The Blowout Cards Forums are where thousands of collectors converge daily to discuss, well, a little bit of everything. Here are five threads about collecting and more that you should check out right now.

What's Buzzing Today: Trading Cards artwork, vintage cards, collecting Canseco & more.

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What: 2016-17 Leaf Metal Draft hockey cards
Arrives: April
Box basics: Seven autographs or vintage memorabilia cards per box (12 boxes per case)

What's buzz-worthy: Leaf Metal Draft returns with more autographs per box, a smaller case size and a lower print run than last time around while also including notable players from the past and the present.

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Slabbed cards have been a part of the hobby for decades now but a few autograph companies have started getting into the trend in recent years by encasing cards to give them a bit better display presence at a fraction of the price for a signed photo or memorabilia piece.

And it helps that while storage and protection concern go away, too.

Two big autograph dealers -- Steiner Sports and Fanatics Authentic -- have pretty beefy runs of signed trading cards available that in some cases take the interesting creations of card companies and makes them better.

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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 five threads about collecting and more that you should check out right now.

What's Buzzing Today: Impressive breaks from around the collecting world.

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We can hear it now across the office cafeteria ...

"Hey, Lumbergh, you've got something on your tie."

"That's Yankee Stadium dirt, Peter."

It could become a reality soon thanks to Steiner Sports, which has taken game-used to a new area with material from the stadium world to the office space.

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What: 2017 Leaf Memorabilia Treasury
Arrives: April 2017
Box basics: Five memorabilia pieces per box.

What's buzz-worthy: Leaf Trading Cards follows up its Treasury release of last year with the same type of surprises inside -- autographed and notable items from the sports world and beyond.

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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 five threads about collecting and more that you should check out right now.

What's Buzzing Today: Transcendent hauls, Star Wars, NFL breaks, 2016 Bowman Draft and plenty 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 five threads about collecting and more that you should check out right now.

What's Buzzing Today: Landing big Cubs, some Super MLB breaks, comics cosplay, NXT, golf & 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 five threads about collecting and more that you should check out right now.

What's Buzzing Today: The first Board Buzz of 2017 is nothing but impressive pulls.

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A new year is almost here and Buzz has a few questions for you about your collecting habits.

Simply put, we want to know more about what you collect and here are 10 questions we hope you'll take a few minutes to answer.

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See the rest of the questions after the jump.

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What: 2017 Super Break Super Charged
Arrives: Jan. 10
Box basics: Five (and sometimes more) items per box

What's buzz-worthy: Super Break's first product of a new year includes a mix of everything with themed boxes, hot boxes and plenty of other surprises.

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What: 2016-17 Upper Deck Series 2 hockey cards
Arrives: Feb. 15
Box basics: Six Young Guns and more in the mix in every 24-pack box (12 boxes per case)

What's buzz-worthy: Upper Deck's flagship hockey brand gets an update very soon with even more Young Guns, inserts and hits to be found inside its packs.

Keep reading for more and a full gallery of images.

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What: 2016-17 O-Pee-Chee Platinum hockey cards
Arrives: March 15
Box basics: One autograph per 20-pack box (16 boxes per case via two inners)

What's buzz-worthy: The rainbow of parallels returns once again with a modern-retro feel and some new touches that add to the overall legacy of the brand.

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What: 2016-17 Fleer Showcase hockey cards
Arrives: March 1
Box basics: One autograph per 18-pack box (12 boxes per case)

What's buzz-worthy: This brand showcasing some of the memorable Fleer designs of the past has been reconfigured for a lower price while still offering plenty of the insert cards that collectors have come to expect.

Keep reading for more and 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 five threads about collecting and more that you should check out right now.

What's Buzzing Today: Nothing but breaks from around the collecting world.

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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 five threads about collecting and more that you should check out right now.

What's Buzzing Today: Discussions about the $27,000 Topps Transcendent and plenty more with breaks across the board.

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The wait for new hockey cards from Upper Deck is less than two weeks away but the mystery of what's to come is now closer to over.

We now have our hands on the final checklist for 2016-17 Upper Deck Black Diamond hockey -- and it's right here.

Each box of this one will include six cards and you can learn more about the product in our First Buzz preview here.

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The first trailer for Dwayne "The Rock" Johnson's Baywatch reboot has arrived in advance of its arrival on May 19, giving the world a new take -- an R-rated comedy -- at the life-saving crew that included C.J. Parker, Mitch Buchanan and Stephanie Holden.

Oh, and we're sure we'll get another character -- The Hoff -- with a cameo, too.

Check out the trailer and tell us what you think after the jump.

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What: 2016-17 UD Ice hockey cards
Arrives: March 29
Box basics: One autograph and one memorabilia or Exquisite card per six-pack box (20 boxes per case via two inners)

What's buzz-worthy: In addition to the hits, this one will include two Ice Premieres Rookie Cards, a Sub Zero card and one more card from one of these sets -- Ice Champions, World Juniors or Ice Premieres.

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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 five threads about collecting and more that you should check out right now.

What's Buzzing Today: Big pulls in cards, big grades in comics, WWE's female stars and "My first Blowout Mailday."

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The Cup is here and the biggest rookie of them all is here, too, with big asking prices on eBay.

The rookie is, of course, Edmonton's Connor McDavid and his rookie patch autos from Upper Deck's 2015-16 The Cup are something in high demand. We all knew that would be the case months ago.

But, now that they are here, the asking prices on early finds are jaw-droppers.

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Leaf Trading Cards' next high-end hockey brand arrives later this month and it includes memorabilia from some of the biggest names in the history of the game.

It's 2016 Leaf Lumber Kings and it is set to arrive on Dec. 23 and to hold hockey fans over the company teased a number of its high-end inclusions online on Thursday.

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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 five threads about collecting and more that you should check out right now.

What's Buzzing Today: Another day of nothing but the breaks ... with some variety.

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The wait for The Cup is nearly over.

Upper Deck has released the final checklist for 2015-16 The Cup so that means we're closer to the arrival of the high-end brand that marks the finale of a season on cardboard.

Keep reading for a glimpse at all 99 of Connor McDavid's rookie patch autos ... and the full checklist.

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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 five threads about collecting and more that you should check out right now.

What's Buzzing Today: Impressive box breaks from a wide spectrum of collecting.

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