It's Friday The 13th.

Rumor has it, today's the day for bad luck -- and it's been that way for years -- but today's also a day for horror movie fans to celebrate a franchise with a dozen films and the iconic Jason Voorhees.

But if you want an autograph from Kane Hodder, the first person to play "Jason" in more than one Friday The 13th film, well, you have limited options.

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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 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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Among Panini America's new NFL releases this month is a sophomore edition of Phoenix and tying into that young brand is a promo pack set including the top players in the game.

The Panini America 2017 Kickoff set includes a look at the NFL’s Top 100 Players of 2017 while also offering a look at offensive linemen and some other surprises.

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

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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: Pondering vintage grades, big NBA and NFL breaks, legendary ink and collectors react to the death of a Hall of Famer.

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From time to time, Buzz will break a box of something and break down 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: 2012-13 NBA Hoops (blaster box)
Where to buy: BlowoutCards.com (for hobby)

Packs per box: 11
Cards per pack: 5
Cards in this box: 55
Base set completion: 
51 of 300 (17 percent)
Duplicates: 0

Notable names pulled on base cards: Tim Duncan, Gregg Popovich, Joe Johnson, Ray Allen, Kevin Durant, Gordon Hayward, Manu Ginobili, Vince Carter, Kyle Lowry

Rookie Cards (14)  – Kawhi Leonard, Jimmy Butler, Reggie Jackson, Dion Waiters, Quincy Miller, Bradley Beal, Nolan Smith, DeAndre Liggins, Charles Jenkins, Tyler Honeycutt, Kemba Walker, Klay Thompson, Shelvin Mack, Bismack Biyombo

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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 NFL injuries, big NFL pulls and more from the collecting world.

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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 Donruss football cards (Mega Box)
Where to buy: BlowoutCards.com (for hobby)

Packs per box: 10 (three hobby, seven retail)
Cards per pack: 10 per hobby, eight per retail
Cards in this box: 86
Base set completion: 
57 of 300 (19 percent)
Duplicates: 0

Notables on base cards – Franco Harris, Randy Moss, A.J. Green, Phil Simms, Derrick Henry, Julio Jones, Amari Cooper, Derek Carr, Von Miller, Carson Wentz, David Johnson, Matthew Stafford, Todd Gurley

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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: Nothing but breaks as we're weekending here on The Buzz.

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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 Donruss Certified Cuts football cards (hobby box)
Where to buy: BlowoutCards.com

Packs per box: 12
Cards per pack: 4
Cards in this box: 48
Base set completion: 
36 of 100 (36 percent)
Duplicates: 0

Notables on base cards – Jason Witten, Julius Peppers, Carson Wentz, Von Miller, Antonio Brown, Andrew Luck, Marshawn Lynch, David Johnson, A.J. Green, Jameis Winston, Todd Gurley, J.J. Watt

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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 Donruss football cards (Mega Box)
Where to buy: BlowoutCards.com (for hobby)

Packs per box: 10 (three hobby, seven retail)
Cards per pack: 10 per hobby, eight per retail
Cards in this box: 86
Base set completion: 
57 of 300 (19 percent)
Duplicates: 0

Notables on base cards – Jim Brown, Amari Cooper, Peyton Manning, Dan Fouts, Ezekiel Elliott, Dan Marino, Derek Carr, Randy Moss, Franco Harris

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What: 2017 Elite Extra Edition baseball cards
Arrives: Dec. 6
Box basics: One autographed Future Threads Silhouette, six-to-seven autographs and two-to-three memorabilia cards per five-pack box (20 boxes per case)
Checklist: Click here to view

What's buzz-worthy: Elite once again arrives with a heavy emphasis on the hits and with case cards that are limited to no more than 999 copies with 10 parallels apiece.

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

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What: 2017-18 Panini Court Kings basketball cards
Arrives: Dec. 6
Box basics: One autograph and one memorabilia card per 10-card box (16 boxes per case)
Checklist: Click here to view

What's buzz-worthy: The colorful release that is Court Kings is back with a simple approach that packs the artistry of the game on a variety of cards inside every box -- a set that Panini says is "the most-artistic cards in the world."

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

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What: 2017-18 Totally Certified basketball cards
Arrives: Dec. 13
Box basics: One autograph and one memorabilia card per eight-pack box (16 boxes per case via two inners)
Checklist: Click here to view

What's buzz-worthy: One of Panini's more colorful foil-board creations is back for another year with on-card autos of top rookies and some new designs.

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

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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 pulls, big waits are on collectors' minds in today's edition.

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Whether it was his strong showing that led to a win in the American League Wild Card Game or his everyman reaction to his catcher's foul-ball incident, more than a few baseball fans saw New York Yankees pitcher David Robertson on Tuesday night.

What they won't be able to see? A certified autograph of the former Yankees closer on an official MLB baseball card.

Seriously.

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What: 2017 Panini Preferred football cards
Arrives: Dec. 6
Box basics: Four autographs and one booklet memorabilia card per box (10 boxes per case)
Checklist: Click here to view

What's buzz-worthy: Preferred returns to the gridiron with a new crop of players but plenty of the autographs, memorabilia and booklet cards that collectors expect.

Keep reading for more and a full gallery of images.

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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: Fake Trout (gotta love that merchandise sticker), big pulls and plenty of collecting chatter.

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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 Panini Classics football cards (blaster box)
Where to buy: BlowoutCards.com (for hobby) 

Packs per box: 8
Cards per pack: 8
Cards in this box: 64
Base set completion: 
56 of 300 (19 percent)
Duplicates: 0

Notable players found on base cards – Deion Sanders, Ozzie Newsome, Earl Campbell, Shannon Sharpe, Troy Aikman, Cris Carter, Tony Dorsett, Michael Strahan, Mike Ditka, Jameis Winston, Todd Gurley, Matthew Stafford, Andrew Luck, Peyton Manning, Antonio Brown, Amari Cooper

Rookie Cards (8) – Shaq Lawson, Nelson Spruce, Alex Collins, Charles Tapper, Laremy Tunsil, Sterling Shepard, Karl Joseph, Vernon Adams Jr.

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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: Trubisky Time, big NFL pulls, Topps Now sets & 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 box: 2017 Panini Prestige NFL cards (blaster box)
Where to buy: BlowoutCards.com (for hobby)

Packs per box: 8
Cards per pack: 8
Cards in this box: 64
Base set completion: 
54 of 300 (18 percent)
Duplicates: 0

Notables on base cards: Ezekiel Elliott, Tony Romo, Dak Prescott, Todd Gurley, J.J. Watt, Adrian Peterson, David Johnson, Larry Fitzgerald, Jared Goff, Jameis Winston, Carson Wentz, Drew Brees, Von Miller

Rookie Cards (8) – Marlon Humphrey, Cam Robinson, Tre'Davious White, Jordan Willis, Bucky Hodges, Donnel Pumphrey, Teez Tabor, Artavis Scott

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What: 2017-18 Panini Select soccer cards
Arrives: Nov. 29
Box basics: Three autographs or memorabilia cards per 12-pack box (12 boxes per case)
Checklist: Click here to view

What's buzz-worthy: There are once again three 100-card sets in one for Select soccer and each of them will have parallels from some new options. One of those? Zebra as seen above.

Keep reading for more info and a full gallery.

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The first of the First Off The Line products from Panini America is here.

What's First Off The Line? It's a new program where a small fraction of the print run for a product arrives early with an extra inside the boxes carrying the program's notation.

The first product for this experiment of sorts sold out quickly via Panini and it's 2016-17 Panini Immaculate Collection, and it includes green in every box.

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Texas just might be the home to the NFL's hottest new rookie.

That was certainly the case on Sunday as Houston Texans QB Deshaun Watson lit things up with five touchdowns -- four in the air, one on the ground -- as part of a record-breaking day for his team.

The Texans put up 57 points -- a new team record -- while Watson's TD total tied the NFL record for a rookie quarterback. And, according to the team, he's the first rookie QB to throw four and rush for one since Hall of Famer Fran Tarkenton back in 1961.

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