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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MY LAST FROM THE PROJECT ... 
The Card: Mickey Mantle 2021 Topps Project70 by Alex Pardee (/12,112)
The Price: $19.99 via Topps
Why it’s Buzz-worthy: This artist captured most of the big-print-run attention in the second Project and this card that mashed his monster vibes with Mantle's 1952 Topps card and then 1981 Topps was the last one to get my attention and a buy last year. (Or was it this year?) Anyway, this one recently arrived in my mailbox and since this year's Project100 has arrived with a totally different approach and a number of changes -- not all good ones in my view -- I figured I'd drop this here. The print run of this won't be touched this year -- they're capped at less than half of that for 2022 -- but I suspect I'll be keeping an eye on the offerings. You should keep an eye on the past cards now if you passed before ... and keep an eye open on the new ones, too. You never know where the collecting winds and tastes might spark interest. Some monsters could be waiting.
Grab a box right here: None for this one ... click here for MLB boxes

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The biggest weekend in professional wrestling is here with WrestleMania 36 set for a scaled down split event on Saturday and Sunday. We'll make today a big day for wrestling collectors right here on The Buzz with #BuzzMania3, a series of WWE wax box and wax pack breaks -- though also on a smaller scale than Buzz had previously planned, too.

This is Hour 5 ... a throwback from early in Topps' current WWE run.

The box: 2006 Topps WWE Heritage II (hobby box)
The cost: Will vary ... click here for newer WWE boxes

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The biggest weekend in professional wrestling is here with WrestleMania 34 set for Sunday in New Orleans and events beginning tonight with the WWE Hall of Fame induction ceremony, a NXT Takeover on Saturday and then Raw/Smackdown tapings after that. We'll make today a big day for wrestling collectors right here on The Buzz with #BuzzMania, a series of WWE wax box and wax pack breaks all day long.

How long will we go? Stay tuned ...

The box: 2006 Topps WWE Heritage II (hobby)
The cost: Will vary if you can find them

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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: 2006 Topps WWE Insider wrestling cards
Where to buy: BlowoutCards.com (when available)

Packs per box: 24
Cards per pack: 7
Cards in this box: 166
Base set completion: 
72 of 72 (100 percent)
Duplicates: 72 (complete set)
Triplicates: 20

Notables on base cards – Big Show, Edge, Hulk Hogan, Jerry Lawler, John Cena, Jonathan Coachman, Kane, Kurt Angle, Lillian Garcia, Lita, Maria, Matt Hardy, Ric Flair, Rob Van Dam, Shawn Michaels, Mickie James, Steve Austin, Triple H, Trish Stratus, Victoria, Batista, Candice Michelle, Joey Styles, Johnny Nitro, Ashley, Melina, Randy Orton, Rey Mysterio, Road Warrior Animal, Goldust, Torrie Wilson, Theodore Long, Undertaker

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The box: 2006 Topps WWE Insider wrestling cards
Where to buy: BlowoutCards.com (when available)

Packs per box: 24
Cards per pack: 7
Cards in this box: 166
Base set completion: 
72 of 72 (100 percent)
Duplicates: 72 (complete set)
Triplicates: 20

Notables on base cards – Big Show, Edge, Hulk Hogan, Jerry Lawler, John Cena, Jonathan Coachman, Kane, Kurt Angle, Lillian Garcia, Lita, Maria, Matt Hardy, Ric Flair, Rob Van Dam, Shawn Michaels, Mickie James, Steve Austin, Triple H, Trish Stratus, Victoria, Batista, Candice Michelle, Joey Styles, Johnny Nitro, Ashley, Melina, Randy Orton, Rey Mysterio, Road Warrior Animal, Goldust, Torrie Wilson, Theodore Long, Undertaker

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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 10.

The box: 2006 Topps WWE Heritage II wrestling cards (hobby) 
The cost now: $38

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"GLOW is unlike any show we've ever seen" reads the Entertainment Weekly headline for a review of an upcoming series from Netflix that's a comedic but fictionalized take on the late-1980s real-world wrestling promotion.

It stars Alison Brie as "Ruth Wilder," a struggling Los Angeles actress who opts to try out the world of pro wrestling in the series, which is based on a short-lived women's wrestling promotion called Gorgeous Ladies of Wrestling that ran for four syndicated seasons in real life. (Really.) The series arrives on June 23.

The real-world wrestling show was pure cheese -- even to a 10-year-old wrestling-inclined Buzz -- in an era where Hulkamania yellow was everywhere, but apparently the new series is packing punch with critics. The EW reviewer gave it an A while breaking down all of the reasons the 1980s-based new series works. "GLOW, which takes everything over-the-top about professional wrestling," it reads, "pushes it to higher levels of absurdity and melodrama, and finds something deeply personal, explicitly political, and wonderfully brute-force awesome."

Now, how about those collecting ties? Well, they're more like pieces of trivia that could interest those who enjoy the show, but here we go ...

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