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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SELL NOW OR BUY FOR LATER?
The Item: Mike Trout 2019 Topps Now Future World Series (/10 Chrome set prize)
The Price: $84.95 Buy-It-Now (or best offer)
Why it’s Buzz-worthy: It's a long baseball season so the recently released Topps Now Future packs (three cards) and single cards have some time to rise and fall based on pennant potential. This card is of a top name in the game and if his Los Angeles Angels somehow win the World Series it's good for a team set of Chrome parallels limited to only 10 copies. Logically, with three players per team on the standard checklist, that would mean that about three of these exist, right? Or, maybe all 10 of the eligible cards for that prize are of Trout? Either way, the rarer prize cards in this release should be rarer, too. The  three-card packs are limited in nature (just under 11,000 total) and every card inside can yield something -- team sets or team sets with an autograph. Sales of singles for some of these have been strong -- they are all worth a look. However, part of me thinks action for playoff contenders could really pick up late in the season. Do you buy or sell now? Or buy and sell later?
Similar Pieces: 2019 Topps Now Future cards on eBay
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If you head over to the official Coca-Cola store, aka www.cokestore.com, you'll see that today is May 24, 1985, and there's something new (that's old) on the way.

It's a new wave of New Coke, the famous bomb from back in the day, that's making a comeback alongside the forthcoming arrival of Stranger Things 3 on Netflix on July 4, 1985. (Work with them here.)

That's the day the kids in the hit franchise get their worlds turned upside down once again and to cash in on celebrate that, Coca-Cola has New Coke making a limited comeback. For $19.85 -- free shipping -- you can get a "1985 Limited Edition Collector's Pack."

And that's where collectors are turning things upside down over on eBay.

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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 pulls from around the collecting world and chatter for The National are today's main pieces here.

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What: 2019 Super Break One-time 1960s Vintage Baseball
Arrives: July 3
Box basics: One PSA or BVG vintage card per box (four boxes per case)
Order: Click here

What's buzz-worthy: Super Break looks to the 1960s and baseball for this buyback brand that will include the biggest names in the game at that time.

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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 Bowman baseball cards (Mega Box)
Where to buy: BlowoutCards.com

Packs per box: 6 (four standard, two Mega Box Chrome)
Packs in this box: 7 (five standard, two Chrome)
Cards per pack: 10 in standard, 5 in Chrome
Cards per box: 50
Cards in this box: 60

Set completion: 
25 of 100 (25 percent)
Duplicates: 0
Prospect set completion: 
15 of 150 (10 percent)
Duplicates: 0
Chrome Prospect set completion: 
10 of 150 (7 percent)
Duplicates: 0

Notables on base/prospect cards – Aaron Judge, Giancarlo Stanton, Mookie Betts, Ozzie Albies, Shohei Ohtani, Jose Altuve, Ryan Mountcastle, Kevin Smith, Jesus Sanchez, Keston Hiura, Brock Burke, Marco Luciano

Rookie Cards (9) – Notables include Ramon Laureano, Kolby Allard, Ryan O'Hearn

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What: 2019 Topps Archives Signature Series Retired Player Edition baseball cards
Arrives: Oct. 2
Box basics: One encased serial-numbered autograph per box (20 boxes per case)
Signers list: Click here
Order: Click here (live soon)

What's buzz-worthy: Topps brings its buyback line to the collecting masses for another season with a focus on MLB's retired greats and Hall of Famers in this second series of the year for Signature Series.

Keep reading for more and a full gallery of images.

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What: 2019 Star Trek Enterprise Heroes & Villains Archives Series 2
Arrives: July 24
Box basics: Three autographed costume cards and one autograph per set
Order: Click here

What's buzz-worthy: Enterprise gets another run on cardboard from Rittenhouse Archives with this release limited to just 300 sets.

Keep reading for more as well as a small selection of card images to come.

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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 Big League baseball cards (hobby box)
Where to buy: BlowoutCards.com

Packs per box: 24
Cards per pack: 10
Cards in this box: 240
Base set completion: 
189 of 400 (47 percent)
Duplicates: 0

Notables on base cards – Ronald Acuña Jr. (2), Ozzie Albies, J.D. Martinez (with Hank Aaron), Aaron Judge, Giancarlo Stanton, Mookie Betts, Andrew Benintendi, Kris Bryant, Corey Seager, Shohei Ohtani, Mike Trout

Rookie Cards (13) – Notables include Ramon Laureano, Kyle Tucker, Rowdy Tellez

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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 UFC Knockout MMA trading cards
Where to buy: BlowoutCards.com

Packs per box: 4
Cards per pack: 10
Cards in this box: 40
Base set completion: 23 of 100 (23 percent)
Duplicates: 0

Base cards (excluding rookies) – Amanda Nunes, Felice Herrig, Aspen Ladd, Joanna Jędrzejczyk, Holly Holm, Rose Namajunas, Germaine de Randamie, Ketlen Vieira, Tyron Woodley, Rafael dos Anjos, Alexander Gustafsson, Derrick Lewis, Domanick Reyes, Khabib Nurmagomedev, Shamil Abdurakhimov, Dustin Poirier, Marlon Moraes, Jimmie Rivera, Alexander Hernandez

Rookie Cards (4) – Khalil Rountree Jr., Maycee Barber, Gokhan Saki, Justin Willis

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Long-time readers of The Buzz probably remember California-based illustrator Cuyler Smith whose "Trading Cards" bring the stars of the reel world (memorable movies and TV roles) to real life using nods to memorable sports card designs from the past.

He's back with a fourth series and a new show -- all-new cardboard -- arriving tomorrow in Los Angeles.

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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: Bowman Mega Box breaks, Austin Riley, Topps' basketball return, Panini Legacy and more in today's edition.

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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: 2018-19 Topps Bundesliga Museum Collection soccer cards
Where to buy: BlowoutCards.com

Packs per box: 1
Cards per pack: 8
Base set completion: 
4 of 90 (5 percent)
Duplicates: 0

Base cards (4) – John Brooks, Jean-Kevin Augustin, Ihlas Bebou, Jiri Pavlenka

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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 Tier One baseball cards
Where to buy: BlowoutCards.com

Packs per box: 1
Cards per pack: 3
Cards in this box: 4
Base (Relic) set completion: 
0 of 36 (0 percent)
Duplicates: 0

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What: 2019 In The Game Used Sports cards
Arrives: July 31
Box basics: Five memorabilia cards per box (12 boxes per case)
Order: Click here (live soon)

What's buzz-worthy: Leaf takes its In The Game Used brand and opens it up to the wider sports world for a second year in a row as a high-end product that will have nothing but hits and a prime spot at the National Sports Collectors Convention as part of its box-breaking redemption program.

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

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It looks like Topps is getting back into the basketball card market.

The former NBA card licensee last produced a basketball set early in the 2009-10 card season before the league opted for Panini America as an exclusive card-maker. But a new image floating around social media channels -- one from a likely first-round draft pick -- indicate there's more cardboard to come.

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What: 2019 Topps Update baseball cards
Arrives: Oct. 16
Box basics: One autograph or Relic per 24-pack hobby box (12 boxes per case); or one autograph and two Relics per 10-pack jumbo box (six boxes per case)
Checklist: Click here
Silver pack checklist: Click here
Chrome Update checklist: Click here
Holiday box checklist: Click here
Order: Click here (live soon)

What's buzz-worthy: The Update series of Topps' flagship set for 2019 arrives with a new wave of rookies, some new high-end inclusions and more surprises. One of them? The Silver bonus packs will be put directly into boxes this time around.

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

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Update: This card sold for $920 on eBay Tuesday night -- keep reading for the details.

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Another monster game, another monster card? Pretty much ...

Ronald Acuña Jr. torched the San Francisco Giants pitchers Monday night with a homer on the first pitch of the game, then a double and another homer -- the kind of night that gets people looking even more for the cardboard from a few key sets last year that include his Rookie Cards.

Boxes of 2018 Topps Update have quickly become a simple hot commodity, especially with other rookies and the potential for parallels of this new star, but that's not the only place to chase this popular slugger.

And that's where the card you see up top comes in.

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If you wanted a new way to collect Garbage Pail Kids, want to "battle 'til you barf" and earn tons of other electronic awards, you have a new way to do it.

It's Garbage Pail Kids: The Game and it's available now for iPhone/iPad users thanks to a deal between Jago Studios and Topps.

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What: 2019 Topps Five Star baseball cards
Arrives: Aug. 28
Box basics: Two autographs per box (eight boxes per case)
Checklist: Click here
Order: Click here (live soon)

What's buzz-worthy: Five Star is back with every autograph signed directly on-card and with every card either an autograph an autographed Relic or a cut signature.

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

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What: 2018-19 Panini Opulence basketball cards
Arrives: June 26
Box basics: Seven autograph or memorabilia cards per eight-card box (three boxes per case)
Order: Click here (live soon)

What's buzz-worthy: Panini's "luxury basketball trading card set" is back for s sophomore season with what the company says are its "only Premium Memorabilia Booklets of the release year" and plenty more.

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

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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 this weekend's MLB action (mostly) and a couple for the All-Elite Wrestling pay-per-view with its debut.

Blowout Cards' hot spot for your shot at free stuff -- store credit, boxes, memorabilia and other prizes -- is in its 17th week and the prize once again is $200 in Blowout store credit.

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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 ...

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Here's a look at the top five players on this week's Baseball America Top MLB Prospects Hot Sheet and their seasons so far. It's a little something to help those who might want to dabble with prospecting -- some basics on their baseball cards alongside a highlight line from those more scouting-minded. We may not do this every week, but we'll check in on BA's top crop from time to time for the remainder of the season.

1. Logan Gilbert, RHP, Seattle Mariners — High-A Modesto Nuts
Baseball America’s highlight line: “His professional debut this year was worth the wait. Gilbert overwhelmed low Class A hitters in four starts to begin the year and has been similarly dominant since his promotion to high Class A. His delivered 12 scoreless innings over two starts this week, capped by Sunday’s seven-inning, two-hit, 11-strikeout performance at Rancho Cucamonga. Overall Gilbert is 3-0, 1.75 with 53 strikeouts and nine walks in 36 innings, with opponents batting just .157 against him."
CARDBOARD BASICS
Approximate card total (so far): 200
First Chrome auto: 2018 Bowman Draft 
One auto to consider: 2018 Panini Contenders Draft Picks
Buzz’s card take: He seems to be an affordable Chromw auto -- for now -- so that's a good sign. What's also a good sign is that more than half of his cards are of the certified auto variety. He doesn't have a ton of cardboard for a guy who was the 14th pick in last year's MLB Draft. These all feel like winning variables right now given those stats. You can land him in his college colors with an on-card auto on the cheap in Contenders.

Keep reading for the rest of the top five ...

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As said last month, not all game-used baseballs are the same, despite the fact that they're all a pair of leather panels with 108 stitches holding it all together.

And this one is not like last month's ball at all.

This one arrived via a Boston Red Sox mystery box over on MLBShop.com with the only guarantees that this one would be MLB Authenticated and could be from any time between 2013 and 2017 -- that first season being one where the Sox won the World Series.

You can keep reading to see the details ...

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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: Showing off Baker Mayfield cards, Austin Riley, Game of Thrones finale chatter, 2019 Bowman Mega Box pulls, The National and more in today's edition.

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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: Inside a Ronald Acuña Jr. collection, a Roger Maris game-used patch, nearly 100 allegedly trimmed NBA star cards sold, six autos in seven Bowman Mega Boxes and more in today's edition.

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