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The box: 2020 Topps Big League baseball cards (blaster box)
First Buzz Preview & Checklist: Click here
Where to buy: BlowoutCards.com (a few formats)

Keep reading for a full breakdown and gallery of what was 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 Today: NFL cancellations, the Vee thread, NBA breaks, Star Wars, Project 2020 and ... does a toy make the box?

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Topps' schedule is starting to come a little more in focus after a number of products were delayed by the COVID-19 pandemic and the halt of business in a few locations key to its baseball card production and business.

The company released a list of target dates for its upcoming MLB releases and it all begins with 2020 Bowman finally arriving next Friday, May 22. That one will be the home of cards for highly touted New York Yankees prospect Jasson Dominguez.

It wasn't alone.

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There's no doubt that the COVID-19 pandemic is now affecting the trading card industry in full as Topps announced delays to 11 upcoming products -- and more are likely on the way.

Why? Topps' main office is based in New York City on the tip of Manhattan -- the epicenter of the nation's cases (click map for closer view). Meanwhile, its products are printed, packaged and initially distributed from the Dallas-Fort Worth area, which is under lockdown conditions that have halted production there as well. The company also has other steps in traditional product production handled in Pennsylvania, also on lockdown, while its Topps Now and other online-first releases emanate from Florida, another state that has now implemented limits to businesses.

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Want some exclusive cardboard every month along with a little something else?

The Topps Future Stars Club is offering just that and it launched today.

For $24.99 a month, members will get a box that includes one box of Topps cards, one five-card set and one other type of "collectible item" -- this month's being a patch -- that's "curated by Bryce Harper." The box for the first package is a 2020 Topps Opening Day blaster.

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What: 2020 Topps Big League baseball cards
Arrives: May 13 June 19
Box basics: Eighteen 10-card packs per hobby box (20 boxes per case); five 10-card packs and one Super7 figurine per collector box (16 boxes per case)
Checklist: Click here
Order: Click here (live soon)

What's buzz-worthy: Big League returns with a twist in one of its box formats -- retro-styled action figures -- as well as a number of fun inclusions taking a look at the game in different ways.

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

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