What: 2021 Topps Big League baseball cards
Arrives: April 20, 2022
Box basics: Eighteen 10-card packs per hobby box (20 per case); five 10-card packs & Super7 figurine per collector box (16 per case)
Checklist: Click here
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What's buzz-worthy: Big League returns -- and the toys are back, too -- for a new year of MLB action with a number of new inclusions adding to this collector-friendly brand.

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The box: 2019-20 Panini Mosaic NBA cards
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Where to buy: BlowoutCards.com (for a few formats)

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What: 2020 Leaf Valiant baseball cards
Arrives: February/March 2021
Box basics: Five autographs -- four standard, one graded -- per box (12 boxes per case)
Order: Click here (live soon)

What's buzz-worthy: Leaf Valiant's draft picks and prospects release arrives with "the best selection of elite 2020 Baseball Draft Picks plus an awesome selection of top prospects in the game."

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The box: 2020 Topps Chrome WWE wrestling cards (blaster)
First Buzz preview & checklist: Click here
Where to buy: BlowoutCards.com (for hobby)

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The tin: 2020-21 Topps UEFA Champions League Match Attax soccer cards (mega tin)
Where to buy: BlowoutCards.com for all other soccer boxes

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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 future MLB stars, more PSA sale reactions, a thread that starts off stupid (but hasn't been deleted yet so there might be hope), big breaks and, of course, Panini Prizm.

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What: 2020-21 Panini Certified basketball cards
Arrives: Jan. 20
Box basics: Two autographs (one rookie auto) per 10-pack box (12 boxes per case)
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What's buzz-worthy: Certified arrives for a new season with new rookies (just last year's players in mocks here) and plenty of star power from the NBA's past as well as its present.

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The box: 2020 Leaf Metal Pop Century 1/1 Pre-Production Proofs
Where to buy: Click here

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The box: 2019 BenchWarmer Holiday Archive trading cards
Where to buy: BlowoutCards.com -- see all BenchWarmer boxes here

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What: 2020 Panini Playbook football cards
Arrives: Jan. 13
Box basics: Four autograph or mem cards (including one book) per four-card box (16 boxes per case)
Order: Click here (live soon)

What's buzz-worthy: Playbook is back with plenty of big-time booklets and nothing but hits for NFL newcomers as well notable veterans.

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What's Buzzing: Big pulls, plenty of NBA chatter, a cardboard cameo and more discussions 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 ...

KEY CARD, KEY PLAYER
The Card: Lucas Sims & Ozzie Albies 2018 Topps Heritage 100th Anniversary -- RC parallel (announced /25)
The Reason Bought: This parallel card isn't numbered, but they are very rare and if you consider the healthy print run and various pack formats for this popular brand, it's a bit of a needle-in-a-haystack type of card to pull in general let alone for a notable or specific player. I grabbed this since I've met both of them and Albies is a key Braves player ... and this brand is one that I generally buy a lot of (and did a ton in 2018). It's funky but I like 1969 Topps, too.
The Grade: BGS 9.5

Reality Check: Why did I bite? The combo of scarcity and high grade and a price that wasn't that bad (about $80) made this one appealing to me. Also, the fact that the only other one was on eBay for $199.99 and isn't as good on subs as this one. (That price? Too high.) There are three copies of this card in PSA slabs (two 10s, one 9), too. How many might still be sitting in packs? Probably a few ... and that's also another reason I grabbed this to stash it.

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It arrived after the World Series this year, but it's just getting warmed up.

One of the hottest yet more affordable boxes in the hobby right now, 2020 Topps Baseball UK Edition, is a release that is a far smaller set than any of the series it follows this year -- it's just 200 cards. But it's got parallels and other inclusions that seem to be out-pacing cardboard norms since, well, it's just not as plentiful as the regular stuff.

Each 24-pack box includes a total of 240 cards so you might even have shots at more than one copy of those key rookies in there ... and despite that they (and moreso their parallels) are selling well.

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What: 2020-21 NBA Hoops basketball cards
Arrives: Feb. 3
Box basics: Two autographs per 24-pack box (20 boxes per case)
Order: Click here

What's buzz-worthy: A new NBA season will be upon us soon and the new cardboard is coming, too, with Hoops helping usher in a new class of rookies and plenty more in mid-January.

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The box: 2018 Topps Stranger Things Season 1 trading cards (blaster box)
Where to buy: BlowoutCards.com (when available ... others in stock)

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What: 2021 Topps Pro Debut baseball cards
Arrives: Aug. 25
Box basics: Four autos or Relics per 24-pack hobby box (12 boxes per case); three autos per six-pack jumbo box (eight boxes per case)
Checklist: Click here
Order: Click here

What's buzz-worthy: Minor League Baseball's first release of the new year comes with some new inclusions under some unusual circumstances -- as in there was no MiLB action last year.

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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, PSA's parent company is sold and "Boredlawyer" has an MLB question.

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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 death of Darth Vader, big pulls, NBA box recommendations, bots and when is one copy overproduced?

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The boxes: 2020 Panini Mosaic NFL hangers (two)
First Buzz preview & checklist: Click here
Where to buy: BlowoutCards.com (a few formats)

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The box: 2020 Panini Prizm WNBA cards (blaster box)
Where to buy: BlowoutCards.com (for hobby)

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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: Nothing but big pulls and breaks in today's 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: Big pulls, bad news, an NBA wax question, top 2021 MLB rookies and more in this Black Friday edition.

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Black Friday is almost here and a simple discount over on the site (hit that link) is in play right now, right here Buzz is kicking off the Blowout contests right here in simple form.

There's just one Buzz Box giveaway this year but I think it's a pretty solid one with every card limited to just 25 serial-numbered copies.

What's a Buzz Box? How can it be yours?

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The box: 2020 Topps Seattle Children's Heroes card set
Where to buy: Seattle-area Bartell Drugs stores or eBay (for now) -- see MLB cards here

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The box: 2020 Donruss NFL cards (holiday sweater blaster)
Where to buy: BlowoutCards.com (for this and other formats)

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