What's Buzzing: Talking Ichiro Suzuki cards, Topps Chrome, 1990s NFL inserts, nervously holding Mike Trout cards and more.

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1 -- Talking Ichiro Suzuki cardboard

2 -- They have their thoughts on Topps Chrome football 

3 -- Showing off 1990s and 2000s NFL inserts 

4 -- Giddy!

5  -- Chatter about the state of the hobby?

6 -- Nervously holding Mike Trout cards?

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What: 2024 Panini Flawless baseball cards
Arrives: April 30, 2025
Box basics: Eight autograph or memorabilia cards and two gem cards per 10-card box (two boxes per case)
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What's buzz-worthy: Flawless once again hits the diamond with a new batch of high-end finds for superstars of the past as well as prospects and selected young stars of the present all in one spot.

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What: 2024 Panini Select baseball cards
Arrives: March 21, 2025
Box basics: Two autographs and one memorabilia card per 12-pack hobby box (12 boxes per case)
Order: Click here

What's buzz-worthy: Select hits the diamond once again with some legendary signers in the mix as well as plenty of star power from today in both selected veterans and promising prospects.

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Here's this month's roundup of items that have recently caught my eye as a buyer ...

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LEGENDARY INK
The Card: Ichiro Suzuki autographed 2001 Topps Rookie Card (BAS 10 auto)
The Price: Not as much as you might think ... but also not that cheap.
Why it’s Buzz-worthy: Clean copies of this iconic Topps flagship Rookie Card are not easy finds in general with the boxes and sets likely bricked now if they remain unopened -- that means the gloss will be snowy if you're lucky to peel the cards apart at all -- and then the dark green border and high-gloss on soft stock here is always going to be problematic. When I spotted this card among many where Suzuki has signed for literally years (Mill Creek Sports) without a premium price, I bit on this just before his Hall of Fame results hit. (We all knew he was going in ... but I didn't know if his prices were going to rise.) This copy is super clean vs. many cards out there with some very light roughness on maybe one edge and a light touch on the bottom-left corner ... but some of what's seen in my photo is just how the light is reflecting. I generally don't do a ton of bigger buys for my collection, but this one's cost wasn't that much more than some of the hot and plentiful new release hobby boxes. I went with a safe and iconic bet for my (for me) premium spend and went with the sure thing on an iconic card for a living legend. I pulled his ink once from an unlicensed release -- and it was in one of my earliest Making The Grade posts here -- but a signed RC means I'll likely never need to sweat his stuff again. (Might window shop, though, or bite if price is right for a nice certified.) One more fun part of my card? If that label had a simple added line of Beckett/Fanatics witnessed instead of signed for Mill Creek and then slabbed, the price likely would be double what I paid. I wouldn't pay that -- and this one is a win in my book.
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What: 2025 TRISTAR Hidden Treasures New York Pinstripes Autographed Baseballs
Arrives: April 30
Box basics: One autographed baseball per box (12 boxes per case)
Order: Click here

What's buzz-worthy: TRISTAR's Hidden Treasures brand hits the diamond for another year with its focus on one of MLB's most-historic franchises, the New York Yankees.

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What: 2025 TRISTAR Hidden Treasures Platinum autographed baseballs
Arrives: March 21
Box basics: One autographed baseball per box (12 boxes per case)
Order: Click here (live soon)

What's buzz-worthy: TRISTAR's autographed baseball chase brand hits the field for another year with some big chase baseballs and then a varied mix of stuff in every case.

The biggest chase of them all this year? Keep reading for that and a gallery of what's in this one.

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What's Buzzing: New Hall of Famers, NFL chatter, new pulls, a grading question, a big pull and 2025 Topps remains on collectors' minds.

1 -- Talking new Hall of Famers

2 -- The latest NFL chatter

3 -- Check out these new pulls

4 -- What would you do?

5  -- Whee!

6 -- 2025 Topps interest remains strong ... and read more here

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What's Buzzing: Ichiro Suzuki awaits his Cooperstown call, NFL chatter, new pulls, Shohei Ohtani, Wemby and 2025 Topps in this one.

1 -- Awaiting this year's Hall of Fame results

2 -- Fresh NFL perspectives

3 -- Check out these new pulls

4 -- Talking Shohei Ohtani cards

5  -- Checking in on the Wemby thread

6 -- 2025 Topps interest remains strong ... and read more here

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What: 2025 Leaf Seasons In The Sun baseball cards
Arrives: April 30
Box basics: Two autos and two memorabilia cards (typically) per box (10 boxes per case)
Order: Click here

What's buzz-worthy: A new baseball season will get a new line from Leaf with stars from the past and present all in play and with some of the biggest surprises possible within its "premium" hits-only boxes.

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What: 2024 Topps Brooklyn Collection baseball cards
Arrives: Dec. 11
Box basics: Two autographs per seven-card box (20 boxes per case)
Checklist: Click here
Odds: Click here
Order: Click here (when available)

What's buzz-worthy: Brooklyn Collection returns for another year with a new but colorful oldschool-style look, autographs in every box, and then some new and past stars showcased on cardboard once again.

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There's been plenty of focus on ballots -- justifiably as it's November in a presidential election year -- but Buzz completed a collecting project this week that was all about them. It's one that's easy to do in whatever way you want to do it ... and without breaking the bank.

What was it? I completed a career run of my player's appearances on MLB All-Star ballots -- and I did it with just a couple clicks.

It's complete by year but I'm still at least one ballot short of a master list -- at least that as I know of thanks to those pesky parallels that are apparently a thing here, too. Some years have a ballpark version of the ballot and then a sponsored one to be found out there in the real world. Why? Well, back in the day voting wasn't exclusively done online, so selected companies would have ballots at their stores. For example, for some odd reason way, way, back in the 1990s I remember MLB ballots at Subway, but that doesn't apply here ... not this time.

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What: 2024 Topps Stadium Club baseball cards
Arrives: Nov. 6
Box basics: Two autos per 16-pack hobby box (16 boxes per case); One auto per eight-pack compact box (16 boxes per case)
Checklist: Click here
Odds: Click here
Order: Click here

What's buzz-worthy: Stadium Club arrives once again with a pair of box formats for rippers and with plenty of MLB stars and energy inside.

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What: 2024 Topps 206 baseball cards
Arrives: Oct. 3 via Topps.com
Box basics: Four packs per box ... one autograph per four-box case
Checklist: Click here
Order: BlowoutCards.com (when available)

What's buzz-worthy: Topps revisits T206 tobacco cards for a fifth edition but this time around it arrives with four-box cases that will guarantee an autograph.

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What: 2024 Leaf Ultimate Sports
Arrives: Nov. 29
Box basics: Three hits per box (10 boxes per case)
Order: Click here

What's buzz-worthy: This one arrives with "one of the most-expansive multi-sport checklists in hobby history" that touched on many icons from around the globe.

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What: 2024 Press Pass Premium baseball cards
Arrives: Oct. 30
Box basics: Five autos per 11-card box (10 boxes per case) or one auto per two-card Solo Plus pack (50 per case)
Order: Click here

What's buzz-worthy: Press Pass takes to the diamond with the same approach as the gridiron -- plenty of ink, color and flash while showcasing newly drafted stars and others appearing on early 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: 2023 Panini Prizm baseball cards (blaster)
First Buzz preview: Click here
Where to buy: BlowoutCards.com

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What: 2024 Topps Pristine baseball cards
Arrives: Aug. 23
Box basics: Two autographs and one Auto Relic per six-pack box (eight boxes per case)
Checklist: Click here
Odds: Click here
Order: Click here

What's buzz-worthy: The basics are here -- the checklist and odds -- as this one gets another run in the Topps MLB lineup using its colorful combo approach of encased hits and more in every box.

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What: 2024 Topps Finest baseball cards
Arrives: Aug.7
Box basics: Two autos per six-pack box (eight boxes per case)
Checklist: Click here
Odds: Click here
Order: Click here

What's buzz-worthy: The checklist and odds are in for a new year of finest as well as the six teaser image you can see above as the flashy and colorful brand arrives once again with a new batch of players and plenty of artistic flair

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What: 2024 Topps Chrome baseball cards
Arrives: July 17
Box basics: One autograph per 24-pack hobby box (12 boxes per case); three autos per 12-pack jumbo box (eight boxes per case)
Checklist: Click here
Sapphire Checklist: Click here
Logofractor Checklist: Click here ... Logofractor odds here
Odds: Click here
Order: Click here

What's buzz-worthy: The full Topps Chrome details are still to come but a checklist and early teasers are here for when the neon of 2024 Topps flagship goes Chrome next month.

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Buzz buys and busts a lot of boxes right here for Buzz Breaks, but one of my goals is to rip a little less and talk more about cardboard that I -- and you -- might like. One way to do that? Simple show and tell -- present a few pick-ups and say why they captured my attention.

So, with all that said, here are a few Buzz Buys ... 

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DOGPOOL'S DEBUT
The Book: Prelude To Deadpool Corps No. 3 -- first Dogpool appearance
The Price: Under $8
Why it’s Buzz-worthy: This was an impulse/curiosity buy once I saw Dogpool -- a character that I'm admittedly not that familiar with -- on this cover of Empire in advance of the Deadpool & Wolverine movie to come as well as in a preview trailer. Why? Well, one reason I grabbed this was that the lone graded copy of this book on eBay at that time had an asking price of $400-plus. While I know that's high, you never know what people might grab if the that pup steals the show or at least picks up some headlines alongside Hugh Jackman and Ryan Reynolds when this one hits. (Weird thing have happened with Baby Yoda and Star Wars' Porgs in recent years.) This comic cover isn't exactly the same as what we're getting on the big screen dog-wise, but with the movie figuring to generate a lot of buzz and perhaps include a lot of cameos I've been looking at stuff here and there ... and I really need to go find that magazine, too. It's actually got higher asking prices on eBay than this book and has sold for more than $20. (It's a UK mag ... so it's perhaps not as easily found just yet.) The comic has had CGC 9.8 sales of $85 and $299 in recent months, too, so there's definitely some speculating ... and there should be. This movie will be huge.
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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: NBA Finals reactions, Topps Series 2, a big pull, "true," on-card AEW ink and more in this Friday edition.

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What: 2023 Topps Chrome Platinum baseball cards
Arrives: May 22, 2024
Box basics: One autograph per 24-pack hobby box (12 boxes per case)
Checklist: Click here
Order: Click here

What's buzz-worthy: The famed 1954 Topps set gets a go on Chrome in this one as the line previously launched as an anniversary celebration appears to have worked its way into the lineup.

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What: 2024 Leaf Signature Series sports cards
Arrives: June 28
Box basics:  Two 1/1 autographed cards per box (10 boxes per case)
Order: Click here

What's buzz-worthy: Leaf Signature Series is back "newly revamped and reinvigorated" with new themes and "tons more multi-signed cards, inscriptions and some exciting new designs."

Keep reading for more info and a full gallery of images released so far.

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What: 2023 Topps Transcendent Collection baseball cards
Arrives: March 27, 2024
Box basics: 50-plus autographs and more per box
Checklist: Click here
Order: Click here

What's buzz-worthy: Transcendent returns with a larger run this time -- 190 boxes (up from 99) -- and with the familiar lineup of high-end inclusions mixed up in a new way.

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What: 2024 TRISTAR Hidden Treasures New York Pinstripes Autographed Baseballs
Arrives: May 1
Box basics: One autographed baseball per box (12 boxes per case)
Order: Click here

What's buzz-worthy: TRISTAR's Hidden Treasures brand hits the diamond once again with its focus on one of MLB's most-historic franchises, the New York Yankees.

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