The creator of Decision 2016 trading cards offered more details about the forthcoming product this week with a number of formats that the political product can be explored.

Why? Because it's been a tumultuous political season so far.

“There is unprecedented interest in this year’s presidential election,” said Brian Wallos, who created the set. “With Donald Trump joining the race and other non-traditional candidates campaigning, we felt that creating a high-quality collection of presidential trading cards was a natural. Not only can people learn from these cards and even make more informed decisions about whom they might support, but they will now have an opportunity to memorialize this historic election campaign."

So, what's new?

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What: 2016 Rittenhouse Game of Thrones Season 5 trading cards
Arrives: June 8
Box basics: Two autographed cards per 24-pack box with some boxes also including memorabilia or sketch cards (12 boxes per case)

What's buzz-worthy: The popular show gets a new set with many of the biggest names possible signing on for the fifth season's recap.

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Topps' presentation at this year's Industry Summit included a few nuggets of info ... here are the most-notable items.

National Baseball Card Day will return this year. ... Topps Supreme baseball (above) will not be made this year. ... Topps Mint baseball will be a new addition to the lineup. ... Japanese star Kenta Maeda's autographs will be coming soon. ... Bowman Chrome and Bowman Draft will have new builds when they arrive. ... No physical football card releases are being planned. ... Topps is still pursuing an autograph deal with Star Wars star Daisy Ridley. ... A high-end 65th Anniversary baseball product is in the works.

Leaf Trading Cards' presentation later in the afternoon included a rundown of the dozen hockey brands, eight package memorabilia brands and four football brands it intends to release this year. ... And Leaf has landed a non-sports big one -- it has signed Star Wars star Daisy Ridley to an autograph deal. Her autographs will appear in Pop Century.

Panini America's session is set for Tuesday afternoon.

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The world lost a Pulitzer Prize-winning author on Friday as Harper Lee, the author of To Kill a Mockingbird, died at age 89.

An iconic book in American literature and a staple of educational reading, the novel was the only one Lee published in her career -- until a year ago when her second, Go Set a Watchman, arrived 55 years after Mockingbird.

While the story of her book is well known, her life really isn't as she intentionally lived out of the spotlight after her literary success. Lee granted no interviews after 1964 and made very few public appearances in the past and, as a result of this, signed copies of her book are relatively rare given the potential demand. (Translation: They've always been expensive but can be found.)

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There has been plenty of Star Wars merchandise in the last year -- and there's still more to come along with plenty of movies -- but there are few Star Wars items that are as rare as the Topps Star Wars Galactic Connexions gold discs.

Just five copies of the Slave Leia disc were made for the first series of Connexions -- and they are found via redemptions since they are made of 14-karat gold. Just two of the five have been found -- a collector named Mike was the latest as seen above -- and there are five more in Series 2.

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Fringe Season 5 trading cards have arrived from Cryptozoic -- check out this box break video released by the company.

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The 58th Grammy Awards have come and gone but the Grammy Foundation's auctions have plenty of time remaining on eBay with autographs and memorabilia from some of music's biggest names of today available -- and some big names from the past, too.

Among the more than 100 auctions is the ensemble you see above. It's the priciest piece of memorabilia as the bidding stands now -- three original copies of books self-published by rock icon Jim Morrison, the lead singer of The Doors.

An American Prayer, The Lords: Notes on Vision and The New Creatures were printed in 1969 and 1970 and just 100 copies of Lords and Creatures were made. Just 500 copies of Prayer exist. The copies belonged to a friend of Morrison and are being sold in one lot. Its opening bid is $5,000. (Update: The books sold for $17,755 after 55 bids.)

The most-expensive item so far is a pair of tickets to next year's Grammys and the after-party. Keep reading for the basics on a few more Grammy auctions.

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Update (Feb. 26): These and the political GPKs have now been offered as 11-by-14 wall art prints on the Topps site.

Nine musicians will get mocked by the Garbage Pail Kids for one day only as Topps has unveiled a new line of stickers.

A pair of names for each standard-size sticker are available -- either in pairs or as an entire 18-card set in the 2016 GPK The Shammys stickers.

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The Garbage Pail Kids mocking presidential candidates seems to have caught on this year, and Topps has one more offering for collectors who are getting in on the action.

Now, they've gone big.

Previous releases for the two Primary Series GPKs have been card-sized stickers, but four new releases revealed on Friday give fans a jumbo look at the in-pack stickers and a new design heading toward Presidents Day.

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It was no surprise that one of the stars of Star Wars: The Force Awakens was the new droid in the franchise's universe. Why? Because it was seen everywhere before the movie's arrival, allowing us to marvel at the idea of a real robot -- a head atop a rolling ball -- being part of the action and not someone in a suit or something that's purely computer-generated.

If you didn't know, that robot was BB-8.

However, the news from Topps this week was a surprise as it's going to have a BB-8 autographed card in 2016 Topps Star Wars: The Force Awakens Series 2 when it arrives late next month. How?

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What: Decision 2016 trading cards
Arrives: March
Box basics: No per-box details released -- but six cards per pack, 24 packs per box, 12 boxes per case.

What's buzz-worthy: The drama of the presidential race gets its first full cardboard documentation here with Decision 2016, which is being distributed by Leaf Trading Cards.

Keep reading for more and a gallery of images from the product.

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Fans of the TV show Dexter will have plenty of new cardboard to collect soon from Breygent Marketing as a pair of releases for the show are set to arrive this month.

Dexter Seasons 5-8 Comic Con Packs will arrive packing six hits per pack beginning next week. There will be only 262 packs made. Meanwhile, Dexter Seasons 7-8 are recapped in a standalone product also set to arrive later this month.

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Non-sport card-maker Breygent Marketing teased many images from its upcoming Bates Motel Seasons 1-2 Comic Con Special Edition release on Wednesday and it includes some of the weirder memorabilia cards made in recent years.

Don't believe us? Check out the gallery ...

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The Walking Dead returns on Sunday with the midseason premiere and Entertainment Weekly is capitalizing on the demand for the hit show with six covers for all of the zombie-loving collectors to eat up.

There's a twist though with how somebody can collect them all.

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On the heels of a re-release of the politicians cards in this year's Garbage Pail Kids set for the Iowa Primary, Topps has created a set of new GPK cards only available for a limited time coinciding with the New Hampshire Primary.

Why? People love their politicians -- or ripping on them.

A new batch of nine pairs of card-size stickers, as well as a full set, are initially available for 24 hours only via Topps.com.  Who's in it? Keep reading ...

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A new Ghostbusters movie is on the way in July, but before the 1980s franchise arrives with a new generation the previous movies get revisited with a new card set from Cryptozoic.

Scheduled to arrive on May 11, 2016 Cryptozoic Ghostbusters will include autographs, sketch cards, slime cards, manufactured patches and plenty more as the company revisits the tale of Peter Venkman, Raymond Stantz, Egon Spengler, Winston Zeddmore and others.
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What: 2016 Topps Star Wars: The Force Awakens Chrome trading cards
Arrives: July 13
Box basics: One hit in every 24-pack hobby box (12 boxes per case)

What's buzz-worthy: Topps takes the Star Wars universe to the Chrome galaxy with one autograph, Relic, printing plate, sketch or medallion card per box and, of course, a rainbow of color.

Keep reading for more and a full gallery of images.

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Two members of The Avengers are the first super heroes who are subjects of a new release from the Upper Deck Gallery as part of a larger portfolio available in two versions.

Hawkeye and Black Widow are the first of a six-poster series showing the group in action using a Japanese woodblock presentation. Artist Marcelo Baez has created the series, which will be unveiled in pairs each Thursday by the company.

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Two members of The Avengers are the first super heroes who are subjects of a new release from the Upper Deck Gallery as part of a larger portfolio available in two versions.

Hawkeye and Black Widow are the first of a six-poster series showing the group in action using a Japanese woodblock presentation. Artist Marcelo Baez has created the series, which will be unveiled in pairs each Thursday by the company.

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When it comes to the sports world, there's plenty of licensed merchandise for fans to use in their daily lives when they're not focused on baseball, football or whatever their pastime may be.

But why can't it be more creative? Sure, maybe the sports world doesn't translate as well to fun merch like what you see here -- it's is one of a few items found via thinkgeek.com.

What is it? It's a USB car charger -- but what it really is a Flux Capacitor that will transform your vehicle into a time machine. Or something. Keep reading to see a few more cool things that can geek up your day ...

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When it comes to the sports world, there's plenty of licensed merchandise for fans to use in their daily lives when they're not focused on baseball, football or whatever their pastime may be.

But why can't it be more creative? Sure, maybe the sports world doesn't translate as well to fun merch like what you see here -- it's is one of a few items found via thinkgeek.com.

What is it? It's a USB car charger -- but what it really is a Flux Capacitor that will transform your vehicle into a time machine. Or something. Keep reading to see a few more cool things that can geek up your day ...

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What: 2016 Rittenhouse James Bond 007 Classics trading cards
Arrives: April 27
Box basics: Two autographed cards per 24-pack box with some boxes also including memorabilia cards

What's buzz-worthy: The James Bond universe gets chronicled in Rittenhouse's second release of 2016 with a 72-card base set that revisits The World is Not Enough starring Pierce Brosnan along with several inserts and a deep autograph checklist.

Keep reading for more. We'll have a full gallery of images here soon.

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