What: 2016 TRISTAR Hidden Treasures Football Mini Helmets
Arrives: March 15
Box basics: One autographed mini helmet per box.

What's buzz-worthy: After more than a year on the sidelines, TRISTAR's Hidden Treasures football brand returns to the field with some extra potential twists for collectors.

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What: 2016 Leaf Memorabilia Treasury
Arrives: April 2016
Box basics: Five memorabilia pieces per box.

What's buzz-worthy: Leaf Trading Cards follows up its Memorabilia Vault release of last year at a lower price point while still packing the same type of surprises inside with autographed and notable items from the sports world and beyond.

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What: 2016 Topps WWE Undisputed wrestling cards
Arrives: June 29
Box basics: Six autographs, two autograph Relics and two Relics in every 10-pack box

What's buzz-worthy: Topps takes WWE high-end once again with the sophomore release of Undisputed, which will include more advanced hits and signers not seen in what was the first high-end WWE brand ever made. It also will include what Topps says is "more autograph cards than any previously released WWE product."

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What: 2016 Bowman Inception baseball cards
Arrives: July 6
Box basics: Four autographed and one autographed Relic in every box.

What's buzz-worthy: Bowman Inception is back with a new array of colors for top rookies and prospects and five hits in every box without a high-end price -- and new this year are veteran autographs signed on-card.

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What: 2016 Upper Deck Captain America: Civil War trading cards
Arrives: May 2016
Box basics: one sketch, auto or premium insert card and two memorabilia cards per 10-pack box (12 boxes per case)

What's buzz-worthy: The next Marvel movie, Captain America: Civil War gets documented on cardboard with a full array of inserts and hits.

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What: 2016 Topps Triple Threads baseball cards
Arrives: Sept. 14
Box basics: Four hits in every two-pack box.

What's buzz-worthy: Triple Threads returns for an 11th year of high-end hits with a familiar two-pack box format and plenty of potential, which includes a Kevin Costner Bull Durham autographed Relic, plenty of autographs and memorabilia and plenty of booklet cards.

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What: 2015-16 SP Authentic hockey cards
Arrives: May 2016
Box basics: Three autographs per 20-pack box (12 boxes per case)

What's buzz-worthy: One of Upper Deck's longest-running brands in all sports returns on the ice with not only the newest designs and stars of today, but also a look back into the 1990s with some Retro SP designs as well as Upper Deck Updates and Young Guns cards that keep the here and now up-to-date, too.

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What: Yu-Gi-Oh! Shining Victories
Arrives: May 6, 2016
Box basics: nine cards per blister pack (240 blister packs per case)

What's buzz-worthy: According to Konami, this new core booster "marks the return of Blue-Eyes White Dragon and a plethora of specially crafted Blue Eyes monsters and support cards to help crush non-believers of Kaiba."

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What: 2016 Leaf Babe Ruth Collection baseball cards
Arrives: March 2016
Box basics: 20 packs per box (20 boxes per case) with two boxes per case including a Babe Ruth relic (on average)

What's buzz-worthy: Leaf Trading Cards brings The Bambino to the masses with a retail release that gives everybody a realistic shot at Babe Ruth memorabilia in a box that's just $29.99 suggested retail price.

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What: 2016 Topps Star Wars: The Force Awakens stickers
Arrives: March 9
Box basics: five stickers per pack, 50 packs per box, 24 boxes per case

What's buzz-worthy: The newest Star Wars release comes with some sticking points that have nothing to do with the plot of The Force Awakens. Instead, it's all about a collecting experience that beginners -- and a few others -- might adhere to.

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What: 2016 Topps Archives baseball cards
Arrives: June 1
Box basics: Two autographs in every 24-pack hobby box (10 boxes per case)

What's buzz-worthy: All these years later, Ebby Calvin "Nuke" LaLoosh makes it to The Show -- on Topps cardboard, that is -- as the stars of Bull Durham, are among the surprises in Topps' newest edition of the retro-themed brand. Previously teased were Kevin Costner's autographs but now we know it's potentially more than just Crash Davis coming to packs.

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What: 2016 Upper Deck All-time Greats Master Collection trading cards
Arrives: This week
Box basics: 58 cards and one mystery redemption per box

What's buzz-worthy: Take the biggest names in the sports world (and the Upper Deck stable of signers) and take it all high-end. How high-end? The cost per box to dealers -- not the price to the public -- is north of $10,000. What does it include? Among the inclusions in each box are an autographed acrylic box-topper, a 25-card autographed base set, a 30-card acetate Master Collection Puzzle set, one Michael Jordan Diamond card, one autographed Masterful Paintings card, one dual auto or dual cut auto card and one mystery redemption.

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What: 2015-16 Panini Luxe basketball cards
Arrives: March 23
Box basics: Four autographs or memorabilia cards per box (eight boxes per case)

What's buzz-worthy: Luxe is back with a new look but packing nothing but hits and at least two autographs per box with every card limited to no more than 99 copies.

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What: 2015-16 Upper Deck Black hockey cards
Arrives: April 2016
Box basics: five autographs or memorabilia cards per six-card box (eight boxes per case  with two four-box inner cases)

What's buzz-worthy: Black is back packing nearly just the hits and the hits include some of the biggest names in today's game as well as the past. The Wayne Gretzky-Connor McDavid dual autograph above? Well, we all know that one's big even if we don't know the NHL.

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What: 2016 Upper Deck Alien Anthology trading cards
Arrives: March 30
Box basics: five cards per pack, 20 packs per box, 12 boxes per case

What's buzz-worthy: The world of the first three Alien movies will be found all in one place as Upper Deck's next non-sports release will revisit the classic science-fiction franchise during its 30th anniversary.

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What: 2015-16 Leaf Metal Draft hockey cards
Arrives: March
Box basics: Five autographs per box (15 boxes per case)

What's buzz-worthy: Leaf Metal Draft hits the ice with the cardboard debut of 16-year-old CHL star Joseph Veleno -- a promising prospect who has signed an exclusive multi-year deal with Leaf Trading Cards -- while also delivering at least one Jack Eichel autograph in every case, too.

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What: 2016 SAGE HIT Low Series football cards
Arrives: Feb. 29
Box basics: 10 autographs per 18-pack hobby box (16 boxes per case; five cards per pack)

What's buzz-worthy: The first SAGE football card set of the year comes packing plenty of ink of notable college players and the NFL's next wave of stars -- with no redemptions.

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What: 2016 In The Game The Final Vault hockey cards
Arrives: March 30 
Box basics: 10 Final Vault cards per box (10 boxes per case)

What's buzz-worthy: The last Vault release from In The Game will include five game-used memorabilia cards, four autographs and one mask card -- each with Vault stamping.

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What: 2016 TRISTAR Signature Series Special Delivery
Arrives: Feb. 18
Box basics: 10 envelopes per case -- each with an autographed piece of memorabilia (or redemption for item)

What's buzz-worthy: TRISTAR's Signature Series line of packaged memorabilia returns with a new selection of pieces possible and with every other case containing one "Hot Hit" item that typically sells for more than $500.

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What: 2016 Leaf Metal Draft football cards
Arrives: Early March
Box basics: Five autographs per box

What's buzz-worthy: Leaf Metal Draft will include autographs from New England Patriots quarterback Tom Brady in addition to ink from top college stars who are declaring for the NFL Draft.

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What: 2016 Topps Allen & Ginter baseball cards
Arrives: July 20
Box basics: Three hits in every 24-pack hobby box

What's buzz-worthy: "If you rip it, he will come" is a possible line here as Kevin Costner's character in Field of Dreams, Ray Kinsella, gets the movie-style nod on Costner's certified autographs. Other surprises in this one? Roman coin Relics ... otherwise the 2016 edition is much like the 10 past releases of this heavily collected retro-styled brand.

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What: 2016 Leaf Best of Hockey cards
Arrives: February 2016
Box basics: One buyback card plus one Jack Eichel card

What's buzz-worthy: Some of the greatest cards in hockey history will be found in this buyback brand along with cards of the No. 2 overall pick in this year's NHL Draft, who is a Leaf Trading Cards exclusive.

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What: 2016 Panini Contenders Draft Picks football cards
Arrives: March 9
Box basics: Five autographs per 24-pack box (12 boxes per case)

What's buzz-worthy: This year's top college stars who have declared for the 2016 NFL Draft will have some of their first cards here with the familiar pro look of Contenders while still showcasing their school colors.

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What: Yu-Gi-Oh! Millenium Pack
Arrives: April 15, 2016
Box basics: 36 packs per box, five cards per pack (12 boxes per case)

What's buzz-worthy: According to Konami, a five-card pack will contain "a mix of revamped and new cards" as an "easy way for all fans to get ahold of awesome cards" in this release that gives a new look to old favorites from the original Yu-Gi-Oh! television series.

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What: 2016 BenchWarmer Daizy Dukez Update Edition
Arrives: Jan. 15
Hobby box basics: 10 cards per box (eight boxes per case)

What's buzz-worthy: This follow-up to the previous release includes all-new content -- no previously released cards -- all with the short-cut denim theme we have seen before.

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