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What's Buzzing: Iconic wrestling cards, a question from a collector, a graded card situation to see, a hockey icon is gone and more.

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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: 2020 SportKings Volume 2 sports cards
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Where to buy: Click here

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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: Pondering Han Solo's Rookie Card, a cool Action Packed error card, big pulls, a vintage decision (don't do it!) and ... a Target run coughs up a 1/1.

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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: Big pulls, big breaks, notable WWE ink, best entrance themes and ... a cardboard thought.

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YourDozen.com is back and we're solely predicting NBA All-Star action -- you have until 6:30 p.m. Eastern on Sunday to get your picks in for the game and other events on tap.

This week's prize is a mystery for now. It could be revealed at any time between now and then -- or it may only be known to the winner, which could be you if you take the minute to make 13 simple predictions below.

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Did you get in on last week's action? Check the leaderboard and contact fish@blowoutcards.com to claim your prize if you're the winner.

How does it work? It's short and simple. Register and you'll get a dozen questions where your answers will be compiled and compared to others. Whomever gets the most correct gets the prize -- or at least a shot at it if there's a tie.

The goal with YourDozen.com? Have a little fun and get free stuff into some of your hands.

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What: 2021 Topps Diamond Icons baseball cards
Arrives: July 7
Box basics: Seven auto cards, two auto-Relic cards and one Relic per 10-card box (four boxes per case)
Checklist: Click here
Order: Click here

What's buzz-worthy: "The high-end collector’s best friend" is back once again with a familiar format of autographs and memorabilia with diamond cards and more all among the possibilities.

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

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What: 2020 Panini Chronicles football cards
Arrives: April 28
Box basics:  Two autos and one memorabilia card per six-pack box (12 boxes per case)
Order: Click here (live soon)

What's buzz-worthy: Panini's all-in-one brand arrives for its sophomore season with some new stuff -- like Panini Prizm Black -- and updates some of this year's releases with new NFL photography for rookies and plenty more.

Keep reading for more info and a full gallery of images released so far.

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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: Inside a huge fan cave, MLB chatter, Peyton Manning and big pulls in today's edition.

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What: 2020-21 Panini Contenders basketball cards
Arrives: May 19
Box basics: Two autographs per 12-pack box (12 boxes per case)
Order: Click here (live soon)

What's buzz-worthy: Contenders hits the NBA court not long after last season's edition with a new crop of rookies, their autographs (mocks here using last year's players) and some new inclusions.

Keep reading for more info and a full gallery of images released so far.

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What: 2020 Panini Flawless football cards
Arrives: April 21
Box basics: One or two gems, six on-card autos and two or three memorabilia cards per 10-card box (two boxes per case)
Order: Click here (live soon)

What's buzz-worthy: Flawless NFL arrives once again with some new high-end booklets, new rookies and plenty of the inclusions that keep this high-end brand among the favorites in the game.

Keep reading for more and a full gallery of images.

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Update (March 1): The first card sold 57,111 copies and 1,000 of the cards in that total will be reversed-negative variations. They will be randomly placed into orders, according to Leaf.

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Pro Set football cards are back in the collecting landscape for the first time in nearly 30 years -- but you can't yet open packs to get them.

They're back as print-to-order program from Leaf Trading Cards that kicks off today with likely No. 1 draft pick Trevor Lawrence as the first card in the 2021 Pro Set series.

Keep reading for more details and updates on new cards in the release.

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What: 2021 Bowman Chrome baseball cards
Arrives: Sept. 3
Box basics: No autos guaranteed in 10-pack LITE boxes (16 per case); two autos per 12-pack Hobby boxes (12 per case); three autos per HTA Choice box (12 per case)
Checklist: Click here ... Mega box Checklist: Click here
Order: Click here

What's buzz-worthy: Bowman arrives with some format changes for a new year -- LITE, Hobby and HTA Choice boxes -- that let collectors chase what they want in different ways.

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

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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: 2021 Topps Series 1 baseball cards (hobby box)
Where to buy: BlowoutCards.com
First Buzz preview with checklist/SPs/more: Click here

Keep reading for a full breakdown and gallery of what was in this one.

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What: 2021 Super Break Poke Stars Edition
Arrives: March 31
Box basics: One graded buyback card per box (10 boxes per case)
Order: Click here (live soon)

What's buzz-worthy: Super Break turns its focus to graded Pokémon cards from the past one more time with at least two Gem Mint Charizards in every case and some including as many as four this time around.

Keep reading for more info and a selection 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: J.J. Watt's move has them talking, pumped up by spring training, NBA fans and the PSA price hike, generational talents and new breaks.

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What: 2021 Panini Select baseball cards
Arrives: April 14
Box basics: Two autographs and two memorabilia cards per 12-pack hobby box (12 boxes per case)
Order: Click here (live soon)

What's buzz-worthy: Select gets another go with the same format as last year but with plenty of energy, some new touches and, of course, new players.

Keep reading for a gallery and more info.

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What: 2020-21 Panini Origins basketball cards
Arrives: April 14
Box basics: One rookie jersey auto and one other auto or mem card per seven-card box (12 boxes per case)
Order: Click here (live soon)

What's buzz-worthy: Origins hits the hardwood for its sophomore season with a new crop of rookies (mocks here use last year's players) and plenty of ink and energy.

Keep reading for more info and a full gallery of images released so far.

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From time to time, Buzz will break a box of something and break down 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: 2020 Donruss Optic NFL (Walmart blaster)
First Buzz preview: Click here
Where to buy: BlowoutCards.com (a few formats)

Keep reading for a full breakdown of what was in this one along with a gallery of images.

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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 packs: Pokémon 25th Anniversary Happy Meal packs 
Where to buy: One pack per McDonald's Happy Meal (initially). Get standard Pokémon boxes here.

Keep reading for a full breakdown and gallery of what was in this one.

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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: PSA raises prices, eBay Bucks are going away on everyday buys, big pulls and more in today's edition.

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Like many collectors, Buzz is a fan of grading and knows that there are many reasons that collectors choose to slab cards. Sometimes it's to enhance the appeal and protect them when selling. Other times it's to protect an investment for the long-term or to protect for sentimental reasons. Or, it might be just for fun or curiosity about a potential grade.

Here's this month's grading diary here on The Buzz ... it's a bit heavier on MLB and some vintage edition as I'm still awaiting deliveries.

CLASSIC BATTING LEAD-OFF ...
The Card: Ken Griffey Jr. 1989 Topps Traded #41T -- Rookie Card
The Reason Bought: I'm fine with nines and when I saw this one for $17.50 with no obvious substantial flaws despite its grade I grabbed it. Why? Slabbed early cards of all-time greats like him from the 1980s and 1990s are destined to be moving as slab-hungry buyers want more and more as the obvious other bigger cards just keep rising. I, myself, am not all that interested in chasing Griffey's Upper Deck RC at a meaty price in a high-grade slab (I have a couple around/below this mark and a few raw not worth slabbing) but this one always has a little more appeal to me since it's cheap ... and I actually had a few way back then.
The Grade: BGS 9

Reality Check: This card isn't the easiest grade with weird surface roller lines, centering and back edge chipping issues always possible based on what I've seen. While a BGS 9 or 9.5 isn't all that rare, I'm fine with it for the price -- a 9.5 will definitely cost more and the most-common grade is actually lower than this. That population of 10s is surprising but I'm not that surprised there are no truly perfect copies. I don't think its possible here.

Keep reading for more of this month's pick-ups and new slabs for Buzz.

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What's Buzzing: Big pulls from MLB and NFL boxes, more breaks, NBA chatter and showing off MLB "investment wax boxes" in today's edition.

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Ace Authentic's run as a pro tennis card creator included some of the biggest names in the game signing on and a number of appearances on memorabilia cards that are still among the only options out there for fans of the action on the court.

Roger Federer, Maria Sharapova, Rafael Nadal, Anna Kournikova, Andy Roddick, Jennifer Capriati, Andre Agassi and Billie Jean King are just some of the notables who signed for the company during its run before Leaf purchased its assets and intellectual property back in December 2012.

A new (old) arrival in the BlowoutCards store on Friday sparked some interest as, well, there aren't a lot of tennis options to be found out there in the world right now -- these are actually the only tennis option on the site. And, as a result of there being no new stuff on the market, some cards have had some crazy sales recently over on eBay. There's also an element of mystery here, too, as you might guess from the visuals above.

What is it? 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: Big pulls, big breaks, showing off new vintage, Wonderful want-list and "attack of the killer PSA 9s."

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What: 2020-21 Panini Obsidian soccer cards
Arrives: April 28
Box basics: Four autograph or memorabilia cards per seven-card box (12 boxes per case)
Order: Click here (live soon)

What's buzz-worthy: Obsidian returns to the pitch for a second season with more than 40 teams represented in this one and some of the biggest stars in the world all in one place.

Keep reading for more and a full gallery of images.

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