Derek Jeter's Hall of Fame enshrinement may have to wait until next year, but the new cardboard push is coming from Topps.

Up first? A new Topps Now line launching this Saturday with Jeter’s autograph attached on cards noting "his biggest moments and milestones" among projects that will "bring his perspective to life through one-of-a-kind collections."

It's part of plans in a multi-year deal that will include "experiential, one-of-a-kind events and limited products and Jeter will collaborate with Topps in many new ways across its physical, digital and e-commerce products." It will include the former Yankees shortstop as part of the creative process. There will be the Captain’s Collection and Jeter also take part in the One of One Club, which will give "fans the ability to create their own unique 1/1 Jeter Topps card, which will then be signed by Jeter at a One of One Club event."

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What: 2020 Break King Baseball Premium Edition
Arrives: May 1
Box basics: Two graded buyback cards and one encased card per box (three boxes per case)
Order: Click here (live soon)

What's buzz-worthy: Fans of MLB stars' prospect cards and Rookie Cards (and other rookie-year releases) have a new buyback option in the works that will include two graded cards in every box.

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What: 2020 Bowman Transcendent Collection baseball cards
Arrives: Aug. 26
Box basics: 33 autographs and more per box
Checklist: Click here
Order: Click here

What's buzz-worthy: Transcendent turns to the prospecting realm with the familiar formula of inclusions with 1955 Bowman getting the Superfactor nod and the players including Yankees prospect Jasson Dominguez for starters.

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

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What's Buzzing Today: Getting back into collecting and then a number of breaks -- including cases of Ginter and Heritage -- that are worth a look.

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If you're on the registry, you can now take more action -- and earn more medals, too.

Today, Professional Sports Authenticator launched a revamped “activity page” for its set registry members and that helps them document changes that include "set ranking changes, pending removal requests, pending slot requests and any comments made."

“The activity page already existed, but now it’s been completely overhauled to include all of these important functions,” said PSA Set Registry manager Cosetta Robbins. “It provides a level of convenience for our members, so they’re able to keep an eye on everything they need to see, all in one place.”

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They're toys with a cause.

Mattel has launched a line of Thank You Heroes toys that aren't action figures for some of the biggest movie or comic book characters out there. Instead, they are toys showing nurses, doctors, delivery drivers and EMTs whose rules in the world are more apparent than ever right now. They aren't alone, either, as a collection of Community Champions also is up for grabs with those same groups as well as grocery store workers represented, too.

Both of these new releases are benefiting those fighting the COVID-19 pandemic.

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If you're a regular soccer fan, this may not be the deepest of item for you ... but if you're not?

Well, keep reading ...

With on-field action for sports around the world basically at a halt, the scouting of cards from around the world might be happening more here even though those events would be happening elsewhere. A simple glance at a piece from ESPN -- soccer's 36 best players age 21 or under -- and a quick look at eBay for just two names mentioned shows that there are probably some gems waiting to be found out there in boxes that are still very findable and don't break the bank compared to some high-end releases.

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This one is a quick idea for a new department here on The Buzz ... Fast Five -- a quick list under a simple topic that might offer a basic starting point for a themed collection. It's a basic list of five items that could be fun for a starting collector or a new way to add to a stash that might already seemingly include everything when it comes to cardboard. For some of you, it's probably common sense. For others of you out there, it's something to think about.

This time? Five players (and cards) I'd want to see in the next rendition of Topps Project 2020. (Would it be Project 2021?)

BAT DOWN, HANDS DOWN
Ronald Acuña Jr.'s bat-down SP variation in 2018 Topps Series 2 is perhaps the most-iconic of all of the Rookie Cards in basic Topps sets in recent years, and I think it would be a no-brainer as a card to bat lead-off on a second project like Topps Project 2020 -- an effort where artists re-create memorable cards from the past for 20 players. The list is one that skews old -- just five players are from 1990 and beyond and only two who debuted in the 2000s -- while the top sellers (so far) have skewed young and that makes me wonder what/who might be popular the next time around. They have to do this again, right? (For the purposes of this list, I'm ignoring the realities of licensing -- some players are potentially not available to Topps or licensing could impose other limitations. (That's what I don't know.) What I do know is a collection of 20 takes on this Acuña would probably get me every time as it's such a good starting point.

Keep reading for four more making up the list this time.

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A simple $10 donation on StockX's Benefit for the COVID-19 Solidarity Response Fund might land you a $1,000 BlowoutCards.com shopping spree or a number of other pieces from around the sports world and beyond.

The effort includes nearly 80 different items currently up for grabs that you can get tickets for and it includes signature-model shoes, competition-used memorabilia and autographed pieces as well as other shots at sports cards.

Some of the names involved include Topps, Panini America, PSA, Allen Iverson, Chloe Kim, Eminem, Kobe Bryant, Goldin Auctions, Kevin Durant, Usain Bolt, Leo Messi, The Golden State Warriors and more.

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The box: 2019 Panini Diamond Kings baseball cards (blaster box)
Where to buy: BlowoutCards.com (for hobby & FOTL)

Keep reading to see a breakdown and gallery of what's in this one.

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What's Buzzing Today: Unpopular collecting opinions, Project 2020, MLB Rookie Card sleepers and big pulls to round things out in today's edition.

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Update (April 28): More info and a preview video has been added.

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With 2020 Bowman awaiting release but in COVID-19 limbo sitting in its near-final stages down in Texas at closed printing facilities, Topps has looked another direction in an effort to get some new prospects' baseball cards into collectors hands sooner.

It's a First Edition 2020 Bowman that will be found in 10-card packs soon and was teased by the company on Wednesday.

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You might have missed some of the newest sports cards on the planet released just last week -- but don't worry you can still find them.

(We've got 'em.)

There aren't a ton of details out there, but Panini America has a number of new releases being sold in China -- Tmall versions of two basketball favorites, 2019-20 Panini Select and 2019-20 Donruss Optic as well as 2019-20 Panini Obsidian soccer cards that are all available now with more apparently set to come.

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YourDozen.com is back and you have until Friday at midnight to ponder the possibilities and take your shot at winning some of the hottest basketball cards of the year.

What are we doing this time? We're looking for the consensus answers to a few questions -- majority rules = the correct answer -- and then predicting what things will look like in the stock world for the tie-breaker.

This week's winner gets a 2019-20 Panini Mosaic NBA hanger box AND a 2019-20 Panini Mosaic Mega Box as this week's prize.

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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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What: 2020 Leaf Greatest Hits Multi-Sport Edition
Arrives: Aug. 28
Box basics: Three buyback cards or special redemptions per box (three boxes per case)
Order: Click here (live soon)

What's buzz-worthy: Greatest Hits arrives as a multi-sport buyback release for the first time with collation that "will be completely random and therefore volatility of content will be higher than normal."

Keep reading for more.

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

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

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The box: 2013 Panini Golden Age (hobby box)
Where to buy: BlowoutCards.com (when available) -- new MLB here

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

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What's Buzzing Today: Project 2020 chatter (and artists are in on it), NBA breaks, a Stranger Things case that's turned one collector's world upside down (or something) and more in today's edition.

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The box: 2017 Topps WWE Women's Division wrestling cards (two boxes)
Where to buy: Click here

Keep reading for a full breakdown and gallery of images from this Buzz favorite.

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The box: 2020 Panini Prizm Draft Picks football (blaster box)
First Buzz preview: Click here
Where to buy: BlowoutCards.com (for hobby & FOTL)

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What: 2020 SAGE Aspire football cards
Arrives: June 5
Box basics: 24 autographs per box
Order: Click here (live soon)

What's buzz-worthy: SAGE's next wave of cardboard for new NFL draft picks and other prospects is a release that's solely about autographs.

Keep reading for more info and the checklist.

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The box: Baseball Power Cube baseball repack (MJ Holding)
Where to buy: Retail outlets ($19.99)

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What: 2019-20 Topps Bundesliga Museum Collection soccer cards
Arrives: Nov. 25
Box basics: One autograph, one autographed Relic and one Relic per eight-card box (12 boxes per case)
Checklist: Click here
Order: Click here

What's buzz-worthy: Topps reveals another edition of Museum Collection for Bundesliga German soccer fans with one of the inclusions this time being Meisterschale Relics with encapsulated shavings from the Bundesliga’s championship trophy.

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

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What's Buzzing Today: The Last Dance, NFL breaks, Jim Thome's best cards, remembering when, Definitive delivers and "is Babe Ruth really the greatest baseball player ever?" (Yes.)

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The box: 2020 Panini Prizm Draft Picks football (one multi-pack)
First Buzz preview: Click here
Where to buy: BlowoutCards.com (for hobby & FOTL)

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

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