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 Prizm football cards (blaster box)
First Buzz preview: Click here
Where to buy: BlowoutCards.com (for a few formats)

Packs per box: 6
Cards per pack: 4
Cards in this box: 24
Base set completion: 
14 of 300 (5 percent)
Duplicates: 0

Base cards – Harrison Butker, Hines Ward, Cam Newton, Ben Roethlisberger, DeMarcus Lawrence, Carlos Dunlap, Jamaal Williams, Zach Ertz, Jordan Akins, Nick Vannett, Hayden Hurst, Tajae Sharpe, Clinton Portis, Ryan Fitzpatrick

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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 The Art of TMNT trading cards
First Buzz preview & checklist: Click here
Where to buy: BlowoutCards.com

Cards per box: 106
Base set completion: 
100 of 100 (100 percent)
Duplicates: 0

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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: 2017 Topps The Walking Dead Season 7 trading cards (Walmart-version blasters)
Where to buy: BlowoutCards.com (for a few releases)

Packs per box: 11 (10 standard, one hit pack)
Cards per pack: 6
Cards in this box: 61
Base set completion: 
35 of 100 (35 percent)
Duplicates: 0

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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: World Series, second-year MLB cards, a huge Topps 3D pack, NB breaks and more in today's edition.

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What: 2019-20 Panini Impeccable basketball cards
Arrives: Feb. 19
Box basics: Five autographs per nine-card box (three boxes per case)
Order: Click here (live soon)

What's buzz-worthy: Impeccable hits the court with its familiar inclusions -- as well as some new players like Zion Williamson -- with precious metals and more among them.

Keep reading for more and a full gallery of images.

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The Washington Nationals are your World Series champs -- and Topps already has the baseball cards to prove it.

That's thanks to Topps Now, the company's real-time cardboard platform that brings highlights to you the next day -- and this time the World Series champs get carded the same night.

There are three different team sets already up for grabs via Topps.com.

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What: 2019 Panini Select football cards
Arrives: Feb. 12
Box basics: Two autographs and one memorabilia card per 12-pack box (12 boxes per case)
Order: Click here (live soon)

What's buzz-worthy: Select hits the turf for another run with the familiar format of recent years, plenty of color and even a first crack at 2020 rookies all in one spot.

Keep reading for more info and a full gallery.

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What: 2020 Donruss NASCAR cards
Arrives: Feb. 5
Box basics: One autograph and two memorabilia cards per 24-pack box (20 boxes per case)
Order: Click here (live soon)

What's buzz-worthy: Donruss takes to the track once again with a dose of Optic, plenty of star power from the past and present as well as plenty more inside its packs.

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

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What: 2019 Panini Plates & Patches football cards
Arrives: Feb. 5
Box basics: One autograph or patch autograph, one memorabilia card and one printing plate per five-card box (12 boxes per case)
Order: Click here (live soon)

What's buzz-worthy: Plates & Patches is back for another run with its name inclusions showcasing stars from the past and present in a format that should be familiar to NFL fans.

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 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 Update baseball cards
First Buzz preview & checklist: Click here
Where to buy: BlowoutCards.com (for hobby/jumbo)

Packs per box: 8 (seven standard, one commemorative patch pack)
Cards per pack: 14
Cards in this box: 99
Base set completion: 
86 of 300 (29 percent)
Duplicates: 0

Base cards of note – Ronald Acuña Jr., Bryce Harper, Josh Donaldson, Cody Bellinger, Javier Baez, CC Sabathia, Aroldis Chapman, Francisco Lindor

Rookie Cards (36) – Notables include Vladimir Guerrero Jr., Fernando Tatis Jr., Keston Hiura, Nick Senzel,  Brendan Rodgers, Carter Kieboom, Jeff McNeil, Michael Chavis, Chris Paddack

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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 Garbage Pail Kids Revenge of Oh, The Horror-ible! stickers (blaster)
First Buzz preview & checklist: Click here
Where to buy: BlowoutCards.com (for hobby)

Packs per box: 6 (five standard, one three-card "Horror Victim" pack)
Cards per pack: 8
Cards in this box: 43
Base set completion: 
35 of 200 (18 percent)
Duplicates: 0

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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: World Series chatter as we await Game 7, checking in on Juan Soto's cards, some closet finds worth a note and some big pulls to round things out.

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Finally, somebody ran the table with a perfect week -- will you be next?

YourDozen.com is in its third month of a simplified picks format -- it's just NFL but against the spread -- and that has presented some challenges for some of the expert collectors out there as it took all this time for perfection to be found.

This week's prize is once again a big one -- a 2019 Panini Prizm NFL box, which can pack some of the biggest football cards of the year. It's worth the minute of your time to click and pick -- hit that link.

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Did you get in on last week's action? Check the leaderboard and contact fish@blowoutcards.com to claim your prize if you're the winner.

How does it work? It's short and simple. Register and you'll get a dozen questions where your answers will be compiled and compared to others. Whomever gets the most correct gets the prize -- or at least a shot at it if there's a tie.

The goal with YourDozen.com? Have a little fun and get free stuff into some of your hands.

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

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Professional Sports Authenticator hit a milestone for Pokémon cards this month, proving that grading of gaming cards is a growing trend that isn't slowing down any time soon.

The one millionth Pokémon card graded was a Full Art Charizard GX from the 2019 Pokemon Sun & Moon Hidden Fates expansion set -- a PSA 10 copy -- and it's the latest big card among many graded since just 2016 when grading of this gaming franchise's cards exploded in popularity.

“The support shown by the Pokémon collecting community has been tremendous. The majority of the million cards were graded inside the last three years, which is quite remarkable,” Collectors Universe CEO Joe Orlando said in a prepared statement. “There is also a lesson to be learned here: Every generation defines what is nostalgic to them. Pokémon started its rise in the U.S. during the late 1990s. Today, the young people who were playing the classic game then are now well into adulthood. As a result, the game has enjoyed a kind of rebirth in the hobby. That fact coupled with the continued global popularity of the game enabled PSA to reach the million-card milestone.”

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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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ONE FOR CHARITY 
The Item: Zion Williamson & R.J. Barrett 2019-20 Panini Prizm Draft Picks College Ties Black Mosaic (1/1) (BGS 9.5/10)
The Price: $15,401 after 63 bids (eight days remaining)
Why it’s Buzz-worthy: This card has taken on a life of its own on social media as it was pulled in a video and then taken to Texas for grading -- but then the story took another turn when its owner decided there needed to be a different finish to this card's story ... an auction where 100 percent of the money raised goes to charity. Listen to him make his decision public right here. The Zion prices have been crazy but this one could get even more dramatic before it ends -- it was at five-figures within the first day of its listing, despite Williamson being out (for now) with an injury.
Similar Pieces: Zion Williamson autos on eBay
The BlowoutCards.com Hunt: Click here for 2019-20 NBA boxes 

Keep reading for four more interesting items in this week's roundup ...

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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 Triple Threads baseball cards
Where to buy: BlowoutCards.com

Packs per box: 2
Cards per pack: 7
Cards in this box: 14
Base set completion: 
6 of 100 (6 percent)
Duplicates: 0

Base cards – Bryce Harper, Jackie Robinson, Shohei Ohtani, Nolan Arenado, Josh Bell, Don Mattingly

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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: World Series, eBay Bucks, Walgreens winning, Topps' NFL future, J.J. Watt is done ... and is Baker Mayfield, too?

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What: 2019 Topps Opening Day baseball cards
Arrives: March 11
Box basics: No hits guaranteed per 36-pack box (20 boxes per case)
Checklist: Click here
Order: Click here

What's buzz-worthy: Opening Day turns 21 with "more exclusive content than ever" with some new autos, more Relics and plenty of the expected surprises like mascot Relics.

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

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What: 2020 Topps UFC Knockout MMA cards
Arrives: March 25
Box basics: Four autos/auto Relics and four Relics per four-pack box (12 boxes per case)
Checklist: Click here
Order: Click here

What's buzz-worthy: UFC Knockout returns to the Octagon for another go with two hits in every 10-card pack and plenty of the power that MMA fans have come to expect on their cardboard.

Keep reading for more and a full gallery of images.

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StockX's venture into graded trading cards has a new element as of right now.

It's the first trading card IPO on the platform -- 2019 Bowman Chrome X baseball cards -- and boxes of this limited release are live. There are five-box cases already active, too.

There is no suggested retail price for this initial product offering. Instead, the market lets the bidders set the price for these boxes after they sign up for a StockX account.

Each and every box of 2019 Bowman Chrome X new from Topps contains a PSA 9 or PSA 10 Green X-Fractor rookie or prospect card inside -- and each of them is serial-numbered to just 31 copies from a lineup of just 100 players selected to appear in this release.

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Started strong, ended with the win.

Los Angeles Rams WR Cooper Kupp put on a show in the first half of things on Sunday against the Bengals but settled down after that in a 24-10 win. Ultimately the only numbers that matter are the final ones -- seven catches for 220 yards and a TD. At the half, he looked like he might be pushing the NFL's single-game receiving record but Kupp didn't even come close to the team record, either, as both are 336 yards set by Willie "Flipper" Anderson with 336 yards back in 1989.

Kupp is among the loaded 2017 rookie crop so chasing him in wax form might not be that easy now but there's a chance he's tucked away in boxes where people landed the other guys and let the rest sit. An injury prevented him from Super Bowl time last year but he's averaging 99 yards a game this season and could set career-highs for TDs and yardage with a solid showing in his next game.

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What: 2019 Super Break Baseball Doubles Edition
Arrives: Nov. 27
Box basics: At least one graded vintage star card and one modern autograph card per box (four boxes per case)
Order: Click here (live soon)

What's buzz-worthy: Super Break's splits its boxes into vintage and modern here

Keep reading for more info and a selection 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 a few threads about collecting and more that you should check out right now.

What's Buzzing Today: World Series chatter, big Mike Trout pulls, "investment projections" and big breaks in a few sports as well as a run of Star Trek boxes.

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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: The World Series continues, Max Scherzer's best Rookie Card, a thought for prospectors and big pulls from MLB and the NFL.

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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: World Series chatter, top rookies in Topps Update, debating young MLB duos, big breaks and the last box for the win.

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