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: Opening Day is here, Shohei Ohtani, top prospects, NFL topics 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: Card photography, Shohei Ohtani, Topps MLB clear parallels, WWE chatter and more in today's edition.

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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: 2022 zerocool Clerks III trading cards
Checklist: Click here
Where to buy: BlowoutCards.com (when/if available)

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With these Ticket Stud or Ticket Dud stories I'm turning just a tiny bit of that energy just a few degrees away from cards (we'll still have plenty of them here) for a different kind of cardboard. What am I doing? Simple ... this is an occasional dip into some random ticket lots -- a show and tell showing something small with a story.

This time? One from this day in baseball ... back in 2010.

Keep reading to see the details this time ... and tell me if you think it's a Ticket Stud or a Ticket Dud.

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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: 2023-24 Upper Deck Series 2 hockey cards (blaster)
Where to buy: Click here

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What: 2024 Topps Chrome Black baseball cards
Arrives: April 17
Box basics: One autograph in every four-card box (12 boxes per case)
Checklist: TBD
Order: Click here

What's buzz-worthy: This one returns for a fifth time with the same approach of the past -- an encased autograph and more in every box -- but also with some new chases in store for those who rip.

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What: 2023 Topps Garbage Pail Kids X MLB Series 3
Arrives: Now via Topps.com (March 26, 2024)
Box basics: One insert card per seven-card pack (three packs per box, 10 boxes per case)
Order: Click here (when available)

What's buzz-worthy: For a third time, the Garbage Pail Kids have been taken over by the stars of Major League Baseball and it's a larger lineup with a mix of past and present stars.

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What: 2024 Leaf Vivid football cards
Arrives: May 31
Box basics: Five autos per seven-card hobby box (10 boxes per case)
Order: Click here (live soon)

What's buzz-worthy: A second year of Vivid football adds base cards into the mix with an array of colorful takes on past, present and potential future pro football stars with plenty of ink flowing in every box.

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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: 2020 Topps Heritage High Number baseball cards (hobby box)
Where to buy: BlowoutCards.com
First Buzz preview, SPs & checklist: Click here

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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: New pulls, NFL and MLB chatter, the "Ohtani Guilt-O-Meter" and could old-timers play in MLB today?

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A career first ... that's simply hard to pass up no matter who it is.

My latest ball in this Collecting Game-used series is one I found on the cheap -- well, at least cheaper than some retail mega boxes out there and not much more than some game-used mystery boxes -- and it was used for three pitches in The Show ... one from a routine out and then two to a rookie playing in just his second game as a big-leaguer.

Keep reading to see the details this time ... and the ball in action.

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Take a minute and make some predictions and picks -- and if you're at the top of the mountain when it's over then you get free cards.

It's always that simple.

YourDozen.com competition returns with free cardboard up for grabs to one lucky winner -- this time it's a mix of picks for Sunday sports action and some hot-take Majority Rules questions. Majority Rules questions are simple -- whatever gets the most votes is the winning answer -- and we've sprinkled in those along with the traditional picks. The end result is still the same -- whomever has the most correct answers once the dust settles wins free cards.

You have until 1 p.m. on Sunday to get your picks and predictions in. (Do it now -- one of the tiebreakers is who entered first.) The prize is once again a mystery item.

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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 modern-day grail items and some vintage classics are all up for grabs right now ... via eBay and AMT Memorabilia. 

Among the nearly 1,500 items live now? A pair of Mike Trout patch-auto books, rare slabbed ink from the likes of Jackson Chourio and Jackson Holliday and even a 1952 Topps Mickey Mantle with a little bit of everything in between.

Keep reading for the basics and a gallery of a few notables that are live now.

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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: Spring training standouts, new MLB pulls, Shohei Ohtani and more 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: The Shohei Ohtani scandal, new NBA and Chrome UFC pulls, card alterations and more have 'em talking.

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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 Shohei Ohtani scandal, Jackson Holliday is sent down, card photography, new pulls and more.

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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: 2023 Topps Allen & Ginter baseball cards
First Buzz preview & checklist: Click here
Where to buy: BlowoutCards.com (for hobby)

Keep reading for a full breakdown of what was in this one as well as a gallery of highlights.

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From time to time, Buzz will break a box of something and break down 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: 2022 AEW Metal Universe wrestling cards
Where to buy: BlowoutCards.com (for 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: 2023 Topps Heritage baseball cards (blaster)
Where to buy: BlowoutCards.com
First Buzz preview & checklist: Click here

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

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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: Signing teasers, the Shohei Ohtani scandal, eBay shilling, future Hall of Famers, card alteration and more.

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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: 2023-24 Upper Deck Series 2 hockey cards (blaster)
Where to buy: Click here

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Minor league baseball cards from the past can include some weird stuff ... stuff you wouldn't imagine to be found on a baseball card. Here are some some new oddities in this latest edition of MiLB Madness. 

IF YOU KNOW, YOU KNOW ...
The Cards: Bo Bichette 2020 Choice Lansing Lugnuts 25th Anniversary set (nine)
The Buzz On This: I started prepping this one last week but realized I was light on some star power for this one, so I went to the official MiLB Store and did some window-shopping for team sets and finally opted to grab a nine-pack of a set that's got two solid names attached -- and several other big-leaguers inside -- since they were on a slasher sale and I had a discount promo code to burn. If you don't dabble in the MiLB realm, there are some affordable ways to find top names in old unis without breaking the bank and this set shows off notables from the team's past. In this case, it shows Bichette when he hit .384 with 10 homers, 51 RBI, 60 runs and 12 stolen bases in just 70 games back in 2017. I think this one finished off my run of Bichette cards found in MiLB team sets but this serves as a reminder that these look-back sets done from time to time and a more regularly appearing type of set can deliver. The sets can at times be loaded but are a little more plentiful (and that hurt values some) and other types are league "top prospects" sets and similar all-star team sets that can be sold by all teams in a league. My nine sets here were cheaper than all MLB hobby boxes so far this year.

Keep reading for more examples of some weird or fun baseball cards you can find in MiLB.

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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: A Shohei Ohtani-related scandal, CGC's new addition, Peyton Manning, card alterations, grails and more.

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What: 2023 Topps Transcendent Collection baseball cards
Arrives: March 27, 2024
Box basics: 50-plus autographs and more per box
Checklist: Click here
Order: Click here

What's buzz-worthy: Transcendent returns with a larger run this time -- 190 boxes (up from 99) -- and with the familiar lineup of high-end inclusions mixed up in a new way.

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What: 2023-24 Topps UEFA Champions League Club Competitions soccer cards
Arrives: April 24
Box basics: One auto or Relic per 24-pack box (12 boxes per case)
Checklist: TBD
Order: Click here

What's buzz-worthy: The stars of the soccer world get another in another edition of this one with a lot to chase on the parallel and insert fronts and stars of the past and present all in play.

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

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