Topps is wrapping up its second Industry Conference at the Talking Stick Resort in Scottsdale, Ariz., today, and the company revealed some of its plans for releases to come throughout the rest of this year.

The company's MLB lineup is relatively similar to recent years save for the return of Bowman Sterling, which is planned for an August release in place of Bowman Tek. It will be back with one auto and five base cards per pack and five packs per box. MLB products for the second half of the year include Diamond Icons, Archives Signature Series (both versions), Tribute, Topps Chrome Luminaries, Heritage High Number, Archives, Five Star, Gold Label, Bowman Chrome, Triple Threads, Heritage MiLB, High Tek, Topps Update, Dynasty, Transcendent, Bowman Draft and Bowman's Best. (Details on all of these will arrive with their First Buzz previews throughout the year right here on The Buzz.)

Possible Transcendent guests for Topps include Derek Jeter and Ken Griffey Jr., though nothing firm was announced yet. There are also plans for a Bowman Transcendent release beyond this year. Meanwhile, Topps National Baseball Card Day will return on Aug. 10 in participating hobby shops with teasers at baseball stadiums, MLB Network publicity and packs in shops. Holiday packs also will return late this year, while silver promo packs will continue through Topps Update.

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What: 2019 Topps Major League Soccer cards
Arrives: April 10
Hobby box basics: Two jumbo Relics and one dual Relic per 24-pack box (12 boxes per case)
Checklist: Click here
Order: Click here

What's buzz-worthy: Back for its seventh season, the flagship for Topps' American soccer presence will arrive with another nod to the 1980s and a different twist -- more Relics and no autographs.

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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 Major League Soccer cards (hobby box)
Where to buy: BlowoutCards.com

Packs per box: 24
Cards per pack: 8
Cards in this box: 190
Base set completion: 
169 of 200 (85 percent)
Duplicates: 0

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What: 2018 Topps Stadium Club MLS soccer cards
Arrives: Aug. 29
Box basics: Two autographs per 16-pack box (16 boxes per case)
Order: Click here
Checklist: Click here

What's buzz-worthy: Topps' take on Stadium Club for American soccer is back once again with the stars of MLS and what collectors have come to expect from this photography-focused brand.

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 What: 2018 Topps MLS soccer cards
Arrives: April 11
Hobby box basics: Two autos and one jumbo Relic per 24-pack box (12 boxes per case)
Checklist: Click here

What's buzz-worthy: Back for its sixth year, the flagship for Topps' American soccer presence will arrive with nods to the 1980s but plenty of the energy and cardboard qualities that collectors expect today.

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If you hadn't noticed, there are a number of boxes with discounted prices right now over on the mothership as BlowoutCards.com begins its Black November sales now.

Many of the discounts were dramatic enough that Buzz had to sit down and ponder the possibilities in many of the boxes and cases -- and here are five boxes/cases that caught this collector’s eye.

2015 Bowman's Best baseball hobby box
There are more than a few Bowman boxes up for grabs with lower prices as part of this wave -- the first of several to come between now and Black Friday -- but this one has a pretty strong discount (limit eight boxes per person) and potential. The mini-box format allows you to share a box with someone else if you want, too, with each half-box including six packs and and two autos. Among the signers here? Carlos Correa, Kris Bryant, Dansby Swanson, Rafael Devers, Mike Trout, Andrew Benintendi, Bryce Harper, Byron Buxton and many others. You can do very well here with a little luck.

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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 Topps Stadium Club Major League Soccer cards (hobby box)
Where to buy: BlowoutCards.com

Packs per box: 16
Cards per pack: 8
Cards in this box: 128
Base set completion: 
100 of 100 (100 percent)
Duplicates: 13

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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 6.

The box: 2016 Topps Apex MLS soccer cards
The cost: Click here

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: 2017 Topps Major League Soccer cards (hobby box)
Where to buy: BlowoutCards.com

Packs per box: 24
Cards per pack: 8
Cards in this box: 184
Base set completion: 
152 of 190 (80 percent)
Duplicates: 11

Rookie Cards (12) – Jackson Yueill, Hector Villalba, Niko Hansen, Jeremy Ebobisse, Miguel Almiron, Zeiko Lewis, Miles Robinson, Jakob Nerwinski, Julian Gressel, Daniel Johnson, Abu Danladi, Justin Davis

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What: 2017 Topps Stadium Club MLS soccer cards
Arrives: Aug. 23
Box basics: Two autographs per 16-pack box (16 boxes per case)
Checklist: Click here to view

What's buzz-worthy: Topps brings Stadium Club to American soccer with the stars of MLS and many of the features collectors have come to expect from the photography-focused brand.

Keep reading for more and a full gallery of images.

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A new year is almost here and Buzz has a few questions for you about your collecting habits.

Simply put, we want to know more about what you collect and here are 10 questions we hope you'll take a few minutes to answer.

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See the rest of the questions after the jump.

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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 five threads about collecting and more that you should check out right now.

What's Buzzing Today: Nothing but breaks today -- with some surprises.

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What: 2017 Topps MLS soccer cards
Arrives: April 19
Hobby box basics: two autographs and one Relic per 24-pack box (12 boxes per case)
Final checklist: Click here to view

What's buzz-worthy: Back for its fifth year, the flagship for Topps' American soccer presence will arrive with "dynamic photography, a multitude of rare variations and a sampling of card designs from Topps' extensive portfolio."

Keep reading to learn more and see a full gallery of preview 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 box: 2016 Topps Apex soccer cards (hobby box)
Where to buy: BlowoutCards.com

Packs per box: 2
Cards per pack: 32
Cards in this box: 59
Base set completion: 
47 of 100 (47 percent)
Duplicates: 0

Notables on base cards – Robbie Rogers, Frank Lampard, Clint Dempsey, Robbie Keane, Steven Gerrard

Rookie Cards (3) – Cole Seiler, Keegan Rosenberry, Jordan Morris

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Topps Now has come to the pitch with six cards making the debut offering for Major League Soccer.

Just like in other sports, the 2016 Topps Now MLS cards are only available for 24 hours and are limited to the number of cards that are ordered.

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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 five threads about collecting and more that you should check out right now.

What's Buzzing Today: Big pulls, retro breaks, baseball hauls and The National.

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What: 2016 Topps MLS soccer cards
Arrives: April 14
Hobby box basics: 24 packs per box  -- two autographs and one Relic per box (eight cards per pack. 12 boxes per case) 

What's buzz-worthy: Back for its fourth year, the flagship for Topps' American soccer presence will arrive with what the company calls "a consumer-friendly price point" while keeping three hits in every hobby box.

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