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: Wander Franco's Rookie Cards, Jon Lester retires, Derek Carr, an eBay issue and new breaks on this Wednesday.

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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: Don Maynard, Wander Franco, new breaks and more in today's edition.

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What: 2021 Clearly Donruss football cards
Arrives: March 23
Box basics: One autograph per four-pack box (16 boxes per case)
Order: Click here (live soon)

What's buzz-worthy: The Donruss transparency line arrives on the gridiron with all the new rookies and stars, nods to the recent past and plenty more in every 20-card box.

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What: 2021 Wild Card Alumination Collegiate Edition football cards
Arrives: Jan. 19
Box basics: Eight autos per four-pack box (12 boxes per case)
Checklist (and more details): Click here
Order: Click here

What's buzz-worthy: Wild Card turns its attention to the college ranks with an ink-loaded, limited-release product that's loaded with color as well as notable stars who are eligible for cardboard now under the NCAA's new NIL rules.

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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 breaks, ranking young NFL QBs, NFL chatter, rare 1990s NHL inserts, Undisputed delivers a "boom" 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: Wander Franco, NFL chatter, Steph Curry, Michael Jordan's new pulls, WNBA 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: The Wander Franco chatter isn't letting up, new pulls, the Cleveland Guardians, AEW cards and more.

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What: 2021 Panini Playbook football cards
Arrives: Feb. 25
Box basics: Two autos, two mem cards and one book (auto or mem) per four-card box (16 boxes per case)
Order: Click here (live soon)

What's buzz-worthy: Playbook returns for another go on the gridiron with a book card in every box, which gives this one sone big potential, as well as plenty of autographs from NFL newcomers as well as veterans.

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Fanatics will be buying Topps, according to a report from Sportico on Monday night, and the deal will be publicly revealed by the companies on Tuesday.

In August Fanatics revealed it has a deal to be the exclusive card-maker for Major League Baseball and it added the NFL and the NBA soon thereafter, giving the leagues equity in the new company. A CNBC report estimated the deal at $500 million and that excludes the company's candy division. That will now be known as The Bazooka Company after its famous gum brand.

Beyond a continuation of Topps MLB this should mean the return of Topps' NBA and NFL lines at some point.

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Update: The first official confirmation of the sale came via Twitter -- and it's effective today.

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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: The Bengals light it up, Antonio Brown, Dan Reeves, 2021 Bowman's Best and its Rookie Cards as well as new pulls from Bowman Draft 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: NFL chatter and breaks, a basic set question, pondering highs, WWE pulls and, of course, 2021 Bowman Draft pulls.

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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 ...

A START FROM THE HARDCOURT
The Card: Ja Morant 2019-20 Donruss Optic #168 -- Rookie Card
The Reason Graded: As I noted last time, I have made an effort to slab some of my better (basic) Rookie Cards for key NBA names in the last couple of years and Morant is among them. Why? Well, I didn't pull all that many to start with, so they still sort of still feel special to me unlike some brands (Chronicles) where I cleaned up and have plenty of the basics. Last time here, you saw my Zion Williamson Optic Rookie Card, so I figured this time I'd drop my Morant ... If I remember correctly I found both of them in the same box.
The Grade: CSG 9.5

Reality Check: It graded well, which is what I was hoping for, and via CSG that's not always the easiest thing to get. Optichome-stock cards of the last couple years seem to always have issues on the backs from what I have seen with chippy edges and sometimes-textured stock that isn't all that smooth and clean. This time? It's clean and I think this mark on the CSG pop report (*they say it's coming very soon) might be a lot smaller than other places.

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: Storage wars (or something), Bowman Draft breaks, WWE breaks, NFL pulls, NFL chatter 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: New breaks, the Jasson Dominguez Superfractor surfaces, football favorites, notable birthdays 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: John Madden, NFL dumpster fires, YouTube critiques (sorta), a monster Topps Heritage case 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: Chewing on the 2021 Bowman Draft checklist, new pulls, storing cards in albums, Jay-Z Rookie Cards and more in today's edition.

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What: 2022 Super Break First-time Football Edition
Arrives: March 1
Box basics: One buyback card box (10 boxes per case)
Order: Click here (live soon)

What's buzz-worthy: Super Break opens 2022 with a new crop of NFL buyback cards in graded and raw form with all-time greats' firsts and Rookie Cards among the biggest draws.

Keep reading for more info and a selection 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: Joe Burrow has a big game, some strong pulls, eBay Bucks, retail hunting 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: Three 1/1s in one basketball break, Topps Minis, new pulls, NFL chatter 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: Project70, ripping into Houdini boxes, new pulls and more in this holiday 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 NBA, Heritage and WWE pulls lead the way, but there's also Pokemon Celebrations, the "49ers are trash" says a San Fran fan and one asks "Are there MLB players without certified autos?"

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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 NBA and NFL pulls, Topps Vault, Project70 and more in today's edition.

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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 ... and this time around it's a big one to end the year.

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HIS TIME OF YEAR
The Card: Nick Frost as Santa Claus 2018 Topps Doctor Who Signature Series Autographs
The Price: About $20
Why it’s Buzz-worthy: This set is a loaded one in terms of its depth for the long-running, multi-generational UK television series that has a number of stars in it where you may also know them from elsewhere. One of those names? Nick Frost, who you might know as Simon Pegg's right-hand man in hits such as Shaun of The Dead, Hot Fuzz and Paul. He's a veteran actor and star in the UK so he's got far more notable credits than those and then, of course, this smaller spot in the Who universe that got him this card. He's got about 20 total certified autos from three Doctor Who releases and this is the newest one. I grabbed it months ago -- they may have dried up since then -- to drop this right here this time of year.
Grab a box right here: None for this one ... see non-sports boxes here.

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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 breaks, one to chew on, a thread that may be good ... or bad, a Mount Rushmore thread 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: Kurt Warner cards and American Underdog, ripping NASCAR boxes, MLB & NBA chatter, NFL RBs and more in today's edition.

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