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 Bowman Platinum baseball cards (mega box)
Checklist: Click here
Where to buy: Initially at Walmart (here when/if available)

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What's Buzzing: New Prizm, new breaks, a long-running impossible parallel project, Super Bowl picks, showing off Ken Griffey Jr. cards and MLB prospecting.

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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 Heritage Minor League baseball cards (hobby box)
First Buzz preview & checklist: Click here
Where to buy: BlowoutCards.com

Keep reading for a breakdown and gallery of highlights with 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: New MLB breaks, reactions to 2022 Topps Chrome, NFL chatter, Aaron Rodgers, Henry Ruggs and more.

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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: Pondering new baseball Hall of Famers, UFC chatter, MLB and WWE breaks, Buster Posey and more.

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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: MLB chatter, Aaron Rodgers, showing off rare NBA cards, WWE roster cuts and 24 case hits in one NFL blaster?

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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: Buster Posey, Jonathan Taylor, Odell Beckham, Jordan Love and some new breaks in today's edition.

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What: 2021 Elite Extra Edition baseball cards
Arrives: Dec. 16
Box basics: Eight autographs and two memorabilia cards per five-pack box (20 boxes per case)
Order: Click here (live soon)

What's buzz-worthy: EEE takes to the diamond with plenty of hits, new prospects and draft picks, international players and more.

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

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What: 2022 Topps Chrome baseball cards
Arrives: Sept. 16
Box basics: Two autos in every 24-pack hobby box (12 boxes per case); five autos in every 12-pack jumbo box (eight boxes per case)
Checklist: Click here
Order: Click here

What's buzz-worthy: Topps Chrome drops with some new energy, new inclusions and a boatload of color next summer.

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What: 2021 Panini Contenders baseball cards
Arrives: Dec. 17
Box basics: Six autographs per six-pack box (12 boxes per case)
Order: Click here (live soon)

What's buzz-worthy: Contenders drops for another run around the bases with an autograph in every pack and plenty of young stars and new draft picks all in play here.

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

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What: 2021 Panini Flawless baseball cards
Arrives: Dec. 8
Box basics: Seven autos, two memorabilia and one gem card per 10-card box (two boxes per case)
Order: Click here (live soon)

What's buzz-worthy: Flawless returns for another go with "some of the best patches and prime material of the year paired with crisp on-card autographs from today’s top stars and rookies."

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

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What: 2021 Leaf Flash baseball cards
Arrives: Jan. 28, 2022
Box basics: Six autographs per box (12 boxes per case)
Order: Click here

What's buzz-worthy: One of Leaf's most-colorful -- and flashiest -- releases drops once again with nothing but autographs from young stars -- but also with a limited number of Shohei Ohtani autos in the mix.

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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: The Atlanta Braves win the World Series, MLB pulls and more in this all-baseball 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 box: 2021 Donruss Optic baseball cards (blaster)
First Buzz preview: Click here
Where to buy: BlowoutCards.com (other formats)

Keep reading for a full breakdown and 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: The World Series resumes tonight, big pulls, steroids and the Hall, card storage and Project70 with an unusual move.

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What: 2022 Topps Tier One baseball cards
Arrives: July 27
Box basics: Two autos and one Relic per box (12 boxes per case)
Checklist: Click here
Order: Click here

What's buzz-worthy: Tier One arrives with some new stuff in store -- bat grip Relics -- as part of the familiar all-hits package that includes baseball's biggest stars of the past and present all in one place.

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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 boxes: 2021 Topps Mickey Mantle Collection (five boxes)
First Buzz Preview & Checklist: Click here
Where to buy: BlowoutCards.com (when available)

Keep reading for a full breakdown and gallery for 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: Comparing NFL quarterbacks, World Series chatter, Derrick Henry is hurt, new pulls and Honey Badger don't care.

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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 CAREER YEAR
The Card: Dansby Swanson 2017 Topps Heritage #76B action variation SP -- Rookie Card parallel
The Reason Bought: I'm a sucker for Heritage RCs and multi-player cards from the past, but I've never really chased the SPs that have been immensely popular since around this year where a few key names went solo from their card counterparts and have cards of their own -- both signed and unsigned. I had Swanson stashed on my fantasy league all season (mostly on the bench behind a favorite of mine you see here often) and saw the career year as it was happening. I had been eyeing this card for years now -- I own plenty of the regular ones as well as a couple of the Chrome types (I might slab those) -- and grabbed this awhile back. With the Braves' World Series showing, I figured I'd have him batting lead-off here ... and he won't be alone from the ATL here this month.
The Grade: BGS 9.5

Reality Check: I wasn't really worried about the pop report but I also didn't realize there were so few cards above this one. I will stash this one away with my Ozzie Albies and Ronald Acuña Jr. slabs I've picked up or slabbed on my own the last couple years like I suspect many have and will be doing. I probably need to slab some of their pitchers and you might see a Freddie Freeman Heritage card or two here in the future. (I lean toward the new guys more but have had some good Heritage pulls.)

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

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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: The Braves are a win away from taking the World Series, Austin Riley, NFL chatter and pulls, Ja'Marr Chase and more.

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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: The World Series, NFL Week 8, NHL cancellations and delays, big breaks and ... Kobe or LeBron?

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If you hadn't noticed, there are a number of boxes with discounted prices right now right here as Blowout Cards' Black November sales have arrived this year.

The first wave is here and many of the discounts were dramatic enough that Buzz once again had to ponder the possibilities in many of the boxes and cases -- and here are five that caught this collector’s eye ... and there's far more that just might suit your tastes in the big sale.

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A FORGOTTEN ONE?
2020 Topps Baseball UK Edition baseball box
Maybe it's just because I never ripped this one -- or, heck, even saw it -- last year, but this box with a pretty big discount feels like it needs to be here as you should get a number of parallel cards in every one and there's a decent shot at key names being among them as it's only a 200-card set. I recently grabbed the one basic RC I wanted to land here but there are parallels and even autographs in play here as ell as a mix of UK Icons inserts also with parallels. With 240 cards in a box if the collation is clean you should come pretty close at landing a good chunk of it all. This one's in my cart as I type ... I need to scout even more after I finish this piece.

Keep reading for a few more boxes you should consider (and are likely to end up in Buzz's cart).

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What's Buzzing: The World Series continues, Topps Update arrives, MLB chatter, a thread to see and some "beautifully horrendous autographs" in today's edition.

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What: 2021 Topps Chrome Sapphire Edition baseball cards
Arrives: Today initially via Topps.com
Box basics: One auto and one parallel per eight-pack (32-card) box
Sapphire Edition Checklist: Click here
Order: Click here (when available)

What's buzz-worthy: Topps Chrome Sapphire Edition is live for the public today -- now -- after a 582 Montgomery Club opener yesterday.

Keep reading for more info as well as a full 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: World Series chatter, Heritage MiLB arrives, pondering the NBA Rookie of the Year (already), a college football question, WWE and NFL Week 8 all in this one.

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