What: 2025 Pieces of the Past Nine-year Boxed Edition
Arrives: June 25
Box basics: Five blind-wrapped boxes per case
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What's buzz-worthy: Pieces of the Past takes a turn toward unopened territory with a release that's all about its previously released and sealed boxes from the past nine years all arriving once again right here.

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What: 2025 Topps Chrome Marvel trading cards
Arrives: June 16
Box basics: Four serial-numbered cards per 12-pack box (12 boxes per case)
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What's buzz-worthy: Marvel hits Chrome once again with all the legendary characters and with some new inclusions such as Clawed Chrome cards as seen above.

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What's Buzzing: A Game Of Thrones case breakdown, Barry Bonds, Ronald Acuña Jr., new MLB pulls and more in this Friday edition.

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1 -- Inside a Game Of Thrones case ...

2 -- Talking Ronald Acuña Jr.

3 -- Nice pull in the tennis realm

4 -- Collecting Barry Bonds

5 -- New MLB pulls

6 -- Pondering the Angels' potential ... 

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What's Buzzing: Error cards, 2025 Bowman and Topps Heritage chatter, Kyle Schwarber in Cooperstown and "a laundry tag is not a logoman" and more.

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1 -- One to read

2 -- 2025 Bowman breaks and more

3 -- "A laundry tag is not a logoman"

4 -- One more to read

5 -- Still talking 2025 Topps Heritage

6 -- Is Kyle Schwarber a Hall of Famer?

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What: 2025 Pieces X Keepsake trading cards
Arrives: July 7
Box basics: One Keepsake Relic card (auto or memorabilia) and three Keepsake Relics per box (five boxes per case)
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What's buzz-worthy: Keepsake once again meshes with Pieces Of The Past for a hybrid release that's one about the hits with a wide array of possibilities and with autographs regularly appearing at the case level.

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What: 2025 Rolling Stone Jimi Hendrix Keepsake Premiere Edition trading cards
Arrives: June 27, 2025
Box basics: One encased card per pack (six packs per display case)
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What's buzz-worthy: "On the cover of a Rolling Stone" hits cardboard with one iconic name in play on every single card for this high-end release with all cards on the rarer side, too.

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What: Twin Peaks The Log Lady Chronicles trading cards
Arrives: July 23
Box basics: Three autographs per 24-pack box (12 boxes per case)
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What's buzz-worthy: This iconic TV franchise hits cardboard once again with a number of notables on autographed cards and a few ways ink can be found in every case of this one, too.

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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: 2022 Topps MetaZoo Wilderness Series 1 trading cards
Where to buy: BlowoutCards.com

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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 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: 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: 2024 Historic Autographs Celebrity+ trading cards
Arrives: May 28, 2025
Box basics: Four encased and authenticated autos per box (four boxes per case)
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What's buzz-worthy: Historic Autographs' latest release is one all about celeb ink with a mix of cuts and also the company's first "Celebrity Originals" cards.

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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: 2025 Topps Star Wars Meiyo trading cards
Arrives: May 4, 2025
Box basics: TBD per eight-pack hobby box (12 boxes per case)
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What's buzz-worthy: Topps' latest Star Wars set explores the famed galaxy while taking on an Asian feel with "a carefully curated experience rooted in character-driven storytelling and Japanese-inspired design" and it will drop after a preview edition that arrived at Star Wars Celebration in Japan this past weekend.

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What's Buzzing: Wrestlemania weekend and new WWE cards, NBA postseason, non-sports, new pulls and more.

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1 -- Wrestlemania chatter is here

2 -- Talking Mania packs & Cactus Jack cards

3 -- MLB is on their minds

4 -- Ripping into some Heritage blasters

5 -- Talking non-sports cards

6 -- NBA postseason chatter is here

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What's Buzzing: LeBron James got McDonald's, Drake Maye's future, Bobby Witt Jr. and more in this Thursday edition.

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1 -- Check out this notable McDonald's 1/1 pull ... 

2 -- Future forecast for Drake Maye?

3 -- Off-season NFL chatter is here

4 -- Still legit

5 -- Thoughts on 2025 Topps Tribute

6 -- A long story from a galaxy not so far, far away ... 

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What's Buzzing: The Masters, awaiting Wrestlemania, Nick Kurtz, non-sports, football and more.

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1 -- Masters chatter as Rory McIroy finally wins it

2 -- WWE chatter as Wrestlemania is this weekend

3 -- Too early to talk Nick Kurtz?

4 -- There is no ratio

5 -- Off-season football chatter

6 -- A non-sports update

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What: 2025 Historic Autographs YesterYear Series 2 trading cards
Arrives: May 21
Box basics: 10 cut autos per 40-pack display box (four boxes per case)
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What's buzz-worthy: Historic Autographs once again offers up new glimpses of the past with a mix of "familiar favorite people from history."

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The latest might be the greatest -- so far -- but there are plenty of past VeeFriends to collect if one decides to go there ... and it appears that quite a few of you do.

This newest release, Topps VeeFriends Chrome 2025, is packed with flashy characters and sets -- we'll get to those later -- and it's been a near-instant sellout at that link. But, there are two previous sets that paved the way for this one that might be worth looking at before exploring this new one.

The O.G. was VeeFriends x zerocool Series 1, a collection that arrived in 2022 with 268 characters and 15 sketches that introduced Series 2 characters. It "was designed to bridge the gap between NFTs and real-world collectibles, allowing collectors to own physical versions of their VeeFriends Series 1 NFTs," per the company.

That first one was in a premium format and a limited release of only 1,000 boxes (250 cases) showcasing characters drawn and created by the guru behind it all, Gary Vaynerchuk, while the second series introduced them as "fully personified and colored characters" in a collection of more than 250 characters and also almost 100 additional other cards. It took on more of a modern gaming trading card game form. Both series have NFT counterparts and include rarer finds among the various tiers and autographed cards from Vaynerchuk. (You also might want to see this box in the Blowout store for a different option.)

What is VeeFriends some might ask? It "combines stories, games, events, collectibles, and technology to build a community around a movement of kindness and accountability," the company said, using their "characters and their attributes to create a better world. These characters foster a sense of community and inspire creativity, self-discovery, accountability, and personal growth."

What kind of interest and demand was there for these sets? Well, anybody who was at the National Sports Collectors Convention in recent years likely remembers their colorful and busy booth -- at a sports card show -- but don't take our word for it. Just click here for a look at eBay sales. There's big interest.

And now, this newest set introduces something into the mix that wasn't there before -- the power of Chrome. Let's take a look at what's in there this time.

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What's Buzzing: Talking Topps Heritage, new pulls, Minecraft cards, new Chrome pulls and ... a Frozenfractor in a blaster?

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1 -- A Frozenfractor in a blaster? Yep ...

2 -- Inside some Panini Select

3 -- A strong Chrome mega box

4 -- All your MLB chatter is here

5 -- A new twist with Heritage High Number

6 -- Still talking Minecraft cards ... get yours here

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What's Buzzing: Predicting the MLB market, some Heritage High Number developments, Jayden Daniels, buy-sell-trade section and more.

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1 -- Predicting the MLB card market in six months

2 -- A new twist with Heritage High Number 

3 -- Hold or sell on Jayden Daniels?

4 -- Yep, you can buy-sell-trade in this section 

5 -- Vintage cards are on their minds

6 -- Still talking Minecraft cards ... get yours here

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What's Buzzing: Minecraft cards, best pens for autographs on glossy cards, Ichiro Suzuki, sketch cards, WWE and more.

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1 -- New pulls are here

2 -- Talking WWE as Wrestlemania nears

3 -- Talking Minecraft cards ... get yours here

4 -- Sketch cards

5 -- Ichiro Suzuki card chatter

6 -- Talking autograph pens for glossy cards

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What's Buzzing: Alexander Ovechkin ties Wayne Gretzky, showing off all Ginter non-MLB ink and more.

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1 -- Alexander Ovechkin ties Wayne Gretzky's goals record

2 -- All your MLB chatter is here

3 -- Showing off all Ginter ink -- but not baseball -- since 2006

4 -- Still talking football

5 -- Reactions to new WWE drama

6 -- Check out this vintage NFL piece

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What: 2025 Pieces of the Past 1700s Edition
Arrives: May 1
Box basics: Four hits per four-pack, 16-card box (10 boxes per case)
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What's buzz-worthy: Pieces of the Past turns back the clock too the 18th century for a look at the notables of the 1700s with a new twist in play -- Hot Boxes and Hot Cases -- for its products.

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