What: 2016 Topps U.S. Olympic & Paralympic Team & Hopefuls trading cards
Arrives: May 11, 2016
Box basics: One autographs, one Relic and one manufactured Relic in every 24-pack hobby box

What's buzz-worthy: The latest batch of future Olympians arrives on cardboard in advance of the 2016 Games in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil in August. As with past Olympic releases, there are plenty of first-time signers who can become overnight sensations and sell very, very well once the Olympics arrive.

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What: 2015 Leaf SportKings trading cards
Arrives: January 2016
Box basics: One autograph, one memorabilia card, four base cards and one mini per box.

What's buzz-worthy: SportKings returns with a new mix of cards that includes numbered autographed parallels and buyback autographs for stars throughout the sports world (and even a few from elsewhere) on the famed design from the 1930s.

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What: 2016 Leaf Best of Basketball
Arrives: February 2016
Box basics: One buyback or redemption card plus one new Leaf card per box.

What's buzz-worthy: The elite basketball cards from the past will be found here in buyback form accented with new creations featuring Hall of Fame-enshrined players.

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What: 2016 Topps Pro Debut baseball cards
Arrives: May 25, 2016
Box basics: Two autographs and two Relics in every 24-pack hobby box

What's buzz-worthy: Future stars, eccentric promo night uniforms and Fragments of the Farm Relics are back in the newest chapter of the ongoing Minor League Baseball card saga called Pro Debut.

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What: 2016 Topps Doctor Who Timeless trading cards
Arrives: May 5, 2016
Box basics: Two autographs or Relics per every 24-pack hobby box

What's buzz-worthy: The multi-generational, multi-series sci-fi staple Doctor Who is back on a new set of trading cards from Topps in the spring with this one spanning all of the action with a new selection of photos, autographs, inserts and more.

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What: 2016 Topps UFC Top of the Class MMA cards
Arrives: May 11, 2016
Box basics: Two autographs or auto Relics plus one Jumbo Relic along with one insert and one insert parallel per box (16 boxes per case).

What's buzz-worthy: Topps takes its UFC brand into hits-based territory with a new line focusing on the best fighters in each weight class. The product doesn't have basic cards -- just hits and inserts/parallels.

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What: 2016 Topps Warcraft trading cards
Arrives: May 11, 2016
Box basics: Two autographs or Relics per every 24-pack hobby box

What's buzz-worthy: If you were at a movie theater this weekend, odds are you saw the
trailer for the next Topps trading card property -- Warcraft -- which is a movie based on the top-selling video game series. Just like other films you might have heard of (you know, Star Wars: The Force Awakens) this one will have autographs, Relics and more for a release that will be found in both hobby and retail boxes in advance of the film's June 10 release.

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What: 2015-16 Panini Select basketball cards
Arrives: March 3, 2016
Box basics: Three autographs or memorabilia cards per 12-pack box

What's buzz-worthy: Select returns for another season with on-card autographs and prime memorabilia pieces along with a rainbow of Prizmatic color and insert sets featuring the NBA's top stars and top rookies all in three types of base sets.

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What: 2015 Panini National Treasures football cards
Arrives: March 2, 2016
Box basics: Eight cards -- three autographs, three memorabilia, two base/parallels -- per box. (Four boxes per case.)

What's buzz-worthy: Panini America improves upon the impressiveness of Treasure Chest cards seen in its past NT hockey release with 24-piece memorabilia and 12-autograph booklet cards in this year's edition. These also will have patch and 1/1 NFL Shield versions. Also in this one will be autograph and memorabilia sets for America's Team, the Dallas Cowboys, and The Steel Curtain Pittsburgh Steelers.

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What: 2016 Rittenhouse Star Trek 50th Anniversary trading cards
Arrives: March 2, 2016
Box basics: Two autographed cards per 24-pack box

What's buzz-worthy: The 50th anniversary of the original Star Trek series will be celebrated with an 80-card set that's accented with a selection of inserts, parallels and autographs from actors in the series -- including its pilot -- as well as insert sets focusing on two of the series' most-popular episodes. A selection of cut autographs will be included in the product as well, while color sketch cards will be found one per case.

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What: 2015-16 Donruss basketball cards
Arrives: February 2016
Box basics: Three autograph or memorabilia cards per 24-pack box

What's buzz-worthy: The wave of retro-styled modern Donruss cards returns to the NBA and, just like its baseball counterpart, it includes plenty of inserts, plenty of base cards and more hits than the typical lower-end brand. This year's release also will be more limited than last season.

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What: 2016 Donruss baseball cards
Arrives: March 2016
Box basics: Three autographs or memorabilia cards per box

What's buzz-worthy: A new wave of retro-styled but modern Donruss baseball cards arrives during spring training next year as Panini America revealed the basics on this new one, which will include autographed buybacks, plenty of inserts, plenty of base cards and more hits than the typical lower-end brand. Among the surprises? A memorabilia card for the famed The Famous (San Diego) Chicken mascot.

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What: 2016 Topps Stadium Club baseball cards
Arrives: June 29, 2016
Box basics: Two hits in every 16-pack hobby box

What's buzz-worthy: The hobby's showcase brand for photography returns for another season with much of the same formula it's carried for the last couple of seasons -- a throwback collecting experience with touches of 1990s retro and modern releases.

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What: 2015-16 Upper Deck Ice hockey cards
Arrives: April 2016
Box basics: four cards per pack, eight packs per box, 16 boxes per case (two inner cases)

What's buzz-worthy: Ice returns with one autograph, one memorabilia card and one Exquisite insert per box along with a selection of three Ice Premieres cards or 2005-06 Retro Ice Premieres cards. ... It's the second wave of Exquisite inserts for Upper Deck releases this season.

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What: Yu-Gi-Oh! Premium Gold Infinite Gold
Arrives: March 18, 2016
Box basics: three packs per box with 15 cards  total -- six Gold Secrets and nine Gold Rares

What's buzz-worthy: According to Konami, a five-card mini-pack contains two Gold Secrets "each card a brand-new, never- before-seen card including several powerful monsters for your Extra Deck."

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What: 2015 Leaf Ultimate hockey cards
Arrives: February 2016
Box basics: Six hits per box (two packs) with six boxes per case.

What's buzz-worthy: Only 1,500 boxes of Leaf Ultimate will be made and every case will include at least one Jack Eichel autographed card making it "easily the strongest Ultimate hockey set in Leaf/ITG history" according to the company.

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What: 2015-16 Upper Deck Contours hockey cards
Arrives: March 2016
Box basics: One autograph or memorabilia card per pack -- four packs per box and 16 boxes per case (two inners)

What's buzz-worthy: The hard-hitting world of hockey meshes with MMA/wrestling as aspiring UFC fighter and former wrestler CM Punk is in play -- for his prowess as a hockey fan -- as a surprise inclusion in a new hit-per-pack brand.

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What: 2016 Topps UFC Knockout MMA trading cards
Arrives: Spring 2016
Box basics: Two hits per pack with four 10-card packs per box, 12 boxes per case

What's buzz-worthy: The UFC women's division has faced some changes of late with Holly Holm dethroning Ronda Rousey as the champ so changes to the format of UFC Knockout also seem appropriate and seem just as big. This time around, there are two hits in every pack instead of one and there are just four packs in a box instead of 10. There will be at least one autograph per pack.

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 What: 2016 Topps Star Wars Evolution
Arrives: May 4, 2016
Box basics: Two hits in every 24-pack hobby box with 12 boxes per case (hobby only)

What's buzz-worthy: One of Topps memorable Star Wars brands from the past returns with a new wave of autographs, hits and more from a long time ago in a galaxy far, far away.

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What: 2016 Topps WWE wrestling cards
Arrives: May 4, 2016
Box basics: Two hits in every 24-pack hobby box

What's buzz-worthy: Next year's flagship WWE release arrives with new talent and new signers making their Topps autograph or regular card debuts -- among them NXT women's champion Bayley, Mandy, Asuka, Apollo Crews, Chad Gable, Dana Brooke and Nia Jax to name a few. Also a first here? NXT mat Relics from TakeOver Brooklyn and a return of "Macho Man" Randy Savage to WWE cardboard.

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What: 2015-16 O-Pee-Chee Platinum hockey cards
Arrives: March 2016
Box basics: One autograph in every 20-pack box -- 16 boxes per case

What's buzz-worthy: The highly colorful and highly paralleled O-Pee-Chee Platinum returns with a secret weapon that's far from a secret -- Edmonton Oilers rookie Connor McDavid.

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What: 2015 Super Break Holiday Football
Arrives: Dec. 14
Box basics: One signed jersey, one signed photo (8x10 or 11x14), one other signed item (jersey, photo or cut), three buyback cards and one Super Break rookie per box

What's buzz-worthy: The final release of the year from Super Break includes "top teams, players, rookies, stars and Hall of Famers."

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What: 2016 Topps Finest baseball cards
Arrives: June 8, 2016
Box basics: One autograph per mini box -- two mini boxes per master box with six packs of five cards in each one.

What's buzz-worthy: Back for its 24th year, Finest once again includes a mini-box configuration to help more collectors enjoy the colorful high-energy and autograph-fueled brand. Among the highlights this year? Ichiro Suzuki autographs and a Ken Griffey Jr. tribute set.

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What: 2016 Topps Series 2 baseball cards
Arrives: June 15, 2016
Box basics: One autograph or Relic in every 36-pack hobby box (10 cards per pack, 12 boxes per case)

What's buzz-worthy: The second series of the 2016 Topps flagship includes all of the things found in Series 1 but also some new inclusions such as rip cards and tributes to Ichiro Suzuki as he nears the 3,000-hit club and Ken Griffey Jr. as he'll likely be in Cooperstown not long after this one arrives next summer.

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A mysterious package arrived at BlowoutCards.com HQ on Monday morning with some sample images and a flash drive with a single video clip inside.

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