What: 2016 Panini Plates & Patches football cards
Arrives: Feb. 8
Box basics: One on-card autograph or rookie patch auto, one patch card and one printing plate per five-card box (12 boxes per case).

What's buzz-worthy: Plates & Patches returns after a five-year break with a 1/1 card in every box while also carrying a lower-end suggested retail price for a brand that has every card limited to no more than 99 copies.

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Peyton Manning SB50 Football - 2016 Panini Eternal Memorabilia Card #PE-PM1 - 1/1 – September 7 $2,499.99

First there was Panini Instant. Now there's Panini Eternal.

Panini America has a new take on real-time cardboard and the program was officially unveiled today with the announcement that a Peyton Manning Super Bowl 50 card coming on the heels of the teams' rematch tomorrow night.

“Just as trading cards themselves continue to evolve, so, too, do the ways in which they’re brought to market. Panini Eternal is on the cutting edge in both regards,” said Mark Warsop, Panini America CEO. “Panini Eternal is about capturing history — game-specific memorabilia from the milestone moments in sports – and sharing it directly with fans and collectors. There’s nothing else quite like it in the NFL collectibles arena and we’re excited to begin this landmark journey with a tribute to Peyton Manning, the Denver Broncos and Super Bowl 50.”

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First there was Panini Instant. Now there's Panini Eternal.

Panini America is teasing another take on real-time cardboard via its website with a section for these cards alongside Instant.

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It's not been pretty on the quarterback front for the Denver Broncos in 2016 with the exit of a legend, Peyton Manning, the exit of his long-term understudy, Brock Osweiler, and the preseason messes of Mark Sanchez.

But there is a highlight with the arrival of Trevor Siemian in the starting spot in Denver.

No, really.

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What: 2016 Panini Prizm football cards (jumbo box)
Arrives: Oct. 26
Box basics: Three autographs and 10 serial-numbered Prizm cards per 12-pack box (12 boxes per case)

What's buzz-worthy: Prizm is back for a new season with a familiar look and all the new names while including Tribute sets to a pair of retired legends, Peyton Manning and Charles Woodson and "more Prizm content than ever before."

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What: 2016 Leaf Autographed Football Helmets
Arrives: October
Box basics: One autographed full-sized helmet per box (three boxes per case)

What's buzz-worthy: Leaf offers "the return of one of the most popular and innovative packaged memorabilia items of all time" with every box yielding either a Hall of Famer, current NFL star or rookie, past stars and even "a few more surprises."

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The box: 2016 Panini football cards
Where to buy: BlowoutCards.com (for blasters) 

Packs per box: 24
Cards per pack: 10
Cards in this box: 240
Base set completion: 
144 of 200 (72 percent)
Duplicates: 0

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When 2016 Donruss football cards arrive on Wednesday from Panini America, its packs will include a return of Fans of the Game -- a set that has brought plenty of star power to football cards as well as other sports.

This year's batch includes celebs as well as a pair of Peyton Manning tribute sets -- and each of them can be found with autographs, too.

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The box: 2016 Panini Clear Vision football cards (hobby box)
Where to buy: BlowoutCards.com

Packs per box: 6
Cards per pack: 3
Cards in this box: 18
Base set completion: 
12 of 100 (12 percent)
Duplicates: 0

Players found on base cards – Carson Palmer, Joe Flacco, Luke Kuechly, Joe Haden, Peyton Manning, J.J. Watt, Adrian Peterson, Mark Ingram, Jerry Rice, Kurt Warner, Terry Bradshaw, Joe Montana

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The box: 2016 Panini Certified football cards (hobby box)
Where to buy: BlowoutCards.com

Packs per box: 10
Cards per pack: 5
Cards in this box: 50
Base set completion: 
26 of 100 (26 percent)
Duplicates: 0

Notable players found on base cards – Jameis Winston, Drew Brees, Peyton Manning, Amari Cooper, Odell Beckham Jr., Eli Manning, Calvin Johnson, Matthew Stafford

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What: 2016 Leaf Autographed Football Jersey Edition
Arrives: October
Box basics: One autographed jersey per box (eight boxes per case)

What's buzz-worthy: Leaf brings the fabric of the game to the blind-wrapped football memorabilia niche with "an unprecedented selection of athletes including Hall of Famers, superstars of years past, today's best players and hot rookies."

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The box: 2016 Donruss Elite football cards (hobby box)
Where to buy: BlowoutCards.com

Packs per box: 20
Cards per pack: 5
Cards in this box: 100
Base set completion: 
78 of 100 (78 percent)
Duplicates: 0

Notable players found on base cards – Todd Gurley, Jerry Rice, Peyton Manning, Tom Brady, Emmitt Smith, Bo Jackson, Joe Montana, Cam Newton, Troy Aikman, Aaron Rodgers, Adrian Peterson, Dez Bryant, Joe Namath, J.J. Watt, Eli Manning, John Elway, Barry Sanders.

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After a year on the bench, Panini America has revived the Elite brand with a new wave of new looks for the brand best known for its foilboard.

Since its arrival yesterday, collectors have been finding plenty of on-card ink, plenty of new looks and some EPIX-styled looks that the Elite brand hasn't seen before on a checklist that includes stars from the past and present as well as the new crop of NFL rookies.

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The box: 2011 Topps football cards (blaster box)
Where to buy: BlowoutCards.com (for hobby) 

Packs per box: 10 (plus one manufactured Relic pack)
Cards per pack: 8
Cards in this box: 81
Base set completion: 
67 of 440 (15 percent)
Duplicates: 0

Notable players found on base cards: Peyton Manning, Dez Bryant, Patrick Willis

Rookie Cards (16) – Notables include A.J. Green, Blaine Gabbert, Randall Cobb, Patrick Peterson

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Take a simple array of variation types to enhance a 1980s-inspired design for a checklist loaded with past, present and future greats and then add in some autographs, buybacks and other surprises for a bargain price and you get 2016 Panini Classics.

The retro-inspired modern release arrived today with an autograph in every 14-pack box and a memorabilia in every other box.

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What: 2016 Donruss football cards
Arrives: Aug. 3
Box basics: One autograph and one memorabilia card per 24-pack box (18 boxes per case)

What's buzz-worthy: Panini's Donruss brand hits the gridiron with aesthetic looks back to the past with today's biggest stars, two Peyton Manning tribute sets and some extra Fans of the Game who people will know throughout the galaxy -- oh, and a set that will give collectors a shot at their autographs, too.

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What: 2016 Leaf Autographed Mini-helmet Football
Arrives: Aug. 26
Box basics: One autographed mini-helmet per box (eight boxes per case)

What's buzz-worthy: Leaf offers "one of the single most popular packaged memorabilia products in the marketplace" with every box yielding a Hall of Famer, current NFL star, retired star or player with potential.

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What: 2016 Certified football cards
Arrives: July 27
Box basics: Four autographs or memorabilia cards per 10-pack box (24 boxes per case via two inner cases)

What's buzz-worthy: This one will be the home of The Peyton Manning Collection, a five-card insert set that will have game-used jerseys and autographs, while every box will include one Rookie Patch Auto.

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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 in today's edition -- everything from football to soccer to wrestling from the past and present.

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Future Hall of Fame quarterback Peyton Manning had a habit of sorts through the years that a collector just might find interesting -- and now it's part of a viral video ad campaign and tribute to the former Vols, Colts and Broncos signal-caller.

His habit? He writes letters.

ESPN reporter Chris Mortensen takes a moment to discuss his letter from Manning as he battles cancer. Pam Frenzel recaps the moments her late son shared with the QB. Manning's past coaches recap moments that prompted correspondence. His family members, his teammates and others also revisit their moments via Gatorade's series of videos.

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The recent arrival of 2015 Panini Flawless football cards marked a new wave of high-end cards for fans to consider and a new wave of impressive possibilities for autographs and dazzling memorabilia displayed within cardboard.

Sometimes it's simple, sometimes it's not.

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This year's National Treasures football card set is slated to arrive next week packing some of the biggest names in the history of the game.

But don't take Buzz's word for it ... just check out the gallery of cards teased by Panini America so far this morning as it fills the boxes of 2015 Panini National Treasures by hand today down in Texas.

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The box: 2014 Panini Contenders football cards (super blaster box)
Where to buy: BlowoutCards.com

Packs per box: 14
Cards per pack: 8
Cards in this box: 112
Base set completion: 
88 of 100 (88 percent)
Duplicates: 13

Notable names pulled on base cards: Peyton Manning, Andrew Luck, Dez Bryant, Julio Jones, Eli Manning, Aaron Rodgers, Cam Newton, Tom Brady, Russell Wilson

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Sports Illustrated is paying tribute to Peyton Manning ... and you can collect them all.

The 104-page Sports Illustrated Peyton Manning Retirement Tribute Issue examines the life of the future Hall of Famer who retired after 18 seasons in the NFL on Monday, and it can be found with covers for all three of his stops as a nationally known player. There's one cover for the University of Tennessee Vols, one for the Indianapolis Colts and one for his time with the Denver Broncos.

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First Peyton Manning, now Brock Osweiler.

The Super Bowl champion Denver Broncos have lost their second quarterback this week as Osweiler will be joining the Houston Texans, according to the NFL Network. It will be a four-year deal for $72 million -- a risk the Broncos apparently weren't willing to take.

Of all the moves agreed to and to come as a new season officially begins today, this and perhaps the DeMarco Murray trade have some hobby potential. Many others, though, don't figure to matter much on cardboard. Heck, some of the big names signing with new teams -- Malik Jackson, for example -- don't even have cards.

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