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: 2013 Panini Golden Age (hobby box)
Where to buy: BlowoutCards.com (when available) -- new MLB here

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What's Buzzing Today: Pedro Cerrano's autograph, Project 2020, new pulls, an NFL photo-match and the new hot baseball card set is ... 2012 Panini Prizm?

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With the COVID-19 pandemic erasing pretty much everything in the sports world right now, ESPN's decision to launch The Last Dance early is a jolt of nostalgia that's fueling plenty of extra demand for some already legendary basketball cards from the past.

The eagerly awaited 10-part documentary arrives Sunday night at 9 p.m. Eastern and it tells the story of the 1997-98 Chicago Bulls and their final championship run -- their third title in three years and sixth of that decade. It obviously keys upon the NBA's greatest player of all time and its biggest name on cardboard, Michael Jordan. But he's far from alone as the series will present original and new footage from that season as well as interviews from the players -- both on the court and beyond -- back then. We'll also hear from others from around the league who were on the court or covering the team as it commanded attention, won it all and then was forced to go their separate ways.

For Jordan, that meant a second retirement and return with the Washington Wizards three years later -- we probably won't hear a word about that (call it a hunch) -- but we'll be hearing plenty from many involved every Sunday night (two installments per evening) from here until May 17. If you're a new collector wanting to jump on the Jordan bandwagon it's not going to be easy -- you're about 35 years and 13,000 cards too late -- and the asking prices for many a Jordan gem are though the roof more now than ever. However, if you're a fan who missed some of the historic action back then there are still plenty of ways to dabble in cardboard from The Last Dance as it's ultimately a tale that's not just about Jordan.

Keep reading for 12 ways to explore the cardboard for The Last Dance ... both for Jordan and others who we'll see often every Sunday night.

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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: 2020 Gummy Arts trading cards (two packs)
Where to buy: Right here (when available)

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What: 2020 Leaf Superlative Sports
Arrives: Summer
Box basics: One super-premium card per box (10 boxes per case)
Order: Click here (live soon)

What's buzz-worthy: Leaf takes its Superlative brand to the multi-sport realm with a meaty lineup of legends' autographs and memorabilia cards -- often with multiple players per card.

Keep reading for more and a full 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 box: 2018 SportKings Volume 1 sports cards
Where to buy: Click here

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What: 2020 Historic Autographs Written Word
Arrives: March 18
Box basics: One written word relic from a baseball Hall of Famer and one other auto/written word card per box (20 boxes per case)
Order: Click here (live soon)

What's buzz-worthy: Historic Autographs focuses on "the lost art of letter writing" with a release that includes ink from nearly 40 baseball Hall of Famers as well as some legends from other sports as well as pop culture.

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What: 2020 Leaf Best of Sports
Arrives: April 24
Box basics: One buyback and one Leaf Best of Sports card per box (10 boxes per case)
Order: Click here (live soon)

What's buzz-worthy: Leaf's buyback brand takes on all of the sports world in one place once again with a release that "celebrates everything that is great about sports collectables."

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What: 2020 Leaf Memorabilia Vault
Arrives: Feb. 28
Box basics: 10 memorabilia pieces per box
Order: Click here (live soon)

What's buzz-worthy: Leaf Trading Cards' newest memorabilia mega box is back with a ton of possibilities from the sports world and beyond.

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What: 2020 President's Choice Solitaire sports cards
Arrives: Jan 15
Box basics: Three 1/1 cards per box (10 boxes per case)
Order: Click here

What's buzz-worthy: President's Choice returns with a high-end multi-sport release where it's nothing but one-of-a-kind cards showing legends from around the sports world -- a mix of autographs and memorabilia cards with multiple pieces and multiple subjects all in one spot.

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What: 2020 Super Break Greatest of All
Arrives: Jan. 20
Box basics: Six buybacks and one 1/1 The Bar cut autograph per case
Order: Click here (live soon)

What's buzz-worthy: Super Break goes high-end to open things up in the new year with the greatest players and some of the greatest cards from all around the sports world all in one place.

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What: 2018-19 Leaf Pearl sports cards
Arrives: January
Box basics: 11 premium cards including one cut auto per box (two boxes per case)
Order: Click here (live soon)

What’s buzz-worthy: Leaf Pearl will take on a multi-sport approach in in the coming year with a range of athletes and sports stars from the past and present with autographs from O.J. Simpson, Lionel Messi and plenty more in the mix along with some legendary pieces of memorabilia, too.

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What: 2020 Onyx Authenticated Milestones Collection
Arrives: Jan. 17
Box basics: One autographed and encased ticket per box (five boxes per case)
Order: Click here (live soon)

What's buzz-worthy: Only 125 boxes (25 cases) will be made for this one with autographed stubs from legends around the sports world in play -- everybody from Tom Brady and Michael Jordan to Muhammad Ali and Gordie Howe can be found in this one.

Keep reading for more info on this one, including the checklist.

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Have you seen the latest cool cards from a new release? With so many options for collectors of all kinds arriving every week it's possible you haven't. That's where Buzz comes in -- well at least on one brand you'll see here from time to time in what we're calling Buzz's Pick Six. Simply put, here are six cards from a new arrival that seemed interesting to this collector and we think they might interest you, too.

This week's list: Six 2019 boxes that I'd rip (or maybe even stash) right now ...

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SAFETY IN NUMBERS -- AS IN A BOATLOAD OF ROOKIE CARDS
The Box: 2019 Topps Update Series Baseball Jumbo Box
The Price: Click here
Why it’s Buzz-worthy: This year's rookie crop is a strong one -- and there might be more potential than the 2018 class that sparked serious interest in this release last year. It was seemingly plentiful all year long and then poof -- the rocketship took off. This year's isn't super-cheap (right now) but some of that fuel seemingly has gone to Series 2 since it has earlier cards for a couple of high-profile guys -- Series 2 is pricey and surprised me -- but this one has some of those guys' cards as well as a number of others. Topps Chrome also seems to have some very good potential in my mind, too, but these jumbo boxes include a ton of stuff and the chances you get at parallels and other stuff here - in volume -- put this one at the top of my list. (And if you're on a budget and don't want to swing hard on this one -- you might look for blasters of Series 2 and Update both here and at retail ... those can still be found. These won't last as long as those, though.)

Keep reading for five more interesting items in this week's roundup ...

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What: 2019 Leaf Autographed Jersey Multi-sport Edition
Arrives: December
Box basics: One autographed custom jersey per box (10 boxes per case)
Order: Click here (live soon)

What's buzz-worthy: Leaf takes autographed memorabilia to all areas of the sports world once again with nothing but jerseys in this release.

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What: 2019 Super Break Pieces of the Past Historical Edition
Arrives: Oct. 23
Box basics: At least one 1/1 relic or cut card per box (10 boxes per case)
Order: Click here (live soon)

What's buzz-worthy: Super Break looks to the history books once again with a release that explores world history as well as pop culture while also including themed cases and hot cases built to over-deliver.

Keep reading for more info and a selection of images.

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What: 2019 Super Break Heavy Hitters 2.0
Arrives: Oct. 16
Box basics: One buyback card per box (three boxes per case)
Order: Click here (live soon)

What's buzz-worthy: Super Break is back with big names in buyback form here -- a mix of baseball, football, basketball, hockey and more -- for a second go this year.

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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 Today: New NBA cards are coming -- with Zion Williamson in there, of course -- and that's just the start of today's leading chatter.

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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 Today: Big pulls, a big PSA return and plenty of other breaks to check out 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 Today: Pondering the Billy Ripken 1989 Fleer variations, showing off Nolan Ryan cards, a huge pull from a mispriced oldschool wrestling box, Panini National packs and more in today's edition.

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It's back -- and it's literally bigger than ever.

Those who attended The National last year had a shot at some big surprises in last year's Blowout MegaMix -- I landed a Ronald Acuña Jr. autographed baseball in mine -- but this year the Blowout mystery boxes are bigger and bolder than ever before. How so? Well, for one, you don't have to actually go to the show in Chicago to get your hands on one of these boxes this year.

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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: 2019 Goodwin Champions trading cards (retail mega box)
Where to buy: Click here for hobby boxes

Packs per box: 13 (12 standard, one parallels)
Cards per pack: 5
Cards in this box: 65
Base set completion: 
56 of 100 (56 percent)
Duplicates: 0

Notables on base cards – DeAndre Ayton, Zazie Beetz, Martina Hingis, Serena Williams, Coco Ho, Danielle Harris, Robert Pollard, Ben Simmons, Ali Krieger, Tiger Woods, Aries Spears, Rob Paulsen, Trey Lippe-Morrison, John F. Kennedy, Georgia Ellenwood, Red Dela Cruz, Wayne Gretzky, Wright Brothers, Pete Weber, Victor Robles, Michael Jordan, Brian Ortega, Molly Qerim, Brandon Boyd, Kristen Ledlow, Hailie Deegan, Jennifer Love Hewitt, Alexandra O'Laughlin, Cici Bellis, Michael Chang, Luka Doncic, Jack Johnson, Walter Ray Williams Jr., John McCain, Miles Bridges, Robert F. Kennedy, Buster Douglas, LeBron James, Crystal Dunn, Ryan Garcia

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This year's National Sports Collectors Convention is still a ways away -- it's set for July 31-Aug. 4 in Chicago -- but that hasn't stopped Upper Deck from revealing promotional cards that will only initially be found at the event.

The company will produce a five-card VIP set along with a wrapper redemption program as part of its 30th anniversary celebration.

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Leaf Trading Cards will have three promotional sets up for grabs at this year's National Sports Collectors Convention in Chicago as well as a promo card set for VIP attendees.

First up will be a 1992 Leaf Metal set that will be in packs. To receive a pack at the company's booth, one must open a box of 2019 Leaf In The Game-used Sports or 2019 Leaf Pop Century. These cards will be paralleled with a few colors and include the likes of Ken Griffey Jr., Kyler Murray, Giannis Antetokounmpo, Mike Tyson, Barry Sanders, Hulk Hogan, Stephen Curry, Ichiro Suzuki, Lionel Messi, Daisy Ridley, Harrison Ford, Larry Bird, Conor McGregor and plenty more.

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What: 2019 Super Break Super Deluxe Edition
Arrives: Aug. 30
Box basics: At least eight premium items per case
Order: Click here

What's buzz-worthy: Super Break is back with a high-end option for card and memorabilia collectors as part of a limited release.

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