Monthly Archives: March 2019
Board Buzz: Must-read threads on Blowout Forums (March 31)
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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 a few threads about collecting and more that you should check out right now.
What's Buzzing Today: Nothing but breaks and a discussion about group-breaking in today's edition.
Buzz-worthy Bargain Break: Five April Showers deals to grab
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If you hadn't noticed, there are a number of boxes with discounted prices right now right here as BlowoutCards.com has started its April Showers sales that will add new stuff every week.
The first batch is here and many of the discounts were dramatic enough that Buzz had to sit down and ponder the possibilities in many of the boxes and cases -- and here are five options that caught this collector’s eye.
2017 Panini Donruss Optic NFL fat pack
Want to chase Patrick Mahomes Rookie Cards on the cheap but with the potential for plenty more like other key RCs and parallels? This might be the best place to look right now as these packs are slashed to a fraction of their original price. Lime parallels are only found in these packs and a raw Mahomes can sell for a solid amount while a PSA 10 recently sold for more than $200. There are, of course, standard versions and Prizms in this one as well as inserts -- I'll be ordering a max of 20 packs just for fun and look for a Buzz Break of this one here soon because the price is great for the potential to be found. (And Mahomes is far from alone as far as notables here are concerned.)Board Buzz: Must-read threads on Blowout Forums (March 30)
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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 a few threads about collecting and more that you should check out right now.
What's Buzzing Today: Hobby questions of note, big paydays for some Derek Jeter cards, showing off wrestling autos, showing off Baker Mayfield RCs and more.
Buzz Break: 2019 Panini Stars & Stripes USA Baseball (blaster)
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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: 2019 Panini Stars & Stripes USA Baseball cards (blaster)
Where to buy: BlowoutCards.com (for hobby)
Packs per box: 7
Cards per pack: 5
Cards in this box: 35
Longevity base set completion: 32 of 100 (32 percent)
Duplicates: 0Buzz Break: 2019 Topps Gypsy Queen MLB cards (mega box)
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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: 2019 Topps Gypsy Queen baseball cards (mega box)
Where to buy: BlowoutCards.com (for hobby and blasters)
Packs per box: 12 (10 standard, two parallel packs)
Cards per pack: 6
Cards in this box: 72
Base set completion: 57 of 300 (19 percent)
Duplicates: 0Notables on base cards – Ronald Acuña Jr., Juan Soto, David Price, Rhys Hoskins, Edwin Diaz, Paul Goldschmidt, Javier Baez, Byron Buxton, Joey Votto
Rookie Cards (10) – Daniel Poncedeleon, Kolby Allard, Kyle Wright, Michael Kopech, Kyle Tucker, Justus Sheffield, Josh Rogers, Aramis Garcia, Chris Shaw, Chance Adams
First Buzz: 2019 Viceroy Artist's Choice premium sketch cards
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What: 2019 Viceroy Artist's Choice premium sketch cards
Arrives: July 31
Box basics: One encased sketch card per pack
Order: Click hereWhat's buzz-worthy: Viceroy will return with the variety of artists' ideas the only limitations here.
Keep reading for more info.
Board Buzz: Must-read threads on Blowout Forums (March 29)
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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 a few threads about collecting and more that you should check out right now.
What's Buzzing Today: Cards you could never sell, cards with potential, original artwork mailday, MLB breaks and "I'm not complaining."
Buzz Break: 2019 Donruss baseball cards (blaster box)
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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: 2019 Donruss baseball cards (blaster box)
Where to buy: BlowoutCards.com (for hobby)
Packs per box: 11 (10 standard, one bonus)
Cards per pack: 8
Cards per box: 88
Set completion: 35 of 150 (23 percent)
Duplicates: 4Notables on base cards – Shohei Ohtani, Alex Bregman, Albert Pujols, Joey Votto, Victor Robles, Justin Verlander, Clayton Kershaw
First Buzz: 2019 Leaf Best of Sports
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What: 2019 Leaf Best of Sports
Arrives: May
Box basics: One buyback and one Leaf Best of Sports card per box (10 boxes per case)
Order: Click hereWhat's buzz-worthy: Leaf's buyback brand takes on all of the sports world all in one place once again with some extra possibilities also in the mix.
Keep reading for more info.
Buzz's Pick Six: 2019 Donruss baseball cards
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Have you seen the latest cool cards from a new release? With so many options for collectors of all kinds arriving every week it's possible you haven't. That's where Buzz comes in -- well at least on one brand you'll see here from time to time in what we're calling Buzz's Pick Six. Simply put, here are six cards from a new arrival that seemed interesting to this collector and we think they might interest you, too.
This week's release: 2019 Donruss baseball cards
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A CONTINUING LEGACY
The Card: The San Diego Chicken (aka Ted Giannoulas) 2019 Donruss autographed memorabilia card (/85)
The Price: $99.99 Buy-It-Now (or best offer)
Why it’s Buzz-worthy: This fine feathered friend of baseball has had a place in Donruss packs since the early 1980s and this new set includes the latest in fowl ballcards. This particular six-piece looks to include a couple wings, a thigh and three jersey swatches plus the autograph from the man behind the beak, who has been signing meticulously for years despite having one of the longest names in cardboard history. I grabbed one of his memorabilia cards in recent years but these are always worth a look.Keep reading for five more interesting items in this week's roundup ...
Board Buzz: Must-read threads on Blowout Forums (March 28)
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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 a few threads about collecting and more that you should check out right now.
What's Buzzing Today: Big baseball pulls for a new season, some interesting discussions and some big new buys for one returning collector.
First Buzz: 2019 The Bar Cuts Edition
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What: 2019 The Bar Cuts Edition
Arrives: May 1
Box basics: One slabbed cut autograph per box (10 boxes per case)
Order: Click here (live soon)What's buzz-worthy: Super Break goes with nothing but slabbed cut autographs in this one with signatures from notables around the world in every box -- and one U.S. President auto per case.
Board Buzz: Must-read threads on Blowout Forums (March 27)
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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 a few threads about collecting and more that you should check out right now.
What's Buzzing Today: Fernando Tatis Jr., an eBay coupon code and big breaks from around the collecting world.
First Buzz: 2019 Super Break One-time Vintage Football
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What: 2019 Super Break One-time Vintage Football
Arrives: April 10
Box basics: One slabbed vintage card per box (five boxes per case)
Order: Click here (live soon)What's buzz-worthy: Super Break looks to the vintage years of the gridiron for a new buyback collection that will include key names on key cards from the past.
First Buzz: 2019 The Bar Pieces of The Past One-Time Sports
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What: 2019 The Bar Pieces of The Past One-Time Sports Edition
Arrives: April 9
Box basics: One 1/1 Pieces of the Past Relic card per box (10 boxes per case)
Order: Click here (live soon)What's buzz-worthy: Super Break brings its Pieces of the Past brand to the sports realm with cut autographs joining the mix at the rate of one per case.
Buzz Break: 2019 Topps Heritage baseball cards (blaster box)
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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: 2019 Topps Heritage baseball cards (blaster box)
Where to buy: BlowoutCards.com (a few formats)
Packs per box: 8
Cards per pack: 9
Cards in this box: 71
Base set completion: 63 of 400 (16 percent)
Duplicates: 0Notables on base cards – Bryce Harper, Clayton Kershaw, Yasiel Puig, Kyle Schwarber, Josh Donaldson, Dansby Swanson, Rafael Devers, Cody Bellinger, Max Muncy, Justin Verlander, Max Scherzer, Christian Yelich
>>> For variation details, click here
Rookie Cards (5 cards, 11 rookies) – Framber Valdez, Josh James, Dean Deetz, Chad Sobotka, Bryse Wilson, David Fletcher, Taylor Ward, Corbin Burnes, Nate Orf, Ryan O'Hearn, Meibrys Viloria
Detective Comics 1,000 packs more than 80 variant covers
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[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]Batman is a comics (and movies) giant and a landmark issue in the history of the character arrives at midnight with a huge presence fully emerging at many locations around the world in full tomorrow.
It's Detective Comics No. 1,000 and it's got more than 80 different covers -- this may not be all of them here -- for fans to chase between all of its decades variants and chain-exclusives.
That comes with a star-studded creative team not only on all the various covers but inside, too, as the issue is a 96-page behemoth arriving for the 80th anniversary of the icon that came back in issue No. 27 of the series.
Board Buzz: Must-read threads on Blowout Forums (March 26)
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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 a few threads about collecting and more that you should check out right now.
What's Buzzing Today: Conor McGregor retires, pondering memorabilia card futures and big pulls in today's edition.
YourDozen is available for this weekend's events (Week 9)
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Make your picks with a click ... and free stuff could be yours. That's YourDozen.com in a nutshell, and up this week are a dozen questions for just MLB and the NBA.Blowout Cards' new hot spot for your shot at free stuff -- store credit, boxes, memorabilia and other prizes -- is in its ninth week and the prize once again is $200 in Blowout store credit.
Did you get in on last week's event? Check the leaderboard and contact fish@blowoutcards.com to claim your prize if you're the winner.
How does it work? Keep reading ...
Topps Now Future packs bring interactive play & prizes
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[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]Topps Now is now in pack form -- with a predictive fantasy twist.
Topps revealed on Tuesday the Topps Now Future program, which will include packs with cards where World Series winners at season's end will mean prizes.
"This is an exciting way to follow your team all the way to the World Series," said David Leiner, Topps Global GM of Sports & Entertainment. "These exclusive cards can’t be found anywhere but on Topps.com. Topps Now continues to push the envelope with its innovations year-after-year."
Buzz Break: 2019 Topps 582 Montgomery Club Stickers (Set 2)
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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: 2019 Topps 582 Montgomery Club Stickers (Set No. 2 in membership)
Where to buy: Only part of membership
Base set completion: 20 of 20 (100 percent)
Baseball Hall of Fame celebrates 'Shoebox Treasures' in May
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Cooperstown is celebrating baseball cards a little more beginning in May.
The National Baseball Hall of Fame and Museum's Shoebox Treasures exhibit will celebrate the stuff that collectors dedicate their time to every day. There will be a ribbon-cutting ceremony for the exhibit with some Hall of Famers on hand on the morning of May 25 before the Hall of Fame Classic game.
"The exhibit, spanning more than 700 square feet of space on the Museum’s third floor, will examine the history, design and production of cards, the 1980s boom that turned a child’s hobby into a multi-million dollar industry, and the joy and camaraderie that so many collectors have found in the hobby," reads an announcement from the Hall.
eBay Buzz: Ichiro Suzuki, uncut vintage, Donruss buyback ink, The Alliance autos and even Robert Mueller on cardboard
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Have you seen the latest cool or interesting items on eBay? If not, you just might see some of those here every week as we're launching a weekly version of our eBay Buzz pieces that pop up from time to time. We’ll spotlight some items that have a story or just wow us with how much interest it might have — and we’re not just talking baseball cards, either.
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A CAREER IN A CARD ...
The Item: Ichiro Suzuki 2017 Topps Triple Threads Jumbo Patch Combo Relic booklet (1/1)
The Price: $29,999 Buy-It-Now (or best offer)
Why it’s Buzz-worthy: First and most importantly I don't think that price is ever going to be hit, but we'll lead off with some powerful window-shopping as the legendary MLB career of Ichiro Suzuki has come to an end. This piece shows him with the only three MLB teams he ever played for and it includes some impressive jumbo patches, too. This is the kind of magic that has been somewhat commonplace -- yet still not easily pulled -- in boxes of Triple Threads since it arrived back in 2006.
Similar Pieces: Ichiro Suzuki cards on eBay
The BlowoutCards.com Hunt: Click here for Triple Threads boxes (all years)Keep reading for four more interesting items in this week's roundup ...
BuzzMania2 teaser: 1987 Topps WWF cards (wax pack)
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The biggest weekend in professional wrestling is nearly here with WrestleMania 35 set for April 7 in New Jersey. While it's a big week for WWE with its NXT and Hall of Fame events planned leading up to that one, we'll make next Tuesday a big day for wrestling collectors right here on The Buzz with #BuzzMania2, a series of WWE wax box and wax pack breaks every hour.
Here's a pack that didn't make the cut for that one ... call it a teaser for a marathon that will focus mostly on newer releases.
The pack: 1987 Topps WWF wax pack
The cost: Will vary when found (Click here for newer WWE cards)
What's inside this one? Keep reading ...
Board Buzz: Must-read threads on Blowout Forums (March 25)
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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 a few threads about collecting and more that you should check out right now.
What's Buzzing Today: Rob Gronkowski retires, big pulls from new releases and one ripper "smashed some odds."