San Diego Comic-Con has come and gone and Mile High Comics owner Chuck Rozanski offered some interesting thoughts on one facet of the event that has continued to grow over the years as it has exploded into way more than simply a comic book show.

Exclusives.

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You never know where you'll see baseball cards and late-night TV is one place where some good ol' American cardboard surfaced.

Actor Viggo Mortensen was on Jimmy Kimmel Live! and brought some gifts for the host.

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A new Star Trek: The Next Generation release is almost here as Rittenhouse Archives has its second series of Portfolio prints is set to arrive next week.

Each box of Star Trek: TNG Portfolio Prints Series 2 will include three autographs in every box -- and that means there's a deep checklist.

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Television fans at San Diego Comic-Con will find unique Topps cards at the big show if they visit the booth for BBC America.

It's there that three 10-card sets for Doctor Who will be for sale for $20 each at the show and each examines a different season.

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Among Cryptozoic's forthcoming releases in the non-sports realm is Arrow Season 3, which arrives later this year with a new batch of autographs from the stars of the show.

Every box will include an autograph and more, though the focus is on the ink. So far, six members of the cast have signed on with more on the way.

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San Diego Comic-Con is almost here and the crew at Funko has prepared more than 70 different toys, T-shirts and more that will only initially be available at the show this week.

There will be pieces from Star Wars, Marvel Comics, DC Comics, Disney, The Walking Dead and so much more in the company's Pop! line, Dorbz and, well, so much more.

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We all know someone who busts boxes just for the hits and there are a lot of boxes out there that guarantee nothing but the hits, particularly for budgets that are big. (You know, the stuff like Flawless.)

Also out there are collectors like Buzz, who rip boxes on a budget, allowing for dabbling in more than one area (you know, not just Flawless) and bust a bit more more often.

One recent box ripped by yours truly was 2014 BenchWarmer Eclectic Collection, which is essentially a repack product with a few new unique cards created in addition to a massive assortment of past packs.

You're guaranteed at least eight hits ... but my box included 17.

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A pair of WWE Hall of Famers have been revisited in porcelain form as part of two high-end statue lines that are now available.

"Rowdy" Roddy Piper is the latest to be sculpted for the Immortal Moments Collection, captured during a promo in Piper's Pit, while "The Heartbreak Kid" Shawn Michaels is the latest  in the Championship Title Collection.

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What: 2016 Topps The Walking Dead Survival Box trading cards
Arrives: Nov. 23
Box basics: One hit per pack, four packs per box (eight boxes per case)

What's buzz-worthy: Topps' Second The Walking Dead release is billed as a high-end brand with a hit in every pack (a five-card mini-box) that looks back at the first six seasons of the series.

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When the new Doctor Who trading card set arrives from Topps in November, there may be a familiar face found in packs even if someone has never seen a second of the long-running sci-fi show.

One of the signers is James Corden, who is the host of The Late Late Show.

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Marty McFly's Hoverboard. The Beatles' controversial butcher album cover. Superman's cape. Bettie Page's pumps. Steve McQueen's racing jacket. Wolverine's claws. The Death Star.

The latest Profiles in History Hollywood Auction begins on Wednesday with more than 1,700 lots of everything you'd expect to see -- and plenty more.

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The Walking Dead Season 4 Part 1 trading cards arrive today from Cryptozoic -- check out this box break video released by the company in advance of the release.

Watch it ... after the jump.

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It's been nearly 30 years since their final episode, but collectors will soon get another look at an iconic team of the 1980s.

The A-Team.

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Star Trek will be in the news again soon with a new film coming soon, but thanks to ThinkGeek, Star Trek: The Next Generation had things buzzing online Tuesday.

That's thanks to its line of Trekini Swimwear unveiled today.

The new additions to the Trek lineup from the geek-inspired Fairfax, Va.-based company are far from the only wearables available to the masses. In fact, everything from baby onesies to oven mitts (right) and pajamas can be found along with t-shirts, sweatshirts and a bit of everything else.

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Ginny Baker does not exist, but the big-league world that she lives in does.

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Is there one non-sports autograph you'd want to own? If you're a fan of anything beyond the sports world, there's probably one name that comes to mind first.

In some cases -- Star Wars and Star Trek, for example -- a personality may have plenty of autographs, but in others there may be just one.

Or none at all.

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Two memorable movies and one hit TV show are officially on the way as Funko Pop! toys soon after the company recently unveiled images of several forthcoming toys from the popular line.

Ferris Bueller's Day Off, Scott Pilgrim vs. The World, The Golden Girls and a number of new D.C. Comics characters will soon be found in stores.

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Beginning this month, Funko has several waves of new Pop! vinyl figures coming for some big franchises in film and TV from the past and the present.

The new Ghostbusters, Aliens, Flash Gordon, Mean Girls, Willy Wonka, DragonBallZ, Through the Looking Glass and Harry Potter are just some of the properties with figures coming between now and August.

Oh, and it's also got the likes of UFC stars Ronda Rousey and Connor McGregor on the way along with the fighters in the political world -- Donald Trump, Hillary Clinton and Bernie Sanders -- scheduled to become toys, too.

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#DWTS @Skittles inspired dancing shoes. Thanks Skittles! #tonytoetap #catchtherainbow pic.twitter.com/NNuWExgnAo

— Antonio Brown (@AntonioBrown84) March 17, 2016

Pittsburgh Steelers WR Antonio Brown will be trading in his cleats for Dancing With the Stars soon and that's perhaps what prompted this tweet on Thursday.

Or maybe he's just taking over the Skittles beat from the retired Marshawn Lynch?

Sorta legit collecting question: What might something like this sell for at auction if "show-used"?

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We're still a couple weeks away from the arrival of Decision 2016 trading cards -- a set for the fans of politics -- but there's one thing that's arrived to offer some clarity during this tumultuous season.

The final checklist.

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When Topps' latest Doctor Who set arrives in May, it will include one of the biggest autograph lineups in the hobby for a single-franchise non-sports release and a number of first-time signers.

There will be 75 signers in all for 2016 Topps Doctor Who Timeless, including six past Doctors and stars who have made their marks elsewhere such as Nick Frost (Shaun of the Dead, Hot Fuzz). In all, there will be 40 first-time signers, according to the company.

“We are very proud of Timeless,” said brand manager Mark Von Ohlen. “We dedicated a lot of time and effort to make the kind of trading card set that Whovians everywhere will love. We have a huge list of autograph signers and a variety of costume pieces to collect. This is the set that any Doctor Who fan out there will want to collect.”

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Based on box office totals for Deadpool -- $677.7 million and counting worldwide -- there might be a few people looking for a piece of The Merc with a Mouth.

Sure, there are 25 years of comic book appearances to be had -- and there are key issues that also can be found as graded books and as original art -- but maybe there's something else that you might want without the stresses of storage or breaking the bank.

That's where Rob Liefeld comes in.

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Super Bowl MVP Von Miller. UFC fighter Paige VanZant. Pittsburgh Steelers receiving machine Antonio Brown. Former CFL/NFL star and Heisman-winner Doug Flutie.

What do they have in common? They'll all be Dancing With The Stars when the show premieres for yet another season on March 21. 

A fourth of the dozen teams competing on the ballroom dancing competition come from the sports world, and, because of trading cards, they just might be the targets of the show's fans who want a collectable of their own.

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Topps has a pair of upcoming non-sports sets in the works -- Star Wars: The Force Awakens Series 2 and Doctor Who Timeless -- and the company has been busy teasing upcoming signers for both releases.

So far, there have been five names announced for both sets. For the Star Wars set, there will be former Alias and Heroes star Greg Grunberg, BB-8 operator Brian Herring, Harriet Walter, Jessica Henwick and David Acord.

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California illustrator Cuyler Smith has a "card show" coming in March -- and it's likely to include some of the biggest names in the sports world.

Well, at least the world found in sports movies.

Even cooler? Some of his prints are found in card size and come in top-loaders -- at least while they last.

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