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: 2018 Topps Stadium Club baseball cards (hobby)
Where to buy: BlowoutCards.com

Packs per box: 16
Cards per pack: 8
Cards in this box: 128
Base set completion: 
108 of 300 (36 percent)
Duplicates: 0

Notables on base cards – Javier Baez, Kris Bryant, Anthony Rendon, Corey Seager, Gary Sanchez, Dustin Pedroia, Felix Hernandez, Miguel Cabrera, Rickey Henderson, Johnny Bench, Hank Aaron, Mark McGwire, John Smoltz, Randy Johnson, Barry Larkin, Don Mattingly, Will Clark

Rookie Cards (15) – Amed Rosario, Austin Hays, A.J. Minter, Erick Fedde, Breyvic Valeria, Dillon Maples, Jackson Stephens, Dustin Fowler, Brandon Woodruff, Victor Caratini, Luiz Gohara, Cam Gallagher, J.P. Crawford, Anthony Sandtander, Anthony Banda

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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: 2018 Topps Inception baseball cards
Where to buy: BlowoutCards.com

Packs per box: 1
Cards per pack: 7
Base set completion: 
4 of 100 (4 percent)
Duplicates: 0

Base cards – Alex Bregman, Steven Souza Jr., Garrett Cooper (RC), Clint Frazier (RC)

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His career stat sheet is a lengthy one, but he flashed some power Wednesday at Yankee Stadium that could lead to some fireworks on cardboard with the most-diehard of New York Yankees fans.

His name? Kyle Higashioka and the only hits the rookie has in MLB right now are home runs. Through the fourth inning of today's game, he's got three longballs in 17 at-bats this season.

The catcher also has more homers in his six games than he does Rookie Cards.

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What's Buzzing Today: Nothing but NSCC chatter and notable pulls in this holiday edition.

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You won't have to wait for baseball cards of two top international prospects who signed new pro contracts on Monday -- you just have to find a box of 2017 Elite Extra Edition.

Two of Baseball America's top five prospects from the Dominican Republic who are now pro players are among stars from the Dominican Prospect League that Panini America worked into that release with an eye toward the future -- and that future, at least for starters, is now.

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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 Today: Big error cards, Ronald Acuña's arrival, big pulls, NSCC chatter and LeBron in Los Angeles.

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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 Today: Impressive vintage and Hall of Famer stashes, NSCC chatter, snow inside an epic NBA pack (no, not Eric), big pulls & more.

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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 wax boxes and wax packs in a dozen hours. We'll post one every hour all day long ... this is our finale for today.

The box: 1988 Hygrade Baseball Grab Bag
The cost: About $6 now ($2.88 back then)

What's inside this one? Keep reading ...

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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 wax boxes and wax packs in a dozen hours. We'll post one every hour all day long ... this is Hour 10.

The box: 1990 Score baseball cards
The cost: $9.99 (you can find it for less)

What's inside this one? Keep reading ...

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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 wax boxes and wax packs in a dozen hours. We'll post one every hour all day long ... this is Hour 8.

The box: Fanatics Authentic Houston Astros game-used baseball mystery box
The cost: $39.95

What's inside this one? Keep reading ...

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

The box: 2018 Topps Stadium Club baseball cards (blaster)
The cost: Click here (for hobby)

What's inside this one? Keep reading ...

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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 wax boxes and wax packs in a dozen hours. We'll post one every hour all day long ... this is Hour 3.

The packs: 2018 Bowman baseball cards (six jumbo packs)
Where to buy: BlowoutCards.com (for a few formats)

What's inside this one? Keep reading ...

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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 wax boxes and wax packs in a dozen hours. We'll post one every hour all day long ... this is Hour 1.

The box: 2001 Topps Heritage baseball cards (blaster)
The cost: Will vary depending on if/where you can find

What's inside this one? Keep reading ...

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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: 2018 Topps Stadium Club baseball cards (blaster)
Where to buy: BlowoutCards.com (for hobby)

Packs per box: 8
Cards per pack: 5
Cards in this box: 40
Base set completion: 
35 of 300 (12 percent)
Duplicates: 0

Notables on base cards – Aaron Judge, Addison Russell, Andrew Benintendi, Andrew McCutchen, Anthony Rizzo, Dennis Eckersley, Bo Jackson, Stephen Strasburg, Ryan Zimmerman, Adrian Beltre, Josh Donaldson

Rookie Cards (11) – Shohei Ohtani, Walker Buehler, Jimmie Sherfy, Harrison Bader, Brian Anderson, Mitch Garver, Garrett Cooper, Felix Jorge, Nicky Delmonico, Alex Verdugo, Greg Allen

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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 packs: 2018 Topps Series 2 (five Meijer blister packs)
Where to buy: Meijer stores for these; BlowoutCards.com (other formats)
Cards per pack: 12 plus one Purple parallel
Cards in this lot: 65
Base set completion: 
47 of 350 (13 percent)
Duplicates: 4

Base cards of note – Albert Pujols, Yadier Molina, Middle Infield Marvels, Chicago Cubs, Los Angeles Dodgers

Rookie Cards (5) – Shohei Ohtani, Ryan Sherriff, Victor Caratini, Taylor Williams, A.J. Minter

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Imagine the 1978 Topps baseball set with full-bleed photography or colored parallel borders.

That's what you've got with the newest Topps On Demand set that launched on Thursday with an autograph in every other set as an homage to the original release during its 40th anniversary season.

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Have you seen the latest crazy items on eBay? If not, you just might see some of those here every week as we're launching a weekly version of our eBay Buzz pieces that pop up from time to time. We’ll spotlight some items that have a story or just wow us with how much interest it might have — and we’re not just talking baseball cards, either.

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HOW ABOUT THIS OHTANI?
The Item: 2018 Topps Inception Jumbo Patch Autograph Shohei Ohtani 1/1
The Price: $50,000 Buy-It-Now (or best offer)
Why it’s Buzz-worthy: Inception is a fun memorabilia-laced creation and this card is among the biggest in the product that arrived just yesterday. Ohtani appears on just 10 cards in the product -- three un-numbered versions and the rest rarer than 25 copies -- and this is one of two 1/1s in the release for this super-hot international star. Will that asking price be met? I doubt it, but it's a nice card.
Similar Pieces: Other 2018 Topps Inception singles on eBay
The BlowoutCards.com Hunt: Click here for 2018 Topps Inception boxes

Keep reading for four more interesting items in this week's roundup ...

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The annual photography showcase that is Stadium Club arrived from Topps this week with a new crop of highlight-reel cards among a meaty set that are gems simply because of the image that appears on them.

It's not about the design, it's not about the player, it's not about the team -- it's about the photography in 2018 Topps Stadium Club.

The Dansby Swanson gem you see above? It was captured by photographer Patrick Duffy for Getty Images on June 9 last season when Swanson scored the winning run against the Mets. He scored off a single by Rio Ruiz and the Braves won 3-2 in the ninth -- and now that moment has a run on cardboard. (Ironically, that was the game where The Freeze dominated this guy and introduced us all to his antics.)

It's not alone when it comes to gems in the 300-card set that includes even more high-quality non-traditional images among some short-prints.

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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 Today: NSCC chatter, trading Manny Machado, Stadium Club delivers, inside player collections, big pulls & more.

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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 Today: Check out a number of box and case breaks along with new NSCC chatter in this edition.

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A called shot leads to a baseball card.

That's exactly what has happened -- in the same day -- in the case of Atlanta Braves second baseman Ozzie Albies after his walk-off home run in the 11th inning of yesterday's game at SunTrust Park -- a longball that actually ended the game early this morning.

"It's time to go long now," he said to a teammate before he did just that.

Earlier today, Topps revealed the Topps Now card to document it all, complete with autographs to come for those who take the plunge with the celebration-focused card that has photos on the front and back and will only be available for 24 hours.

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What: 2018 Bowman Platinum baseball cards
Arrives: This week/next week initially only at Walmart
Box basics: Two autographs per Collector Box
Checklist: Click here

What's buzz-worthy: Bowman Platinum returns to the retail aisle for another summer with the same formats as last year -- Collector Boxes, blaster boxes and jumbo packs -- with some of this year's biggest young names inside as well as MLB veterans and rookies.

Keep reading for more as well as a full gallery of images.

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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 pack: 1985 Topps Baseball Photo Rub-downs
Where to buy: Where/if you can find

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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 Today: Football Hall of Famers, NSCC chatter, World Cup cards, non-sports breaks and more.

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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 boxes: 2018 Boys of Summer (baseball) and Gunslingers (football) repacks (MJ Holding)
Where to buy: Walmart and other retail chains ($9.98 apiece)

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