What: 2025 Panini Luminance football cards
Arrives: June 25
Box basics: Three autographs and one memorabilia card per four-pack box (12 boxes per case)
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What's buzz-worthy: Luminance hits the NFL gridiron for an eighth time with its familiar photo-driven approach and with some new looks, new players and more awaiting collectors.

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What: 2025 Leaf Metal Football Blaster football cards
Arrives: May 2
Box basics: 10 base cards or parallels plus one autographed card per box (20 boxes per case)
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What's buzz-worthy: Leaf Metal's simpler counterpart arrives with a mix of players on NIL deals, some past stars and even some current names all in one spot.

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What's Buzzing: MLB and NBA chatter, Cooper Flagg, new MLB pulls, inside NFL packs and more.

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1 -- NBA Postseason reactions

2 -- All your MLB chatter is here

3 -- Cooper Flagg thoughts in advance of the NBA Draft 

4 -- New MLB pulls are here

5 -- Opening NFL packs -- new and old

6 -- Still talking modern-day MLB overproduction ... talking NBA

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What's Buzzing: 2025 Bowman arrives, talking VeeFriends, new pulls, NBA postseason and more in this Thursday edition.

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1 -- Check out the Bowman breaks

2 -- 2025 Bowman is here ... Reactions to Bowman Red

3 -- Talking VeeFriends

4 -- Some new basketball breaks in there

5 -- Just don't.

6 -- All your NBA postseason chatter and more

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What's Buzzing: NBA chatter, pondering Cleveland Browns moves, Babe Ruth, Shohei Ohtani, Topps Midnight reactions and more.

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1 -- All your basketball takes are here

2 -- Pondering possibilities in Cleveland?

3 -- Checking in on the Shohei Ohtani chatter

4 -- I got you, Babe

5 -- Reactions to Topps Midnight football cards

6 -- Going oldschool ... 

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What: 2024 Topps Midnight football cards
Arrives: May 30, 2025
Box basics: Three autographs per seven-card box (eight boxes per case)
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Odds: Click here
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What's buzz-worthy: Topps heads back to the gridiron with its brand that "brings stunning contrast, rich color bursts and ethereal artwork to the hobby."

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What's Buzzing: NBA Playoffs, a long-time project completed, a card to avoid, VeeFriends Chrome, 2025 Bowman and more.

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1 -- All your postseason NBA chatter is here

2 -- A project completed 

3 -- Talking Topps Now

4 -- One to avoid

5 -- Chewing on VeeFriends Chrome

6 -- Still talking 2025 Bowman

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What's Buzzing: Pete Crow-Armstrong emerges, Luka Doncic's title-winning ability, 2025 Bowman, WWE releases, NFL favorites and more in this Saturday edition.

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1 -- Will Luka Doncic ever win the big one?

2 -- More 2025 Bowman thoughts

3 -- WWE releases have 'em talking

4 -- Talking past NFL favorites

5 -- Pete Crow-Armstrong is on their minds

6 -- MLB over-reactions are here

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Here's this month's roundup of items that have recently caught my eye as a buyer ...

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IT'S ALWAYS TIFFY TIME
The Card: Tiffany Stratton 2023 Panini Immaculate Collection WWE Ruby Memorabilia Autographs (/25)
The Price: A meaty amount (for me)
Why it’s Buzz-worthy: Much like Rhea Ripley rookie autos in 2020, I've focused on trying to find one card from each of the lineups for Stratton's first year of ink in 2023 (RCs in 2022) with cleaner/full sigs on them and this brand was one of my targets for a while. I finally found one that looked good for a price I could pull off. Why chase? Stratton has delivered and figures to do so for some time with her latest big landmark moment being a bruiser of a win over Charlotte Flair at Wrestlemania. "Buff Barbie" is an informal nickname here so far -- they're avoiding trademark claims -- but they're also playing into that more and more with her Wrestlemania debut entrance having a Barbie Dreamhouse/packaging feel before a brawl that left her, in her own words, "looking like a broke down Barbie." That spectacle of an entrance and the match were both proof that the meteoric arrival and win over an all-time great at the biggest event of the year is just the start and the WWE is still fueling that rocket. I've been buying (this was a pre-Mania pick-up) and will keep looking for more somewhat selectively -- since stuff is at times pricey.
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What's Buzzing: Aaron Judge, multi-player autos, NBA chatter, a really funky Heritage blaster, 2025 Bowman and more in today's edition.

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1 -- Judge.

2 -- Showing off multi-player NFL autos

3 -- NBA chatter as the postseason continues

4 -- Something really funky brewing?

5 -- All your MLB chatter is here

6 -- Bowman Red Rookie Redemption reactions

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What's Buzzing: MLB chatter, predicting rookie QB success, Luka Doncic, non-sports cards, Bowman Red and vintage baseball players.

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1 -- All your MLB chatter is here

2 -- Predicting 2025 rookie QB success

3 -- Talking Luka

4 -- Non-sports cards are on their minds

5 -- Focusing on vintage MLB players

6 -- Bowman Red Rookie Redemption reactions

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Like many collectors, Buzz is a fan of grading ... so here's this month's grading diary.

SCENE FROM A CLASSIC
The Card: Brian O'Halloran, Jeff Anderson & Lisa Spoonauer (aka Dante Hicks, Randal Graves and Caitlin Bree) 2017 Skybox Clerks Triple Scene Autographs
The Reason Graded: Back when this one arrived, I picked off a lot of the autos over time -- at least while they were affordable -- with my sights set on some of the obscure names here and not the pricey Jay and Silent Bob (Jason Mewes and Kevin Smith) ink that any serious collector of the View Askew realm likely already had on something before this card set arrived. The character that I wanted to find was Caitlin Bree as that character's moments were hilariously twisted and this card's scene was the culminating moment in her story. Getting this on cardboard was hilarious to me. What's unfortunate here is real life -- Spoonauer died of a medication overdose at age 44 while fighting cancer just 10 days after this product arrived. Read director Kevin Smith's tribute to her here. Over time, I picked off all but one of her autographs -- one that had been pricey that's even moreso now still eludes me as it also includes Smith -- but I recently decided to slab a couple of the best ones form my stash when I revisited them and saw how clean they looked. 
The Grade: CGC 10 (Pristine)

Reality Check: Perfect grade works for me. Her auto just barely touches the border of the card but that's about its only potential issue and it's really not incomplete, so it still got a top mark. (Though auto grades are pretty meaningless to me.) This is a strong start and I should really slab more -- and find that last one I need.

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What's Buzzing: Reactions to Bowman Red Rookie Redemptions, 2025 Score NFL, Shedeur Sanders, a cautionary grading tale and more in this midweek edition.

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1 -- Bowman Red Rookie Redemption reactions

2 -- A grading tale ... (please learn some things here)

3 -- Still talking Shedeur Sanders

4 -- Reactions to 2025 Score NFL

5 -- Still talking Topps Heritage

6 -- Chewing on Topps nuggets

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What's Buzzing: About Bo Jackson's football Rookie Card, offseason NFL chatter, Downtown cards, an interesting foil botch, Topps Dynasty and Topps Heritage.

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1 -- Bo Jackson's NFL Rookie Card: A lot of correct answers here

2 -- Offseason NFL chatter is here

3 -- Downtowns ... now or later?

4 -- An interesting foil botch

5 -- Awaiting Topps Dynasty

6 -- Still talking Topps Heritage

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What: 2025 Wild Card Pre-historic football cards
Arrives: May 23
Box basics: Four autographed cards per case on average (20 boxes per case)
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What's buzz-worthy: Wild Card's dinosaurs once again get all pre-historic on the gridiron showcasing football stars in colorful ways with all cards in this one capped at no more than 25 copies apiece.

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What's Buzzing: Agustin Ramirez arrives with a bang, MLB chatter, NFL Draft, Shedeur Sanders and more.

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1 -- Agustin Ramirez arrives with a big bang

2 -- Even more MLB chatter here

3 -- Nuggets from the Topps event?

4 -- The Purples vanished, too ...

5 -- All your NFL Draft reactions are here

6 -- Pondering Shedeur Sanders card values after the fall

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What: 2025 SAGE Aspire football cards
Arrives: May 30
Box basics: 24 autographs per box (10 boxes per case)
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What's buzz-worthy: SAGE's newest cardboard will include nothing but ink as it's a one-pack autograph-only release with this one ... but there's still plenty to chase.

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What's Buzzing: Shedeur Sanders falls to Cleveland in the fifth round, NFL Draft reactions, Pop Century arrives and more in this Sunday edition.

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1 -- All your NFL Draft reactions are here

2 -- Pondering Shedeur Sanders card values after the fall

3 -- Inside a new Pop Century case ... and another one

4 -- Still talking Topps Heritage ... and Heritage High Number

5 -- NBA postseason talk

6 -- Inside some football boxes 

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What's Buzzing: NFL Draft reactions, Shedeur Sanders, Tyler Shough, Topps Heritage and plenty more.

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1 -- All your NFL Draft reactions are here

2 -- Pondering Shedeur Sanders card values now

3 -- "Old people prefer the term experienced"

4 -- Seasons In The Sun delivers

5 -- Talking Topps Heritage

6 -- NBA postseason chatter

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What's Buzzing: NFL Draft first-round reactions, Aaron Judge, Jac Caglianone, Topps Black, NBA postseason and more in this Friday drop.

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1 -- All your NFL Draft reactions are here

2 -- Aaron Judge is on their minds

3 -- PuddleMonkey (who collects harder than you) has a question ... (see, harder)

4 -- Checking in on the Jac Caglianone thread

5 -- Talking Topps Black

6 -- NBA postseason chatter

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What: 2024 Topps Signature Class football cards
Arrives: May 16, 2025
Box basics: Five autographs per 12-pack hobby box (six boxes per case)
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Odds: TBD
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What's buzz-worthy: A new brand from Topps offers up Chrome and acetate action with five autos in a hobby box but different approaches in other formats that all showcase rookies and then past greats together.

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What's Buzzing: Waiting on the NFL Draft, Pete Crow-Armstrong, Steve McMichael, ugly football cards and more in this Thursday edition.

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1 -- Awaiting the NFL Draft

2 -- Nick Kurtz debuts

3 -- "Can we talk about Pete Crow-Armstrong?"

4 -- NBA postseason chatter

5 -- Talking ugly football cards

6 -- Collectors remember Steve McMichael

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What: 2024 Wild Card Five Card Draw Stacked Deck football cards
Arrives: May 9, 2025
Box basics: Five encased autographed cards per box (12 boxes per case)
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What's buzz-worthy: Wild Card literally stacks the deck with this one including more than one 1/1 in every box on average atop the numbered pack format that this brand has used in the recent past -- that's 60 autographed cards per case with everything capped at no more than five copies per card.

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What's Buzzing: New Patrick Mahomes ink, an old Heritage case break that was huge, a fun botch and more.

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1 -- Collectors react to new Patrick Mahomes ink from Panini

2 -- Talking Nick Kurtz

3 -- Topps Heritage is here once again 

4 -- That's a fun botch

5 -- NBA postseason chatter is here

6 -- That'll work ... one from back in the day 

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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 Draft Picks football cards (blaster)
First Buzz preview: Click here
Where to buy: BlowoutCards.com (for a few formats)

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