in Atlantic City, N.J.

There will be plenty to see, plenty to do and plenty to buy and Buzz has been watching the developments the whole way. We'll have galleries of images from the show floor and a few nuggets here and there in the coming days but there's already been plenty written leading up to the show that you can all find right here.

Here's a rundown of all past NSCC stories here on The Buzz ...

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The glass negative plates for some of the most-iconic baseball photographs of all time are hitting the open market via Heritage Auctions.

It's the Charles M. Conlon collection and it consists of 7,462 different images taken by the photographer whose work was owned by The Sporting News after his death in 1945. The collection was recently purchased by collector John Rogers so the negatives could be digitized for commercial reproduction.

"With audio and video recordings of the pre-war game extremely limited in population," reads the auction house description, "The Charles Conlon Photographic Archive is, quite simply, the most important and comprehensive record of early twentieth century baseball that exists, the DNA that gave birth to our collective vision of that time."

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What: 2016-17 Upper Deck Black Diamond hockey cards
Arrives: Nov. 30
Box basics: Five cards per Black Diamond pack along with one Exquisite pack per box (five boxes per case)

What's buzz-worthy: Black Diamond is back once again as a high-end brand with just five cards per pack with a one-card Exquisite pack inside each box as well. Exquisite will be released within other brands throughout the 2016-17 season.

Keep reading for more and a full gallery of images.

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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 WWE Undisputed wrestling cards
Where to buy: BlowoutCards.com

Packs per box: 10
Cards per pack: 5
Cards in this box: 50
Base set completion: 
23 of 100 (23 percent)
Duplicates: 0

Notable names pulled on base cards – "Stone Cold" Steve Austin, "Macho Man" Randy Savage, Triple H, The Rock, Eddie Guerrero, Chris Jericho

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What: 2016 Panini Spectra football cards
Arrives: Sept. 14
Box basics: Four autographs and seven memorabilia cards per four-pack box (eight boxes per case)

What's buzz-worthy: The high-end Prizmatic rainbow with plenty of autographs and memorabilia returns once again with plenty of what collectors expect from the brand and some new touches that up the ante as well.

Keep reading for more and a full gallery of images.

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There's a chance you'll be seeing more of Brennan Williams on cardboard and on TV -- but that's potentially a long ways away.

And it probably won't be with that name, either.

World Wrestling Entertainment announced a new signee for its developmental ranks on Monday and it's Williams, who is a former third-round draft pick who spent time on the sidelines and the practice squad. He'll join the NXT hopefuls at the WWE Performance Center in Orlando, Fla.

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