Greg Maddux
First Buzz: 2022 Topps Finest Flashbacks MLB cards
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What: 2022 Topps Finest Flashbacks baseball cards
Arrives: Aug. 22 (582 Montgomery Club presale) via Topps.com
Box basics: One Refractor per box
Checklist: Click here
Order: Click here (when available)What's buzz-worthy: This one arrives once again with a throwback look but today's players with ink and more to be found for a number of veterans and newcomers, too.
Keep reading for more and a full gallery of images.
Buzz Break: 2022 Topps Archives Signature Series Retired
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The box: 2022 Topps Archives Signature Series Retired Player Edition baseball cards
First Buzz preview & signer list: Click here
Where to buy: BlowoutCards.com
Packs per box: 1
Cards per pack: 1
Base set completion: N/ABuzz Break: 2021 Topps Chrome Platinum Anniversary (hobby)
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The box: 2021 Topps Chrome Platinum Anniversary baseball cards (hobby box)
Where to buy: BlowoutCards.com
First Buzz preview with checklist: Click hereKeep reading for a full breakdown and gallery of what was in this one.
First Buzz: 2022 Topps 206 baseball cards
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What: 2022 Topps 206 baseball cards
Arrives: Wave 1 is live now via Topps.com
Box basics: 10 cards per pack (two parallels)
Checklist: Wave 1 Wave 2 Wave 3 Wave 4 Wave 5What's buzz-worthy: Topps' take on T206 tobacco cards is back for a third retro go on the diamond with some new touches among the parallels and 100 cards in the first wave.
Keep reading for more as well as a full gallery of images.
Buzz Break: 2022 SportKings Volume 3 (blaster box)
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The box: 2022 SportKings Volume 3 sports cards
First Buzz preview: Click here
Where to buy: Click here (when available)Keep reading for a full breakdown and gallery of what was in this one.
First Buzz: SportKings Volume 3 sports cards
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What: SportKings Volume 3 sports cards
Arrives: Mid-March
Box basics: Two autographs, one memorabilia card and one other hit per seven-card box
Pre-order: Click here (live soon)What's buzz-worthy: SportKings takes the field for a third time from SAGE for a few crop of retro-styled cardboard that showcases legends, current stars from perhaps non-traditional realms and a whole lot of chase in its hobby format.
Keep reading for more info and a full gallery of images released so far.
First Buzz: 2022 TRISTAR HT Atlanta's Championship
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What: 2022 TRISTAR Hidden Treasures Celebrating Atlanta's Championship autographed baseballs
Arrives: March 4
Box basics: One autographed baseball per box (six boxes per case)
Order: Click hereWhat's buzz-worthy: TRISTAR's autographed baseball chase brand turns its attention to the Atlanta Braves' World Series-winning squad with a release that also dips into the past for the legendary franchise.
The biggest chase of them all this year? Keep reading for that and a gallery of what's in this one.
Buzz Break: 2021 Topps Fire baseball cards (hobby box)
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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 Fire baseball cards (hobby box)
Checklist: Click here
Where to buy: Initially only at Target (here when available)
Keep reading for a full breakdown and gallery of what was in this one.
Buzz Break: 2021 Topps Allen & Ginter MLB cards (blaster)
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The box: 2021 Topps Allen & Ginter baseball cards (hobby box)
First Buzz preview & Checklist: Click here
Where to buy: BlowoutCards.com
Keep reading for a full breakdown and gallery of what was in this one.
Buzz Break: 2021 Topps Stadium Club MLB cards (blaster box)
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The box: 2021 Topps Stadium Club baseball cards (blaster)
First Buzz preview & checklist: Click here
Where to buy: BlowoutCards.com (for hobby)
Keep reading for a full breakdown and gallery of highlights from this box.
Buzz Break: 2021 Topps Stadium Club MLB cards (hobby box)
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The box: 2021 Topps Stadium Club baseball cards (hobby)
First Buzz preview & checklist: Click here
Where to buy: BlowoutCards.com
Keep reading for a full breakdown and gallery of highlights from this box.
Buzz Break: 2021 Topps Stadium Club MLB cards (blaster box)
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The box: 2021 Topps Stadium Club baseball cards (blaster)
First Buzz preview & checklist: Click here
Where to buy: BlowoutCards.com (for hobby)
Keep reading for a full breakdown and gallery of highlights from this box.
Buzz Break: 2006 Topps Update baseball cards (HTA Jumbo)
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The box: 2006 Topps Update baseball cards (HTA Jumbo)
Where to buy: BlowoutCards.com (when/if available)Keep reading for a full breakdown and gallery of what was in this one.
Buzz Break: 2020 Topps 206 Series 5 MLB cards
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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: 2020 Topps 206 Series 5 baseball cards
First Buzz Preview & checklist: Click here
Where to buy: BlowoutCards.com
Keep reading to see a full breakdown of what was in this one as well as a gallery.
First Buzz: 2021 Topps 206 baseball cards
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What: 2021 Topps 206 baseball cards
Arrives: Wave 1 is live now via Topps.com
Box basics: 10 cards per pack
Checklist: Wave 1 Wave 2 Wave 3 Wave 4 Wave 5 Wave 6 Wave 7 Wave 8 Wave 9 Wave 10What's buzz-worthy: Topps' take on T206 tobacco cards returns once again with 10 waves of cards -- double last year -- to come this time with the first now live.
Keep reading for more as well as a full gallery of images.
First Buzz: 2021 Donruss Optic baseball cards
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What: 2021 Donruss Optic baseball cards
Arrives: June 23
Box basics: Two autographs per 20-pack hobby box (12 boxes per case)
Order: Click here (live soon)What's buzz-worthy: Optic hits the diamond once again with on-card autos from top rookies and prospects and plenty of color in an Optichromed take on 2021 Donruss with even more in the mix.
Keep reading for a gallery and more info.
Buzz Break: 1999 Fleer Sports Illustrated MLB cards
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The box: 1999 Fleer Sports Illustrated baseball cards (retail)
Where to buy: Will take some hunting ...click here for newer MLBKeep reading for a full breakdown and gallery of what was in this one.
Buzz Break: 2021 Topps Opening Day MLB cards (hobby box)
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The box: 2021 Topps Opening Day baseball cards (hobby box)
First Buzz preview & Checklist: Click here
Where to buy: BlowoutCards.comKeep reading for a full breakdown and gallery of what was in this one.
Buzz Break: 2021 Donruss baseball cards (blaster box)
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The box: 2021 Donruss baseball cards (blaster box)
First Buzz preview & checklist: Click here
Where to buy: BlowoutCards.com (for hobby)Keep reading for a full breakdown and gallery for this one.
Topps launches 70-card Sports Illustrated covers card set
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We all know the power of Rookie Cards ... but what's a rookie cover card worth?
We're about to find out as Topps launched its 2021 Topps x Sports Illustrated card set today, which will arrive two cards per week for 35 weeks revisiting past covers from the magazine that launched back in 1954 with Hall of Famer Eddie Mathews on the cover ... and with sheets of paper Topps baseball cards inside the first issue, by the way.
The first card in the printed-on-demand series is Mike Trout and his first cover appearance from Aug. 27, 2012.
First Buzz: 2021 Topps Diamond Icons baseball cards
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What: 2021 Topps Diamond Icons baseball cards
Arrives: July 7
Box basics: Seven auto cards, two auto-Relic cards and one Relic per 10-card box (four boxes per case)
Checklist: Click here
Order: Click here
What's buzz-worthy: "The high-end collector’s best friend" is back once again with a familiar format of autographs and memorabilia with diamond cards and more all among the possibilities.
Keep reading for more as well as a full gallery of images.
First Buzz: 2021 Topps Transcendent Collection Hall of Fame
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What: 2021 Topps Transcendent Collection Hall of Fame Edition baseball cards
Arrives: May 12
Box basics: 45 autographs and more per box
Checklist: Click here
Order: Click hereWhat's buzz-worthy: Transcendent returns with its Hall of Fame focus and this time includes even more rare cards showcasing legends from Cooperstown's ranks as well as some new twists not seen in Transcendent releases in the past.
Keep reading for more as well as a full gallery of images.
First Buzz: 2021 Topps 1951 Topps by Blake Jamieson
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What: 2021 Topps 1951 Topps by Blake Jamieson baseball cards
Arrives: Today for the first of four waves
Pack basics: 13 cards per pack
Order: Via Topps.com; Click here (when available)What's buzz-worthy: Project 2020 artist Blake Jamieson takes on the original Topps baseball card set with his style applied to new cards showcasing the old game-card design in four weekly waves of this online exclusive.
Keep reading for more info once it's available.
Buzz Break: 2020 Topps x Steve Aoki Wave 1 baseball cards
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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: 2020 Topps x Steve Aoki Wave 1 baseball cards
Where to buy: Initially only via Topps.com ... BlowoutCards.com when/if available
Keep reading for a full breakdown and gallery of highlights from this box.
Fast Five: Topps Project 2020 Part II players I'd want to see
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This one is a quick idea for a new department here on The Buzz ... Fast Five -- a quick list under a simple topic that might offer a basic starting point for a themed collection. It's a basic list of five items that could be fun for a starting collector or a new way to add to a stash that might already seemingly include everything when it comes to cardboard. For some of you, it's probably common sense. For others of you out there, it's something to think about.
This time? Five players (and cards) I'd want to see in the next rendition of Topps Project 2020. (Would it be Project 2021?)
BAT DOWN, HANDS DOWN
Ronald Acuña Jr.'s bat-down SP variation in 2018 Topps Series 2 is perhaps the most-iconic of all of the Rookie Cards in basic Topps sets in recent years, and I think it would be a no-brainer as a card to bat lead-off on a second project like Topps Project 2020 -- an effort where artists re-create memorable cards from the past for 20 players. The list is one that skews old -- just five players are from 1990 and beyond and only two who debuted in the 2000s -- while the top sellers (so far) have skewed young and that makes me wonder what/who might be popular the next time around. They have to do this again, right? (For the purposes of this list, I'm ignoring the realities of licensing -- some players are potentially not available to Topps or licensing could impose other limitations. (That's what I don't know.) What I do know is a collection of 20 takes on this Acuña would probably get me every time as it's such a good starting point.Keep reading for four more making up the list this time.