The retail breaks have started to hit eBay and the hobby arrival of 2017 Topps Series 1 is coming in about 13 hours. Here's your catch-all post for all that can be found on The Buzz so far for the hobby's flagship baseball card set and the first MLB release of the new year.

>> Above are the hobby odds, which can be seen in our massive ongoing gallery.

>> MLB Network cards & First Pitch celebrities are among surprises.

>> Basics: 2017 Topps Series 1 First Buzz preview & checklist

>> Gallery & Checklist: 2017 Topps Series 1 Rookie Cards 

>> Bonuses: Here’s a checklist and breakdown of silver promo packs

Look for a Buzz Break -- and a contest for you to have a shot at a free hobby box -- here on Wednesday morning.

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What: 2017 Topps Doctor Who Signature Series trading cards
Arrives: June 21
Box basics: Four autographs per four-pack box (eight boxes per case)
Checklist: Click here to view

What's buzz-worthy: The heavily collected Doctor Who universe comes to cardboard once again with an autograph in every pack this time around.

Keep reading for more info as well as a gallery of images.

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One of the galaxy's biggest stars is the focus of an auction to benefit a pretty big cause.

It's a 2016 Topps Star Wars Masterwork silver-framed auto of Daisy Ridley -- and only 10 copies of the card were made. The card was pulled in an episode of Box Busters and is being sold by Beckett Auctions to benefit a charity fighting cancer.

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What: 2016-17 Panini Aficionado basketball cards
Arrives: March 24
Box basics: One autograph and one memorabilia card per 10-pack box (12 boxes per case)

What's buzz-worthy: An enigmatic 1990s baseball release returns with its textured printing for a release on the hardcourt and it's "designed, built and tailored to be a true collector's product."

Keep reading for more info and a full gallery of images released so far.

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What: 2016-17 Donruss Optic basketball cards
Arrives: April 5
Box basics: One autograph per 20-pack hobby box (12 boxes per case)
Checklist: Click here to view

What's buzz-worthy: We've got early word on some of the retail inclusions to come in Panini America's Optichromed version of its Donruss basketball set. There will be exclusives found only in certain pack types for both inserts, Holo parallels and autographed cards on the retail front. Update: We have added the full hobby information.

Keep reading for more info and a full gallery of images released so far.

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There too aren't many details revealed just yet, but Panini America is readying an NBA Day promotional set for an upcoming release.

A 40-card 2017 NBA Panini Day set will arrive in promo packs around the same time as the previously announced 2016-17 Panini Prestige, which is set to arrive on March 8, according to details released by the company today.

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What: 2016-17 Panini Prestige basketball cards
Arrives: March 8
Box basics: Two autographs and one memorabilia card per 24-pack box (16 boxes per case)

What's buzz-worthy: Prestige is back off the bench for the first time since 2013-14 with some new inserts and inclusions but also some familiar names.

Keep reading for more info and a full gallery of images released so far.

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A big weekend for the WWE to start a new year has spawned the biggest lineup of Topps Now WWE cards to start a new year on cardboard, too.

A total of 23 cards for NXT: Takeover San Antonio and the Royal Rumble events are now available as part of the 2017 Topps Now WWE lineup for 24 hours or until sold out in the case of Relics made for the line.

Including all Relics and parallels, Topps released just 55 Now WWE cards last year.

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What: 2017 Topps Stadium Club baseball cards
Arrives: June 28
Box basics: Two autographs per 16-pack box (16 boxes per case)
Checklist: Click here to view

What's buzz-worthy: Stadium Club brings its traditional lineup of inserts and photography-focused cardboard but adds some new elements -- namely Chrome.

Keep reading for more and a full gallery of images.

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What: 2017 Topps Finest baseball cards
Arrives: June 7
Box basics: One auto per mini box with two minis per master (eight master boxes per case)
Checklist: Click here to view

What's buzz-worthy: Finest returns to a full hobby release for its 25th edition with some new looks back -- at the NBA edition of the brand, for example -- and new Wave Autographs in the ink rainbow and more.

Keep reading for more and a full gallery of images.

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We're just two days away from the official hobby arrival of 2017 Topps Series 1 baseball cards and among the promotions for the hobby's flagship brand are Silver promo packs that take us all back to 1987.

Topps has revealed the final checklist and details for those packs and the 2017 Topps 1987 Chrome Refractors set today.

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It was 25 years ago this week that the comic book world changed a bit with the formation of Image Comics.

The new company brought us Spawn, The Savage Dragon, WildC.A.T.s. and Youngblood in its earlier days and The Walking Dead in later years.

As part of that anniversary, comic book shops around the country are celebrating Image Comics Day on Wednesday with some new arrivals from the company, which was created by Erik Larsen, Jim Lee, Rob Liefeld, Todd McFarlane, Whilce Portacio, Marc Silvestri and Jim Valentino. 

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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: Busting Bowman Draft, waiting on Topps Heritage, NFL Quarterback Challenge cards, rare Derek Jeter finds & much more.

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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: 1998 Team Best Top Prospects Signature Series minor league baseball cards
Where to buy: Check eBay

Packs per box: 18 (plus one box-topper)
Cards per pack: 6
Cards in this box: 109
Base set completion: 
50 of 50 (100 percent)
Duplicates: 45
Triplicates: 6

Base cards of note – Rick Ankiel, Kris Benson, Lance Berkman, Russell Branyan, Eric Chavez, J.D. Drew, Troy Glaus, Gabe Kapler, Mike Lowell, Gil Meche, Aramis Ramirez, Ruben Rivera, Jimmy Rollins, Vernon Wells

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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: Big breaks, Dr. Who, Matt Ryan, SI Swimsuit cards & more.

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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: Big Star Wars pulls, NFL Draft re-do, a Tom Brady question ... and questionable Tom Brady cards?

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What: Yu-Gi-Oh! Maximum Crisis Special Edition
Arrives: June 9
Box basics: Three Maximum Crisis booster packs, one of two variant foil cards and one of two preview cards for the summer booster set.

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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: 1999 Team Best Baseball America's Top Prospects minor league cards
Where to buy: Check eBay

Packs per box: 18
Cards per pack: 6
Cards in this box: 109
Base set completion: 
97 of 100 (97 percent)
Duplicates: 6

Base cards of note – Rick Ankiel, Bronson Arroyo, Lance Berkman, Milton Bradley, Pat Burrell, Michael Cuddyer, Aubrey Huff, Chad Hutchinson, Carlos Lee, Mark Mulder, Corey Patterson, Carlos Pena, Brad Penny, Jayson Werth, Randy Wolf

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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: Big cards from the past, bit pulls, big surprises & more.

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It started as a hobby to bring cards that didn't exist to life -- and now it can help bring your legends' cards into existence.

Tanner Jones is a dedicated Jose Canseco collector who lamented the fact that for years his retired but controversial slugger hadn't been found on all of the new, creative cards being made -- and often not with all of his MLB teams. So he started making cards of his own -- and then one day a year ago the idea of his Custom Cuts kits was born.

"I have had so many people ask me 'How do you do it?' and I've seen the desirability of making your own creations go up significantly," Jones said. "After thinking about it for a while, I thought to myself people are already acclimated to the thought of cut autos why not cut pictures as well? I played around with the template idea quite a while ago, and then back-burnered it until a few months ago."

For now, there are just two types of kits available -- and they allow buyers a start on making their own cards using their own images or documents, while some have used them to re-purpose components of damaged cards into new creations.

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Willie Nelson couldn't wait to get on the road again, going places he'd never been and seeing things he may never see again.

And we're pretty sure he never saw this.

It's a 2008 Donruss Americana Celebrity Cuts Materials Prime card and a small number of them have been pulled via BlowoutTV recently with a detail that many people might have missed.

What is it? Well, this is card No. 97 in Celebrity Cuts and a look at card No. 96 on that checklist as well as the autographed version of this card offer some clues ... keep reading.

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What: 2017 Topps Diamond Icons baseball cards
Arrives: Summer
Box basics: Seven autograph cards, two auto Relics and one Relic per 10-card box (four boxes per case)
Checklist: Click here to view

What's buzz-worthy: Topps unleashes another high-end brand that includes "the best of the past, present and future" with nothing but this and nothing but on-card autographs or cuts that make what Topps calls "the ultimate pack-breaking experience."

Keep reading for more as well as a full gallery of images.

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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: Some big pulls from retail boxes, strong Star Trek packs, new vintage, Rob Dibble rainbows, great comic book reads and more.

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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: 2009 TRISTAR TNA Impact wrestling (blaster box)
Where to buy: Check eBay (hobby on BlowoutCards.com)

Packs per box: 1
Cards per pack: 24
Cards in this box: 24
Base set completion: 
23 of 99 (23 percent)
Duplicates: 0

Notables on base cards – A.J. Styles, Brother Devon, Traci Brooks, Beer Money Inc., Sting, Mick Foley

TNA Debut cards – Brutus Magnus, Sarita

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The formal arrival of 2017 Topps Series 1 baseball cards is less than a week away, but that's not stopping us from getting a head start on a gallery of what's to be found here.

While the flagship brand for the hobby will have a few box formats when it arrives next Wednesday, this sneak preview came from different packs. (No, retail hasn't hit early but above is what you need to look for when you hit the store.)

Keep reading for a glimpse at more of what's inside.

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