One of Upper Deck's iconic hockey brands is back once again next month and it will return with some outrageous cardboard.

UD Black returns with five hits in every six-card box and it's clear that some cards just won't be contained by the typical wrapping. But cards like the one above aren't alone in its impressive look.

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Panini America's Noir line of basketball cards arrives on Wednesday with a distinct feel and a deep checklist heavy on the hits.

Each box of 2015-16 Panini Noir includes 12 cards -- and seven of those are autographs or memorabilia cards. A look at the final checklist arrived today in advance of its release.

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Panini America's Prizmed take on retro brands of the past -- as well as this year's Donruss brand -- arrives on Wednesday with plenty of surprises in tow inside packs of 2016 Donruss Optic.

Some of those surprises have, however, been spoiled as we've gotten our hands on a final checklist for the first-time brand.

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The annual eclectic look at baseball, unique people in pop culture and "world's champions" in several other pastimes is almost here.

It's 2016 Topps Allen & Ginter and it's just 10 days away.

As the clock counts down to the hobby release date on July 22, we've gotten our first look at the final checklist to see who's included in the 11th edition of the brand since its 2006 revival by Topps.

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This year's edition of Topps Tribute baseball cards is just a week away and it will include plenty of hits -- simple as that.

In fact, there will be one in every pack -- and six in every box -- when it arrives with the newest crop of rookies and new looks at old names, too.

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The U.S. Olympic Team is taking shape on the various fields of play but the final checklist for the 2016 Topps U.S. Olympic & Paralympic Team Hopefuls trading card set is here.

Among the notable signers for this one, which is set to arrive Friday with an autograph, a Relic and a manufactured Relic in every box, are a who's who of Olympic stars. There will be ink from Michael Phelps, Claressa Shields, Missy Franklin, Natalie Coughlin, Abby Wambach, Sue Bird, Ryan Lochte, Rulon Gardner, Gabby Douglas, Brittney Griner, Candace Parker and many more.

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Upper Deck released the final checklist for its returning Champ's hockey card set on Friday, giving us a complete look at all of the unusual cards this one will include.

Keep reading for a look at the checklist in both PDF and tabular form.

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Upper Deck's 2016 Goodwin Champions arrives later this month and it will pack all kinds of interesting cardboard inside its packs.

The surprises of who's signing for this one are now solved with the release of the final checklist as well as our gallery earlier today.

What's inside? Click here to view a PDF of the product's inclusions. 

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This year's edition of Bowman Inception is just a week away, and that means the latest round of Inceptioned insert cards, plenty of prospect autographs and maybe a few surprises.

Well, there won't be as many surprises now since Topps has released the checklist.

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The wait is nearly over for 2016 Topps Stadium Club baseball cards as the recently retro-styled brand arrives on Friday with plenty of creative photos and plenty of fun in every box.

The checklist for the brand arrived from Topps on Sunday night so keep reading to learn more.

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The wait for 2016 Panini Flawless baseball cards is nearly over and one more sign of that is the fact that the checklist has arrived.

We won’t waste your time with details about what comes in a box. Keep reading to get the checklist.

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Topps is following up on its first high-end WWE set with a sequel less than a year later and we're just two weeks away from the arrival of 2016 Topps WWE Undisputed, which is now set for a July 6 release.

That means the final checklist is here.

There won't be as many autographs in every box this time around, but there will be plenty of autographs that should be in demand with a crop of new signers and young stars filling those high-end packs.

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The wait for Panini Flawless soccer cards is nearly over and one more sign of that is the fact that the checklist has arrived.

We won't waste your time with details about what comes in a box. Keep reading to get the checklist.

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There will be Rip Cards. There will be Ichiro Suzuki autographs. There will be a Ken Griffey Jr. tribute set.

That's not all that will be in 2016 Topps Series 2.

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The first Minor League Baseball set of the year from Topps arrives next week in the form of 2016 Topps Pro Debut, which will include two autographs and two Relics per box. 

There should be some surprises in store (based on our First Buzz preview from December) and some of that mystery disappeared on Wednesday with the release of the final checklist for the product.

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The third series of Topps Star Wars Galactic Connexions arrived in Walmart stores yesterday and there's one color besides gold that you'll want to see inside packs of the collectable gaming discs.

Imperial Red.

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When the newest World Wrestling Entertainment trading card set arrives from Topps next week it will include some notable Rookie Cards and some returns of big names in wrestling history we haven't seen on WWE cardboard in years.

How do we know? Topps released the final checklist for 2016 Topps WWE on Friday in advance of its May 4 arrival.

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This year's prospecting flagship brand, 2016 Bowman, arrives soon from Topps and the company released the final checklist today.

What will be found inside packs when it arrives on April 27?

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Topps' newest MLB release arrives this week in the form of 2016 Topps Museum Collection, a high-end hits-focused release with a format familiar to those who have broken it the last few years.

Each four-pack box includes one on-card auto, an auto Relic, one Jumbo Relic and a Quad Relic.

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When Panini America revived the Diamond Kings brand last year its return was marked with one of the biggest names in the history of the game.

Babe Ruth.

This year, The Bambino is in there once again -- and there's plenty more to be found from baseball's past as well as its present.

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Topps' next retro baseball card brand is Gypsy Queen and the newest version arrives on April 6 packing plenty of old styles with today's newest features.

You know, like the card seen above.

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Topps is bringing some star power to its next wave of Star Wars card sets, revealing one of the biggest autographs possible for the first generation of the film franchise on Friday.

Harrison Ford will be among the signers for Topps Star Wars: The Force Awakens Series 2 when it arrives on March 23. He's the biggest of nine signers revealed since the last time we checked in on the brands. (Update: Topps has released a few more notable names ... you can see them in our gallery.)

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For 2016 Topps baseball products that don't get a standalone story here on The Buzz when a final checklist is released, we'll place a link to a PDF of the set's checklist right here. (Click here if you need any 2015 Topps baseball checklists.)

You'll be able to find all of them in PDF form as released by the company and all in one spot.(Click here or on Checklist Zone at right for other products and companies.)

Keep reading to see the checklists posted so far.

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We’re a week away from the release of 2016 Topps Heritage baseball cards, the annual trek to the past that takes us back to 1967 this season.

The checklist is now here.

Curious about which errors and variations there might be? Check out our primer on the quirks from 1967.

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Panini America's newest football card brand, 2015 Panini Black Gold, arrives with some surprises beginning tomorrow.

What are they? Autographs originally intended for last year's set as well as Immaculate Collection.

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