What: 2019 Topps Star Wars Stellar Signatures trading cards
Arrives: Oct. 30
Box basics: 40 encased autographed cards (four duals), one sketch card and a 100-card art set per box
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What's buzz-worthy: The third release of the biggest and rarest Star Wars release of them all will include plenty of hits from a galaxy far, far away with a print run that's once again elite.

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What's Buzzing Today: Collectors react to the Russell Westbrook trade, Baker Mayfield autos on the way, The National and some big pulls from high-end boxes and cases.

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What's Buzzing Today: Big NBA moves, big blaster box pulls, The National, a huge first Star Wars pull and breaking down 32 -- yes, 32 -- Chronicles NBA blasters.

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What: 2019 Topps Star Wars Masterwork trading cards
Arrives: Nov. 20
Box basics: Four hits in every four-pack hobby box with two autographs guaranteed (eight boxes per case)
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What's buzz-worthy: Topps' high-end Star Wars brand arrives for another go in a galaxy far, far away with a number of new signers, legendary classic autos and plenty more from this long-running release.

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What's Buzzing Today: Card restoration debate hits The New York Times, big pulls, new baseball cards, The National and more in today's edition.

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What: 2019 Topps Star Wars Authentics Autographs Series 2
Arrives: Sept. 25
Box basics: One autographed photo and one serial-numbered trading card per box (12 boxes per case)
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What's buzz-worthy: The Force was strong with this one the first time around, so Topps is bringing its autographed photographs for this legendary franchise to pack form once again with a number of new signers included.

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A long time ago in a galaxy far, far away is now found on one more type of cardboard.

As it teased yesterday, Topps revealed the Topps Star Wars Living Set which will spotlight memorable characters on new artwork using the original design frame from when it all began for the franchise on cards.

The first card in the series? One of cinema's ultimate villains, Darth Vader, with artwork from artist Kris Penix.

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What: 2019 Topps Star Wars The Skywalker Saga
Arrives: Aug. 28
Box basics: One autograph guaranteed in every two-hit box (12 boxes per case)
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What's buzz-worthy: A new entry into the Topps Star Wars lineup will be this one, which focuses solely on the family that has been at the core of the film franchise's universe.

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What: 2019 Topps Star Wars Journey to Episode IX
Arrives: Oct. 4
Box basics: One autograph guaranteed in every two-hit box (12 boxes per case)
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What's buzz-worthy: The next Star Wars movie is coming later this year and this will be the first set of cards in packs telling us the story that leads toward The Rise of Skywalker.

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What's Buzzing Today: Peter Mayhew, MLB attendance, Big Heritage pulls, alleged card-trimming and more in today's edition.

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What's Buzzing Today: Nothing but big pulls and big breaks in this new edition.

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What's Buzzing Today: Nothing but notable pulls from around the collecting world in today's edition.

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Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker is here -- and so is the cardboard.

Topps revealed a 10-card set based on some of the scenes in the teaser trailer that debuted Friday, giving the world its first view at the ninth core Star Wars film that's set to arrive late this year.

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Buzz buys and busts a lot of boxes right here for Buzz Breaks, but one of my goals just might be to rip fewer blasters this year 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. Would they capture yours? I'd be interested to know -- sometimes they might, sometimes they won't and that's fine. It's a buyer's market out there with plenty of options and bargains as well as high-end gems to chase.

So, with all that said, here are a few Buzz Buys ... and this time around they're (mostly) affordable finds.

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A PIECE OF THE OCTAGON
The Card: Jon Fitch 2010 Topps UFC Main Event Authentic Cage Relics
The Price: $2.45
Why it’s Buzz-worthy: This card was not one bought for the fighter but rather the type of Relic -- and you should know with this series that I'm a fan of unusual memorabilia cards. Bronze, Silver and Gold parallels can be found for this set which has a piece of the Octagon embedded into every card. There are 30 fighters in this one with the likes of Anderson Silva, Brock Lesnar, Chuck Liddell, Randy Couture, Rashad Evans and Georges St-Pierre among them. The Bronze (/88) are the easiest of the parallels while Silvers are limited to just eight copies and the Golds are 1/1s. Even retail boxes include a hit in these every time -- a mix of autos and Relics -- and the link below includes more than one option for you to chase stuff fresh from packs without spending a ton. This basic set has a strong lineup and some good highlights and these cards are unique (I don't think there are many others like it, if any). The parallels give you a tough chase but the basic set is do-able. I'm not there yet, but with super-cheap lesser names possible the set is perhaps more do-able than you might think on the cheap.
Grab a box/lot right here: 2010 Topps UFC Main Event

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What: 2019 Topps Star Wars Chrome Legacy
Arrives: Aug. 16
Box basics: Two hits -- one autograph or sketch card guaranteed -- per 12-pack box (eight boxes per case)
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Order: Click here (once live)

What's buzz-worthy: Chrome turns toward the mini-box format for Star Wars fans to revisit the eight past films and to chase autographs, Refractor rainbows and other hits in smaller chunks.

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What's Buzzing Today: Big BlowoutTV pulls, inside two 2019 Donruss cases, Antonio Brown, Star Wars and more.

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Topps is wrapping up its second Industry Conference at the Talking Stick Resort in Scottsdale, Ariz., today, and the company revealed some of its plans for releases to come throughout the rest of this year.

The company's MLB lineup is relatively similar to recent years save for the return of Bowman Sterling, which is planned for an August release in place of Bowman Tek. It will be back with one auto and five base cards per pack and five packs per box. MLB products for the second half of the year include Diamond Icons, Archives Signature Series (both versions), Tribute, Topps Chrome Luminaries, Heritage High Number, Archives, Five Star, Gold Label, Bowman Chrome, Triple Threads, Heritage MiLB, High Tek, Topps Update, Dynasty, Transcendent, Bowman Draft and Bowman's Best. (Details on all of these will arrive with their First Buzz previews throughout the year right here on The Buzz.)

Possible Transcendent guests for Topps include Derek Jeter and Ken Griffey Jr., though nothing firm was announced yet. There are also plans for a Bowman Transcendent release beyond this year. Meanwhile, Topps National Baseball Card Day will return on Aug. 10 in participating hobby shops with teasers at baseball stadiums, MLB Network publicity and packs in shops. Holiday packs also will return late this year, while silver promo packs will continue through Topps Update.

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What's Buzzing Today: Big pulls from past and present products lead the way in today's edition.

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A top prospect and the reigning National League MVP will be there ... and dealers and distributors out there should be, too.

Topps' second Industry Conference is set for next week at the Talking Stick Resort in Scottsdale, Ariz., and registrations ($250) are still available for the event beginning on Sunday.

Set in the heart of the Cactus League, this event will include several speakers during the three-day duration of this one with San Diego Padres prospect Fernando Tatis Jr. a signing guest for the opening reception Sunday and Christian Yelich to be on hand Monday night. There also will be gifts for each day of attendance.

Keep reading for a breakdown of the schedule as provided by Topps.

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What's Buzzing Today: Nothing but big pulls and breaks highlights in today's edition.

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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: 2019 Topps Star Wars: The Empire Strikes Back Black & White trading cards
Where to buy: BlowoutCards.com

Packs per box: 8
Cards per pack: 7
Cards in this box: 56
Base set completion: 
40 of 150 (27 percent)
Duplicates: 0

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What's Buzzing Today: Nothing but break highlights and a few 1/1 pulls in today's edition.

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What's Buzzing Today: Nothing but highlights from breaks in today's edition.

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What's Buzzing Today: Big pulls, big redemption bummer (via a bad delivery), pondering Hall of Famers and more.

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What's Buzzing Today: Cautionary threads, meandering hot takes, big pulls and more in today's edition.

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