The Roy Hobbs prop baseball card seen in The Natural is heavily faked and all over eBay. The real one as seen here does not have a printed back. Robert Redford died today at age 89.

What's Buzzing: Robert Redford, NFL chatter, C.J. Stroud, The Boys, Phillies Karen and the MLBPA Players Collection are today's topics.

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1 -- All your NFL chatter is here

2 -- What goes up ... 

3 -- Robert Redford dies at 89

4 -- Inside a case of The Boys

5 -- Introducing the MLBPA Players Collection 

6 -- Phillies Karen: The new offer stands

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Like many collectors, Buzz is a fan of grading ... so here's this month's grading diary.

TOP-GRADE VARIATION
The Card: C.J. Stroud 2021-22 Bowman University Chrome Prospects -- image variation
The Reason Graded: If you poke around in the archives for the Buzz Breaks of this release, you'll likely find a break where I missed this one and just simply called it a Refractor despite it being an image variation (all are Refractors on these). It should have been obvious based on the practice photo vs. game action, but I only spotted it well after the fact -- months, if not years, later -- when going through my old boxes. When I stopped to look, this card looked absolutely flawless and since it's somewhat rarer than the others it's also still a bit pricier for a standard card. (It's no monster but it's definitely better than a few types of Refractors.) Since it was so clean and the NFL season is upon us, I put this one into a bulk submission.
The Grade: CGC 10 (Pristine)

Reality Check: This card checked in at exactly where I thought it would. Fun find and a win -- and it wasn't even tucked away in a box penny sleeved. The divide between mine and the other copies graded is also an interesting one -- perhaps there's a common flaw on copies due to position on the sheet or from machinery? No idea ...

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What: 2024 Topps Midnight football cards
Arrives: May 30, 2025
Box basics: Three autographs per seven-card box (eight boxes per case)
Checklist: Click here
Odds: Click here
Order: Click here

What's buzz-worthy: Topps heads back to the gridiron with its brand that "brings stunning contrast, rich color bursts and ethereal artwork to the hobby."

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What: 2024 Topps Resurgence football cards
Arrives: May 9, 2025
Box basics: Two autographs and one auto-Relic per 12-pack hobby box (12 boxes per case)
Checklist: Click here
Odds: Click here
Order: Click here

What's buzz-worthy: A new Chromed-out line in the Topps football lineup is one that showcases a select number of newcomers and all-time greats with plenty of colorful parallel power in the mix -- "the most electrifying athletes in all of football."

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What: 2024 Topps Cosmic Chrome football cards
Arrives: April 16, 2025
Box basics: 20 packs per hobby box (12 boxes -- four autographs -- per case)
Checklist: Click here
Odds: Click here
Order: Click here

What's buzz-worthy: Topps Chrome goes intergalactic for football for the first time with a mix of flashy Refractor colors and patterns and plenty of star power that includes some newcomers and a number of all-time greats.

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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 pack: 2021 Onyx Vintage College Football cards
First Buzz preview/checklist: Click here
Where to buy: BlowoutCards.com

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What: 2024 Topps Inception football cards
Arrives: March 21, 2025
Box basics: Two autographs and one memorabilia card per seven-card box (eight boxes per case)
Checklist: TBD
Order: Click here

What's buzz-worthy: Inception hits the gridiron for a new run with Topps, packing a trio of hits in every box with plenty of color and variety showcasing past and present football stars.

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What: 2024 Topps Finest football cards
Arrives: March 7, 2025
Box basics: Two autos per six-pack box (eight per case) or three autos per one-pack breaker box (eight per case)
Checklist: Click here
Odds: Click here
Order: Click here (live soon)

What's buzz-worthy: Finest hits the football field once again with plenty of color and flash for selected newcomers and plenty of retired stars all in one spot.

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What: 2024 Topps Chrome football cards
Arrives: Feb. 19, 2025
Box basics: Two autographs per box (12 boxes per case)
Checklist: Click here
Odds: Click here
Sapphire Checklist: Click here
Sapphire Odds: Click here
Order: Click here (when live)

What's buzz-worthy: Topps Chrome will hit the football field once again soon but, for now, all we know are the basics from an early checklist and preview images for this return.

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Soon, it will be time.

Packs of 2023-24 Topps Mercury Victor Wembanyama will be in collectors' hands along with C.J. Stroud Topps Now autos, pricey new Marvel and Disney Chrome boxes and even fresh shots at key Rookie Cards for Patrick Mahomes, Shohei Ohtani and Luka Doncic. Oh, and there can be prospect gems for Paul Skenes, Jackson Holliday and others on collectors' minds these days, too.

How? They're all part of the 2024 Blowout Cards Holiday Edition MegaMix (click here) which began shipping early -- this week instead of Dec. 18. It's a mixed-box case where, at worst, you'll land a mix of 20 blaster boxes but every third case ups the ante with some bigger stuff and a little less of the smalls.

Among the biggest finds? There's a wide array of bonuses from a $5,000 Blowout Site Credit or a $1,000 Blowout Site Credit as well as cases of Select NFL, National Treasures, Exquisite Collection and Topps Chrome, which is also the home to other pricey cards of the NBA's reigning Rookie Of The Year. (Cases and credits will be issued as a redemption scratch-off page as was done in past years and will ship free of charge once redeemed ... and you'll still get a number of blaster boxes, too.) If you don't land one of those, there's always a chance you might land hobby boxes of landmark Prizm years (you know, the years with That Mahomes Guy and Doncic) or power-packed Bowman Draft boxes among others. There's even some Dynasty Formula 1 to be found as well as plenty of Chrome.

That's just part of the lineup for this one you see above ... get your 2024 Blowout MegaMix box now. 

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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 pack: 2024 Panini Prestige NFL cards (value)
Where to buy: BlowoutCards.com (in a few formats)

Keep reading for a full breakdown of what was in this one along with a gallery of images.

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What's Buzzing: Sidd Finch autographs, NFL reactions, Saquon Barkley, new pulls, C.J. Stroud and the MVPs.

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The box: 2023 Topps Composite football cards (hanger)
First Buzz preview & checklist/odds: Click here 
Where to buy: BlowoutCards.com (a few formats)

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What: 2024 Panini Zenith football cards
Arrives: Feb. 12, 2025
Box basics: One patch auto and one other auto per six-card box (12 boxes per case)
Order: Click here

What's buzz-worthy: Zenith is back for NFL collectors once again with "popular designs and inserts that have collectors covered from A to Z" just like last time.

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The box: 2024 Mattel UNO Elite NFL football cards (Draft Pack)
Where to buy: Retail for now ... BlowoutCards.com when available + other NFL here

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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: 2024 Mattel UNO Elite NFL football cards (Draft Pack)
Where to buy: Retail for now ... BlowoutCards.com when available + other NFL here

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What: 2024 TRISTAR Hidden Treasures End Zone Holiday Edition
Arrives: Dec. 18
Box basics: Four autographed football items per case
Order: Click here (live soon)

What's buzz-worthy: TRISTAR offers up a big box of memorabilia for football fans this holiday season with nothing but signed stuff inside every box of this one.

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The box: 2024 Mattel UNO Elite NFL football cards (Draft Pack)
Where to buy: Retail for now ... BlowoutCards.com when available + other NFL here

Keep reading to see a breakdown and gallery of what was in this one.

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What's Buzzing: NFL and MLB postseason chatter, C.J. Stroud, the Jets make a move, Cosmic Chrome 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 Composite football cards
First Buzz preview & checklist/odds: Click here 
Where to buy: BlowoutCards.com

Keep reading to see a breakdown and gallery of what was in this one.

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What: 2023-24 Topps Mercury Victor Wembanyama basketball cards
Arrives: Sept. 27
Box basics: Two encased autographs per eight-card box (all cards encased)
Checklist: Click here 
Order: Click here

What's buzz-worthy: Topps raises the room temperature with a high-end look at the reigning rookie of the year in pro basketball with a collection that includes his ink in every box and sometimes more.

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What: 2024 TRISTAR Hidden Treasures Autographed Official Footballs
Arrives: Nov. 15
Box basics: One autographed football per box (four boxes per case)
Order: Click here

What's buzz-worthy: TRISTAR's Hidden Treasures line of autographed footballs hits the field with only official game-model footballs -- NFL, NCAA and Super Bowl -- in the lineup for this one with some of the biggest names in the modern game in play.

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What's Buzzing: Bryce Young, Caleb Williams, C.J. Stroud, NFL chatter, Shohei Ohtani, Logofractor reactions and ... remember cheap NFL rips?

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What: 2023 Topps Motif football cards
Arrives: Sept. 13, 2024
Box basics: Six on-card autos per eight-card box (three boxes per case)
Checklist: Click here
Odds: Click here 
Order: Click here

What's buzz-worthy: Topps takes the field in the unlicensed realm with this high-end line that includes almost nothing but hits in every box with "a high-class art style theme."

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What: 2024 TRISTAR Hidden Treasures Autographed Football Jerseys Season Edition
Arrives: Oct. 11
Box basics: One autographed jersey per box (five boxes per case)
Order: Click here

What's buzz-worthy: The newest reveal in TRISTAR's Hidden Treasures brand of autographed memorabilia is a second series -- the Season Edition -- of signed jerseys that includes some all-time greats as well as stars of today and tomorrow.

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