Here's this month's roundup of items that have recently caught my eye as a buyer ...

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PARALLEL POWER?
The Card: National League Wins Leaders (Spencer Strider, Zac Gallen, Justin Steele) 2024 Topps True Photo variant & Gold Foil parallel
The Price: About $11 total
Why it’s Buzz-worthy: The concept of this one is simple and it's striking -- knock off the border of a base card completely, using just its photo -- and I think it works. But there's also one thing here that's striking -- and not in the best way. These are arguably too rare to make that big of an impact with me and I think perhaps other collectors who might not bother to grab their players or even think about a team set or full set. How rare? They are one in 677 hobby packs and I'm confident they'd be more popular if people could reasonably collect a team run or set. Why? Because they're something dramatically different and you can compare the regular card and this version side by side. I also grabbed a Gold Foil parallel for this one this time after I bit on the variant ... just to say I had one. Even paying $10 for this was a stretch for me ... and those odds and that price might say that these aren't as popular as they could/should be. These are one in basically every third hobby case.
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The box: 2015 Topps WWE wrestling cards (retail gravity box)
Where to buy: BlowoutCards.com (when available) or for newer WWE

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The box: 2015 Topps WWE wrestling cards (retail gravity box)
Where to buy: BlowoutCards.com (when available) or for newer WWE

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The box: 2015 Topps WWE wrestling cards (retail gravity box)
Where to buy: BlowoutCards.com (when available) or for newer WWE

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The box: 2015 Topps WWE wrestling cards (retail gravity box)
Where to buy: BlowoutCards.com (when available) or for newer WWE

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The pack: 2014 Topps Chrome WWE wrestling cards (value pack)
Where to buy: BlowoutCards.com

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The box: 2020 Topps Chrome WWE wrestling cards (blaster)
First Buzz preview & checklist: Click here
Where to buy: BlowoutCards.com (for hobby)

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The box: 2020 Topps Chrome WWE wrestling cards (blaster)
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Where to buy: BlowoutCards.com (for hobby)

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The box: 2018 Topps Heritage WWE wrestling cards (blaster)
Where to buy: BlowoutCards.com (in a few formats)

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The box: 2009 Topps WWE wrestling cards (hobby box)
Where to buy: BlowoutCards.com when available; Click here for other WWE boxes

Packs per box: 24
Cards per pack: 7
Cards in this box: 165
Base set completion: 
90 of 90 (100 percent)
Duplicates: 19

Notables on base cards: Triple H, Steve Austin, John Cena, CM Punk, Tommy Dreamer, Chris Jericho, Shawn Michaels, John Morrison, Matt Hardy, Natalya, Cody Rhodes, Jim Ross, Edge, Layla, Randy Orton, Michelle McCool, Alicia Fox, Maryse, Rey Mysterio, Gail Kim, Hornswoggle, Festus, Batista, Santino Marella, Santina Marella, Beth Phoenix, Mickie James, Tiffany, Jerry Lawler, Undertaker, Nikki Bella, Brie Bella

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The box: 2018 Topps Heritage WWE wrestling cards (blaster)
Where to buy: BlowoutCards.com (when available)

Packs per box: 13 (10 standard, one Relic/Shawn Michaels pack and one coin pack in this one)
Cards per pack: 6 in standard
Cards in this box: 63 (62 cards, one coin)
Base set completion: 24 of 110 (22 percent)
Duplicates: 0

Notables on base cards – Kairi Sane, Tomasso Ciampa, Dean Ambrose, Bayley, Undertaker, Carmella, Asuka, The Rock, Billie Kay

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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 wax boxes and wax packs in a dozen hours. We'll post one every hour all day long ... this is Hour 11.

The box: 2018 Topps Heritage WWE wrestling cards (blaster
The cost: Click here for hobby

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The box: 2010 Topps WWE Platinum wrestling cards (blaster box)
Where to buy: BlowoutCards.com (when available)

Packs per box: 8
Cards per pack: 5
Cards in this box: 40
Base set completion: 
27 of 125 (22 percent)
Duplicates: 4

Notables on base cards: Rocky Johnson, Peter Maivia, Curt Hennig, Harley Race, Edge, Dusty Rhodes, Goldost, Melina, Freddie Blassie, Road Warrior Animal, Theodore Long, Bam Bam Bigelow, Sgt. Slaughter, Ricky Steamboat

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The box: 2015 Topps WWE wrestling cards (blaster box)
Where to buy: BlowoutCards.com (when available)

Packs per box: 11 (10 packs plus a Relic pack)
Cards per pack: 7
Cards in this box: 71
Base set completion: 
45 of 100 (45 percent)
Duplicates: 4

Notables on base cards: The Rock, Bruno Sammartino, Ric Flair, Roddy Piper, Undertaker, Stephanie McMahon, Chris Jericho, Rob Van Dam, Randy Orton, Batista, Roman Reigns, Jerry Lawler, Bray Wyatt, Brock Lesnar, Daniel Bryan, Nikki Bella, Triple H

Rookie Cards (3) – Rusev, Xavier Woods, Emma

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The biggest weekend in professional wrestling is here with WrestleMania 34 set for Sunday in New Orleans and events beginning tonight with the WWE Hall of Fame induction ceremony, a NXT Takeover on Saturday and then Raw/Smackdown tapings after that. We'll make today a big day for wrestling collectors right here on The Buzz with #BuzzMania, a series of WWE wax box and wax pack breaks all day long.

How long will we go? Stay tuned ...

The pack: 1998 Comic Images WWF Superstarz cards
The cost: Varies ($7 this time)

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There's no chance some of you will miss this Funko Pop! debut

Vince McMahon was among a lineup of 11 new WWE toys revealed by the company on Friday in advance of WrestleMania 34 this weekend in New Orleans. (We bet you had no idea with #BuzzMania today ...)

McMahon will have more than one toy and will be joined by a number of WWE stars in the series arriving this summer, including the first Pop! toys for Japanese star Asuka.

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The box: 2017 Topps WWE Legends
Where to buy: BlowoutCards.com

Packs per box: 12 (via two mini-boxes)
Cards per pack: 5
Cards in this box: 60
Base set completion: 
37 of 100 (37 percent)
Duplicates: 0

Notables on base cards – "The Nature Boy" Ric Flair, Big John Studd, Sensational Sherri, Michael "P.S." Hayes, Ken Shamrock, Terri Runnels, Andre The Giant, Edge, Dusty Rhodes, Bam Bam Bigelow, Hunter Hearst Helmsley, Sgt. Slaughter, "Macho Man" Randy Savage, Larry Zbyszko, "Rowdy" Roddy Piper, Jake "The Snake" Roberts, Miss Elizabeth, Bobby "The Brain" Heenan, Jim "The Anvil" Neidhart, Harley Race, Irwin R. Schyster

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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 ... and this is Hour 5.

The pack: 2015 Topps WWE (hobby box) 
The cost now: $69 (if you're lucky)
The cost then: $1.99/pack, $47.76/box

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The box: 2016 Topps Heritage WWE wrestling cards (blaster box)
Where to buy: BlowoutCards.com (for hobby)

Packs per box: 8 (seven standard and one hit/Lesnar pack)
Cards per pack: 9
Cards in this box: 65
Base set completion: 
41 of 110 (37 percent)
Duplicates: 0

Notable names pulled on base cards – "Stone Cold" Steve Austin, Trish Stratus, Bret "Hit Man" Hart, Kevin Owens, The Rock, Undertaker, Bruno Sammartino, Finn Balor, Bayley, Bray Wyatt

Rookie Cards (3) – Colin Cassidy, A.J. Styles, Enzo Amore

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The case: 2015 Topps WWE Heritage cards (blaster boxes)
Where to buy: BlowoutCards.com

Boxes per case: 16
Packs per box: 7 (plus one-card bonus Relic pack)
Cards per pack: 9
Cards per box: 64
Base set completion: 
110 of 110 (100 percent)
Duplicates: plenty of extras -- see next category

Notable stats about this break – Received between four and six copies of every card in the 110-card base set and completed each of the insert sets at least once, excluding parallels. (Did not receive any parallels rarer than the one-per-box Black versions.) Created just one of the 10-card nWo sets, but the case yielded three of the 2K16 sets, three Rookie of the Year, two Then & Now (one card short of a third) and four NXT Called Up insert sets.

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