What: BenchWarmer Eclectic Series 2 trading cards
Arrives: Early September
Hobby box basics: 20 cards per box (16 boxes per case)

What's buzz-worthy: BenchWarmer follows up on its 2014 repack product of past packs with bonus hits with a new repack that's nothing but new cards, past hits, promo sets and other surprises.

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What: 2016 Panini Contenders Draft Picks basketball cards
Arrives: Oct. 5
Box basics: Five autographs per 24-pack box (12 boxes per case)

What's buzz-worthy: The stars of the college game get their first runs on cardboard here with a mix of the top names for the upcoming season as well as looks back at NBA stars in their school colors.

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What: 2016 Panini Certified NASCAR cards
Arrives: Sept. 28
Box basics:  Two autographs and two memorabilia cards per 10-pack box (12 boxes per case)

What's buzz-worthy: Panini America's latest NASCAR release will ramp up the hits and the autographs while offering the foilboard look that this brand has delivered for years.

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Here's the design for the 2017 Topps baseball card set as released by Topps on Tuesday morning.

A full First Buzz preview story on 2017 Topps Series 1 can be seen here.

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What: 2017 Topps WWE Road to WrestleMania wrestling cards
Arrives: Feb. 1, 2017
Box basics: Two hits in every 24-pack hobby box (eight boxes per case)

What's buzz-worthy: The Road to WrestleMania will begin on cardboard right here with a new look for the brand -- at least on its hits -- with some new touches and some new faces and energy, too.

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What: 2016 Topps Stadium Club EPL soccer cards
Arrives: Dec. 21
Box basics: Two autographs per box (16 boxes per case)

What's buzz-worthy: Topps takes its Stadium Club brand to the pitch with the stars of the Premier League for the first time with an energetic photo-driven look at the game that will carry just an $80 suggested retail price per box.

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What: 2016-17 Upper Deck Black Diamond hockey cards
Arrives: Nov. 30
Box basics: Five cards per Black Diamond pack along with one Exquisite pack per box (five boxes per case)

What's buzz-worthy: Black Diamond is back once again as a high-end brand with just five cards per pack with a one-card Exquisite pack inside each box as well. Exquisite will be released within other brands throughout the 2016-17 season.

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What: 2016 Panini Spectra football cards
Arrives: Sept. 14
Box basics: Four autographs and seven memorabilia cards per four-pack box (eight boxes per case)

What's buzz-worthy: The high-end Prizmatic rainbow with plenty of autographs and memorabilia returns once again with plenty of what collectors expect from the brand and some new touches that up the ante as well.

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What: 2016 Panini Immaculate Collection Collegiate football cards
Arrives: Sept. 14
Box basics: Five autographs or memorabilia cards per box (15 boxes per case)

What's buzz-worthy: The college gridiron gets its own Immaculate Collection release with the stars of the past (and recent past) with the high-end take we got a taste of with the multi-sport edition last fall.

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What: 2016 Leaf Greatest Hits football cards
Arrives: October-November (TBD)
Box basics: Four buyback cards and one Predictor card per box (two boxes per case)

What's buzz-worthy: Leaf expands upon its buyback products with the arrival of this one, which celebrates everything that's great about football cards."

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What: Yu-Gi-Oh! Destiny Soldiers
Arrives: Nov. 18
Box basics: Five cards per pack, 24 packs per box (12 boxes per case)

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What: 2016 Panini Spectra soccer cards
Arrives: Sept. 29
Box basics: Five autographs or memorabilia cards per 10-card box (five boxes per case).

What's buzz-worthy: Panini brings Spectra to the pitch with plenty of hits, parallels and diecuts as we have seen in the past with the same super-thick stock and crazy color but with the stars of the past and present included.

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What: 2015-16 Panini Flawless basketball cards
Arrives: Sept. 14
Box basics: Seven autographs, two jewel cards and one Jumbo Patch memorabilia card per 10-card briefcase (two boxes per case)

What's buzz-worthy: Flawless returns with all the things collectors have come to expect from the ultra high-end brand and every card in 2015-16 Flawless will be numbered to no more than 25 copies.

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What: 2017 Topps MLB Sticker Collection
Arrives: March 2
Box basics: Eight stickers per pack per 50-pack box (16 boxes per case)

What's buzz-worthy: The first product of 2017 is here and it's the basic must-do for many younger collectors -- stickers.

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Update: It will arrive on Topps.com on Wednesday, July 27. Price is $69.99 a box or $1,250 per 18-box case. Click here to view the checklist Topps released for the brand.

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Topps is bringing back the X once again.

Last year for the 10th release of its Allen & Ginter brand, Topps created a "parallel" product named Allen & Ginter X for the tobacco-styled brand with a black image background instead of the traditional white.

This year, it's back and it will be an online-only product -- initially only available at Topps.com -- packing a guaranteed autograph in every box.

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What: 2016-17 Upper Deck Series 1 hockey cards
Arrives: Nov. 10
Box basics: Six Young Guns Rookie Cards per 24-pack box (12 boxes per case)

What's buzz-worthy: Upper Deck's flagship hockey set arrives with the newest rookies and plenty of features that collectors have come to expect in the long-running brand.

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What: 2016 Bowman's Best baseball cards
Arrives: Dec. 21
Box basics: Four autographs per box (eight boxes per case)

What's buzz-worthy: Bowman's Best is back once again with a mini-box format that delivers two autographs in six packs with this year's top veterans, rookies, prospects and draft picks potentially found inside.

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What: 2016 Topps The Walking Dead Survival Box trading cards
Arrives: Nov. 23
Box basics: One hit per pack, four packs per box (eight boxes per case)

What's buzz-worthy: Topps' Second The Walking Dead release is billed as a high-end brand with a hit in every pack (a five-card mini-box) that looks back at the first six seasons of the series.

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What: 2016 Topps Rogue One: A Star Wars Story Series 1 trading cards
Arrives: Dec. 16
Box basics: Two hits per 24-pack box (12 boxes per case)

What's buzz-worthy: The next Star Wars movie comes to cardboard with plenty of mystery as Topps can't yet unleash any visuals for its forthcoming brand.

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What: 2016 Panini Torque NASCAR cards
Arrives: Aug. 31
Box basics:  Three autographs and two memorabilia cards per five-pack box (16 boxes per case via two-inners)

What's buzz-worthy: Panini America's second NASCAR release arrives with a hit in every pack for a suggested retail price of only $30 per pack with three on-card autographs in every box.

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What: 2016 Panini Infinity football cards
Arrives: Sept. 21
Box basics: Three autographs or memorabilia cards per box (15 boxes per case)

What's buzz-worthy: This new line from Panini America offers a mix of new looks and "a star-studded autograph checklist that showcases rookies, veterans and retired players" with a suggested retail price of only $100 per box.

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What: 2016 WNBA basketball cards
Arrives: Aug. 24
Box basics:  Two autographs per 110-card factory set

What's buzz-worthy: The annual WNBA release from Rittenhouse Archives includes autographs from a pair of UConn Huskies who were top picks in this year's WNBA Draft inside every single set.

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What: 2016 In The Game Used hockey cards
Arrives: Aug. 3
Box basics: Five memorabilia cards per box (10 boxes per case)

What's buzz-worthy: Leaf's celebration of vintage hockey memorabilia returns once again with some of the biggest names in the history of the game and legends that you don't see on game-used cards all that often.

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What: 2016 Topps Premier Gold soccer cards
Arrives: Nov. 23
Box basics: One autograph and two additional autos or Relics per box (12 boxes per case)

What's buzz-worthy: Topps gives the Premier Gold brand a new look at a low price with three hits still inside every hobby box while offering a "showcase [for] the greatest football talent in the world from the English Premier League."

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What: 2016-17 Panini NBA Sticker Collection
Arrives: Oct. 5
Box basics: Seven stickers per pack, 50 packs per box (24 boxes per case)

What's buzz-worthy: The hobby-starting staple returns for another season with all of the league's top stars.

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