The Blowout Cards Forums are where thousands of collectors converge daily to discuss, well, a little bit of everything. Here are five threads about collecting and more that you should check out right now.

What's Buzzing Today: Contest prizes, Gotham boxes, Prizm cases, MLB hits and the last box on the shelf.

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If you watched football on Thursday night, then you know the one thing that makes Baltimore Ravens kicker Justin Tucker different than any other player in the NFL.

He's got a pretty unique hobby.

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The Chicago Cubs' World Series win is big business -- on cardboard and beyond -- but Buzz has a question.

Did you buy any Cubs cards after their championship?

Plenty of collectors did as, for example, the 2016 Topps Now Chicago Cubs World Series Championship set came in two forms -- an autograph set for $149.99 that included one signed card and a standard one that was $49.99. The pricey one sold 2,581 copies and the unsigned set sold 6,636 -- not shabby but probably still just the tip of the iceberg when it comes to a history-making win and sales.

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What: 2016-17 Panini Limited basketball cards
Arrives: Jan. 18
Box basics: Two autographed memorabilia or standard memorabilia cards per eight-card box (12 boxes per case)

What's buzz-worthy: Limited offers something simple but not standard in the basketball world as every autographed card in this one also will carry a memorabilia piece within the card.

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

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Topps' first card set for one of TV's biggest shows is here.

The 2016 Topps The Walking Dead Season 5 trading cards have arrived and there are two hits in every single hobby box with some of the big names in tow and others still to come in future releases.

A sampling of that can be seen in our gallery.

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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 five threads about collecting and more that you should check out right now.

What's Buzzing Today: Plenty of breaks -- from Star Wars to MLB to NFL and even The Walking Dead.

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If you hadn't noticed, there are a number of boxes with discounted prices now over on the mothership as BlowoutCards.com's Black November Wave 6 hits today.

Many of the discounts were dramatic enough that Buzz had to sit down and ponder the possibilities in many of the boxes and cases -- and here are five boxes that caught this collector’s eye.

2008 Upper Deck Goudey baseball hobby box
This one is a fun retro box to rip with its 1930s design and it's one that has some serious potential when it comes to autographs. Signers in these two-hit-per boxes include Albert Pujols, Derek Jeter, Gordie Howe, Michael Jordan, Kobe Bryant, Kevin Durant, Nolan Ryan, Sidney Crosby, Tiger Woods, Johnny Bench, Dan Marino, Julius Erving, Ken Griffey Jr., Willie McCovey and plenty more. It will take some luck to find some of them, but they are in there along with a Clayton Kershaw Rookie Card and plenty more among the base cards and inserts.

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If you're a veteran prospector you've probably ripped into a few Bowman Draft cases through the years, but the latest big break from BlowoutTV is one that has to impress even the most-grizzled of hobby veterans.

It's a 50-case break of 2015 Bowman Draft. Yep, 50 cases. That's 600 boxes. That's 14,400 packs. That's a whole lot of potential.

The clock is winding down on the auction for this break with a deadline on ink tonight (click here for the basics) and there are a few players who should grab the attention of prospectors. Among notables here are Andrew Benintendi, Brendan Rodgers and Dansby Swanson to name a few and there are inevitably other gems to be found with color or Superfractor potential in that much wax.

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Pop? Funko might need to rename the line.

Guns N' Roses is coming to the Funko Pop! line of vinyl toys in December, according the Lynnwood, Wash.-based company that revealed its toys on Wednesday.

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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 five threads about collecting and more that you should check out right now.

What's Buzzing Today: Some big -- and downright super -- break posts today, and the Carson Wentz card seen here isn't even the best one.

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What: 2015-16 Panini Replay basketball cards
Arrives: Dec. 7
Box basics: Two encased autographs and one Rookie Card per three-card box (10 boxes per case)

What's buzz-worthy: Replay "brings you a chance to grab some of the best cards Panini has created" with autographed buybacks from Panini's NBA run that began back in 2009.

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

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What: 2017 Topps MLS soccer cards
Arrives: April 19
Hobby box basics: two autographs and one Relic per 24-pack box (12 boxes per case)
Final checklist: Click here to view

What's buzz-worthy: Back for its fifth year, the flagship for Topps' American soccer presence will arrive with "dynamic photography, a multitude of rare variations and a sampling of card designs from Topps' extensive portfolio."

Keep reading to learn more and see a full gallery of preview 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 five threads about collecting and more that you should check out right now.

What's Buzzing Today: Decision 2016 trading cards, a strong NBA break, Black November sales, 2016 Topps Transcendent Collection and 40 days of giving on the Blowout board.

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The Chicago Cubs' World Series championship has prompted plenty of memorabilia and, of course, with that success comes high demand and higher costs for companies to get players to sign.

That's the price of doing business.

But for Fanatics there's plenty of business -- and plenty of autographed memorabilia -- for Cubs fans to chase including high-dollar ticket items like this 12-baseball shadowbox as part of an impressive  and deep array of World Series memorabilia that might not have been seen before for a championship squad.

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Fans of the upcoming Rogue One film can get their Star Wars fix on cardboard every single week with a new set and online program from Topps that launched on Monday.

It's 2016 Topps Rogue One Mission Briefing Monday and it will be sold via sets each week only initially on Topps.com. This first set includes six cards and they are all images that were previously teased by Entertainment Weekly. They use the memorable 1977 Topps Star Wars design.

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If you hadn't noticed, there are a number of boxes with discounted prices now over on the mothership as BlowoutCards.com's Black November Wave 5 hits today.

Many of the discounts were dramatic enough that Buzz had to sit down and ponder the possibilities in many of the boxes and cases -- and here are five boxes that caught this collector’s eye.

2014 Panini Elite Extra Edition baseball hobby box
There are plenty of autographs to be found in boxes of this one -- and there are Hot Boxes that up the ante, too -- but right now there's one autograph that arguably stands out from the rest.

It's Kyle Schwarber. The Chicago Cubs' slugger makes his debut here and has a solid amount of available ink inside the wrappers thanks to the standard autos and parallels atop that.

Other signers here include a heavy-selling Trea Turner, Kris Bryant, Byron Buxton, Michael Conforto, Luis Severino and plenty more (though some of those big names are as insert autos). Also in play here is an under-rated Cuban National Team memorabilia card of Jose Abreu with a piece of his national team jersey -- that's quite unique in the hobby aside from World Baseball Classic releases.

At its reduced price, this one's worth the shot -- and it's not alone.

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Topps' turn to take a walk is almost here.

The release of 2016 Topps The Walking Dead Season 5 trading cards comes on Wednesday with the first release for Topps as a new licensee for the hit TV show being one that includes on-card autos and some big names from the show.

But not all of them, leaving something more for forthcoming releases that will be higher-end.

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The second series of Decision 2016 trading cards is here with a new wave of recent highlights, new inclusions, new cardboard takes on the Clinton and Trump campaigns and there are new autographs, too.

The format is also new with a boxed pack containing 30 cards instead of everything being placed  into individual wax packs.

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Topps' biggest Star Wars release of the year arrived this past week and some of the biggest cards in the Star Wars universe have already been discovered inside packs.

It's 2016 Topps Star Wars Masterwork and it's got the first ink from Adam Driver along with Daisy Ridley, John Boyega, Harrison Ford, Mark Hamill and many others who have helped bring the intergalactic saga to life.

Asking prices on the top autographs are steep but so are the sales for key cards from this one. Keep reading to see our massive gallery of cards pulled 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 five threads about collecting and more that you should check out right now.

What's Buzzing Today: Star Wars Masterwork case breaks, questionable autographs on eBay, big pulls and ... are unlicensed cards/sets the future of the hobby?

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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: 2015 Topps Heritage baseball cards (blaster box)
Where to buy: BlowoutCards.com (for hobby)

Packs per box: 8
Cards per pack: 9
Cards in this box: 71
Base set completion: 
63 of 500 (13 percent)
Duplicates: 0

Notables on base cards – Ryan Howard, Jason Heyward, George Springer, Don Mattingly (manager)

Rookie Cards (5) – Jairo Diaz & Shawn O'Malley, Brandon Finnegan & Terrence Gore, Frank Garces & Erik Cordier, Gary Brown & Hunter Strickland, Guilder Rodriguez & Lisalverto Bonilla

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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 five threads about collecting and more that you should check out right now.

What's Buzzing Today: Reactions to 2016 Topps Transcendent Collection, a loaded USA Baseball case, an oldschool National Treasures NFL case, the WWE Slam Crate and scouting the Black November deals.

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If you hadn't noticed, there are a number of boxes with discounted prices now over on the mothership as BlowoutCards.com's Black November Wave 4 hits today.

Many of the discounts were dramatic enough that Buzz had to sit down and ponder the possibilities in many of the boxes and cases -- and here are five boxes that caught this collector’s eye.

2014 Topps Heritage High Number baseball set
The Cubs won the pennant -- and plenty more -- and the 1965 Topps pennant design is the home to the only Rookie Card for one of the World Series champions' best (and under-appreciated) pitchers in Kyle Hendricks. That's the easy guarantee from a set that's loaded with Rookie Cards and has an autograph inside every box. Also big in this one? RCs and autographs for Mookie Betts, Jose Abreu, Billy Hamilton, and Jacob deGrom as well as cards for Masahiro Tanaka, Joe Panik, George Springer and more. With a discount now's the time to pick one up.

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A new Panini America football card line launches next week with a silky smooth look and plenty of foilboard to go with autographs and memorabilia cards from today's biggest new hands and plenty more.

It's 2016 Panini Phoenix and you can see more of it if you keep reading.

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The SI Curse went the way of The Curse of the Billy Goat -- and Sports Illustrated is taking advantage of it.

The Chicago Cubs' World Series win gets not one but four different covers for the long-running and long-collected magazine's commemorative issue -- and they're already available to order now in advance of their arrival on newsstands very, very soon.

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