What: 2018 Topps Gypsy Queen baseball cards
Arrives: March 21
Box basics: Two autos and one Glassworks box-topper per 24-pack box (10 boxes per case)
Checklist: Click here to view
Order: Click here for boxes & click here for cases

What's buzz-worthy: Gypsy Queen returns for another season with some more colorful inclusions such as Home Run Derby sock Relics and some new variations that build upon last year's mini-free release.

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What's Buzzing Today: Nothing but breaks and World Series chatter today.

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The box: 2017 Topps Update baseball cards (hobby)
Where to buy: BlowoutCards.com

Packs per box: 36
Cards per pack: 10
Cards in this box: 366
Base set completion: 
300 of 300 (100 percent)
Duplicates: 20

Base cards of note – Cody Bellinger, Andrew Benintendi, Aaron Judge, Gary Sanchez, Corey Seager, Giancarlo Stanton, Francisco Lindor, George Springer, Bryce Harper, Anthony Rizzo, Kris Bryant, Stephen Strasburg, Ichiro Suzuki, Mookie Betts, Max Scherzer, Clayton Kershaw, Buster Posey, Yu Darvish, Carlos Correa, Jose Altuve

Rookie Cards (118) – Notables include Cody Bellinger (4), Andrew Benintendi, Aaron Judge (5), Yoan Moncada (3), Jose DeLeon, Bradley Zimmer (2), Ian Happ (3), Alex Bregman, Jordan Montgomery, Ryon Healy, Brett Phillips, Lewis Brinson, Tyler Glasnow, Franklin Barreto, Dansby Swanson, Yulieski Gurriel

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What's Buzzing Today: World Series chatter and plenty of big pulls from collectors.

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What's Buzzing Today: Nothing but big pulls and collector reactions in today's edition.

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The box: 2017 Topps Update baseball cards 
Where to buy: BlowoutCards.com (for nearly all wax formats)

Packs per box: 11 (10 standard plus one medallion pack)
Cards per pack: 10
Cards in this box: 101
Base set completion: 
81 of 300 (27 percent)
Duplicates: 0

Base cards of note – Aaron Judge, Gary Sanchez, Corey Seager, Giancarlo Stanton, Francisco Lindor, George Springer, Bryce Harper, Anthony Rizzo, Kris Bryant, Stephen Strasburg

Rookie Cards (30) – Notables include Andrew Benintendi, Bradley Zimmer (2), Aaron Judge (no logo), Lewis Brinson, Yulieski Gurriel, Jordan Montgomery

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What's Buzzing Today: Big finds, big pulls, and three questions to make you think on this Monday morning in the collecting world.

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What's Buzzing Today: Big waits, big pulls, Valyrian Steel and the starting point for World Series chatter on the boards.

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The box: 2017 Topps Update baseball cards 
Where to buy: BlowoutCards.com (for hobby & other formats)

Packs per box: 1
Cards per pack: 72
Cards in this box: 72
Base set completion: 
65 of 300 (22 percent)
Duplicates: 0

Base cards of note – Aaron Judge (3), Cody Bellinger (2), Kris Bryant, Anthony Rizzo, Manny Machado, Mookie Betts, Joey Votto, Jose Altuve, Gary Sanchez

Rookie Cards (24) – Notables include Aaron Judge (2), Cody Bellinger (2), Ian Happ (2), Yoan Moncada, Dansby Swanson, Tyler Glasnow, Ryon Healy, Brett Phillips

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A run of Topps Heritage near master sets -- in this case every single card in the product -- for the first decade of the popular brand as well as a pair of autograph proof sheets featuring cards that were never produced have hit the auction block via Robert Edward Auctions. 

The run begins with the first Heritage set from 2001 -- a product among a few celebrating the company's 50th anniversary that year, and one that offered us a re-do of the iconic 1952 Topps set but with today's stars and nods to the past -- and runs to 2011 when Heritage hit the memorable wood-bordered 1962 Topps design.

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What's Buzzing Today: First-week NBA freak-outs and big breaks to ponder heading into the weekend.

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What's Buzzing Today: Defining the Rookie Card, Kyrie's team, massive breaks & 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 past wax boxes and wax packs in a dozen hours. We'll post one every hour all day long ... and this is Hour 11.

The pack: 1981 Donruss baseball cards
The cost now: $2
The cost then: 30 cents

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What: 2017 Topps Archives Snapshots baseball cards
Arrives: Oct. 19 via Topps.com
Box basics: One autograph per 12-card box (100 boxes per case)
Checklist: Click here 

What's buzz-worthy: This online-exclusive arrives for its sophomore season with an autograph and a parallel inside every pack along with a selection of base cards.

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What's Buzzing Today: Collectors react to Gordon Hayward's injury, rip into new MLB cases and show off other big pulls in today's edition.

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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 2.

The box: 2000 Upper Deck Ovation Japanese baseball cards (hobby)
The cost: $49

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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 ... and this is Hour 1.

The pack: 1989 Upper Deck High Series baseball cards
The cost now: $3
The cost then: $1

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Collectors who rip into packs of 2017 Topps Update, which officially arrives tomorrow, will find the third series of MLB Network personalities.

These nine cards are a continuation of the 2017 Topps MLB Network set that began in Series 1 and continued in Series 2 -- and all of them can be seen in the gallery here.

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What's Buzzing Today: Big pulls, big possibilities in MLB and "the world's greatest forger."

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What's Buzzing Today: Nothing but big pulls from collectors in this Saturday edition.

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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: 2017 Bowman Chrome MLB (hobby box)
Where to buy: BlowoutCards.com

Packs per box: 12 (six per mini box)
Cards per pack: 5
Cards in this box: 60
Base set completion: 
23 of 100 (23 percent)
Duplicates: 0
Prospect set completion: 
24 of 100 (24 percent)
Duplicates: 0

Notable players on base cards – Ichiro Suzuki, Kris Bryant, Francisco Lindor, Mookie Betts, Jose Abreu

Rookie Cards (9) – Andrew Benintendi, Yoan Moncada, Orlando Arcia, Hunter Renfroe, Yulieski Gurriel, Jordan Montgomery, Robert Gsellman, Jharel Cotton, Tyler Glasnow

First Bowman Cards (8) – Chris Paddack, Austin Hays, Miguelangel Sierra, Tomas Nido, Jorge Ona, Jameson Fisher, Jazz Chisholm, Luis Alexander Basabe

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The box: 2017 Donruss baseball cards (blaster box)
Where to buy: BlowoutCards.com (for hobby when available)

Packs per box: 8
Cards per pack: 7
Cards in this box: 56
Base set completion: 
41 of 195 (21 percent)
Duplicates: 0
Short-prints (Nos. 1-45; Diamond Kings & Rated Rookies) (2) – Gregory Polanco, Dansby Swanson

Notables on base cards – Mookie Betts, Cal Ripken Jr., Nolan Arenado, Albert Pujols, Giancarlo Stanton, Willie Stargell, Kirby Puckett, Kyle Schwarber, Ryne Sandberg, Frank Thomas

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Rookie Cards (1) – Dansby Swanson

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What's Buzzing Today: Pondering future Hall of Famers, big NFL breaks, a Super Jeter & more in today's edition.

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Topps' high-end Sapphire Edition of Topps Chrome is back -- and this time it's packing Superfractors and autographs in every single box.

Keep reading for details on this online-0nly release.

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What's Buzzing Today: One case with eight 1/1s leads off a day of nothing but the breaks.

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