With these Ticket Stud or Ticket Dud stories I'm turning just a tiny bit of that energy just a few degrees away from cards (we'll still have plenty of them here) for a different kind of cardboard. What am I doing? Simple ... this is an occasional dip into some random ticket lots -- a show and tell showing something small with a story.

This time? A ticket to an MLB game ... that never happened.

Keep reading to see the details this time ... and tell me if you think it's a Ticket Stud or a Ticket Dud.

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What: 2025 Leaf Kickboxer trading cards
Arrives: Oct. 3
Box basics: One autographed card per box

What's buzz-worthy: Leaf showcases a memorable fighting film of the past with nothing but ink from two top stars in every box.

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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: 2025 Leaf Metal Pop Century 1/1 Pre-Production Proofs 
Where to buy: Click here (these are box-toppers in Pop Century boxes)

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

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What's Buzzing: The MLB postseason is here, Topps Update chatter, new Bowman Chrome pulls, NFL talk, card show oddities and more.

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1 -- The MLB postseason is set ... all your thoughts are here

2 -- Talking Topps Update 

3 -- Highlights from new Bowman Chrome boxes

4 -- All your football chatter is here

5 -- MLB farewells

6 -- Card show oddities

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What: 2025 Leaf Football Nation baseball cards
Arrives: Nov. 28
Box basics: Five autos per six-card hobby box (12 per case) or 10 autos per 12-card jumbo box (eight per case)
Checklist: See gallery
Order: Click here

What's buzz-worthy: A new name in the Leaf lineup hits the gridiron and includes a mix of past and present stars with a meaty mix of flashy signed and unsigned cards in both box formats.

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This new department will be an occasional series that will take a quick look at a game our gaming release with card elements -- essentially a breakdown of what's in a box, but not the typical kind of a Buzz Break. (Buzz isn't a gamer so this will just be what's in a box vs. gameplay analysis.) Maybe there's a box you'd want to see busted? Send Buzz an email at BlowoutBuzz@blowoutcards.com.

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The Game: AEW - Vs. System Two-Player Card Game (starter set)
Where to buy: Will take some looking ... BlowoutCards.com for other gaming -- or for traditional wrestling cards

Keep reading for a full breakdown and gallery from this one.

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Take a minute and answer some hot-take questions and make some NFL picks -- and if you're at the top of the mountain when it's all over then you get some free cards.

It's that simple.

YourDozen.com is back with more free cardboard up for grabs to one lucky winner -- this time it's for Sunday NFL action as well as some Majority Rules questions. Those 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 1 p.m. on Sunday to get your picks in. (Do it now -- one of the tiebreakers is who entered first.) The prize remains 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 gaets 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: NFL Week 4 chatter, talking overtime, NBA and eBay, new pulls, MLB postseason and the clock is ticking for Phillies Karen. (Deadline is tomorrow.)

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1 -- NFL Week 4 reactions

2 -- Talking overtime 

3 -- NBA and eBay ... 

4 -- Box breaks are here

5 -- The MLB postseason is set and all your chatter is here

6 -- Phillies Karen: The new offer stands for a few more days

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What's Buzzing: J-Rod, Big Dumper, Russell Wilson, Phillies Karen, college football and NFL Week 4 are today's topics.

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1 -- NFL Week 4 is here

2 -- Checking in on J-Rod chatter after his 30-30 year

3 -- LOL

4 -- College football reactions

5 -- Big Dumper

6 -- Phillies Karen: The new offer stands for a few more days

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What's Buzzing: Disney Chrome heaters, NFL chatter, Big Dumper ends regular season vs. Dodgers, Phillies Karen and more.

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1 -- All your Disney Chrome chatter

2 -- College football is on their minds

3 -- Reactions to Diamond Icons

4 -- Readying for NFL Week 4

5 -- Big Dumper chatter

6 -- Phillies Karen: The new offer stands for a few more days

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What: 2025 Bowman Chrome University football cards
Arrives: Oct. 31
Box basics: Two autos per 20-pack hobby box (12 boxes per case) or four autos per 12-pack jumbo box (eight per case)
Order: Click here (when live)

What's buzz-worthy: Topps' fourth Chrome release for the NCAA prospect ranks in pack form with full college licensing arrives soon with a mix of modern and throwback vibes inside its boxes.

Keep reading for more and a full gallery of images.

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What: 2025 Topps Diamond Icons baseball cards
Arrives: Oct. 22
Box basics: Nine autographs and one Relic per 11-card box (two boxes per case)
Checklist: TBD
Order: Click here

What's buzz-worthy: This high-end line arrives once again with a base card in every box this time along with plenty of hits.

Keep reading for more as well as 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: 2025 Score football cards (blaster)
First Buzz preview: Click here
Where to buy: BlowoutCards.com

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

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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: 2024 Mattel UNO Elite NFL football cards (Draft Pack)
Where to buy: Retail for now ... BlowoutCards.com when available + other NFL here

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

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What's Buzzing: Pro Football Hall off Fame candidates, Nick Kurtz, NFL chatter, Big Dumper, Phillies Karen and ... trading Caleb Williams for Joe Burrow?

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1 -- Candidates for the Pro Football Hall of Fame in 2026

2 -- LOL

3 -- Nick Kurtz is legit

4 -- Readying for NFL Week 4

5 -- Big Dumper chatter

6 -- Phillies Karen: The new offer stands for a few more days

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Buzz buys a lot of stuff these days and for a few reasons, really. Sometimes it's just bargain-hunting, sometimes it's just something that strikes me. And other times it's a lot -- a group of things -- and that has happened enough lately I figured I'd try something different as a regularly appearing item. Sometimes my lots will be wins, sometimes they won't be ... but I'll let you decide. 

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The Lot: Nine Pink parallels from 2023 Panini Chronicles WWE
The Price: Less than $15

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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: 1989 Fleer baseball cello pack
Where to buy: Will take some looking ... BlowoutCards.com for other Retro Rips

What's inside this pack? Keep reading ...

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What's Buzzing: Big Dumper homers twice to reach 60, NFL Week 4, Aaron Judge, Kyle Schwarber, Phillies Karen and more.

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1 -- Big Dumper joins the 60-homer club

2 -- Readying for NFL Week 4

3 -- Checking in on the Aaron Judge thread (two homers there, too)

4 -- Kyle Schwarber is also having a year

5 -- More NFL chatter is here

6 -- Phillies Karen: The new offer stands for a few more days

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What: 2025 Topps Chrome Disney trading cards
Arrives: Sept. 24
Box basics: Four serial-numbered cards per 12-pack hobby box (12 boxes per case); one serial-numbered card per 15-pack mega box (20 per case); seven packs per blaster box (40 boxes per case)
Checklist: Click here
Odds: Click here
Order: Click here

What's buzz-worthy: The Topps Chrome show arrives with all the Disney flair for another year.

Keep reading for more and a full gallery of images.

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With these Ticket Stud or Ticket Dud stories I'm turning just a tiny bit of that energy just a few degrees away from cards (we'll still have plenty of them here) for a different kind of cardboard. What am I doing? Simple ... this is an occasional dip into some random ticket lots -- a show and tell showing something small with a story.

This time? A dominating day in college football action.

Keep reading to see the details this time ... and tell me if you think it's a Ticket Stud or a Ticket Dud.

Continue reading →

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: 2025 Leaf Metal Pop Century 1/1 Pre-Production Proofs 
Where to buy: Click here (these are box-toppers in Pop Century boxes)

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

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What's Buzzing: NFL and MLB chatter, Russell Wilson, Phillies Karen and remembering Rudi Johnson.

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1 -- Readying for NFL Week 4

2 -- Talkin' baseball

3 -- LOL

4 -- Collectors remember Rudi Johnson

5 -- More NFL chatter is here

6 -- Phillies Karen: The new offer stands

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The story of this baseball is a whole lot of ... Bananas.

This extra item in my Collecting Game-used series this month is easily the most-unique baseball in my collection -- and part of this appealing story happened absolutely thanks to some dumb luck. (Again ... some of my best finds have happened that way.) What's the deal? One day when looking into baseball cards for the traveling road show and pop culture phenomenon that is the Savannah Bananas -- think baseball meets a circus with side helpings of Zubaz-era WWF and some Talladega Nights-style NASCAR bombast with game rules even quirkier than both -- I stumbled upon a new part of the official team store. The Bananas now sell game-used stuff with full databased authentication and some supreme stickered specificity just like MLB.

While I picked off my ball simply because it was among the cheapest options, it's actually one with a story and some unique documented game-use that's quite unique within this spectacle on the diamond. In fact, it's absolutely one to chew on ... and when you do that you won't even be the first.

Huh? Keep reading to see the details this time ... and the ball in action.

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What: 2025 Leaf Vivid baseball cards
Arrives: Oct. 31
Box basics: Seven autos per nine-card hobby box (12 boxes per case) or 10 autos per 12-card jumbo box (eight per case)
Order: Click here (live soon)

What's buzz-worthy: A new year of Vivid baseball includes base cards in the mix -- every one of them a 1/1 creation -- alongside the autographs that are a majority of what's found in both formats for this release.

Keep reading for more info, images and a full checklist of inclusions.

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What: 2025 Topps Holiday baseball cards
Arrives: Oct. 22
Box basics: One autograph, Relic or Chrome variation in mega boxes -- TBD on other two formats, advent calendar or tin (also with three-tin hobby & retail boxes ... full details below)
Checklist: TBD
Order: Click here (when live)

What's buzz-worthy: The annual Holiday version of Topps baseball cards is on its way with some variety on formats -- each with some exclusive parallels -- and some new looks.

Keep reading for more and a full gallery of images.

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