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: A grading debate, the XFL is here (again), who might sign for Ginter, predictions, pondering old card volumes and 2020 Topps Series 1 pulls.

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What: 2020 Bowman Sterling baseball cards
Arrives: Aug. 14
Box basics: Five autographs per five-pack box (12 boxes per case)
Checklist: Click here
Order: Click here

What's buzz-worthy: Bowman Sterling is back for another go as an auto-per-pack product with five parallels in every one of them as well as a mix of prospects, rookies and veterans all in one colorful place once again.

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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: 2020 Topps Series 1 baseball cards 
Where to buy: BlowoutCards.com
First Buzz preview with checklist/SPs/more: Click here

Packs per box: 8 (seven standard, one medallion card pack)
Cards per pack: 14
Cards in this box: 99
Base set completion: 
82 of 350 (23 percent)
Duplicates: 0

Notables on base cards – Vladimir Guerrero Jr., Rafael Devers, Alex Bregman, Miguel Cabrera, Carlos Correa, Max Scherzer, Ramon Laureano, Clayton Kershaw, Mike Yastrzemski, Christian Yelich, Shohei Ohtani, Keston Hiura, Cody Bellinger

Keep reading for a full breakdown and gallery of what was in this one.

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Can't wait until March to get a bracket going? Well, we've got a way for you to get into the game.

It's the Blowout March Gladness Jackpot and it's a bonus for those who pick off sale items -- an overall bracket winner gets a mega box of the red-hot 2018-19 Donruss Optic (home of Luka Doncic Rookie Cards) but all teams that make the Final Four get a spot in a championship game bonus grid where they'll get a share of an overall big-dollar jackpot that pays out Blowout gift cards for a number of possibilities.

There will be a number of brackets filled in this one -- and they are filling already -- and every team in the field in every bracket is tied to a sale box.

Keep reading for five items -- not just basketball and with a variety of price points -- that got Buzz's attention in this one. And every one you buy gets you a team on a bracket.

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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, 2020 Topps error cards, Pete Rose, Zion Williamson and who would you sell first -- Ronald Acuña Jr., Juan Soto or Gleyber Torres?

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What: 2020 Topps Transcendent Collection Tennis Hall of Fame tennis cards
Arrives: April 1
Box basics: 33 autographs and more per box
Checklist: Click here
Order: Click here

What's buzz-worthy: Transcendent takes to the court with the super-premium format known to baseball and wrestling fans but this time around it's the biggest legends from the tennis world -- the stars in the International Tennis Hall of Fame.

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

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What: 2020 Leaf Best of Sports
Arrives: April 24
Box basics: One buyback and one Leaf Best of Sports card per box (10 boxes per case)
Order: Click here (live soon)

What's buzz-worthy: Leaf's buyback brand takes on all of the sports world in one place once again with a release that "celebrates everything that is great about sports collectables."

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What: 2020 TRISTAR Hidden Treasures New York Dynasty autographed baseballs
Arrives: March 18
Box basics: One autographed baseball per box (12 boxes per case)
Order: Click here

What's buzz-worthy: TRISTAR's autographed baseball chase brand once again takes a New York turn with a release that's about the Yankees wth a chase that includes more than just standard signed baseballs.

Keep reading for more and a gallery of what's in this one.

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The Garbage Pail Kids are going there ... again.

Topps has revealed the first set of 2020 Garbage Pail Kids disg-Race to the White House stickers that it will produce this year -- it all starts with the Iowa Caucus pack.

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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: We're heavy on 2020 Topps Series 1 threads today with some Mookie Betts, NBA and AEW chatter, too.

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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: 2020 Topps Series 1 baseball cards 
Where to buy: BlowoutCards.com
First Buzz preview with checklist/SPs/more: Click here

Packs per box: 24 (plus one 1985 Chrome pack)
Cards per pack: 14 (four in Chrome)
Cards in this box: 336
Base set completion: 
310 of 350 (89 percent)
Duplicates: 0

Notables on base cards – Fernando Tatis Jr., Vladimir Guerrero Jr., Pete Alonso, Eloy Jimenez, Mike Soroka, Ramon Laureano, Austin Riley, Mike Yastrzemski, Michael Chavis, Nick Senzel, Tommy Edman, Jeff McNeil, Chris Paddack, Juan Soto, Max Scherzer, Stephen Strasburg, Masahiro Tanaka, Matt Olson, Luis Castillo, Ronald Acuña Jr., Mike Trout, Aaron Judge, Bryce Harper, Cody Bellinger, Manny Machado, Gary Sanchez, Buster Posey, Anthony Rizzo, Kyle Schwarber, Andrew Benintendi, Jacob deGrom, Clayton Kershaw, Anthony Rendon, Carlos Correa, Gleyber Torres, Shohei Ohtani, Justin Verlander, Alex Bregman, Christian Yelich

Keep reading for a full breakdown and gallery of what was in this one.

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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 Mookie Betts trade, 2020 Topps arrives, Pete Rose wants back in (again), Zion Williamson, big pulls and more in today's edition.

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It's time to watch the Topps Million Card Rip Party emanating from AT&T Stadium in Arlington, Texas, right now.

Check it out below.

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YourDozen.com is back to a mix of things this weekend with the NFL season done, but we have a new set of questions that includes a little bit of everything this time.

Perfectly picked weeks remain very, very rare and predicting the NBA, XFL, NASCAR, UFC and even Premier League action this weekend might make it a bit tougher. The winner gets a fresh-off-the-truck box of 2020 Topps Series 1 baseball cards.

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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.

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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: Check out all of the handy 2020 Topps Series 1 links, a huge NBA Hoops pull and a LeBron lesson in supply and demand.

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Prospectors have a new player to consider in the Bowman lineup this year -- 2020 Bowman Next.

It's a month-long project where Topps will profile Baseball America's Top 100 MLB prospects in a printed-to-order small-set format each week that also includes an autograph in every pack.

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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: 2020 Topps Archives Signature Series Active Player Edition baseball cards
First Buzz preview, gallery & signer list: Click here
Where to buy: BlowoutCards.com

Packs per box: 1
Cards per pack: 1
Base set completion: 
N/A

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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 High Number baseball cards (blaster box)
Where to buy: BlowoutCards.com (for hobby)
First Buzz preview, SPs & checklist: Click here

Packs per box: 8
Cards per pack: 9
Cards in this box: 72
Base set completion: 
64 of 200 (32 percent)
Duplicates: 0

Notables on base cards – Bryce Harper, Curtis Granderson, Byron Buxton

Rookie Cards (13) – Pete Alonso, Eloy Jimenez, Nick Senzel, Josh Fuentes, Connor Joe, John Means, Pedro Avila, Drew Jackson, Richie Martin, Jason Martin, Corbin Martin, Merrill Kelly, Nick Anderson, Ryan Helsley (SP)

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From time to time, Buzz will break a box of something and break down 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 WWE Money In The Bank wrestling cards (online-only retail tin)
First Buzz preview & Checklist: Click here
Where to buy: BlowoutCards.com (for hobby)

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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: Patrick Mahomes and the Kansas City Chiefs' Super Bowl win, new NFL and NBA breaks, Power Cubes delivering big and Kobe Bryant discussions keep on going.

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We're just days away from the arrival of 2020 Topps Series 1 baseball cards and its early debut at the Topps Million Card Rip Party, but BlowoutCards.com has a few more reasons you might want to visit the first installment of the hobby's flagship release looking for one thing.

The 2020 Topps Celebration of the Decades golden tickets.

These invitations to an exclusive event are at the top of the Blowout want list -- and we're paying you $5,000 if you land one during the Million Card Rip Party set for live-streaming on Tuesday from Dallas.

Keep reading for more 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: It's Super Bowl Sunday, so we've got nothing but NFL links in today's edition as we await Super Bowl LIV.

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Like many collectors, Buzz is a fan of grading and knows that there are many reasons that collectors choose to slab cards. Sometimes it's to enhance the appeal and protect them when selling. Other times it's to protect an investment for the long-term or to protect for sentimental reasons. Or, it might be just for fun or curiosity about a potential grade.

Here's this month's grading diary here on The Buzz ...

The Card: Kobe Bryant 1996-97 Upper Deck #58 Rookie Card
The Reason Bought: I actually bought this card more than a year ago and thought I had it waiting in my stash of cards to present here at some point but, after doing some searching, realized that I never took a photo of this iconic 1990s card and it had been waiting for its time to appear. Unfortunately, we know why this NBA legend has been on the minds of many sports fans out there this week so here we are. I picked up this Rookie Card back then since it was a decent grade for a decent price -- just $9 -- and I didn't ever pull one way back when. It doesn't have any obvious flaws on the front, so it looks much better than its grade, too. (Sub-grades on the back of this slab are all 9 or higher except for an 8.5 on corners and one corner shows why.) The shocking news of this week has created a frenzy of interest for Bryant's RCs and autographs -- and a card in this same grade (not an elite grade, really) sold for $200. Mine will remain in my stash.
The Grade: BGS 9

Reality Check: The pop report on this card is a lot stiffer than I had expected with this being the most-common grade and fewer than 600 checking in higher. I had expected there to be more but I suspect the pop reports on this card could change a lot in the coming months -- and it will be interesting to see if any ever reach BGS Black status. Bryant has a number of RCs -- more than 20 -- and this one is unique in that it doesn't show him in his Lakers uniform. The debate as to whether Bryant's cards will hold values in comparison to what people are paying right now is an interesting one over on the Blowout Forums where there are a number of discussions. I think this is a scenario that may defy common collecting logic -- I'd think that anything is possible in this case and there are a lot of buyers right now who will pick up cards and stash them away forever, leaving a smaller volume of stuff available for everyday collectors to grab on eBay and other market hot spots. Finding unopened boxes won't be an option for a lot of his Rookie Cards that people want to track down, either.

Keep reading for more of this month's pick-ups and new slabs for Buzz.

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