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What's Buzzing Today: Topps Holiday boxes are hot -- and Winter Olympics cases are, too -- and that's just the start of today's links worth a look.

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The box: 2019 Topps Chrome Update baseball cards (mega box)
Checklist: Click here
Where to buy: Initially at Target; Click here (when available)

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What: 2019 Topps Mini baseball cards
Arrives: Now ... available until Dec. 3 (or until sold out)
Box basics: 35 cards per pack
Order: Initially via Topps (here when available)

What's buzz-worthy: Minis are back with their meaty but small packs as part of another online-only release with some new inclusions that add to the chase this year atop a strong crop of rookies.

Keep reading for more as well as a full gallery of images.

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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 Today: MLB free agents, new breaks results, Black November chatter and more in today's edition.

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Washington Nationals fans can get their hands on a World Series champion baseball card printed by Topps at one place beginning tomorrow.

The card, which will be available while supplies last, is free -- no purchase necessary -- and can be found at Blowout Cards - The Fantastic Store, which is located at 14508 Lee Jackson Memorial Hwy F in Chantilly, Va.

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The box: 2019 Topps 582 Montgomery Club Set No. 5
Where to buy: Only part of membership

Base set completion: 
20 of 20 (100 percent)

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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 Today: Big pulls, eBay Bucks, NFL QB redrafting, a legendary NFL mailday, Stephen Strasburg's contract decision and Topps Holiday highlights.

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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 Today: Nothing but break pulls and show-offs from wax and one simple collecting question.

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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 Today: Big pulls, Topps Holiday boxes arrive, Zion Williamson and iconic inserts 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 Holiday baseball cards
Checklist: Click here
Where to buy: Initially at Walmart; (here when available)

Packs per box: 10
Cards per pack: 10
Cards in this box: 100
Base set completion: 
91 of 200 (46 percent)
Duplicates: 0

Notables on base cards – Juan Soto, Justin Verlander, Carlos Correa, George Springer, Anthony Rendon, Shohei Ohtani, Aaron Judge, Bryce Harper, Trea Turner, Ozzie Albies, Nolan Arenado, Giancarlo Stanton, Corey Seager, Albert Pujols, Noah Syndergaard, CC Sabathia, Anthony Rizzo, Blake Snell, Matt Chapman, Christian Yelich

Rookie Cards (22) – Fernando Tatis Jr., Eloy Jimenez, Will Smith, Mike Yastrzemski, Spencer Turnbull, Trent Thornton, Luis Arraez, Nate Lowe, Austin Allen, Griffin Canning, Corbin Martin, Jeff McNeil, Taylor Clarke, Ryan Helsley, Nick Anderson, Nicky Lopez, Thairo Estrada, Ryne Harper, Jon Duplantier, Brendan Rodgers, J.D. Hammer, Harold Ramirez

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If you ever wanted a piece of one of Star Wars' most-dynamic ships, then you now have your chance.

Seriously.

Topps revealed its plans for Millennium Falcon Relics planned to arrive in two upcoming Star Wars card sets for the upcoming film, Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker. Prop and wardrobe cards have not been extensively used in trading card sets for the film franchise, which has had trading cards since 1977.

So, what's the plan?

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If you hadn't noticed, there are a number of boxes with discounted prices right now right here as Blowout Cards already is in the midst its Black November sales.

The first wave is here and many of the discounts were dramatic enough that Buzz had to sit down and ponder the possibilities in many of the boxes and cases -- and here are five boxes/cases that caught this collector’s eye ... and there's far more that just might suit your tastes in the big sale.

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ALL ABOUT THE INK ...
2016 Topps Heritage High Number Baseball Hobby Box
Heritage High Number wasn't always quite as loaded as it is these days, but that's not to say that past boxes aren't worth a look -- it's just for different reasons (and players), especially when it's as cheap as this one is right now. The base set here is pretty small so that can limit some of the oomph, but you can find RCs for Willson Contreras, Edwin Diaz, Lance McCullers, Albert Almora, Kenta Maeda, Blake Snell and Trevor Story -- not the best crop but the next list is the one that matters. Among the autographs here? Bryce Harper, Buster Posey, Blake Snell, Carlos Correa, Carl Yastrzemski, David Ortiz, Frank Robinson, Hank Aaron, Ichiro Suzuki, Johnny Bench, Kris Bryant, Nolan Arenado, Rod Carew, Reggie Jackson, Trevor Story, Trea Turner and Mike Trout. They're obviously not in every box ... but they are possible. When boxes drop is the time to dig in to chase them (and so much more) in Heritage.

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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 Card: Dak Prescott 2016 Donruss #362 Rookie Card
The Reason Bought: It takes a pretty good deal for one of my buys to lead off here instead of one of my newly submitted grades, but this one was just that. This is one of those cards that is relatively available if you want to chase one down and slab it for some fun or profit. My cost? About $22, which might seem high generally speaking but isn't for its grade -- this was about half the price of the other cards in the same grade where I was looking at the time. They are even higher now.
The Grade: BGS 10

Reality Check: This one is just a half-grade away from a perfect BGS Black slab and the percentage of cards to get this mark is pretty low vs. the overall total. That's what surprised me here more and prompted the pick-up. It's a relatively heavily graded card, too, which you'd think would have resulted in more 10s. (Paper stock can be more pesky than Optic stuff when it comes to grading, though.)

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

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The box: 2019 Topps The Art of TMNT trading cards
First Buzz preview & checklist: Click here
Where to buy: BlowoutCards.com

Cards per box: 106
Base set completion: 
100 of 100 (100 percent)
Duplicates: 0

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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: 2017 Topps The Walking Dead Season 7 trading cards (Walmart-version blasters)
Where to buy: BlowoutCards.com (for a few releases)

Packs per box: 11 (10 standard, one hit pack)
Cards per pack: 6
Cards in this box: 61
Base set completion: 
35 of 100 (35 percent)
Duplicates: 0

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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 Today: World Series, second-year MLB cards, a huge Topps 3D pack, NB breaks and more in today's edition.

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The Washington Nationals are your World Series champs -- and Topps already has the baseball cards to prove it.

That's thanks to Topps Now, the company's real-time cardboard platform that brings highlights to you the next day -- and this time the World Series champs get carded the same night.

There are three different team sets already up for grabs via Topps.com.

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The box: 2019 Topps Update baseball cards
First Buzz preview & checklist: Click here
Where to buy: BlowoutCards.com (for hobby/jumbo)

Packs per box: 8 (seven standard, one commemorative patch pack)
Cards per pack: 14
Cards in this box: 99
Base set completion: 
86 of 300 (29 percent)
Duplicates: 0

Base cards of note – Ronald Acuña Jr., Bryce Harper, Josh Donaldson, Cody Bellinger, Javier Baez, CC Sabathia, Aroldis Chapman, Francisco Lindor

Rookie Cards (36) – Notables include Vladimir Guerrero Jr., Fernando Tatis Jr., Keston Hiura, Nick Senzel,  Brendan Rodgers, Carter Kieboom, Jeff McNeil, Michael Chavis, Chris Paddack

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The box: 2019 Topps Garbage Pail Kids Revenge of Oh, The Horror-ible! stickers (blaster)
First Buzz preview & checklist: Click here
Where to buy: BlowoutCards.com (for hobby)

Packs per box: 6 (five standard, one three-card "Horror Victim" pack)
Cards per pack: 8
Cards in this box: 43
Base set completion: 
35 of 200 (18 percent)
Duplicates: 0

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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 Today: World Series chatter as we await Game 7, checking in on Juan Soto's cards, some closet finds worth a note and some big pulls to round things out.

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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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ONE FOR CHARITY 
The Item: Zion Williamson & R.J. Barrett 2019-20 Panini Prizm Draft Picks College Ties Black Mosaic (1/1) (BGS 9.5/10)
The Price: $15,401 after 63 bids (eight days remaining)
Why it’s Buzz-worthy: This card has taken on a life of its own on social media as it was pulled in a video and then taken to Texas for grading -- but then the story took another turn when its owner decided there needed to be a different finish to this card's story ... an auction where 100 percent of the money raised goes to charity. Listen to him make his decision public right here. The Zion prices have been crazy but this one could get even more dramatic before it ends -- it was at five-figures within the first day of its listing, despite Williamson being out (for now) with an injury.
Similar Pieces: Zion Williamson autos on eBay
The BlowoutCards.com Hunt: Click here for 2019-20 NBA boxes 

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

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The box: 2019 Topps Triple Threads baseball cards
Where to buy: BlowoutCards.com

Packs per box: 2
Cards per pack: 7
Cards in this box: 14
Base set completion: 
6 of 100 (6 percent)
Duplicates: 0

Base cards – Bryce Harper, Jackie Robinson, Shohei Ohtani, Nolan Arenado, Josh Bell, Don Mattingly

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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 Today: World Series, eBay Bucks, Walgreens winning, Topps' NFL future, J.J. Watt is done ... and is Baker Mayfield, too?

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What: 2019 Topps Opening Day baseball cards
Arrives: March 11
Box basics: No hits guaranteed per 36-pack box (20 boxes per case)
Checklist: Click here
Order: Click here

What's buzz-worthy: Opening Day turns 21 with "more exclusive content than ever" with some new autos, more Relics and plenty of the expected surprises like mascot Relics.

Keep reading for more as well as a full gallery of images.

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What: 2020 Topps UFC Knockout MMA cards
Arrives: March 25
Box basics: Four autos/auto Relics and four Relics per four-pack box (12 boxes per case)
Checklist: Click here
Order: Click here

What's buzz-worthy: UFC Knockout returns to the Octagon for another go with two hits in every 10-card pack and plenty of the power that MMA fans have come to expect on their cardboard.

Keep reading for more and a full gallery of images.

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