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The box: 2025 Topps Series 1 baseball cards (hanger)
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Where to buy: BlowoutCards.com (for a few formats)

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Buzz buys and busts a lot of boxes right here for Buzz Breaks, but one of my goals is to rip a little less and talk more about cardboard that I -- and you -- might like. One way to do that? Simple show and tell -- present a few pick-ups and say why they captured my attention.

So, with all that said, here are a few Buzz Buys ... 

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ICONIC ARRIVAL
The Cards: Caitlin Clark 2024 Panini Instant WNBA (All-Rookie Team) -- Rookie Card (/26,980)
The Price: Whatever a 10-pack cost was from Panini
Why it’s Buzz-worthy: There's no doubt that Clark owned the WNBA in her rookie year and for most of this year her only pro cardboard came via Instant ... but I passed. Why? I figured I'd wait and see what popped up that I liked in packs -- and then when I opened one of her college career boxes I found interesting stuff but not cards all that slab-worthy with the details for cutting and printing. (Too messy for the risk to me.) As an easy slabbing decision, I grabbed a 10-pack of this card within hours of its arrival online. Why? It's clean and simple -- iconic -- and I knew that I'd want one or two of these in a slab with a high mark. How does that happen? Well, you have to have a few to pick from -- to eliminate obvious flaws like centering or corners -- and in this case three of my 10 might get sent in. The rest were too off-centered for my taste. There were plenty of these made so there's no rush, but it'll happen at some point in 2025.
Grab a box right here: Nothing for this ... but WNBA cards are here.

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The box: 2024 Topps Holiday baseball cards (tin)
Checklist: Click here
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Where to buy: Click here

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The boxes: 2024 Topps Holiday baseball cards (tin)
Checklist: Click here
Odds: Click here
Where to buy: Click here

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What: 2024 Topps Transcendent Collection baseball cards
Arrives: Jan. 22, 2025
Box basics: 10 hits and more per 42-card box
Checklist: TBD
Order: Click here

What's buzz-worthy: Transcendent returns via a different approach with "careful crafting and elegant touches" for its super-premium VIP product experience -- and with only 100 VIP party invitations now randomly inserted into the run and a second rarer VIP party package to be found, too.

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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: 2024 Topps Holiday baseball cards (tin)
Checklist: Click here
Odds: Click here
Where to buy: Click here

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What: 2024 Topps Archives baseball cards
Arrives: Jan. 8, 2025
Box basics: One auto per 10-pack Collector's Box Lunch Box (10 boxes per case); Two autos per 24-pack hobby box (10 per case)
Checklist: Click here
Odds: Click here
Order: Click here

What's buzz-worthy: Topps Archives will arrive in two formats as noted above once again as it revisits past looks and past stars along with plenty of the notables from today's game, too.

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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: 2024 Topps Holiday baseball cards (tin)
Checklist: Click here
Odds: Click here
Where to buy: Click here

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What: 2024 Topps Definitive Collection baseball cards
Arrives: Jan. 10, 2025
Box basics: Six autos and two Relics per eight-card box (two boxes per case)
Checklist: Click here
Odds: Click here
Order: Click here

What's buzz-worthy: Definitive returns for an eighth edition for MLB fans with plenty of the high-end inclusions that collectors expect.

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The box: 2024 Topps Heritage baseball cards (blaster)
Where to buy: BlowoutCards.com (for a few formats when available)
First Buzz preview, odds & checklist: Click here

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Like many collectors, Buzz is a fan of grading and knows that there are many reasons that collectors choose to slab cards. Sometimes it's to enhance the appeal and protect them when selling. Other times it's to protect an investment for the long-term or to protect for sentimental reasons. Or, it might be just for fun or curiosity about a potential grade.

Here's this month's grading diary here on The Buzz ...

THE AIR UP THERE ...
The Card: Michael Jordan 2009 Goodwin Champions
The Reason Graded: This is one I pulled from a pack of this Ginter-style rival throwback brand back when it arrived, and it's got an obviously appropriate background for Air Jordan. It's that simple touch (and it being a dunk shot) that makes this card -- in all its versions -- in some demand. This one had been in my "maybe grade" pile for literally years and I finally worked it into a bulk sub since the NBA season is here.
The Grade: CGC 10

Reality Check: It checked in higher than I had expected, though I tend to punt cards where the centering is just slightly off ... but those can still land a 10 like this one did. Ultimately I was good with any mark as, for me, this is more of a novelty slab -- about the only Jordan collecting I do is his baseball stuff. Interestingly, most copies of this card have checked in here -- that's surprising to me -- but with that overall volume still low that could change easily with time.

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The box: 2024 Topps Heritage baseball cards (hanger)
Where to buy: BlowoutCards.com (for hobby)
First Buzz preview & checklist: Click here

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What: 2024 Fyre Signed Jersey Multi-Sport Edition
Arrives: Nov. 1
Box basics: One autographed replica jersey per box (16 boxes per case)
Order: Click here

What's buzz-worthy: Fyre turns its attention to the autographed jersey realm with a blind-box release that includes top stars from around the Big Four sports all in one spot.

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Buzz buys and busts a lot of boxes right here for Buzz Breaks, but one of my goals is to rip a little less and talk more about cardboard that I -- and you -- might like. One way to do that? Simple show and tell -- present a few pick-ups and say why they captured my attention. So, with all that said, here are a few Buzz Buys ... 

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THERE'S ALWAYS TIME FOR TIFF
The Card: Tiffany Stratton 2024 Panini Instant WWE Red-White-Blue Autograph (/10)
The Price: $49.99 via Panini Instant
Why it’s Buzz-worthy: This was an instant buy for me for that price and I suspect that future autos for this rising WWE star will cost more when they happen again via Instant based on asking and sale prices over on eBay that are far higher. (And because Panini has charged more for names who aren't as popular.) It's not a perfect card with the auto running off the sticker to a small degree here (though others I saw were worse with that being part of the "T") but that doesn't matter to me much with this being a personal collection addition. The only question is whether I'll slab it or not and I'm leaning toward no as I don't want any surprises on a solid card. With this victory, she got a title match anywhere and at any time, so this is a key moment upon that rocketship ride to the top as she only started wrestling in any capacity in late 2021 and already has all the skills to pay the bills. (Here's one match to see.) There will be more Strattons to come here as long as the prices don't get too crazy.
Grab a box right here: Not for this ... WWE cards are here

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What: 2024 Topps Stadium Club baseball cards
Arrives: Nov. 6
Box basics: Two autos per 16-pack hobby box (16 boxes per case); One auto per eight-pack compact box (16 boxes per case)
Checklist: Click here
Odds: Click here
Order: Click here

What's buzz-worthy: Stadium Club arrives once again with a pair of box formats for rippers and with plenty of MLB stars and energy inside.

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What: 2024 Topps 206 baseball cards
Arrives: Oct. 3 via Topps.com
Box basics: Four packs per box ... one autograph per four-box case
Checklist: Click here
Order: BlowoutCards.com (when available)

What's buzz-worthy: Topps revisits T206 tobacco cards for a fifth edition but this time around it arrives with four-box cases that will guarantee an autograph.

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What: 2024 Leaf Autographed Mystery Jersey Multi-sport Edition
Arrives: Oct. 18
Box basics: One autographed custom jersey per box (10 boxes per case)
Order: Click here

What's buzz-worthy: Leaf once again takes autographed memorabilia to all areas of the sports world with nothing but jerseys in this release -- but this  time it's a super-stacked small lineup.

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The pack: 2021 The Highland Mint Trading Coins Series 1 MLB 
Where to buy: Will take some looking ... BlowoutCards.com for different Retro Rips

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What: 2024 Bowman Sterling baseball cards
Arrives: Oct. 9
Box basics: Five autographs per five-pack box (12 boxes per case)
Checklist: Click here 
Odds: Click here 
Order: Click here

What's buzz-worthy: Bowman Sterling "raises the bar for prospect and Rookie Cards with an entirely new collection of stunning chrome designs and inserts" this year, according to Topps.

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What: 2024 Onyx Authenticated Baseball Clubhouse Collection Authentic Game-used Batting Gloves
Arrives: Sept. 26
Box basics: One pair of game-used batting gloves per box (12 boxes per case via four mini-cases)
Order: Click here

What's buzz-worthy: This MLBPA-approved product returns to collectors' hands once again with every box including a pair of used batting gloves from top young names, established All-Stars and even Hall of Famers.

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What: 2024 Bowman Chrome baseball cards
Arrives: Sept. 11
Box basics: Two autos per 12-pack (two mini-boxes) hobby box (12 boxes per case) or three autos per HTA box (12 boxes per case)
Checklist: Click here
Odds: Click here
Order: Click here
Sapphire Checklist: Click here
Sapphire Odds: Click here

What's buzz-worthy: Bowman will arrive this week via an early pre-sale with no details ultimately yet available other than a preliminary checklist and the odds as seen above.

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What: 2024 TRISTAR Hidden Treasures Platinum Fall Edition Autographed Baseballs
Arrives: March 13
Box basics: One autographed baseball per box (12 boxes per case)
Order: Click here

What's buzz-worthy: TRISTAR's autographed baseball chase brand hits the field for a second time this year with some big chase baseballs -- think legends of the game -- and then a varied mix of stuff in every case.

The biggest chase of them all this year? Keep reading for that and a gallery of what's in this one.

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Like many collectors, Buzz is a fan of grading and knows that there are many reasons that collectors choose to slab cards. Sometimes it's to enhance the appeal and protect them when selling. Other times it's to protect an investment for the long-term or to protect for sentimental reasons. Or, it might be just for fun or curiosity about a potential grade.

Here's this month's grading diary here on The Buzz ...

ARE YOU READY FOR SOME FOOTBALL?
The Card: Derrick Henry 2023 Panini Luminance Red (/25)
The Reason Graded: This card was an instant need for me in some form the second I saw that photo and I managed to find this rarer parallel on the cheap and in clean shape to make it a double win. It was so clean, it was one of a couple cards from this that made it into my recent submission and, well, it's another win for the school ties part of my collection.
The Grade: CGC 10 (Pristine)

Reality Check: That one checks in as a good as it gets and this release grades really, really well from what I have seen -- not a lot as it's a premium-priced brand -- but enough that it will get further looks from me. (Maybe more since football season will be upon us very soon.)

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The box: 2022 Topps Gallery baseball cards (blaster)
Checklist: Click here
Where to buy: BlowoutCards.com (all formats)

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What: 2024 Topps Pristine baseball cards
Arrives: Aug. 23
Box basics: Two autographs and one Auto Relic per six-pack box (eight boxes per case)
Checklist: Click here
Odds: Click here
Order: Click here

What's buzz-worthy: The basics are here -- the checklist and odds -- as this one gets another run in the Topps MLB lineup using its colorful combo approach of encased hits and more in every box.

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