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The box: 2022 Topps Heritage baseball cards (retail display)
Where to buy: BlowoutCards.com (for hobby)
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What's Buzzing: Caitlin Clark, 2025 Topps Chrome, new pulls, collectors have their thoughts and more in this Friday edition.

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1 -- Talking 2025 Topps Chrome

2 -- New MLB pulls are here

3 -- Checking in on the Caitlin Clark thread

4 -- They have their thoughts ... 

5 -- Is Topps working that far in advance?

6 -- All your NFL chatter as the season nears

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What's Buzzing: Is Topps working on an NBA-NFL hybrid set already? Shohei Ohtani, Pete Crow-Armstrong, eTopps and more in today's edition.

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1 -- Is Topps working that far in advance?

2 -- Good question 

3 -- Shohei Ohtani

4 -- Pete Crow-Armstrong has hit a wall

5 -- The real end of eTopps is near

6 -- All your NFL chatter as the season nears

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What's Buzzing: Milwaukee Brewers remain hot, new Topps Finest pulls, collecting hard, NFL preseason, Noir NBA and "The Fall Of Kris Bryant."

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1 -- Inside two boxes of Topps Finest

2 -- Ripping into Noir NBA

3 -- (Still collecting harder than you.)

4 -- "The Fall Of Kris Bryant"

5 -- The Milwaukee Brewers thread

6 -- All your NFL chatter as the season nears

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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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What's Buzzing: NFL chatter, Big Dumper, lots of thoughts, eTopps and an Ohtani vs. Bonds question.

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1 -- An Ohtani vs. Bonds question ... 

2 -- eTopps

3 -- They have some thoughts

4 -- Some grading thoughts in there

5 -- Big Dumper ain't slowing down

6 -- All your NFL chatter as the season nears

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What: 2025 Topps Marvel Comic Book Heroes trading cards
Arrives: TBD
Box basics: 32 cards per box (eight four-card packs)
Checklist: Click here
Order: Click here (when live)

What's buzz-worthy: Another Chromed Marvel release from Topps is on the way with a mix of past and present looks for its stars in play for the 50th anniversary of the original stickers.

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What: 2025 Bowman Chrome baseball cards
Arrives: Sept. 23
Box basics: Two autos per 10-pack hobby box (12 boxes per case); three autos per 10-card breaker box (six per case)
Checklist: Click here
Odds: Click here
Order: Click here

What's buzz-worthy: Bowman Chrome will arrive next month with no details ultimately yet available other than teaser images here.

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What's Buzzing: Big Dumper set to rewrite record book, James Wood, NFL chatter, much more and Bryce Harper ... collector?

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1 -- Big Dumper ain't slowing down

2 -- Bryce Harper is starting a collection?

3 -- Winning atop winning

4 -- James Wood

5 -- Things that make you go hmmm ...

6 -- All your NFL chatter as the season nears

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What's Buzzing: Shohei Ohtani, eBay issues, Graphite tennis, 2026 MLB Rookie Cards, Drake Baldwin and NFL chatter.

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1 -- All your NFL chatter as the season nears

2 -- Drake Baldwin chatter

3 -- Yet another eBay issue?

4 -- Pondering 2026 Topps Series 1 Rookie Cards

5 -- Talking Shohei Ohtani

6 -- Breaking down a Graphite tennis case

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What's Buzzing: Big Dumper, a possible trend in the hobby, a good question, NFL preseason chatter, a big MegaMix find and more.

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1 -- All your NFL chatter as the season nears

2 -- Talking Big Dumper

3 -- A trend?

4 -- Still legit

5 -- Check out that new MegaMix find

6 -- Still a good question 

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What: 2024-25 Topps Inception basketball
Arrives: TBD 2025
Box basics: Two autographs per TBD-card box (TBD boxes per case)
Order: Click here (live soon)

What's buzz-worthy: Inception arrives for a union-approved run on basketball cards with what Topps promises will be "a bold mix of autographs, memorabilia and ultra-rare inserts celebrating both rising stars and league legends."

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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: 2025 Topps Series 2 baseball cards (hanger)
First Buzz preview & checklist/odds: Click here
Where to buy: BlowoutCards.com (a few formats)

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What's Buzzing: NFL preseason chatter, found a grail at the National, cheap MLB favorites and more in this Friday edition.

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1 -- All your NFL chatter as the season nears

2 -- Found a grail at the National

3 -- Talking cheap MLB favorites 

4 -- Inside a solid Heritage hobby box

5 -- Mosaic NBA mega boxes seem to deliver

6 -- Still a good question 

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What: 2024 Topps Chrome boxing cards
Arrives: Sept. 5, 2025
Box basics: Two autos in every 12-pack box (12 boxes per case)
Checklist: Click here
Odds: TBD
Order: Click here (when live)

What's buzz-worthy: Topps' return to the boxing ring has apparently been delayed but is finally slated for this month with "a mix of champions, contenders, rising stars and legendary names in Top Rank, Golden Boy Promotions and Matchroom" in play.

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What's Buzzing: Bo Bichette, breaking down an MLB blaster case, pulling Chrome, NFL chatter, Roman Anthony and more.

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1 -- Breaking down an MLB blaster case of ... 

2 -- Discussing Roman Anthony's payday ... 

3 -- Ripping into Chrome blasters

4 -- All your NFL chatter as the season nears

5 -- Checking in on the Bo Bichette thread

6 -- Good question 

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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 pack: 2014 Topps Heritage Minor League baseball cards (hobby)
Where to buy: Will take some looking ... BlowoutCards.com for other Heritage MiLB years

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What: 2025 Topps Chrome WWE Cactus Jack wrestling cards
Arrives: Aug. 29
Box basics 20 packs per hobby box (12 boxes per case) -- four autos per case
Checklist: Click here
Odds: TBD
Order: Click here (live soon)

What's buzz-worthy: Topps returns to the WWE ring for just the third time this year with this follow-up to its Wrestlemania-branded Cactus Jack teaser release from Wrestlemania now coming to collectors in a full-box form -- it's the third Chrome set of its new run with the license.

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What: 2024 Topps GPK Battle of the Bands - Green Day trading cards
Arrives: Aug. 27, 2025
Box basics: 10 five-card packs per box (20 boxes per case) -- two serial-numbered parallels per box
Checklist: Click here
Odds: TBD
Order: Click here

What's buzz-worthy: Topps turns its Garbage Pail Kids franchise to the punk rock realm teaming up with and taking on the iconic long-time band in a release that's been delayed but will include autographs and Relics.

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The packs: 2010 Topps Update baseball cards (two hobby)
Where to buy: Will take some looking ... BlowoutCards.com for other Retro Rips

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For years now, autographed books coming direct from the publishers -- or direct from the authors themselves -- have been an affordable way to collect ink from notable names in all realms of pop culture.

It's not a perfect system with stamped autos, fakes and autopens sometimes in the mix -- a problem for publishers to catch as they are not authenticators -- but thanks to dedicated collectors on the Blowout Cards Forum and elsewhere, those problems often get caught and fixed ... or at least become well-known enough to avoid if it's an issue that goes uncorrected.

Getting ink in-person is always best -- book tours still happen, of course -- but landing autographed editions from publishers, online sellers or celebs themselves via their websites or other appearances are common.

Our latest subject and autograph in this ongoing series? A member of The Sandlot cast, Patrick Renna.

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What: 2025 Topps Mint Marvel trading cards
Arrives: Aug. 13
Box basics: One encased card per 11-card box (10 boxes per case)
Checklist: Click here
Order: Click here

What's buzz-worthy: A new release debuted at San Diego Comic-Con and it's one with just the basics for the iconic characters of the comics and movies empire.

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Like many collectors, Buzz is a fan of grading ... so here's this month's grading diary.

NINES ARE FINE
The Card: Aaron Judge 2017 Topps Archives -- Rookie Card
The Reason Graded: The unique 1960 Topps design always stands out to me. Why? Because one of my first clean vintage cards as a kid was a Gus Bell form the set, which I got since I knew he was a big-leaguer's dad. (Yay, trivia!) So that's perhaps one reason I held this Judge RC instead of letting it go. (Plus, I didn't rip as much of this brand ... so it was the only copy I pulled.) Judge's dominating 2025 season should make you stop and wonder about slabbing any RCs or early/rare stuff you have now ... just because. He and Shohei Ohtani are all-timers playing right in front of our faces now and are as safe as it gets when it comes to grab and slab or buy and hold -- even with plenty of their cards being graded.
The Grade: CGC 9

Reality Check: I knew this wouldn't be a 10 contender with the finicky stock here and the centering being a smidge off by my typical standards for a slab, but, like I said, it was my only copy. Most check in at this grade, so the nine makes sense, too, and the volume below it also shows this card isn't the easiest to grade.

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

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The National is days away and here are just some of the basics like hours, pack promo details and other basics all in one spot -- at least all that's known at this time. (A different approach since a lot of info has been released later than normal this year.)

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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: 2025 Topps Series 2 baseball cards (hanger)
First Buzz preview & checklist/odds: Click here
Where to buy: BlowoutCards.com (a few formats)

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