What: 2024 TRISTAR Hidden Treasures Autographed Footballs
Arrives: March 22
Box basics: One autographed football per box (four boxes per case)
Order: Click here

What's buzz-worthy: TRISTAR's Hidden Treasures blind-boxed football line returns for a new year with nothing but autographed footballs -- logo and replica to keep costs lower -- in the mix from NFL and college football stars from the past and present.

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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: 2023 Panini USA Baseball Stars & Stripes baseball cards (mega)
First Buzz preview: Click here
Where to buy: BlowoutCards.com (for hobby)

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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: 2023 Topps Chrome McDonald's All-American Games basketball cards (blaster)
First Buzz preview: Click here
Checklist: Click here
Where to buy: BlowoutCards.com (for hobby when available)

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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: New pulls, NFL and college football chatter, Superfractors, cheating Michigan and more.

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What: 2024 Leaf The Muhammad Ali Legacy Collection
Arrives: March 29
Box basics: One cut autograph and two memorabilia cards per 18-card box
Order: Click here

What's buzz-worthy: Leaf revisits one of the biggest and most-influential athletes in world history with this one, which includes plenty inside its deluxe boxes.

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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: 2021 Topps Update baseball cards (hanger)
Where to buy: BlowoutCards.com (for hobby & jumbo)
First Buzz preview: Click here

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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 Panini Prestige NFL cards (jumbo)
Where to buy: BlowoutCards.com (in a few formats)

Keep reading for a full breakdown of what was in this one along with a gallery 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: A breaking question, chewing on a Prizm design detail, NFL and college football chatter 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: NFL and college football chatter, World Baseball Classic cards, Superfractors and more.

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Take a minute and make some predictions and picks ... and if you're at the top of the results you get free cards.

It's still 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 this week's NFL 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 4 p.m. Sunday 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.

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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: 2023 Bowman University Best football cards
Arrives: Jan. 10
Box basics: Four autographs per hobby box (12 boxes per case) or three autographs per one-pack Delight box (10 boxes per case)
Checklist: Click here
Odds: Click here
Order: Click here

What's buzz-worthy: Topps' third release for the NCAA prospect ranks in pack form and with school colors and logos arrives with this one, which offers a new look at NIL players as the college season closes and NFL Draft chatter intensifies.

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What: 2024 Topps Garbage Pail Kids Kids At Play
Arrives: Jan. 24
Box basics: One hit per 24-pack collector box (eight boxes per case); 24 packs per hobby box (eight boxes per case)
Checklist: TBD
Order: Click here

What's buzz-worthy: The Kids play with their toys to open a new year -- everything from video games to oldschool gems that we all know (unlike these stickers) should remain in their wrappers -- and the chaos ensues.

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

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What: 2023 Panini Obsidian football cards
Arrives: March 6, 2024
Box basics: Two autos and two memorabilia cards per seven-card box (12 boxes per case)
Order: Click here (live soon)

What's buzz-worthy: Obsidian hits collectors' hands once again soon with its familiar look but with new players and additions to a lineup that's once again very hit-driven.

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What: 2023 Panini Immaculate Collection football cards
Arrives: Feb. 28. 2024
Box basics: Five autographs or memorabilia cards per six-card box (six boxes per case)
Order: Click here

What's buzz-worthy: Immaculate arrives for a new year of NFL action with its familiar looks, familiar formats and stars from the past and present once again paired together all in one high-end spot.

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What: 2023 Panini National Treasures NASCAR cards
Arrives: Feb. 21, 2024
Box basics: Four autographed cards, three memorabilia cards and one base/parallel card per eight-card box (four boxes per case)
Order: Click here

What's buzz-worthy: National Treasures is set to hit the track once again just after the dust settles after this year's Daytona 500 with plenty of nods to the past and present inside its boxes.

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

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What: 2023-24 Panini Contenders basketball cards
Arrives: Feb. 21, 2024
Box basics: Two autographs per four-pack box (12 boxes per case)
Order: Click here

What's buzz-worthy: Contenders hits the hardwood once again with the familiar lineup of Ticketed inclusions as well as plenty of other stuff to chase in every box

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

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What: 2023 Panini Zenith football cards
Arrives: Feb. 9, 2024
Box basics: One patch auto and one other auto per six-card box (12 boxes per case)
Order: Click here

What's buzz-worthy: Zenith returns with a new batch of recent retro cards with new looks -- a package that Panini says will "have collectors covered from A to Z."

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What: 2023 Leaf Professional Bowlers Association Premier Edition bowling cards
Arrives: February 2024
Box basics: Three autographs per seven-card box (10 boxes per case)
Order: Click here

What's buzz-worthy: Leaf's bowling card renaissance continues with the arrival of its debut PBA release in pack form -- one that packs plenty of color, some surprises and more in store every time a lid gets popped on this one.

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What: 2023 Elite Extra Edition baseball cards
Arrives: Feb. 28, 2024
Box basics: Eight autographs and two memorabilia cards per five-pack box (20 boxes per case)
Order: Click here

What's buzz-worthy: EEE once again takes to the diamond with a mix of newly drafted stars and promising prospects all rolled into one fan-friendly package that includes two hits in every pack.

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What: 2024 TRISTAR Hidden Treasures Platinum Edition Autographed Football Jerseys
Arrives: Feb. 9
Box basics: One autographed jersey per box (four boxes per case)
Order: Click here

What's buzz-worthy: The newest arrival from the TRISTAR Hidden Treasures portfolio of autographed memorabilia releases drops just before the Super Bowl this year and its Hall of Famers in there this time -- just part of what's in store here -- are only players who were in the big game.

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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 ...

A FIRST FOR ME ...
The Card: Bo Bichette 2022 Topps Chrome Logofractor Edition Blue Refractor (/150)
The Reason Graded: If you're a regular reader, then you know that Bichette is perhaps my leading active player who I collect (casually ... as he's expensive). That means I dabble merely with what I like, what's a bargain and so on. In some cases, I'll grab a striking color of parallel or an appropriate shade from a certain brand that stands out from the rest and this Blue parallel fits right there along with this being a Logofractor parallel. Why did I grab this and then slab it? Well, the price was right (under $10 during the season) and it was one of few centered copies I saw and it was one that avoided a possible pattern gap in the logos that seemed to land on his cards often. When I grabbed this, it also became my first COMC pick-up to go directly to CGC for grading while all in their hands rather than starting out in mine.
The Grade: CSG 10

Reality Check: It came back with an ideal mark, which is what I had hoped for, though you never know with surfaces of cards ... that's about the only big risk of buying/subbing stuff there at the moment other than corners, which should be a smidge more obvious on screen -- but not always. My total cost for card and grading here? Under $24 and it only took about a month to get it back. That's a move I've actually done a few times late last year as my goal of sending in some new stuff for slabbing didn't happen on the card side of things before 2023 had ended. There will be plenty more in 2024 -- cards, comics, coins magazines ... and more.

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

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