Orlando Magic forward Aaron Gordon may not have won the NBA's slam dunk contest during the All-Star weekend, but he's arguably the biggest winner on cardboard from the midseason showcase.

The story lines heading into this one revolved around the big names -- the biggest name and story being the final All-Star appearance for Kobe Bryant -- and the game's MVP was a big and well-collected name, too, in Russell Westbrook. Even the dunk contest winner, Zach LaVine, was already well-known with his status as last year's winner.

Gordon is the one who was introduced to the world -- or at least the world of casual basketball fans and collectors.

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Eight new products are scheduled to arrive this week with a mix of hockey and basketball leading the way with two brands apiece for the sports.

The second series of Upper Deck hockey cards arrives with Jack Eichel the Young Guns Rookie Card to chase, while Leaf goes high-end with 2015 Leaf Ultimate, a brand loaded with nothing but hits. There are 50 Young Guns in Series 2 and they are found one in every four packs, while memorabilia cards are found one per box in both hobby and retail boxes.

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The 58th running of the Daytona 500 is a week away and, while NASCAR collectors won't have new trading cards to commemorate their new season, there are already plenty of diecasts available and more on the way.

Rookie Chase Elliott won the pole for the race on Sunday -- he's the youngest driver to ever take that honor -- and he's one of some new faces in new cars as he's behind the No. 24 Chevy previously run by four-time champ Jeff Gordon.  

Elliott is the 20-year-old son of former Cup champion Bill Elliott and had 53 top-10 finishes in 66 Xfinity Series races -- four of those wins -- before making the jump to NASCAR's top level.

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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: Big NFL pulls, big NFL legends, autograph rainbows, new Stan Musial autographs and Japanese 1/1s.

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Our weekly Blowout #BuzzWorthyPulls Contest is back. Every single Saturday we'll launch a new post where all you have to do is show off your biggest, newest card via a photo posted on Twitter and here on BlowoutBuzz.com.

Your prize if you're the winner? A $25 BlowoutCards.com gift certificate.

This week's contest & instructions: Show your best baseball pull. We have simplified the steps -- read the instructions to make sure your entry is done correctly.

Step 1 -- Take your photo. This must either be a selfie with the card or a card image with #buzzworthypulls hand-written beside it. Be sure to show the card clearly.

Step 2 -- Tweet us and tag it. Tweet your pic to @blowoutbuzz and @blowoutcards and you must include the #BuzzWorthyPulls tag. You don't have to say anything else but if you need to add a detail ("Card is a 1/5.") you can. Limit one entry per Twitter account.

What's next? Be Patient and wait for the following Saturday ... we'll announce a winner either in the early morning or in the evening (depends on Buzz's schedule). The winner will be notified on Twitter and noted in the comments for that week. The comments will then be closed. At the same time, we'll post the next contest and you can enter there.

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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: Pondering what the baseball world might look like with Topps & Panini America traded places, NBA at 50 auto RCs, and big breaks.

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It's one of the weirdest baseball card ever made for a long-time player who's ultimately common-bin material, but it's the inspiration for a minor-league bobblehead giveaway coming this summer.

It's the 1984 Fleer Glenn Hubbard, No. 182 in the set, and it's been getting big-league attention among the Intentional Talk crowd and goofy pre-spring headlines.

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The Garbage Pail Kids mocking presidential candidates seems to have caught on this year, and Topps has one more offering for collectors who are getting in on the action.

Now, they've gone big.

Previous releases for the two Primary Series GPKs have been card-sized stickers, but four new releases revealed on Friday give fans a jumbo look at the in-pack stickers and a new design heading toward Presidents Day.

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What: 2015-16 Panini National Treasures basketball cards
Arrives: May 4
Box basics: Eight autographs or memorabilia cards along with one printing plate and base card or parallel per box (four boxes per case)

What's buzz-worthy: The Treasures return with full NBA Finals letter patches for the first time as well as a new look at USA Basketball and international stars along with all the high-end content that collectors have come to expect from the brand.

Keep reading for more and a full gallery of images.

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It was no surprise that one of the stars of Star Wars: The Force Awakens was the new droid in the franchise's universe. Why? Because it was seen everywhere before the movie's arrival, allowing us to marvel at the idea of a real robot -- a head atop a rolling ball -- being part of the action and not someone in a suit or something that's purely computer-generated.

If you didn't know, that robot was BB-8.

However, the news from Topps this week was a surprise as it's going to have a BB-8 autographed card in 2016 Topps Star Wars: The Force Awakens Series 2 when it arrives late next month. How?

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We're less than a month away from the release of 2016 Topps Heritage baseball cards, the annual trek to the past that includes errors and variations as an added homage to the past year within the new product.

In advance of the March 2 release, Buzz was wondering about which mistakes are found in the 1967 Topps set -- that's this year's throwback model -- and what might be found. We don't yet have a checklist from Topps for this year, but that will be telling. Why? Stars from the past teams will often match stars on present teams in the set if an error/correction is in play.

Here's a rundown of the mistakes found in 1967 Topps ...

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What: 2016 Score football cards
Arrives: April 27
Box basics: Four autographs or memorabilia cards per 10-pack jumbo box (12 boxes per case)

What's buzz-worthy: The jumbo boxes of Panini America's flagship football card brand will pack at least three autographs inside every box with a $10-per-pack suggested retail price. There are also some high-end memorabilia options to be found inside this year's edition, too.

Keep reading for more and a full gallery of images.

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What: 2016 TRISTAR Hidden Treasures Platinum autographed baseballs
Arrives: March 1
Box basics: One autographed baseball per box (12 boxes per case)

What's buzz-worthy: TRISTAR's autographed baseball chase brand is back for 2016 with a new batch of stars and legends along with some specialty logo balls that help add variety to the chase.

Keep reading for more and a gallery of what's in this one.

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What: 2016-17 Topps UEFA Champions League Match Attax soccer gaming cards
Arrives: Sept. 29
Box basics: Six cards per pack and 50 packs per display box (16 boxes per case)

What's buzz-worthy: Topps brings its international trading card game to the world of Champions League soccer with a four-pronged attack on how to play the pitch -- booster boxes, display boxes, multi-packs and starter packs.

Keep reading for more.

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A trio of twisted TV shows and movies will get the Funko treatment in March and April as the Lynnwood, Wash.-based company has revealed some new toys.

Breaking Bad, American Horror Story and American Psycho will be coming to the Funko Pop! and Vinyl Idolz series.

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What: 2015-16 Panini Limited basketball cards
Arrives: April 13
Box basics: Three autographs or memorabilia cards per box (12 boxes per case)

What's buzz-worthy: Limited is back after three seasons on the bench and returns with an emphasis on hits from top rookies and notable veterans -- there's just one base card and insert along with three hits per box.

Keep reading for more and a full gallery of images.

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The final trailer for Batman vs. Superman: Dawn of Justice arrived today in advance of its arrival next month. Check it out and take our poll.

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Ichiro Suzuki will be marching toward 3,000 career hits this season, but that doesn't mean there won't be time for a private signing.

In fact, it's coming up later this month via Mill Creek Sports.

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What: Decision 2016 trading cards
Arrives: March
Box basics: No per-box details released -- but six cards per pack, 24 packs per box, 12 boxes per case.

What's buzz-worthy: The drama of the presidential race gets its first full cardboard documentation here with Decision 2016, which is being distributed by Leaf Trading Cards.

Keep reading for more and a gallery of images from the product.

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What: 2016 Topps Strata baseball cards
Arrives: July 27
Box basics: One Relic or auto Relic and one auto per box (12 boxes per case)

What's buzz-worthy: Topps' high-end acetate-framed authentication showcase returns for another season with two cards per box and plenty of modern design that "pushes the envelope of what a baseball card can look and feel like."

Keep reading for more.

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With the NBA All-Star Game and its corresponding events set for this weekend in Toronto, that means Panini America will be on the scene for the event's NBA Centre Court interactive event.

For those in attendance, that means exclusive trading cards and autograph signings.

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What: 2016 Panini Prizm Draft Picks football cards
Arrives: March 30
Box basics: Five autographs per 12-pack box (12 boxes per case)

What's buzz-worthy: This year's top college stars will be found in the Prizm rainbow with Panini America's second college football release for the brand. Every box will contain plenty of ink along with 60 draft picks cards, 10 Prizms, six more draft pick Prizms, two stained glass and two die-cut inserts per box.

Keep reading for more and a full gallery of images.

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Fans of the TV show Dexter will have plenty of new cardboard to collect soon from Breygent Marketing as a pair of releases for the show are set to arrive this month.

Dexter Seasons 5-8 Comic Con Packs will arrive packing six hits per pack beginning next week. There will be only 262 packs made. Meanwhile, Dexter Seasons 7-8 are recapped in a standalone product also set to arrive later this month.

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Non-sport card-maker Breygent Marketing teased many images from its upcoming Bates Motel Seasons 1-2 Comic Con Special Edition release on Wednesday and it includes some of the weirder memorabilia cards made in recent years.

Don't believe us? Check out the gallery ...

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The Walking Dead returns on Sunday with the midseason premiere and Entertainment Weekly is capitalizing on the demand for the hit show with six covers for all of the zombie-loving collectors to eat up.

There's a twist though with how somebody can collect them all.

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