What: 2025 TruMystery Football Chips Edition football cards
Arrives: Feb. 5
Box basics: One buyback card per box (four boxes per case)
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What's buzz-worthy: TruCreator's buyback offerings are back for a new year with nothing but NFL stars in play -- "champions only" per the company -- with a mix of slabbed and un-slabbed notables in play.

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What's Buzzing: Football chatter, pitchers powering the hobby, Bryce Harper and 500 homers, new pulls, 2025 goals and more.

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What: 2024 Wild Card Seven Card Studs High Stakes Metal football cards
Arrives: Jan. 17, 2025
Box basics: 84 autographed cards per case (12 boxes per case)
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What's buzz-worthy: Wild Card ups the ante with a follow-up to its Seven Card Studs line of nothing but quarterbacks past, present and future with an all-autograph edition.

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What's Buzzing: Travis Hunter wins the Heisman, pondering 2025 Topps inclusions, NFL Week 15, showing off Michael Jordan and more in this Sunday edition.

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What: 2024 Onyx Vintage football cards
Arrives: Jan. 17, 2025
Box basics: Four autos per Base Series box (24 packs per box, six boxes per case); 10 autos per Mega Series box (10 packs per box, six boxes per case)
Checklist: See below
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What's buzz-worthy: Onyx's Vintage brand takes the gridiron with a new format approach -- two box styles this year -- and an array of newly created old-style cards and inclusions as it celebrates football.

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What's Buzzing: Showing off Superfractors, Juan Soto, Mike Schmidt, NFL chatter, new pulls and more.

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What: 2025 Pulse Stratos Football cards
Arrives: Feb. 10
Box basics: Four encased autographed cards per six-pack box (10 boxes per case)
Checklist: See early players list in gallery
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What's buzz-worthy: A new player in the prospect realm hits the gridiron to start the new year with the stars of right now on cardboard as well as some greats from the past all found in a relatively limited release.

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What's Buzzing: Reactions to MLB's Golden At-bat idea, college football money, NFL chatter, Wemby, Ginter X and more.

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What: 2024 Bowman University Best football cards
Arrives: Dec. 30
Box basics: Four autographs per hobby box (12 boxes per case) or one patch auto and two other autos per breaker's box (10 boxes per case)
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What's buzz-worthy: Topps once again takes a cardboard look at the college ranks with active stars on NIL deals signing on here as part of a colorful and variety-packed package arriving just weeks from now.

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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 here on The Buzz ...

STRONG SEASON ... WHAT'S NEXT?
The Card: Juan Soto 2018 Topps 582 Montgomery Club Set 1 -- Rookie Card
The Reason Graded: A big season that came up short of the goal ... but now it's time for a historic payday while still in his mid-20s. Soto's Rookie Cards (2018) aren't all that rare, really, but there's a lot of demand -- but they still might be good buys depending on where he goes next. (Mets? Watch out.) All those thoughts were in mind when I popped this one into a submission earlier this year along with other key names from this small set for Club members. It's not a traditional RC since it's from a small set, but it's still a good Soto to me ... so I slabbed it.
The Grade: CGC 10

Reality Check: Top grade of a small volume works for me. I'm sure there will be more and I'm sure the pops are higher elsewhere, but the range of the grades here shows it might not be the easiest kind of card to grade thanks to that retro stock.

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What's Buzzing: Victor Wembanyama, NFL Week 13, new pulls and more in this mid-week edition.

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What: 2024 Wild Card 7 Card Studs Metal All Quarterback Edition football cards
Arrives: Dec. 6
Box basics: Four autographed cards and four 1/1 Joker cards per case (20 boxes per case)
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What's buzz-worthy: Wild Card's once again on a very numbers-based presentation but this time it keeps the boxes more affordable with scarcity being the norm in every pack but the autographs and 1/1 chase cards arriving a few times per case -- with some of the biggest names in the game among those possibilities.

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What: 2025 SAGE Football Low Series football cards
Arrives: Dec. 27
Box basics: 16 autographs per hobby box (16 boxes per case) or three autographs per blaster box (40 per case)
Checklist: TBD
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What's buzz-worthy: SAGE's first wave of NFL Draft hopefuls on cardboard for 2025 arrives with an autograph in every pack for hobby boxes and a lineup that includes some established stars, current NIL guys and more while keeping with some of the formula of recent years.

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What's Buzzing: A Caleb Williams question, NFL Week 11 chatter, college football, new pulls and more in this one.

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For years now, autographed books coming direct from the publishers -- or direct from the authors themselves -- have been an affordable way to collect ink from notable names in all realms of pop culture.

It's not a perfect system with stamped autos, fakes and autopens sometimes in the mix -- a problem for publishers to catch as they are not authenticators -- but thanks to dedicated collectors on the Blowout Cards Forum and elsewhere, those problems often get caught and fixed ... or at least become well-known enough to avoid if it's an issue that goes uncorrected.

Getting ink in-person is always best -- book tours still happen, of course -- but landing autographed editions from publishers, online sellers or celebs themselves via their websites or other appearances are common.

Our latest subject and autograph in this ongoing series? Former MLB and legendary NFL player turned college football coach Deion Sanders.

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What's Buzzing: NFL chatter, Allen & Ginter pulls, new notable non-sports and more in this Sunday edition.

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What: 2024 Bowman Chrome University football cards
Arrives: Nov. 27
Box basics: Two autographs in every 24-pack hobby box (12 boxes per case); three autographs in every 12-pack jumbo box (12 boxes per case)
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What's buzz-worthy: Topps' third Chrome release for the NCAA prospect ranks in pack form with full college licensing arrives soon with a mix of modern and throwback vibes inside its boxes.

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What: 2024 Pulse Premiere Football cards
Arrives: Nov. 27
Box basics: Four on-card autos per five-card pack ... and sometimes more (12 boxes per case) or one auto per one-card Heat Seekers Edition box (36 boxes per case)
Checklist: TBD
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What's buzz-worthy: A new player in the prospect realm hits the gridiron with a release that showcases plenty of ink in every pack.

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Panini America has another new college quarterback on its team.

University of Alabama Crimson Tide star and Heisman Trophy candidate Jalen Milroe signed an exclusive autographed card deal with the company, which was formally unveiled this week.

"Jalen is one of the premiere players in college football and is another outstanding addition to our family of athletes," said Jason Howarth, Senior VP of Marketing and Athlete Relations. "He will be a great partner for us as we continue to grow our Panini College platform and product offerings."

As part of that deal, according to the company, the junior will have a inked spot in the Panini Instant lineup, Panini marketing and in, of course, in standard in-pack football releases.

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What: 2024 TRISTAR Hidden Treasures Autographed Platinum Edition Mini Helmets Season Edition
Arrives: Dec. 13
Box basics: One autographed mini helmet per box (eight boxes per case)
Order: Click here (live soon)

What's buzz-worthy: A second batch of Hidden Treasures autographed minis arrives from TRISTAR this year with every box including either a Hall of Famer or an active player.

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What: 2024 Leaf Heroes & Prospects football cards
Arrives: Dec. 6
Box basics: Six autographs per six-pack hobby box (12 per case) or 12 autographs per 12-pack jumbo box (eight per case)
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What's buzz-worthy: Leaf's latest foray into football will mesh the past and present together -- sometimes on the same card -- with some of today's stars from the recently drafted and college ranks as well as legends of the game all in play here.

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What: 2024 Pro Set Pure football cards
Arrives: Nov. 29
Box basics: Four autos per seven-card box (12 boxes per case) or one or two autos per two-card Solo Plus pack (42 packs per case)
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What's buzz-worthy: The Pure brand hits the gridiron for another season with a pair of options for rippers but with both showcasing an array of young stars between the prep, college and newly drafted ranks in an all-acetate release.

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What: 2024 TRISTAR Hidden Treasures Autographed Full-size Helmets Season Edition
Arrives: Nov. 29
Box basics: One autographed full-size replica helmet per box (three boxes per case)
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What's buzz-worthy: This staple within TRISTAR's Hidden Treasures lineup of autographed memorabilia releases arrives for a second time this season with a new batch of full-size signed helmets that are inked by some of the game's greatest players today as well as top newcomers and past greats.

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What's Buzzing: NFL chatter and over-reactions, talking Tua, college football, bad MLB ads to come and more.

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What: 2024 Panini National Treasures college football cards
Arrives: Oct. 16
Box basics: Seven autographs or memorabilia cards per eight-card box (four boxes per case)
Order: Click here (when live)

What's buzz-worthy: National Treasures goes back to school for another fall with new draft picks, current college stars and past greats all in their school colors in a release that's once again nearly all hits.

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