What: 2023 Topps Star Wars High Tek trading cards
Arrives: Live now (previously launched at New York Comic-Con in October)
Box basics: Two serial-numbered parallels per six-card box
Checklist: Click here
Order: Click here (when available)

What's buzz-worthy: Topps revives Tek for the first time in several years with boxes where the autographs are not found every time, making the show here the various textures and parallels found in the brand.

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What: 2023 Topps Chrome Star Wars trading cards
Arrives: June 3
Box basics: One autograph per 24-pack box (eight boxes per case)
Checklist: Click here
Order: Click here

What's buzz-worthy: Star Wars hits Chrome once again with an autograph in every box and plenty of focus on the memorable characters from the franchise.

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What: 2022 Topps Star Wars The Mandalorian Chrome Beskar Edition trading cards
Arrives: Aug. 31
Box basics: One autograph per 18-pack box (12 boxes per case)
Checklist: Click here
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What's buzz-worthy: The first two seasons of the hit series arrives on Chrome with ink in every box, two sketch cards in every case and some new signers who hadn't yet popped up in traditional-pack releases.

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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 Topps Star Wars Signature Series trading cards
First Buzz preview & checklist: Click here
Where to buy: BlowoutCards.com

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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: 2021 Topps Star Wars Chrome Galaxy trading cards
First Buzz preview & checklist: Click here
Where to buy: BlowoutCards.com

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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: 2021 Topps Star Wars Chrome Galaxy trading cards
First Buzz preview & checklist: Click here
Where to buy: BlowoutCards.com

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The box: 2021 Topps Star Wars The Mandalorian Season 2 trading cards
First Buzz preview & checklist: Click here
Where to buy: BlowoutCards.com

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Like many collectors, Buzz is a fan of grading and knows that there are many reasons that collectors choose to slab cards. Sometimes it's to enhance the appeal and protect them when selling. Other times it's to protect an investment for the long-term or to protect for sentimental reasons. Or, it might be just for fun or curiosity about a potential grade.

Here's this month's grading diary ... a super-sized edition with 20 cards to open 2020.

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SO CLOSE TO PERFECTION ...
The Card: Ronald Acuña Jr. 2018 Topps Chrome #193 -- Rookie Card
The Reason Graded: This one looked very clean to my eye and I figured getting some of my past Acuña pulls slabbed was a good move considering his almost-40/40 showing last year. Some of his cards are heavily graded to the point where they can be had for not much more than a typical cost to slab if not in top grades. Meanwhile, others aren't as plentiful and some can typically grade very well. I went with this one since it's not as heavily graded and it does tend to grade well. Plus, I just liked the photo here compared to others -- and those I already own slabbed.
The Grade: BGS 10

Reality Check: This one surprised me a bit -- just one half-subgrade away from a BGS Black. Only 14 cards have gotten the perfect mark and this one is among an also-small population. Most cards here check in at 9.5s -- a solid mark and a perfect card to bat lead-off for this first MTG of the year. I expect big things from Acuña this year and I'll be slabbing him often.

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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 past wax boxes and wax packs in a dozen hours. We'll post one every hour on the hour all day long today ... this is Hour 6.

The pack: 1979 Topps Rocky II trading cards
The cost now: $1.75
The cost then: 20 cents

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