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The box: 2018 Panini Playbook football cards (blaster box)
Where to buy: BlowoutCards.com (for hobby)

Packs per box: 4
Cards per pack: 5
Cards in this box: 20
Base set completion: 
13 of 200 (7 percent)
Duplicates: 0

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What's Buzzing Today: Eight 1/1s in just 30 packs, big pulls from 2018 Bowman Draft and other new releases, debating "Patrick Mahomes is the next ____."

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What's Buzzing Today: Brooklyn Collection chatter, NFL breaks, a Harrison Ford 1/1 auto sighting and more.

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The box: 2018 Panini Contenders football cards (mega box)
Where to buy: BlowoutCards.com (hobby and more)

Packs per box: 14
Cards per pack: 8
Cards in this box: 113
Base set completion: 
96 of 100 (96 percent)
Duplicates: 0

Notables on base cards: Larry Fitzgerald, Julio Jones, Matt Ryan, Cam Newton, Christian McCaffrey, Mitchell Trubisky, Ezekiel Elliott, Dak Prescott, Matthew Stafford, Aaron Rodgers, J.J. Watt, Deshaun Watson, Andrew Luck, Leonard Fournette, Patrick Mahomes II, Todd Gurley II, Jared Goff, Kenyan Drake, Tom Brady, Alvin Kamara, Drew Brees, Eli Manning, Amari Cooper, Khalil Mack, Derek Carr, Carson Wentz, JuJu Smith-Schuster, Antonio Brown, Jimmy Garoppolo, Russell Wilson, Derrick Henry

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What's buzz-worthy: This new brand takes an all-in-one approach -- a one-card pack -- while highlighting new players and big names from around the NFL as well as notables from the past.

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What's Buzzing Today: Trade chatter, NFL MVP candidates, Juan Soto sightings and more in today's edition.

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A simple idea, a colorful parallel rainbow, a focus on autographs and some star power with the challenge of a chase are all ingredients for a winner if you pull the right guy at the right time.

The card you see above? It's one of 75 2017 Panini Contenders Optic Red autographs signed by red-hot Kansas City Chiefs QB and potential league MVP Patrick Mahomes II -- a guy who was a promising rookie with little-to-no playing time at the time of this one's arrival.

Now? In a PSA 10 slab, it was a card that sold for $5,800 in late September. Another one like it? It's at $6,500 in an active auction. And, yes, there are rarer parallels that are even pricier -- and the lower-grade copies of these are strong sellers, too.

The crazy part? The boxes (and cases) that these cards come in can still be found without breaking the bank.

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It's no surprise to see a New Orleans Saints player with a gaudy stat line but this time it's a dominating game from a guy who's been a dominator all year.

Saints WR Michael Thomas dialed up a big night in a win over the previously unbeaten Los Angeles Rams with 12 catches for 211 yards and a touchdown that included a "call"afterward. (That was likely to the league office to see how big his fine would be for using a prop on the field, especially if it wasn't the league-approved brand of phone he had hidden under the goalpost.)

This former Ohio State star is all over cardboard with more than 2,500 different cards since his arrival in 2016 NFL boxes and he's got more than 800 different autographed cards for fans to chase, too. >> Check out his autos on eBay  The game was his biggest of the year and just his third 100-yard game Despite that, he's fourth in the NFL with 880 yards this season and is second in receptions. With a lot of toys in the Drew Brees-led arsenal, Thomas might be overlooked on his own team to a degree when it comes to cardboard but he shouldn't be.

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Broken-record play equals another broken NFL record.

Kansas City QB Patrick Mahomes II did it again and put up another scorcher on Sunday night as his Chiefs demolished the Bengals 45-10. Mahomes set a new record with 22 touchdowns in his first eight games as he completed 28 of 39 passes for 358 yards and four touchdowns.

As for his cardboard, his Rookie Cards and autos from last season will continue to be in demand as he's on a serious MVP push with a team that's looking dominating -- a new face that the NFL might need right now.

>> Check out Patrick Mahomes autos on eBay

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What's Buzzing Today: Pondering the greatness of Trubisky, Mahomes and Watson, inside new MLB and NFL cases, "my Topps conspiracy", if you won Mega Millions and more in today's edition.

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What: 2018 Panini Playoff football cards
Arrives: Nov. 21
Box basics: Two autographs and two memorabilia cards per 12-pack box (20 boxes per case)
Order: Click here

What's buzz-worthy: Playoff takes the field again with a meaty base set of 200 veterans and 100 rookies and a wide selection of newcomers as hits that can offer a tease of what's to come later in the year.

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What's Buzzing Today: Rare Mike Trout Rookie Card parallels, big pulls, player-collector stashes and 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: Nothing but MLB and NFL chatter as well as some big pulls in today's edition.

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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 hauls, big pulls, NFL breaks, NFL chatter and more in today's edition.

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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: 2017 Donruss Optic NFL cards (Mega Box)
Where to buy: BlowoutCards.com (for this and hobby)

Packs per box: 10
Cards per pack: 4
Cards in this box: 40
Base set completion: 16 of 100 (16 percent)
Duplicates: 0

Base cards: Antonio Brown, DeAndre Hopkins, Michael Thomas, Cam Newton, Adrian Peterson, A.J. Green, Kirk Cousins, Mike Evans, Tyrod Taylor, Allen Robinson, Brian Hoyer, Brandon Marshall, DeSean Jackson, Allen Hurns, T.Y. Hilton, Richard Sherman

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Simply put, Atlanta Falcons WR Calvin Ridley arrived on Sunday.

Sure, it was bound to be a low-defense, high-0ffense contest between the Falcons and the Saints but what was surprising was that this first-round pick out of Alabama was the go-to guy for Matt Ryan (374 yards, 5 TDs) seemingly all day long. He caught seven of eight passes that came his way for 146 yards and three touchdowns in a 43-37 overtime loss. Only one WR had a better week when it comes to yardage and nobody else had three TDs receiving or rushing. It wasn't a total surprise as he found the end zone last week -- but he had a completely silent debut in Week 1 that could have quieted some of the hype. >> Check out Calvin Ridley autos on eBay

Falcons fans have been used to a different receiver formerly of the Crimson Tide getting the job done in Julio Jones but Sunday's game from Ridley showed that there could be some amazing things to come this season and beyond -- both together or solo.

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What: 2018 Super Break Football Super Packs
Arrives: Oct. 12
Box basics: One to three cards per box
Order: Click here

What's buzz-worthy: Super Break takes to the gridiron with a limited-run release that includes the top stars in the game today.

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Have you seen the latest cool or interesting 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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A SUPER SELLER SO FAR
The Item: 2018 Cryptozoic Supergirl Season 1 Melissa Benoist autograph (Supergirl version)
The Price: $480 after 11 bids with five-plus days remaining
Why it’s Buzz-worthy: This latest arrival and the first for The CW series has a number of autographs to watch but none are bigger than those signed by Supergirl herself -- and Melissa Benoist actually has at least three different cards for collectors to look for. So far, three of her autos have sold for $999.50 or more on eBay and her rare dual-wardrobe cards found in this one -- what looks like one blue suit swatch and one red cape swatch -- also has pushed $800. This one is a live auction so it should be interesting to see how this one ends. The other big sales have been Buy-It-Now or Best Offer sales -- and the asking prices are higher than $1,000 for the active auctions right now
Similar Pieces: Other Supergirl Cryptozoic items on eBay
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You should already know all about Pat Mahomes II after the highlight reels from Sunday, but if not ...

The Kansas City Chiefs QB completed 23 of 28 passes for 326 yards and six touchdowns in a 42-37 shootout with the Steelers on Sunday and his season TD total of 10 is a new NFL record for the first two games of a season. His Rookie Cards and autographs can be found throughout 2017 NFL and draft pick products -- he's got nearly 2,100 different cards so far. He's also got close to 1,000 different memorabilia cards and his autographs are pushing 900 different cards with nearly all of them from Panini America, though he does also have ink from Leaf Trading Cards and SAGE. He's clearly the new "it" guy for the league and collectors in this young season.

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He's not a rookie, but he's the newest NFL star to emerge in this young season.

His name is Patrick Mahomes II and the Kansas City Chiefs QB completed 23 of 28 passes for 326 yards and six touchdowns against Pittsburgh in a 42-37 shootout Sunday afternoon. That last stat upped Mahomes' season TD total to 10, which is a new NFL record for the first two games of a season -- the record was nine held by Peyton Manning (2013), Drew Brees (2009) and Charley Johnson (1965). His six TDs were just one short of the NFL passing record for a single game.

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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 Panini Absolute Football cards (blaster)
Where to buy: BlowoutCards.com (for hobby)

Packs per box: 1
Cards in this box: 50
Base set completion: 
36 of 100 (36 percent)
Duplicates: 0

Notables on base cards – Tom Brady, Julio Jones, DeAndre Hopkins, J.J. Watt, Eli Manning, Kareem Hunt, Antonio Brown, Cam Newton, Leonard Fournette, Christian McCaffrey, Russell Wilson, Andrew Luck, Ezekiel Elliott, Drew Brees

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The box: 2017 Panini Football cards (blaster box)
Where to buy: BlowoutCards.com (when available)

Packs per box: 11
Cards per pack: 8
Cards in this box: 88
Base set completion: 
63 of 100 (63 percent)
Duplicates: 0

Notables on base cards – Ezekiel Elliott, Marcus Mariota, Carson Wentz, Julio Jones, Von Miller, Khalil Mack, Mark Ingram, Rob Gronkowski, Antonio Brown, Eli Manning, Russell Wilson, Tom Brady, Mark Ingram, Drew Brees

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The box: 2018 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

Notables on base cards: Brett Favre, Joe Namath, Jim Kelly, Troy Aikman, Terry Bradshaw, Joe Theismann, Roger Staubach, Hines Ward, Tony Dorsett, Ozzie Newsome, Jerome Bettis, Kellen Winslow, Patrick Mahomes II, Eli Manning, Odell Beckham Jr., Marcus Mariota, Derrick Henry

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The box: 2017 Panini Contenders Draft Picks football cards (blaster box)
Where to buy: BlowoutCards.com (for hobby) 

Packs per box: 7
Cards per pack: 6
Cards in this box: 42
Base set completion: 
26 of 100 (26 percent)
Duplicates: 0

Notable players found on base cards – Jerry Rice, Eli Manning, Peyton Manning, John Elway, Tom Brady, Terry Bradshaw, Andrew Luck, Dan Marino, Fran Tarkenton, Brian Bosworth, Khalil Mack, Von Miller, Cam Newton, Jared Goff, Drew Brees, Matt Ryan

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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 Football cards (blaster box)
Where to buy: BlowoutCards.com

Packs per box: 11
Cards per pack: 8
Cards in this box: 88
Base set completion: 
64 of 100 (64 percent)
Duplicates: 0

Notables on base cards – Mark Ingram, Julio Jones, Antonio Brown, Tom Brady, Odell Beckham Jr., Cam Newton, Larry Fitzgerald, Carson Wentz, Marcus Mariota, Aaron Rodgers, Russell Wilson, Eli Manning, Derek Carr, Matthew Stafford, Jared Goff, Khalil Mack, Andrew Luck, Matt Ryan, Drew Brees

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