Update: Topps sold 13,075 of these sets, which looks like a new record for a GPK print-to-order release.

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"Did you get rich off GameStop? Why not commemorate your stock market victory with this great GPK set?"

That's the opening line -- and, really, the only one -- describing the new 2021 Topps Garbage Pail Kids Gamestonk card set that dropped from Topps today with the Kids taking on the stock market talker of this week via a set of 12 stickers.

They'll be printed to order -- meaning whatever is ordered is what is made -- after one week on Topps.com.

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It was the moment that launched many a meme ... and now it's a cardboard record-setter.

Topps revealed the print run for its 2020 USA Election Topps Now card set from Inauguration Day and the Bernie Sanders card set a new Topps Now record with 91,169 cards ordered and printed. That's dearly double the Anthony Fauci card that sold a record 51,512 copies last year after he threw out the first pitch at a Washington Nationals game.

Topps Now is a real-time card platform meaning if 12 people order a copy of an offered card, then only 12 are made. It's a realm that launched with cards for Major League Baseball but has included other sports and notable moments in the news.

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What's Buzzing: Talking Tom Brady and Patrick Mahomes, a hair-raising WWE box, new breaks and an eyeroll in this Friday edition.

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The box: 2012 Leaf Metal Poker trading cards
Where to buy: Click here for poker cards (if/when available)

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

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The box: 2020 Topps WWE 30 Years of Deadman Collector's Edition set
Where to buy: Initially only via Topps.com ... see other WWE boxes here

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The box: 2020 Panini Playbook football cards (mega box)
First Buzz preview: Click here
Where to buy: BlowoutCards.com (for hobby)

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What's Buzzing: Big pulls, big releases, big questions and talking 2021 Stadium Club in today's edition.

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The box: 2020 Topps WWE Fully Loaded wrestling cards (10-box half case)
First Buzz preview & checklist: Click here
Where to buy: BlowoutCards.com 

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What: 2021 Topps Stadium Club baseball cards
Arrives: June 23
Box basics: Two autographs per 16-pack box (16 boxes per case)
Checklist: Click here
Order: Click here

What's buzz-worthy: Stadium Club hits the field 30 years after its debut and includes some nods to the past as well as many of the inclusions that collectors have enjoyed in recent years.

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What: 2021 Topps Transcendent Collection Hall of Fame Edition baseball cards
Arrives: May 12
Box basics: 45 autographs and more per box
Checklist: Click here
Order: Click here

What's buzz-worthy: Transcendent returns with its Hall of Fame focus and this time includes even more rare cards showcasing legends from Cooperstown's ranks as well as some new twists not seen in Transcendent releases in the past.

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

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What: 2021 Leaf Metal Draft football cards
Arrives: March
Box basics: Five autos per hobby box (15 boxes per case) or nine autos and one slabbed 1/1 auto proof per jumbo box (eight per case)
Order: Click here (live soon)

What's buzz-worthy: Leaf Metal Draft returns to the gridiron with two box options once again and with some of the biggest names in this year's NFL Draft already signed up and ready to go in this all-autograph release.

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Panini Prizm UFC cards are on the way.

That's just one of the developments finally confirmed today as Panini America and UFC have finally formally unveiled their new exclusive licensing deal to make officially licensed cardboard for the promotion.

"We are thrilled to welcome Panini America as UFC’s new official collectible trading card partner," said UFC Senior VP of Global Consumer Products Tracey Bleczinski in a prepared statement. "Many of our fans use collectible trading cards to stay connected to our brand and to their favorite UFC athletes and Panini America is the industry leader, creating innovative and unique products for our fans to enjoy."

Details were not released but it was described as a multi-year licensing agreement.

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It's a TV show opening scene that seems simple enough, but it spawned a lot of Internet and TV chatter with millions (and millions) amused.

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Hot takes arrived left and right on entertainment sites and political pundits had their thoughts, too. (Left and right, I'm sure.) It was something simple and something planned that generated some buzz and even some high-profile tweets that went out to some 20 million people. (Meanwhile, the episode itself had just 588,000 people watching per Nielsen. Go figure.)

What is it? It's the opening-credits scene for the fifth season of Ballers and it had player-turned-agent-turned-businessman Spencer Strasmore (aka Dwayne "The Rock" Johnson) reading a copy of Elizabeth Warren's 2017 book This Fight is Our Fight as he sat on the beach in the first episode. It all takes place quickly and Strasmore's down-time is interrupted first by his girlfriend (Arielle Kebbel) asking him why he never goes into the ocean -- then that's interrupted by a phone call from Bossman (aka the Ballers-world owner of the Dallas Cowboys) before he walks off down the shoreline to chat. The scene isn't about a paperback with tattered edges at all, really -- it's about the mystery of the water, what Strasmore might be hiding -- but that's how the book's brief on-screen life comes to an end.

Meanwhile, that actual copy of the book? Well, it's still alive and well.

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The box: 2020 Panini Contenders football cards (blaster box)
First Buzz preview: Click here
Where to buy: BlowoutCards.com (for a few formats)

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What's Buzzing: Talking bubbles, showing off "1% collections," big breaks and some hot Barstool Sports cardboard.

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YourDozen.com is back and you have until Sunday night to ponder your predictions for the WWE's annual Royal Rumble pay-per-view ... which could be a challenge.

We're going with all-WWE this week -- the Super Bowl dozen will drop next Monday -- and the winner of this one gets two boxes of the newly released premium-brand 2020 Topps Fully Loaded wrestling cards ... a brand with an encased autograph in every single box.

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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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Some Hollywood chatter could mean big things for fans of Harry Potter -- and those who might be sitting on some cardboard from the past.

According to The Hollywood Reporter, a new Potter series could be coming to HBO Max at some point, giving fans a new way to explore the universe and merchandising machine fueled by past films that was created by the books by J.K. Rowling. Part of that merch in the past included a bunch of trading card releases with both gaming and non-sports elements (autos, memorabilia, you name it) in play and it's clear that one version remains a scorcher in box form.

The Wizards of The Coast box you see above is for the trading card game that was the first to arrive coinciding in advance of the arrival of the first film, Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone, back in August 2001. It's a box that has sold for as much as $950 in recent months on eBay but with good sales volume -- and asking prices for boxes and cases (the few that still might exist) are commanding even higher marks. There are other WOTC expansions for the game that also sell relatively well but not quite as strong -- those include Quidditch Cup (November 2001), Diagon Alley (March 2002) and Adventures at Hogwarts (June 2002).

These gaming sets all arrived around the time of Pokémon -- and we all know how that story has gone.

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In its first 10 months, The Modern Wax Fund reflected some crazy times in the sports card world.

How crazy? The Fund's valuation report of the underlying asset holdings during its rookie season shows an overall increase of 195.1 percent, fueled by an explosion of interest for the recent-year NBA assets. Basketball boxes alone jumped 301 percent in a year, while NFL also had a 164-percent jump and "other sports" (in lower total volume) jumped 194 percent.

This first-of-its-kind private-equity fund focused on trading cards is a creation of Attic Investments and Blowout Cards. It started with more than $3 million in unopened product -- some of the rarest and most-desired baseball, basketball, football and other cards from the modern era -- last February with a $25,000 minimum buy-in from investors.

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What: 2021 Topps Allen & Ginter baseball cards
Arrives: Aug. 11
Box basics: Three hits in every 24-pack hobby box (12 boxes per case)
Checklist: Click here
Order: Click here

What's buzz-worthy: Allen & Ginter returns for another summer of new retro-styled cardboard with some familiar touches, some new chases and, well, plenty of unexpected cardboard from this long-running brand.

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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: The Super Bowl is set, examining Tom Brady and Patrick Mahomes cards, ripping UFC and more breaks in this Monday edition.

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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: Matt Stafford will be leaving the Lions, pondering another Super Bowl for Patrick Mahomes, big pulls, Stranger Things 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: Remembering Hank Aaron, chasing Tom Brady Rookie Cards, big pulls and more.

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It's a simple mistake that's not supposed to happen since the United States Mint has strict standards, but, well, it happened.

And it's a bill that's worth a lot more than you might think as it sold for a ton Friday night via Heritage Auctions in Dallas.

What you see above is the Del Monte note -- and while you might think that collecting during the pandemic has been crazy this sale is absolutely bananas ... it sold for $396,000. That's way more than it originally sold for back when it was previously discovered and put onto the market.

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The box: 2017 Leaf Perfect Game National Showcase baseball cards
Where to buy: Here when available ... see all Perfect Game boxes here

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

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What's Buzzing: Collectors react to the Hank Aaron news, show off his cards and more in today's edition.

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