What: 2018 Topps Chrome baseball cards
Arrives: Aug. 1
Box basics: Two autographs in every 24-pack hobby box (12 boxes per case); Five autographs in every 12-pack jumbo box (eight boxes per case)
Checklist: Click here

What's buzz-worthy: Topps Chrome returns with jumbo boxes as an option once again as the rainbow of rookie autographs is on-card and some new inserts are also worked into the flagship-redo -- and it includes the top MLB rookie of right now, Shohei Ohtani.

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The box: 2018 Topps Heritage baseball cards (hobby box)
Where to buy: BlowoutCards.com

Packs per box: 24 (plus one box-topper)
Cards per pack: 9
Cards in this box: 217
Base set completion: 
197 of 400 (49 percent)
Duplicates: 0

Notables on base cards – Mike Trout, Albert Pujols, Ichiro Suzuki, Dansby Swanson, Manny Machado, Byron Buxton, Jose Abreu, Gary Sanchez, Aaron Judge, Max Scherzer, Justin Verlander, Carlos Beltran, Yasiel Puig, Francisco Lindor, Stephen Strasburg, Yoan Moncada, Anthony Rizzo, Kris Bryant, Jose Altuve, Cody Bellinger, Corey Seager, Clayton Kershaw, Giancarlo Stanton, Buster Posey

>>> For a checklist and variation galleries, click here

Rookie Cards (17 cards, 38 rookies) – J.P. Crawford, Victor Arano, Yacksel Rios, Dominic Smith, Amed Rosario, Nick Williams, Rhys Hoskins, Kyle Farmer, Tim Locastro, O'Koyea Dickson, Jen-Ho Tseng, Dillon Maples, Taylor Davis, Anthony Banda, Jimmie Sherfy, Ryan McMahon, Mike Tachman, Alex Verdugo, Walker Buehler, Harrison Bader, Jack Flaherty, Tyler Mahle, Jackson Stephens, Tyler Wade, Garrett Cooper, Zack Granite, Felix Jorge, Raudy Read, Erick Fedde, Richard Urena, Chris Rowley, Carlos Ramirez, Max Fried, Luiz Gohara, Francisco Mejia, Greg Allen, Nicky Delmonico, Aaron Bummer

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You don't have to dwell on his 2010 Bowman cards now, baseball fans.

Seattle Seahawks quarterback Russell Wilson -- a former Colorado Rockies prospect -- is now a member of the New York Yankees at spring training and he's got the baseball cards to prove it.

Oh and they can be had autographed, too.

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We've already revisited the 1969 Topps set for potential variations, but Topps has confirmed one that's not based on the past that will arrive in packs of 2018 Topps Heritage beginning on Wednesday.

It's a "Nickname variation" where a player's moniker replaces his team -- a move that we last saw in a similar way during Players Weekend last season when players wore nicknames on the backs of their jerseys.

These cards are still a bit of an unknown -- for a list and the odds -- but we do know the odds for a number of finds in those hobby boxes coming in two days.

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This year's Panini NBA Player of the Day program tips off tomorrow with bonus packs and other bonuses ready for collectors who pick up cards at participating hobby shops.

In its fourth year, the program will include more than 50,000 prizes and autographed cards with its biggest draw a chance to have an NBA player visit the winner and a hobby shop next year. The program runs through April 15.

“The Player of the Day promotion helps hobby shops sell more trading cards while rewarding collectors who purchase Panini products,” said Jason Howarth, VP of marketing for Panini America. “We are thrilled to support hobby shops selling our NBA trading cards by expanding this proven promotion to even more hobby shops. Over the past two years, we’ve given collectors the chance to meet NBA stars, future stars and legends.”

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What: 2018 Onyx Preferred Players Baseball Collection autographed baseballs
Arrives: April 12
Box basics: One signed baseball per box (three boxes per mini case; 12 total per case)

What's buzz-worthy: This MLBPA-approved product arrives with ink from some of the biggest names in the game inside, among them Mike Trout, Aaron Judge, Clayton Kershaw and Ichiro Suzuki to name a few, while top prospects also in this one will include Shohei Ohtani, Ronald Acuna, Vladimir Guerrero Jr. and Gleyber Torres.

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What's Buzzing Today: Big pulls, collector discussions and more Buzzing as we start a new week.

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You may not see a lot of NHRA cardboard in packs these days, but there are plenty of fans out there who love the spectacle that is high-speed and high-intensity -- without any left turns.

One of its drivers -- a two-time season champ who has the fifth-best career-win total in NHRA Funny Car history -- is Cruz Pedregon, a driver and team owner who has also had two brothers involved in racing and all have had their share of card and diecast appearances in the past.

Buzz recently caught up with Pedregon for a quick Q&A about stuff for collectors, his take on all of that stuff as a driver and owner, what it's like to be behind the wheel at more than 300 miles per hour and what he collects (Spoiler: it's something NFL.) among few other things.

Keep reading for the Q&A and how you can get your hands on a set of four autographed cards straight from the champ himself that you see here.

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The box: 2014 Press Pass NASCAR (blaster)
Where to buy: BlowoutCards.com (for a few formats)

Packs per box: 4
Cards per pack: 8
Cards in this box: 32
Base set completion: 
30 of 100 (30 percent)
Duplicates: 0

Base cards – Notables include Jeff Gordon, Dale Earnhardt Jr., Jimmie Johnson, Danica Patrick, Tony Stewart, Joey Logano, Martin Truex Jr., Bobby Labonte, Matt Kenseth, Brad Keselowski, Kasey Kahne, Ryan Blaney

Rookie Cards (3) – Austin Dillon, Kyle Larson, Justin Allgaier

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What's Buzzing Today: Nothing but breaks and big pulls in today's edition.

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What: 2018 Leaf Greatest Hits football cards
Arrives: April-May
Box basics: Four buyback cards and one Leaf Valiant Greatest Hits rookie per box (two boxes per case)

What's buzz-worthy: Greatest hits is back once again with a lineup of buybacks that "celebrates everything that's great about football cards."

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Major League Baseball will have its players wear Stoneman Douglas caps today to help raise funds for victims of last week's school shooting in Florida.

The caps will be worn, signed and auctioned to benefit a victim's fund.

Among them will be Chicago Cubs first baseman Anthony Rizzo -- a 2007 graduate of the school -- and the tributes will also be part of Topps Now cardboard now available.

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You may not know his name, but his work helped shape a big part of the hobby you know today.

He's Jefferson Burdick and he spent a big part of his life documenting the hobby as as he built The American Card Catalog, which helped classify cards made before 1951. He's one of four recipients of this year's Henry Chadwick Award from SABR, the Society for American Baseball Research.

The award was established in 2009 "to honor baseball's great researchers — historians, statisticians, annalists and archivists — for their invaluable contributions to making baseball the game that links America’s present with its past."

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The box: 2017 Panini Contenders Draft Picks football cards (blaster box)
Where to buy: BlowoutCards.com (for hobby) 

Packs per box: 7
Cards per pack: 6
Cards in this box: 42
Base set completion: 
26 of 100 (26 percent)
Duplicates: 0

Notable players found on base cards – Jerry Rice, Eli Manning, Peyton Manning, John Elway, Tom Brady, Terry Bradshaw, Andrew Luck, Dan Marino, Fran Tarkenton, Brian Bosworth, Khalil Mack, Von Miller, Cam Newton, Jared Goff, Drew Brees, Matt Ryan

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Music fans will have a few reasons to hit the toy store for new Funko Pop! toys later this year.

Two Alice Cooper toys -- one in a straight jacket only found at Hot Topic stores and a standard one in a top hat and jacket -- will be among the highlights arriving soon and the others will all be first-time toys from the company, which revealed its lineups at Toy Fair New York.

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What's Buzzing Today: Big pulls and more as we work toward the weekend.

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You won't have to wait for 2018 Topps Series 2 to get a Shohei Ohtani baseball card with the flagship design.

Topps revealed the checklists for its lineup of team sets on Thursday and the newly signed star from Japan is among the players listed for the Los Angeles Angels.

Click here to view the checklists for all teams. 

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Fans of Deadpool's Bob Ross homage as part of the marketing for Deadpool 2 will get a little something to add to their collection soon from Funko.

A toy for that moment is among four new Deadpool Funko Pop! toys dropping in May along with toys for Smallville and some of the X-Men stars that are also tied to the second installment for the story of "The Merc With a Mouth" on the big screen.

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The box: 2017 Panini Football cards (blaster box)
Where to buy: BlowoutCards.com

Packs per box: 11
Cards per pack: 8
Cards in this box: 88
Base set completion: 
64 of 100 (64 percent)
Duplicates: 0

Notables on base cards – Mark Ingram, Julio Jones, Antonio Brown, Tom Brady, Odell Beckham Jr., Cam Newton, Larry Fitzgerald, Carson Wentz, Marcus Mariota, Aaron Rodgers, Russell Wilson, Eli Manning, Derek Carr, Matthew Stafford, Jared Goff, Khalil Mack, Andrew Luck, Matt Ryan, Drew Brees

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What's Buzzing Today: Vintage baseball photos, big pulls, faces in new places and more.

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A uniform worn by Babe Ruth is on the auction block and it's not yet surpassed the $100,000 mark with a couple days to go before the final gavel.

There's little doubt that Ruth's 1945 Esquire All-America Game coaching uniform will get there, though, as it's estimated by Heritage Auctions to top $200,000.

And that's nothing compared to what his New York Yankees jerseys have sold for, making this one a bargain.

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Now that we know what the 2018 Topps Heritage baseball card checklist looks like, we can now ponder the possibilities for errors and variations that are an homage to the 1969 Topps set that this one is modeled after.

And it's that set from the past -- one with a number of errors made back then -- that can offer the clues when those are compared to who appears on the set slated to arrive next week.

One favorite mistake that wasn't corrected back in 1969 probably won't get an homage in this one as Heritage is merely a 500-card set. The 1969 Topps Aurelio Rodriguez -- one that famously shows batboy Leonard Garcia -- is card No. 653. (Maybe we'll get that one in Heritage High Number?)

Keep reading for a few possibilities among the first 500 cards from 1969 ...

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The original home of Superman is hitting a milestone -- and DC Comics will have the variant issues ready for those ready to collect them all.

Seven of the eight covers for Action Comics No. 1,000 have been teased by the company in advance of its release and they'll all reflect different times in the 80 years since "The Man of Steel" starred in the first issue.

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The box: 2017 Topps UEFA Champions League Showcase soccer cards (blaster box)
Where to buy: BlowoutCards.com

Packs per box: 5 (four standard, one Orange parallels pack)
Cards per pack: 5
Cards in this box: 25
Base set completion: 17 of 200 (9 percent)
Duplicates: 0

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