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 trade deadline reactions, post-show National chatter, huge pulls and more in this Tuesday 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 packs: 2022 Panini Prestige NFL cards (jumbo)
Where to buy: BlowoutCards.com (in a few formats)

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Buzz buys and busts a lot of boxes right here for Buzz Breaks, but one of my goals is to rip a little less and talk more about cardboard that I -- and you -- might like. One way to do that? Simple show and tell -- present a few pick-ups and say why they captured my attention.

So, with all that said, here are a few Buzz Buys ... 

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The Card: Rhea Ripley 2020 Topps Transcendent WWE (/50) -- Rookie Card
The Price: Less than some of my others ... and less than a new hobby box.
Why it’s Buzz-worthy: My lucky No. 13th copy of this RC from a super-deluxe release puts me over the 25-percent mark for stockpiling this card's entire print run and while it was still a pricey pick-up it wasn't my highest one, either. How many more will I find? Not sure ... but I do have a price ceiling, even for this top WWE badass and this badass card. I picked up this one awhile back and it got lost in my shuffle of WWE stuff awaiting a slot here, but since she's back from injury and ready to do some mauling she leads things off this month.
Grab a box right here: None for this one ... check out other WWE boxes.

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What: 2024 TRISTAR Hidden Treasures Autographed Footballs Season Edition
Arrives: Sept. 20
Box basics: One autographed football per box (four boxes per case)
Order: Click here

What's buzz-worthy: TRISTAR's Hidden Treasures line of autographed footballs hits the field during the season once again with its familiar format and mix of pro and college balls in play.

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What: 2024 Panini Gold Standard football cards
Arrives: Sept. 13, 2024
Box basics: Five autos or memorabilia cards per seven-card box (12 boxes per case)
Order: Click here

What's buzz-worthy: Gold Standard arrives for a new season with the familiar golden touches and plenty more to chase with some notable nods to the past among the potential finds.

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Smaller boxes, smaller print runs and perhaps a bigger up-side to exclusive rarities? Perhaps.

That's one thought with an early wave of Panini International boxes from Panini America -- no, it's not a new branch of the global collectibles empire, it's a new wave of packaging for a number of releases with exclusives inside to get cards into more collectors' hands around the world.

It's a push the company revealed in late-May a push that "will integrate many of best hobby elements – more exclusive parallels, inserts, autographs, memorabilia and more" in basketball, football and soccer releases.

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What: 2023 Panini National Treasures football cards
Arrives: Sept. 4, 2024
Box basics: Six autographs or memorabilia cards per box (four boxes per case)
Order: Click here

What's buzz-worthy: National Treasures hits the gridiron for another year with booklet cards, current rookies and stars and more all in store.

Keep reading for more 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: Topps Chrome chatter, new pulls, The National is almost here, grading chatter, a Bronny James question and more in this Friday edition.

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What: 2024 TRISTAR Hidden Treasures Autographed Full-size Helmets
Arrives: Sept. 13
Box basics: One autographed full-size authentic helmet per box (three boxes per case)
Order: Click here

What's buzz-worthy: This staple of TRISTAR's Hidden Treasures brand of autographed memorabilia lineup arrives for a new season with a new batch of full-size signed authentic-model helmets that are inked by some of the game's greatest players of today as well as top newcomers.

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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 Panini Chronicles NFL football cards (cereal box)
First Buzz preview: Click here
Where to buy: BlowoutCards.com (for a few formats beyond this one)

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What: 2023 Topps Composite football cards
Arrives: Aug. 16
Box basics: Three autos per 12-pack box (12 boxes per case) or three autos per 10-card breaker's delight box (12 boxes per case)
Checklist: Click here
Odds: Click here 
Order: Click here

What's buzz-worthy: Topps takes the field in the unlicensed realm for many past and a few present NFL players with a new brand that takes an all-in-one approach chronicling those stars via several brands all in one spot.

Keep reading for more info and a gallery of images.

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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 pack: 2022 Panini Chronicles NFL football cards (value)
First Buzz preview: Click here
Where to buy: BlowoutCards.com (for a few formats)

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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: Ben Rice, a strong blaster, Wander Franco investing, C.J. Stroud, the Mickey Mantle theft and The National nears.

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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 Panini Chronicles NFL football cards (cereal box)
First Buzz preview: Click here
Where to buy: BlowoutCards.com (for a few formats beyond this one)

Keep reading for a breakdown and gallery of what was in this one.

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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: 2023 ONIT Athlete Campus Icons football cards
Where to buy:  None for this one via Blowout ... click here for more college football

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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: Jackson Holliday wrong-backs, Tier One heat, new pulls, The National and more in today's edition.

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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 pulls, The National, sketch cards, vintage, college football chatter and more Independence Day parallels.

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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: Independence Day parallels, new pulls, Aaron Judge, Bronny James, The National and more in today's edition.

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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: "Malaise and Ennui," new pulls, new fakes, The National, Klay Thomson to Dallas and more.

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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 ...

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The Card: Rhea Ripley 2020 Topps Chrome WWE Gold Refractor Autographs (/50) -- rookie-year auto
The Reason Graded: I picked up this one a few years ago for a pretty modest price -- about the price of a box back then -- and since then Ripley has emerged as the top name among a newer wave of stars who, barring injuries, should be helping redefine women's wrestling for some time. I had this one in my get-graded stacks for a long time as I don't often slab up auto cards -- I don't like surprises -- but I did it on this one and a standard auto earlier this year since they looked quite clean.
The Grade: CGC 10 (Pristine) with 10 auto

Reality Check: As good as it gets and this card is a monster as it is. A raw copy pushed $500 not that long ago and a PSA 9 sold for that much as well earlier this year. A perfect 10 absolutely works for me on this one ... it's the best color here if you ask me, too.

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: Shohei Ohtani, Topps Heritage, new pulls, Hall of Famers at WR, The National 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: NBA Draft reactions, new MLB pulls and MLB chatter, several forgotten Tom Brady Rookie Cards, Bryce Young and The National.

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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: Gunnar Henderson, the NBA Draft, NFL chatter, PSA's slabs, The National and new MLB pulls.

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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 pulls, Willie Mays reactions continue, The National, Wemby shows out in Optic, new pulls and more.

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What: 2022 Panini Contenders Optic football cards
Arrives: July 31
Box basics: Two autographs per six-card box (20 boxes per case)
Order: Click here

What's buzz-worthy: Contenders Optic drops for a new year with some new inclusions, new stars, some new looks and plenty of colorful autographs with big-pull potential.

Keep reading for more info and a gallery of images.

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