What: 2018 Panini Flawless College Football cards
Arrives: Sept. 19 Oct. 3
Box basics: Two gems, six autographs and two memorabilia cards per box (two boxes per case)
Order: Click here

What's buzz-worthy: Flawless takes to the college gridiron for another season with legends of the past and stars of the recent present with a celebration of Saturday action once again in a high-end package.

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Leaf Trading Cards will be one place to grip and rip some packs at this year's National Sports Collectors Convention in Cleveland on Aug. 1-5 as the company will have three wrapper-redemption programs for collectors to consider.

The first is a retro Leaf set that can be chased via a box break at the company's booth. Those who open a box of 2018 Leaf In The Game-used or 2018 Leaf Pop Century will get a two-card pack of 1948 Leaf Metal cards. They'll be paralleled with cards as rare as 1/1 and the roster of names there will include Shohei Ohtani, Stephen Curry, Conor McGregor, Lionel Messi, Ken Griffey Jr., Pele, John Elway, Baker Mayfield, Shaquille O'Neal and Gordie Howe to name a few.

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Do you like Buzz Breaks? Today's your day then as we launch 12 in 12 -- a series of a dozen breaks of wax boxes and wax packs in a dozen hours. We'll post one every hour all day long ... this is Hour 5.

The box: 2018 Panini Prestige NFL cards (blaster box)
The cost: Initially at retail; BlowoutCards.com (when available)

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What: 2018 Panini Absolute Football cards
Arrives: Sept. 5
Box basics: Three autographs and two memorabilia cards per three-pack box (10 boxes per case)
Order: Click here

What's buzz-worthy: Absolute is back with a new wave of NFL rookies' autographs and memorabilia along with big memorabilia cards and more in its newest edition arriving this fall.

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Panini America is gearing up for this year's National Sports Collectors Convention set for Aug. 1-5 in Cleveland, Ohio, and the first sign of that is the company's promo card set going to VIP ticket-holders that was formally unveiled by the show today.

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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: 2018 Panini Prestige NFL cards (blaster box)
Where to buy: BlowoutCards.com 

Packs per box: 8
Cards per pack: 8
Cards in this box: 64
Base set completion: 
48 of 200 (24 percent)
Duplicates: 0

Notables on base cards: DeShaun Watson, Derrick Henry, Alshon Jeffery, Julian Edelman, Derek Carr, Joe Flacco, Rob Gronkowski, Kenyan Drake, Dalvin Cook, J.J. Watt, Eli Manning

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What: 2018 Panini National Treasures college football cards
Arrives: Aug. 22
Box basics: Six autographs or memorabilia cards per seven-card box (four boxes per case)
Order: Click here

What's buzz-worthy: National Treasures returns to the college gridiron for a fourth season with notable college stars from the past showcased with plenty of ink and memorabilia.

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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: 2018 Panini Contenders Draft Picks football cards (blaster box)
Where to buy: BlowoutCards.com (for hobby)

Packs per box: 7
Cards per pack: 6
Cards in this box: 42
Base set completion: 
35 of 100 (35 percent)
Duplicates: 0

Notables found on base cards – Nick Saban, Joe Namath, Mack Brown, Antonio Brown, Tom Brady, Peyton Manning, Drew Brees, Jerry Rice, Roger Staubach, Deshaun Watson, Brian Bosworth, Michael Irvin, Eric Dickerson, LaDainian Tomlinson, Aaron Rodgers, J.J. Watt, Andrew Luck

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Panini America is readying its Father's Day promo packs for the seventh season and has begun teasing what's to come.

So far, we've gotten a look at the basics for the release as well as some of the inserts.

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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: Nothing but pulls in today's rundown ... some fun stuff from around the collecting world.

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Forty top NFL rookies were busy signing plenty of cardboard and wearing their pro gear for the first time this weekend and the cardboard to prove it is here already.

Or, rather, Instantly.

Panini Instant had first many of these players' first cards on draft night and it already has three cards per player for those who were on hand at this year's NFLPA Rookie Premiere. While you'll have to wait for many of the cards that were created and signed this weekend to arrive in packs later in the year, these cards are available right now on the company's website.

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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: 2018 Score football cards (blaster box)
Where to buy: BlowoutCards.com (a few formats)

Packs per box: 12
Cards per pack: 11
Cards in this box: 132
Base set completion: 
104 of 440 (24 percent)
Duplicates: 0

Notables on base cards: Alvin Kamara, Mark Ingram, Julio Jones, Amari Cooper, DeAndre Hopkins, Odell Beckham Jr., Jameis Winston, Carson Wentz, Marcus Mariota

Rookie Cards (33) – Notables include Nick Chubb, Tremaine Edmunds, Derwin James, D.J. Moore, Joshua Jackson, Harold Landry, Anthony Miller, Isaiah Oliver, Dallas Goedert, Bo Scarbrough, Ronnie Harrison

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What: 2018 Leaf Trinity football cards
Arrives: July-August
Box basics: Five on-card autographs per box (12 boxes per case)
Order: Click here

What's buzz-worthy: Leaf's all-hit three-tiered approach to draft pick football cards arrives soon with a mix of approaches and big names you probably know from the college game and the NFL Draft.

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What: 2018 Leaf Flash football cards
Arrives: June-July
Box basics: Five autographs per box (12 boxes per case)
Order: Click here

What's buzz-worthy: Leaf's new football line packs plenty of flash and a few flashbacks into its boxes that will be full of nothing but autographed cards with plenty of parallels.

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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: Pondering 2018 Bowman Lucky, reacting to the NFL Draft, big waits and big pulls.

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What: 2018 Leaf Valiant football cards
Arrives: May
Box basics: Three autographs and one graded autograph card per box (12 boxes per case)
Order: Click here

What's buzz-worthy: Leaf Valiant is back with "not only the most-powerful mix of your players with a heavy focus on offensive skill guys" but also "the stunning Valiant technology of amazingly colorful clean cards."

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What: 2018 Leaf Ultimate Draft football cards
Arrives: April
Box basics: Five autographs per box (12 boxes per case)

What's buzz-worthy: Leaf's latest edition of this one will once again be full of nothing but on-card autographs on memorable past designs with the newest NFL hopefuls in what will be a very limited release.

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