A funny thing happened recently when I ripped into a box of 2016-17 Panini Studio basketball cards.

I pulled cards of Joe Namath and Bo Derek.

No, really. My Derek was an autograph and my Namath was a patch card from a Los Angeles Rams jersey -- cards that I'd always eyed here and there but didn't expect to be able to land from a box of NBA cards.

How'd it happen? I pulled them via Panini Rewards points.

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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, NBA collections and ripping 1986-87 Fleer ... or not.

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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: Nothing but breaks in today's edition -- check 'em out.

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What: 2018 Topps Garbage Pail Kids We Hate the 1980s trading cards
Arrives: Jan. 17
Box basics: One hit per Hobby Collector box (eight boxes per case)
Checklist: Click here to view

What's buzz-worthy: The Garbage Pail Kids take on the 1980s with their satirical sights set on cartoons/toys such as MASK, presidents such as Ronald Reagan, video games, fashion, TV, films and plenty more from the decade where the GPKs were born.

Keep reading for more as well as a full gallery of images.

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Topps revealed its newest non-sports product on Monday, 2017 Topps Warcraft -- and it's a hits-only, online-only affair that documents characters from the 2016 film.

Originally teased back in December 2015 as a full product before it was scrapped in May 2016, many of the pieces had clearly been put together for this one and collectors get to reap the benefits.

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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 breaks, big questions and a big Hall of Fame acquisition.

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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 breaks, long-term collecting projects completed and a big collecting question -- buy a Judge auto or wax? -- as we head into the weekend and Topps National Baseball Card Day tomorrow in hobby shops.

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Among Cryptozoic's forthcoming releases in the non-sports realm is Arrow Season 4, which arrives later this year with a new batch of autographs.

Every box of 2017 Cryptozoic Arrow Season 4 will include an autograph and more, though the collector focus is almost always on the ink. So far, 15 autographs from cast have been teased and finally the biggest one of them all is in there so that focus is justified.

The big ink in this one? The Green Arrow himself, Stephen Amell. 

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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: 2017 Cryptozoic Outlander Season 2
Where to buy: BlowoutCards.com 

Packs per box: 24
Cards per pack: 5
Cards in this box: 117
Base set completion: 
72 of 72 (100 percent)
Duplicates: 2

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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: Supplies vs. wax, NBA pulls, opening that last box, sketch card controversy, Mayweather vs. McGregor & more.

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What: 2017 Topps Star Wars High Tek trading cards
Arrives: Nov. 22
Box basics: One autograph per eight-card hobby box (12 boxes per case)
Checklist: Click here to view

What's buzz-worthy: The third Star Wars set under the High Tek banner offers some new looks, new signers and new characters as the universe continues to expand on the screen and on cardboard.

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

What's Buzzing Today: Retro and new rips, big questions and a collector's best pull.

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What: Buffy The Vampire Slayer Ultimate Collector's Set Series 3
Arrives: Nov. 8
Hobby box basics: Three autographs per set

What's buzz-worthy: Buffy is back with a premium-priced set that will include autographs from Seth Green and either Alyson Hannigan or Sarah Michelle Gellar in every set.

Keep reading to see a gallery 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 Today: Big breaks, Pop Century pulls, Darren Daulton, grading cards, damaged cards & more.

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Funko is hoping Blade Runner 2049 prompts a run or two to the toy store.

There will be toys for the stars of the upcoming film, a sequel to Blade Runner which was a cult classic from 1982 that starred Harrison Ford. He'll be back in this one, though it's Ryan Gosling who takes the lead in the story as Officer K.

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What: 2017 Topps Star Wars Stellar Signatures trading cards
Arrives: Fall 2017 Dec. 6
Box basics: 40 encased autographed cards per box
Checklist: Click here to view
To order: Click here to view

What's buzz-worthy: The biggest and rarest Star Wars release of them all arrives late this year with nothing but autographs inside.

Keep reading for more as well as a gallery of images.

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What: 2017 Rittenhouse Game of Thrones Valyrian Steel trading cards
Arrives: Oct. 4
Box basics: One "big hit" card, two metal character cards and one tech card per pack; three packs per box (20 boxes per case)
Where to buy: Click here

What's buzz-worthy: Big hits in this one will include dual autographs, Valyrian autos, Gold autos, character sketch cards, pin relics, costume relics, scene sketch cards and Artifact cards (/25). There will be at least two autographs per box.

Keep reading for more details on this one.

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The National Sports Collectors Convention is nearly here and the months of preparation are culminating in the show of all shows for sports collectors for five days in Chicago.

There will be plenty to see, plenty to do and plenty to buy and Buzz has been watching the developments the whole way. We'll have galleries of images from the show floor and a few nuggets here and there in the coming days but there's already been plenty written leading up to the show that you can all find right here.

Here's a rundown of all past NSCC stories here on The Buzz ...

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History fans can pick up a bonus if they opt for a case of one Super Break product at this year's National Sports Collectors Convention.

That product is 2017 Super Break The Bar Pieces of the Past and a 10-box case at the annual show that kicks off next Wednesday will get them a foil/glossy 1/1 parallel card.

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Do you like Buzz Breaks? Today's your day then as we launch 12 in 12 -- a series of a dozen breaks of past wax boxes and wax packs in a dozen hours. We'll post one every hour on the hour all day long today ... this is Hour 5.

The box: 2015 Panini Americana (hobby box)
The cost: Click here

What's inside this one? Keep reading ...

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Do you like Buzz Breaks? Today's your day then as we launch 12 in 12 -- a series of a dozen breaks of past wax boxes and wax packs in a dozen hours. We'll post one every hour on the hour all day long today ... this is Hour 3.

The box: 2017 Topps The Walking Dead Season 6 (Walmart-version blaster)
The cost: $19.99 (click here for hobby)

What's inside this one? Keep reading ...

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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: Nothing but breaks -- and preparatory chatter for The National.

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He's traveled the world a few times over, been on the cover of Rolling Stone, won a grammy and helped sell millions of albums in the last 20 years, but there's just something different about appearing on a Topps baseball card.

And that's something that Slipknot's Chris Fehn, aka No. 3, can add to his accomplishments beginning Wednesday with the arrival of 2017 Topps Allen & Ginter.

“It’s crazy," Fehn said. "It’s one of the coolest things that’s ever happened to me. Being a collector since I was a kid and then now to have something from that company of my own ... it’s amazing."

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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, busted cases and preparations for this year's National.

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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: Panini Rewards bonus for Dak autopen holders, new breaks, worst trades, The Walking Dead, WWE breaks, the National & more.

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