They're not the biggest boxes when it comes to their price -- but they're definitely packing a lot more than a Happy Meal.

In fact, with some luck when it comes to the 2022 Topps Chrome McDonald's All-American basketball boxes, you can feast with some of the first cardboard for a number of newly drafted NBA players, some likely future picks and even potential WNBA talent a little further down the line. (They have different draft rules so players can't be picked out of high school.)

A dozen players in this release were NBA Draft picks this year -- seven of those among the Top 20 -- and others who weren't are still active in the college ranks, transferred or are waiting on the draft due to injury. While it appears that only three players on the men's squad that year are not on cards in this release, there's still plenty to be found and a lot of it with big-dollar potential thanks to it being Chrome, and, of course, there being plenty of parallels to chase as well as autographs.

Brandon Miller, for example, was taken by the Charlotte Hornets with the No. 2 pick in this year's draft after a dominating season at Alabama and he appears on more than 70 cards in this release with a dozen certified autograph cards. Gameday Autographs in this one are traditional-stock on-card autos signed by players at the prep All-Star event, while the rest of the cards are Chromes and all parallels are numbered to 99 copies or less. Atop ink, there's a 100-card base set (some players are on the checklist more than once) and then photo variations for 10 notables, four insert sets packed with top names and then the ink. A lot of those versions of both base Chrome and autographs are found in both hobby boxes (a sure thing for ink) and then in blasters, too, with the ink flowing a little less easily -- but still in there .

While Bronny James' cardboard debut in the 2023 set to come soon undoubtedly will be a monster, this one is packed with a lot of break-out potential beyond just one headling-making big name. Heck, this one might have been passed over by many when James wasn't in there (he shouldn't have been, but it arrived around this year's event) -- but the roster is there for this marquee event. It's one that has seen legends such as Magic Johnson, Michael Jordan, Shaquille O'Neal and Kobe Bryant suit up in the past (but without cards in their era) and then cards in limited volumes in the early 2000s for stars such as Kevin Durant, James Harden and Chris Paul. (WNBA stars have been in there, too, but few on cards.) The combination of talent here without a monster price tag at the moment -- plus it being Chrome -- makes this one with relatively fertile potential in both the short-term -- and longer -- without breaking the bank like high-end NBA releases might.

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What: 2023 Wild Card Five Card Draw football cards
Arrives: Sept. 29
Box basics: Five encased autographed cards per box (12 boxes per case)
Order: Click here

What's buzz-worthy: Wild Card's once again on a very numbers-based presentation for college football stars' autographs with five serial-numbered cards inside numbered packs that add some certainty to the chase -- every card is numbered to no more than five copies across the entire release and every box includes a 1/1 card.

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What's Buzzing: Jasson Dominguez is on the way, licensing news reactions, NFL chatter, MLB pulls and more.

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What: 2023 Pieces of the Past Asia Edition
Arrives: Nov. 20
Box basics: Two relics per six-pack box (10 boxes per case)
Order: Click here

What's buzz-worthy: This brand returns by "celebrating over 2,000 years of Asia's rich history with subjects from China, Japan, Korea, Indonesia" and elsewhere in a release packed with history, hits, modern-day pop culture icons and more.

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What: 2023-24 Panini Prizm Draft Picks basketball cards
Arrives: Oct. 25
Box basics: Four autographs per four-pack box (16 boxes per case)
Order: Click here

What's buzz-worthy: Prizm arrives for draft picks once again with the newest names and some top prospects to know all in one spot -- and with more than one format to pack even more colorful variety into the brand.

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What's Buzzing: Ronald Acuña Jr., the Angels don't care, Cosmic Chrome, Jasson Dominguez, TacoFractor talk and more.

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What: 2023 Topps Chrome McDonald's All-American basketball cards
Arrives: Sept. 27
Box basics: Two autographs per 20-pack box (12 boxes per case)
Order: Click here

What's buzz-worthy: Topps' presence on McDonald's All-American cardboard return for a second time this season and this one includes the first autographed cards of LeBron James' highly touted son, Bronny, as seen above.

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 What: 2023 Panini National Treasures college football cards
Arrives: Oct. 6
Box basics: Seven autographs or memorabilia cards per eight-card box (four boxes per case)
Order: Click here

What's buzz-worthy: National Treasures goes back to school for another fall with new draft picks in their school colors in a release that's once again nearly all hits.

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What: 2023 Panini Chronicles baseball cards
Arrives: Oct. 4
Box basics:  Three autographs and one memorabilia card per six-pack box (16 boxes per case)
Order: Click here (live soon)

What's buzz-worthy: Panini's all-in-one brand hit the diamond for another year with some familiar sets as well as some new ones all under one lid.

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The box: 2015 Topps WWE wrestling cards (retail gravity box)
Where to buy: BlowoutCards.com (when available) or for newer WWE

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What's Buzzing: Julio Rodriguez is still hot, NFL chatter, a winning NBA repack, reeled in a big Trout and continuing talk about big industry headlines.

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Buzz buys and busts a lot of boxes right here for Buzz Breaks, but one of my goals is to rip a little less and talk more about cardboard that I -- and you -- might like. One way to do that? Simple show and tell -- present a few pick-ups and say why they captured my attention.

So, with all that said, here are a few Buzz Buys ...

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IT'S FOOTBALL SEASON ... 
The Item: Paul "Bear" Bryant cut autograph (BAS authenticated)
The Price: Less than a lot of new hobby boxes.
Why it’s Buzz-worthy: This pricier (for me) pick-up actually came in the last week of last year but I decided to hold onto posting it here until it's the right time -- and since football season is upon us, well, that means now's the time. In the fall of 2019, I bought a starter auto of this legendary Alabama Crimson Tide coach who before Nick Saban was easily the greatest in school history (right now, it's perhaps a toss-up) -- that one was an inscribed nickname-only auto -- for a lot less as it was a cut from a paperback book. This one? It's signed on thick, red paper (almost a light cardboard stock) and I know exactly where it came from -- a 1975 copy of his autobiography, Bear: The Hard Life and Good Times of Alabama's Coach Bryant. I have a clean-but-ratty copy of that book somewhere in my stash from an antiques store find 20-some years ago, but when this popped up from a West Coast mega-dealer of vintage (and selected modern-player) autographed stuff and plenty more I bit. I actually prefer the cut auto feel here in its case vs. the full book as it can be viewed when you find it vs. tucked behind a cover. A lot of Bryant autographs are found these days -- 40 years after his death -- are on signed copies of this book or on a style of autographed photo or two that is nearly always found inscribed and dated to fans or boosters from back in the day. While a photo (preferably slabbed) would be nice, this is a better, simpler item. Authenticated photos can cost less but look iffier depending on condition. I like this one -- and it's card-like feel -- and, heck, I might even do more. They are out there and findable.
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What: 2023 Topps Star Wars Chrome Black trading cards
Arrives: Sept. 27
Box basics: One autograph in every four-card box (12 boxes per case)
Checklist: Click here
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What's buzz-worthy: The Topps Chrome Black formula goes intergalactic once again with Star Wars and the formula that has been previously used for Topps' dark line.

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Take a minute and make some predictions and picks ... and if you're at the top of the results list vs. everybody else you will have free cards coming your way.

It's that simple.

YourDozen.com competition returns with free cardboard up for grabs to one lucky winner -- this time it's a mix of picks for Saturday sports action and some hot-take Majority Rules questions.

Majority Rules questions are simple -- whatever gets the most votes is the winning answer -- and we've sprinkled in those along with the traditional picks. The end result is still the same -- whomever has the most correct answers once the dust settles wins free cards.

You have until noon Saturday to get your picks and predictions in. (Do it now -- one of the tiebreakers is who entered first.) The prize is once again a mystery item.

>>> CLICK HERE TO ENTER <<< 

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's Buzzing: Favorite 1/1 cards, MLB Jacksons, NFL chatter, new pulls and licensing/lawsuit reactions.

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What: 2023 Leaf A Bronx Legacy baseball cards
Arrives: Dec. 29
Box basics:  Four "premium hits" per box (10 boxes per case)
Order: Click here (live soon)

What's buzz-worthy: Leaf turns its attention to New York for a release that's focused on the legends found as part of the history books for one of the biggest franchises in all of baseball history.

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What's Buzzing: Mike Trout, Ozzie Albies, Stephen Strasburg, Topps Chrome chatter and licensing/lawsuit reactions in this Sunday edition.

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What's Buzzing: Brian Gray steps down as CEO at Leaf, Trey Lance to the Cowboys, new MLB pulls, collectors react to the big news items of the month and more in this Saturday 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 pack: 2022 Parkside National Women's Soccer League trading cards
Where to buy: Spotted at retail ... BlowoutCards.com (if/when available)

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The box: 2022 Panini Chronicles WWE wrestling cards (blaster)
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Where to buy: BlowoutCards.com

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That first auto being a redemption now has a redeeming quality.

Topps revealed on Friday plans for the The Ultimate Collector Experience -- an event where any collector who pulled one of the 99 redemptions for the Victor Wembanyama Green Refractor autograph card from packs of 2022-23 Bowman University Chrome can attend an event on Sept. 23 in San Antonio where they will have a shot at receiving the inscribed first signed card.

Those who already redeemed their codes will be notified by Topps and a deadline for any newer pulls to be redeemed is Sept. 8. One person who attends in-person or virtually with a card will get the one-of-a-kind inscribed copy.

"After you’ve submitted your Wemby redemption card code, you will be invited to attend the live in-person Ultimate Collector Experience by Topps, where you will then be eligible to be randomly selected to receive the 2022-23 Bowman U Chrome Victor Wembanyama Green parallel '1st card I ever signed' inscribed auto," read the Topps reveal. "If you are unable to join us in person, you will still be eligible to receive the 2022-23 Bowman U Chrome Victor Green parallel '1st card I ever signed' inscribed auto as your redemption by participating virtually."

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What's Buzzing: Bray Wyatt's death surprises the wrestling world, new MLB pulls and chatter, inside a strong WWE case and plenty more reactions to the big headlines of the month.

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What: 2023 Panini Flawless College Football cards
Arrives: Oct. 27
Box basics: Six autographs and two memorabilia cards per 10-card box (two boxes per case)
Order: Click here

What's buzz-worthy: Flawless' ode to college football drops for another year showcasing legends of the past and recently drafted stars all in one high-end spot.

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What's Buzzing: Shohei Ohtani, something to watch for, pondering MLB award-winners, lawsuit and licensing reactions plus more in today's edition.

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What: 2023 Donruss football cards
Arrives: Oct. 25
Box basics: One autograph and one memorabilia card per 18-pack hobby box (18 boxes per case)
Order: Click here

What's buzz-worthy: Donruss NFL arrives for another season with boxes that are jam-packed with a little bit of everything -- Rookie Cards, autographs, memorabilia and rare-chase inserts.

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