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What's Buzzing: Pondering Baby Yoda's Rookie Card (really!), NBA chatter, soccer cards, Topps Holiday and more in today's edition.

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This galaxy's cardboard has just gone three-dimensional.

Topps revealed its 2020 Topps Star Wars 3D set on Thursday as part of the Topps On Demand series -- its 27th of the year -- and it's a simple release that will still present a number of challenges for those who try to collect this comprehensive all-areas-of-the-franchise release.

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What: 2021 Topps Star Wars The Mandalorian Season 2 trading cards
Arrives: June 23
Box basics: One autograph or sketch card per seven-pack tin (12 boxes per case)
Checklist: Click here
Order: Click here

What's buzz-worthy: Baby Yoda Grogu fans get another go at new stuff as the second season of this hit show hits cardboard.

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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: Big pulls and Project 2020 chatter lead the way 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 set: 2020 Topps Star Wars The Mandalorian Season 2 trailer
Where to buy: BlowoutCards.com (for other Mandalorian sets)

Keep reading for a full breakdown and gallery of what was in this one.

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What: 2020 Topps Star Wars Masterwork trading cards
Arrives: Dec. 9
Box basics: Four hits in every four-pack hobby box with two autos guaranteed (eight boxes per case)
Checklist: Click here
Order: Click here

What's buzz-worthy: Topps' high-end Star Wars brand drops with some inclusions for new stories and plenty of stars from throughout the galaxy of his franchise in a formula that's pretty much what collectors have come to expect in past years.

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Star Wars is a family thing and a new Topps set arriving today for pre-order proves it.

The 2020 Topps Star Wars I Am Your Father's Day set is a simple one that delivers from throughout the franchise's long-running galaxy and is available from Topps.com printed to order for just the next six-plus days.

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What: 2020 Topps Star Wars The Mandalorian trading cards
Arrives: Nov. 4
Box basics: One autograph or sketch card per seven-pack tin (12 boxes per case)
Checklist: Click here
Order: Click here

What's buzz-worthy: Baby Yoda fans get another go at cardboard for the galaxy's most-popular little green alien within a release that takes on the entire series that revolves around him.

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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 ...

GRADING THE PHENOM
The Card: Baby Yoda ("The Child") 2019 Star Wars Living Set #58
The Reason Graded: I picked up a few of these since I knew they'd be hot -- it set a record with 9,663 copies sold that shows how it definitely was in demand. However, that volume is significantly higher than anything else in the set and that  can also lead to lower re-sale prices as those who bought in bulk want to move them. (They have more competition.) Grading-wise, this one is the big leader, too, but I still wanted to chase a 10.
The Grade: BGS 9.5

Reality Check: I came close but ultimately checked in where most cards here do. Nearly 50 cards from the set have been graded and this guy is on 29 of them. Only two other copies have five or more graded copies and that leaves the rest as population-one cards. I didn't get a 10 but I'm fine with this mark as the stock does seem like it might be a tougher grade than other types.

Keep reading for more of this month's pick-ups and new slabs for Buzz.

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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: 2020 Topps Star Wars: The Mandalorian Journey of The Child (aka the Baby Yoda set)
First Buzz preview & checklist: Click here
Where to buy: Click here

Keep reading for a full breakdown and gallery of what was in this one.

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What: 2020 Topps Star Wars Authentics 8x10 Autos
Arrives: Aug. 19
Box basics: One autographed 8-by-10 photo, one serial-numbered trading card and one discount card per box (12 boxes per case)
Signers list: Click here
Order: Click here

What's buzz-worthy: This signed photos line reverts back to 8-by-10 photos for its second release of the year with new ink from The Mandalorian and The Rise of Skywalker in play here.

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Topps' annual Industry Conference is under way in Arizona right now and it has teased some things to come when it comes to cardboard this year.

Here's a notebook of what's been teased so far ...

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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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HOW YOU LIKE ME NOW?
The Item: Zion Williamson 2019-20 Donruss Optic Holo (Silver Prizm) Rookie Card parallel
The Price: $1,499.99 Buy-It-Now (or best offer)
Why it’s Buzz-worthy: What's the hottest box on the planet at the moment? It might be this one and it arrives just as the NBA's No. 1 pick is at his peak so far after a late arrival that has generated plenty of attention. Retail boxes are vanishing within seconds of arrival for this one and the various hobby formats are also scorchers -- and it's not really been around long enough for a huge number of single-card sales to be out there on eBay just yet. Too many box flippers affecting that? Or is it just me? (It could be just as I've been shut out all season long on pulling any Zions in an NBA uni ... I'm bitter.) This brand is one I like because it seems to deliver a little more fun and a little more volume than its other Optichrome counterparts -- there are a few brands with plastic potential -- but they're all very popular this year and I'm sure there's more to come. I'm not totally sure what's going on with the photo crop here (Maybe it's to facilitate autos?) but that doesn't matter. Raw copies of the base card have pushed $100 so you can expect plenty of action -- and volatility -- on everything else, too. The one constant? People want them. If I pulled a big one like this, I'd be slabbing before selling.
Similar Pieces: Zion Williamson Optic cards on eBay
The BlowoutCards.com Hunt: Click here for all 2019-20 Donruss Optic box formats

Keep reading for four more interesting items in this week's roundup ...

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What: 2020 Topps The Mandalorian: Journey of The Child trading cards
Arrives: April 8
Box basics: 30 cards per set along with two parallel cards (40 boxes per case)
Checklist: Click here
Order: Click here (live soon)

What's buzz-worthy: The biggest little deal in Star Wars today -- Baby Yoda -- gets a card set of his own that will go retail-only when it arrives this spring.

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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 ... and this time around it's mostly stuff found on the affordable side.

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WORKHORSE PLATES
The Card: Derrick Henry 2016 Panini Spectra Plates & Patches black printing plate (1/1)
The Price: About $9
Why it’s Buzz-worthy: We'll know soon whether this monster of the gridiron this season will be playing in the Super Bowl for the first time, but I figured I'd lead off with him since he's had a huge year. I'd also let this serve as a reminder that there are some solid bargains to be found among stuff that's not brand new and that there are types of cards that seem to be overlooked. This card fits that bill. Yes, printing plates can have less appeal depending on the color of the plate and the design of the cards, but they seem to be overlooked by many for some unknown reason to me. They are 1/1s available in four different colors/separations but people don't seem to always act like they are when selling or buying. This price works for me and for my collecting tastes, especially when you consider this is also from his rookie year.
Grab a box right here: Spectra NFL boxes (all years)

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It's fitting that he's green ... he's generating plenty of it.

In the Twitter and meme galaxies, he's "Baby Yoda," but on Topps Now cards for The Mandalorian, he's "The Child" -- the 50-year-old silent (so far) alien boy that is the center of attention as the sci-fi western series plays itself out over on Disney+.

He's been a focal point of the series for all seven episodes so far, but he didn't make his cardboard debut in the weekly episodic Topps Now sets until the third pack -- and that's where we start to see his Forceful ways.

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The Force is strong with this one ... and we're just getting our first look at his merchandise.

Topps' Chapter 3 Topps Now Packs for The Mandalorian arrived on Monday via Topps.com with three of the five cards for this episode showing the viral sensation of the Disney+ series so far.

It's Baby Yoda.

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