What: 2022 Panini National Treasures NASCAR cards
Arrives: Feb. 15, 2023
Box basics: Four autographed cards, three memorabilia cards and one booklet card per nine-card box (four boxes per case)
Order: Click here

What's buzz-worthy: National Treasures returns to the track with the familiar format and look of years past but with perhaps a little more color and new looks at young stars as well as legends from the past.

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What's Buzzing: Donovan Mitchell has a monster night, Damar Hamlin, new pulls and a Superfractor autograph find that's out of this galaxy.

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What's Buzzing: Don West, a unique sticker auto, bowl game, new pulls and a Prizm NASCAR box to be seen.

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Have you seen the latest cool or interesting items on eBay? If not, you just might see some of those here. We’ll spotlight some items that have a story or just wow us with how much interest it might have — and we’re not just talking baseball cards, either.

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IS HE THE ONE?
The Item: Julio Rodriguez 2022 Topps Heritage High Number Clubhouse Collection Gold Relics (/99)
The Price: $149.99 Buy-It-Now (or best offer)
Why it’s Buzz-worthy: With the absolute deluge of December MLB releases that appear to be just the start of a busy off-season with more still to come, I've played the waiting game on opening boxes on almost all -- but not all -- of them. One I have opened was this one, Heritage High, as it impressed me on its rookie volume (some RCs, some guys who had 2021s) and the appearance of the J-Rod stuff to be found. Why Heritage? It's more my old-guy flagship release each year ... though the 1970s designs are easily my least-favorite of all of the past decades so far and even of those to come. But the images on his cards are solid ... and this is a good example. Sure, it's pricey, but this card is a needle in a haystack in terms of pulling it and it's pricey -- but not that pricey -- vs. a lot of stuff. Heritage rookies are not going to be all that expensive in High Number as you come very close to a base set in every hobby box ... but I like that. It lets you do some old-fashioned stockpiling with the challenge really being clean copies that can be graded. (I plan to already and will ... yes, on base.) This one is a solid piece for an iconic 2022 player with potential and a long-term commitment from the team. I'll probably kick myself later for not grabbing this particular card or something like it. But I'll be watching them.
Similar Pieces: Other Julio Rodriguez Heritage cards on eBay
The BlowoutCards.com Hunt: Click here for 2022 Topps Heritage High Number

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The box: 2018 Donruss NASCAR cards (blaster)
Where to buy: BlowoutCards.com (for a few versions)

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What: 2022 Topps Chrome Formula 1 racing cards
Arrives: Dec. 28 for hobby/Jan. 20 for LITE
Box basics: Eighteen four-card packs per hobby box (12 boxes per case); Sixteen packs per LITE box (16 boxes per case)
Checklist: Click here
LITE Checklist: Click here
Order: Click here

What's buzz-worthy: Formula 1 gets a third lap on the Topps Chrome track with this one, which will arrive in a couple of hobby formats with each packing plenty of racing energy.

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The box: 2022 Topps Turbo Attax Formula 1 trading cards (display box)
Where to buy: Made for UK/Germany release ... BlowoutCards.com for other F1 boxes

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What's Buzzing: MLB and NFL chatter, a Topps Gallery blaster delivers big, oldschool ink in 2022 Score, an old problem and opening some new NASCAR.

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What's Buzzing: New QBs arrive in the NFL, new breaks, Antonio Inoki, Formula 1 and new autographs free with purchases.

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What: 2022 Panini Prizm NASCAR cards
Arrives: Dec. 21
Box basics: Four autographs per 12-pack box (12 boxes per case)
Order: Click here

What's buzz-worthy: Prizm arrives this month with all the energy and color fans have come to expect and with some new inclusions like Manga inserts that might drive collectors wild.

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Even if you didn't land The Big One ripping Formula 1 last year, it might be time to be checking back in on those cards.

Why?

Oscar Piastri, a 21-year-old Australian star who's presently a F1 reserve but a F2 champion, will be joining the McLaren team next season in the F1 ranks. He's, according to one ESPN analyst, "the best young driver to enter F1 since the 2019 rookie class of Lando Norris -- who will be his teammate in 2023 -- George Russell and Alex Albon."

And the good news is that he's already had Topps cards to look out for.

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What: 2021 Topps Formula 1 racing cards
Arrives: Sept. 14
Box basics: 20 eight-card packs with possible box-toppers (12 boxes per case)
Order: Click here (live soon)

What's buzz-worthy: Formula 1 gets a flagship release for a second season with a meaty base set, race-used firesuit Relics and more for fans to chase.

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What's Buzzing: New Star Wars, new F1 and MLB pulls, The National and more in this Friday edition.

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What's Buzzing: NBA Finals chatter, some serious NFL threads worth a look, Project100 business, Formula 1 and more.

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What: 2022 Panini Chronicles NASCAR trading cards
Arrives: June 22
Box basics: Three autos and one memorabilia card per six-pack box (16 boxes per case)
Order: Click here

What's buzz-worthy: Panini brings its all-in-one brand to the NASCAR circuit for a third time with this one presenting a number of brands and some new inclusions in this one.

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What's Buzzing: Deebo Samuel, Ben Affleck ink, Formula 1 (and more) breaks, Wander Franco, riding the Prizm WWE wave and Topps Inception says "Hold my Beer."

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What's Buzzing: Lewis Hamilton Superfractor chatter, $100,000 cards sitting in packs, Prizm WWE, Japanese Chrome cards and more.

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What's Buzzing: Finishing up a five-year project, Prizm WWE, Formula 1 card chatter, new NASCAR cards 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: Showing off Formula 1 cards, NBA chatter, altered NBA cards, MLB breaks and more baseball as we await Opening Day.

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Buzz buys and busts a lot of boxes right here for Buzz Breaks, but one of my goals is to rip a little less and talk more about cardboard that I -- and you -- might like. One way to do that? Simple show and tell -- present a few pick-ups and say why they captured my attention.

So, with all that said, here are a few Buzz Buys ... and it's once again the biggest Buzz Buys ever. (A collection of pick-ups from recent times as well as in the past year or so.)

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A RECORD-SETTER, BUT ... 
The Cards: Wander Franco 2022 Topps Living Set (/68,228)
The Price: Direct from Topps (10-pack price)
Why it’s Buzz-worthy: This one re-wrote the new Living Set record book with its sales volume and I did a 10-pack to hopefully land a copy without centering issues and to maybe grade one or two. It turns out 10 wasn't enough as the front card is closest to centered but it has a cardboard blotch that should nix some top marks and any immediate grading from me. I still might but not right now. With so many made, there likely will be plenty graded in the coming months ... so without an obvious gem I'll wait. This might have been my first Living Set lot direct from Topps since Vladimir Guerrero Jr., so it will probably send me back to hibernation on that brand. We'll see.
Grab a box right here: No boxes for this one ... but MLB boxes are here.

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The box: 2021 Topps Formula 1 racing cards (hobby box)
First Buzz preview & checklist: Click here
Where to buy: BlowoutCards.com

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What's Buzzing: Big pulls, tennis cards coming, signed books and plenty more in this Sunday edition.

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Buzz buys and busts a lot of boxes right here for Buzz Breaks, but one of my goals is to rip a little less and talk more about cardboard that I -- and you -- might like. One way to do that? Simple show and tell -- present a few pick-ups and say why they captured my attention.

So, with all that said, here are a few Buzz Buys ... and this time around Buzz goes a little high-end (for him).

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BUZZ FELT RICH ... 
The Card: Mercedes Varnado (aka Sasha Banks) 2021 Topps Star Wars Stellar Signatures autograph (/40)
The Price: Less than anybody else (so far)
Why it’s Buzz-worthy: This is one of those rarer (but not non-existent) times where Buzz paid up for a single card from a new release. Why? It's so premium-priced that single cards are the only way I'll see it -- and this time I'm not alone. It comes from the loaded Stellar Signatures release where only 100 boxes were made with all of them including ink from everybody who's signing for Topps every time. This is Varnado's first Star Wars autograph card and it comes from her role in The Mandalorian, so I figured I'd go there if they dipped enough ... and they did ... at least around the time I grabbed this. They do seem to be drying up, though, even in the weeks since I found mine with the cheapest as I write this being a $499 ask on eBay (for a parallel) with other copies of this base card even higher. This auto (vs. her Banks auto, which I have many copies of) is a lot simpler and the one private signing she did for Star Wars before these -- where they are at least $150 per photo depending on sizes -- showed her sig quality being all over the place. So, with that in mind, I went the card route as a sure thing. This one is clean -- though some cards in this release aren't as crisp -- so I was fine going there. Varnado has had just two other Star Wars autos arrive in the newest Signature Series release but those are stickers ... so I'll wait and see how prices shake out on more. I may not do a ton of them as it's a simple sig, but I knew I needed at least one in my stash and started with the best brand in the land.
Grab a box right here: 2021 Topps Star Wars Stellar Signatures

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What's Buzzing: New breaks take center stage today along with an NBA thread worth a look, the MLB lockout and Juwan Howard.

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What's Buzzing: Cracking a few cases, Erling Haaland, MLB breaks, NFL chatter and, of course, Wander Franco's Rookie Card.

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