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 Today: Big baseball pulls, baseball debates and a pair of impressive non-sports finds.

Continue reading →

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: 2018 Donruss baseball cards (hanger box)
Where to buy: BlowoutCards.com (for hobby)

Packs per box: 1
Cards per pack: 60
Set completion: 
43 of 270 (16 percent)
Duplicates: 0

Notables on base cards – Mickey Mantle, Mike Trout, Bryce Harper, Joe Morgan, Tony Gwynn, Justin Verlander, Cody Bellinger, Wade Boggs, George Brett, Jim Palmer, Dave Winfield, Stephen Strasburg, Alex Bregman, Nolan Ryan, Giancarlo Stanton, Nolan Arenado, Clayton Kershaw, Manny Machado

Continue reading →

Remember the days of ripping into a cereal box for a bonus item when you were younger?

Funko does -- and it will have a line of new Funko's Cereals hitting toy and specialty shops in June. The prizes inside? New Funko Pop toys.

"One of the fun things is we are about to release our own line of cereal, with a mini-Pop inside," Funko founder Mike Becker told the Coronado (Calif.) Eagle & Journal. "We got all the cool licenses like He-Man, Wonder Woman, Elvira Mistress of the Dark, Freddy Krueger and our own Freddy Funko. We start shipping to stores in June and we have the distribution set up and the product is pre-sold. It’s just one more of those feel-good Funko items."

Continue reading →

Mark your calendar: #BuzzMania -- a wrestling-only pack- and box-breaking marathon -- is coming right here on Friday.

We'll have breaks of notable past WWE packs and boxes from the last 30-plus years every hour all day long -- and we'll have a John Cena autograph direct from WWE up for grabs for one active commenter/tweeter/sharer here or on Twitter and Facebook.

---

Follow Buzz on Twitter @BlowoutBuzz or send email to BlowoutBuzz@blowoutcards.com. 

>> Click here to buy WWE cards on BlowoutCards.com.

What: 2018 Panini Luminance football cards
Arrives: June 6
Box basics: Three autographs and one memorabilia card per four-pack box (12 boxes per case)
Order: Click here

What's buzz-worthy: This new brand from Panini will arrive with on-card Draft Day Signatures in every other box and a whole lot of new looks.

Keep reading for more and a full gallery of images.

Continue reading →

Star Wars fans may need to make a visit to their closest Denny's.

Topps has teamed up with the restaurant chain to create a set of 12 cards for Solo: A Star Wars Story, which arrives in theaters on May 25 -- and they'll also help raise money for No Kid Hungry with sales of two-card packs.

Continue reading →

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 Today: Pondering the best MLB autographs, big repack highlights and big pulls today.

Continue reading →

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: 2017 Panini Diamond Kings baseball cards (blaster)
Where to buy: BlowoutCards.com

Packs per box: 7
Cards per pack: 5
Cards in this box: 35
Base set completion: 
17 of 100 (17 percent)
Duplicates: 0

Notables on base cards – Babe Ruth, Kris Bryant, Joe DiMaggio, Roger Maris, Grover Alexander, Craig Biggio, Clayton Kershaw, Bryce Harper, Kirby Puckett, Paul Goldschmidt

Continue reading →

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: 2018 Topps Gypsy Queen baseball cards (blaster box)
Where to buy: BlowoutCards.com (for a few formats)

Packs per box: 8 (seven standard, one five-card parallel pack)
Cards per pack: 6
Cards in this box: 47
Base set completion: 
39 of 320 (13 percent)
Duplicates: 0

Notables on base cards – Albert Pujols, Manny Machado, Craig Kimbrel, Clayton Kershaw, Addison Russell, Paul Goldschmidt

Rookie Cards (4) – Nick Williams, Luiz Gohara, Parker Bridwell, Richard Urena

Continue reading →

If you have an old Calbee baseball card of Ichiro Suzuki, there might be a rookie who wants it -- that's one of the nuggets from a new Panini America Spring Training Road Trip video featuring Los Angeles Angels star Shohei Ohtani.

Check it out after the jump ... and you can get a sneak peek at some of the high-end baseball cards on the way that will include his autograph.

Continue reading →

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: 2018 Panini Stars & Stripes USA Baseball cards (blaster)
Where to buy: BlowoutCards.com (for hobby)
Packs per box: 5
Cards per pack: 7
Cards in this box: 35
Longevity base set completion: 
31 of 100 (31 percent)
Duplicates: 0

Base cards of note – Mark McGwire, Tanner Houck, Ryan Weathers, Alek Thomas, Brice Turang, Kumar Rocker, Cole Wilcox, Matthew Liberatore, Jake McCarthy, Casey Mize, Nick Madrigal, Steele Walker, Konnor Pilkington, Jeren Kendall

Continue reading →

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 Today: Nothing but baseball stuff in today's edition.

Continue reading →

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: 2018 Topps Gypsy Queen baseball cards (hobby box)
Where to buy: BlowoutCards.com (for a few formats)

Packs per box: 25 (24 standard, one Glassworks box-topper)
Cards per pack: 8
Cards in this box: 193
Base set completion: 
177 of 320 (55 percent)
Duplicates: 0

Notables on base cards – Mike Trout, Kris Bryant, Giancarlo Stanton, Aaron Judge, Ichiro Suzuki, Carlos Correa, Anthony Rizzo, Buster Posey, Manny Machado, Corey Seager, Clayton Kershaw, Justin Verlander, Matt Olson, Jose Altuve

Rookie Cards (19) – Francisco Mejia, Zack Granite, Jack Flaherty, Austin Hays, Richard Urena, Luiz Gohara, Brian Anderson, Rafael Devers, Clint Frazier, Tzu-Wei Lin, Miguel Andujar, J.P. Crawford, Nicky Delmonico, Dominic Smith, Brandon Woodruff, Andrew Stevenson, Ozzie Albies, Paul Blackburn, Nick Williams

Continue reading →

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: 2017-18 Topps Premier League Gold soccer cards (hobby box)
Where to buy: BlowoutCards.com

Packs per box: 24
Cards per pack: 5
Cards in this box: 120
Base set completion: 
90 of 150 (60 percent)
Duplicates: 0

Continue reading →

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: 2018 Panini Stars & Stripes USA Baseball cards (blaster)
Where to buy: BlowoutCards.com (for hobby)
Packs per box: 5
Cards per pack: 7
Cards in this box: 35
Longevity base set completion: 
30 of 100 (30 percent)
Duplicates: 0

Base cards of note – Alex Rodriguez, Alex Faedo, Jake Burger, Seth Beer, Tanner Houck, Jon Olsen, Taylor Walls, Tyler Holton, K.J. Harrison, Ethan Hankins, Brice Turang, Jarred Kelenic, Triston Casas, Michael Siani, Mason Denaburg

Continue reading →

Major League Baseball is a global game -- and Topps knows it with two versions of Shohei Ohtani's first Topps Now baseball card.

The card is one one 15 available today and it's got one in English and one with kanji to commemorate his MLB debut Thursday in Oakland. He recorded a hit in his first big-league at-bat and that's the play captured on both cards.

The cards will only initially be available via Topps for 24 hours and will be printed to order after that ordering window closes. He previously set a new sales record for the real-time card platform and this one could spark another.

Continue reading →

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: 2016-17 Donruss Optic NBA cards (hanger)
Where to buy: BlowoutCards.com

Packs per box: 1
Cards per pack: 12
Base set completion: 9 of 200 (5 percent)
Duplicates: 0

Base cards – Stephen Curry, Tony Parker, Frank Kaminsky, Harrison Barnes, Chandler Parsons, Will Barton

Rookie Cards (3) – Tyler Ulis, Jakob Poeltl, Damian Jones

Continue reading →

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: 2018 Donruss baseball cards (hanger box)
Where to buy: BlowoutCards.com (for hobby)

Packs per box: 1
Cards per pack: 60
Set completion: 
49 of 270 (18 percent)
Duplicates: 0

Notables on base cards – Aaron Judge, Kris Bryant, Buster Posey, Max Scherzer, George Brett, Harmon Killebrew, Paul Goldschmidt, Miguel Cabrera, Mike Piazza, Clayton Kershaw

Continue reading →

Giancarlo who?

That might be the question for some baseball fans -- particularly if they are Chicago White Sox-minded -- after Opening Day as Matt Davidson and his Sox made a little history on Thursday, despite the two-homer debut of that other guy on some team somewhere.

Davidson became just the fourth player in MLB history to hit three home runs on Opening Day and his team tied the MLB record with six longballs on the day as part of a 14-7 win over the Kansas City Royals.

Davidson joins George Bell (1988), Karl "Tuffy" Rhodes (1994) and Dmitri Young (2005) in the Opening Day club, while the only other team to go yard that often was the 1988 New York Mets. The good news here for collectors? Unlike that guy in pinstripes, Davidson's certified autographs are relatively plentiful and available -- and he's been appearing on cards just as long.

Continue reading →

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 Today: Opening Day chatter, Giancarlo Stanton's big debut & big baseball pulls.

Continue reading →

What: 2018 TRISTAR Hidden Treasures Game Day Greats Football Jersey Edition
Arrives: April 25
Box basics: One autographed football jersey per box (five boxes per case)
Order: Click here

What's buzz-worthy: TRISTAR's Hidden Treasures line tries on jerseys for another go with a lineup of past and present greats from the gridiron as well as some new stars from this year's NFL Draft.

Continue reading →

Remember kid, there's heroes and there's legends: Heroes get remembered, but legends never die.

And then they end up in 2018 Topps Archives.

The 25th Anniversary Collector Edition Blu-Ray of The Sandlot is in stores now and it has a set of Topps baseball cards inside with the nine starters from the iconic squad, but it also includes a bit of a scoop for the not-even-announced-yet product.

The scoop? There's even more to come ...

Continue reading →

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: 2018 Topps Series 1 (blaster)
Where to buy: BlowoutCards.com (all formats)
Packs per box: 11 (10 plus patch pack)
Cards per pack: 10
Cards in this box: 101
Base set completion: 
80 of 350 (23 percent)
Duplicates: 0

Base cards of note – Alex Bregman, Ichiro Suzuki, Gary Sanchez, Clayton Kershaw, Willson Contreras, Buster Posey, Yankees team card (Aaron Judge), Dansby Swanson, Francisco Lindor, Miguel Cabrera, Nolan Arenado, Ian Happ

Rookie Cards (10) – Luiz Gohara, Ryan McMahon, Garrett Cooper, Tyler Mahle, Zack Granite, Cam Gallagher, J.D. Davis, Raudy Read, Andrew Stevenson, Parker Bridwell

Continue reading →

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: 2017 Topps Gallery baseball cards (blaster box)
Where to buy: BlowoutCards.com (for collector's box)

Packs per box: 8 (seven standard & Artist Proof pack)
Cards per pack: 4
Cards in this box: 33
Base set completion: 
23 of 150 (15 percent)
Duplicates: 0

Notables on base cards – Jose Altuve, Kenta Maeda, David Price, Stephen Strasburg, Javier Baez, Josh Donaldson, Yu Darvish, Paul Goldschmidt

Rookie Cards (7) – Josh Bell, Christian Arroyo, Jake Thompson, Brett Phillips, Ty Blach, Mitch Haniger, Paul DeJong

Continue reading →

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: 2018 Donruss baseball cards (hanger box)
Where to buy: BlowoutCards.com (for hobby)

Packs per box: 1
Cards per pack: 60
Set completion: 
47 of 270 (17 percent)
Duplicates: 0

Notables on base cards – Aaron Judge, Kris Bryant, Kirby Puckett, Eddie Mathews, Wade Boggs, Buster Posey, Trea Turner, Max Scherzer, George Brett, Harmon Killebrew, Paul Goldschmidt, Miguel Cabrera

Continue reading →