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What's Buzzing: The NFL season is here, MLB & wrestling chatter, Bo Bichette's big week and "when do prices of scrubs get normal?"

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The box: 2021 Topps Heritage Minor League baseball cards (hobby box)
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Where to buy: BlowoutCards.com

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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: 2021-22 Topps Tier One Bundesliga soccer cards
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Where to buy: BlowoutCards.com

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The box: 2019 Topps Heritage High Number baseball cards (monster box)
Where to buy: BlowoutCards.com
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The box: 2022 Bowman University football cards (blaster)
Where to buy: BlowoutCards.com
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What's Buzzing: NFL chatter, NFL pulls, a wrong NFL sticker, big questions and more in today's edition.

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What: 2022 Topps Premier Lacrosse League cards
Arrives: Oct. 19
Box basics: Two autographs and one Relic per 20-pack box (12 boxes per case)
Checklist: Click here
Order: Click here

What's buzz-worthy: Topps takes on the Premier Lacrosse League with a full set that includes hits, nods to past Topps designs and more all in one spot.

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What: 2022 Topps X Emma Raducanu Rising Ace Retrospective tennis cards
Arrives: Now via Topps.com
Box basics: One autograph, three parallels and one 30-card set per box
Checklist: Click here
Order: Click here (if available)

What's buzz-worthy: Teen tennis star Emma Raducanu gets her own card set from Topps with an autograph guaranteed in every premium-priced set.

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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: Aaron Judge, the CM Punk AEW mess, the Mets' mess, new pulls, soccer cases and more.

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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: 2021 Topps Garbage Pail Kids Chrome (hobby)
First Buzz preview & checklist: Click here
Where to buy: BlowoutCards.com

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What's Buzzing: Reactions to the 2023 Topps design reveal and plenty more in this one.

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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: Football chatter, underrated NFL players, a Baseball Hall of Fame question, value variables, National locations and new breaks.

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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: New pulls, autographed books for sale, Serena Williams, tennis cards and ... "have numbered parallels lost all meaning?"

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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: 2015 Topps Finest football hobby blister pack
The cost: Click here (these and hobby boxes)

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What's Buzzing: Spencer Strider's big night, J-Rod, Shaq ink, Kobe's Chrome RC, NFL chatter and NFTs all in one spot.

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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 ... and it might be the biggest edition ever.

BIG SEASON AHEAD?
The Card: Josh Allen 2018 Donruss Optic #154 -- Rookie Card
The Reason Graded: I pulled a pair of these from a number of rips -- probably deep in the archives here if you poke around -- but I never slabbed any of them back then, instead grading guys like Sam Darnold, Baker Mayfield and maybe a Nick Chubb. Meanwhile, it turns out this guy might be The One over the long term from this rookie class. After this past season's successes and close finish at the end, I figured it was time to grade a pair of these and I'm still working through some of my past pulls to see if I need to grade more for this franchise QB.
The Grade: CSG 10

Reality Check: I was happy with this one (and I'll drop my other one here at some point later this season) as Optic stock can be hit and miss, particularly on the backs. Sometimes it's dents and wrinkles or minor dents but this one was clean. It looks like these do grade pretty well with nearly half of them getting this mark. An interesting comparison to make here? PSA has graded more than 2,500 of these with more than half being 10s, while BGS has graded only 160 and SGC has slabbed 320.

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The box: 2022 Topps Clearly Authentic baseball cards
First Buzz preview & checklist: Click here
Where to buy: BlowoutCards.com

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What's Buzzing: Three Macs, one Mega plus NFL chatter and more in this mid-week edition.

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What: 2022 Topps 3D baseball cards
Arrives: Today via Topps.com
Box basics: Eight cards per pack
Checklist: Click here
Order: Click here (when available)

What's buzz-worthy: Topps On Demand's annual Topps 3D baseball card set is live today (at the moment) but we have the basics for this popular release that should arrive in collectors' hands soon.

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The box: 2020 Topps 206 Series 5 baseball cards
First Buzz Preview & checklist: Click here
Where to buy: BlowoutCards.com

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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: Aaron Judge hits 50 and remains on pace, NFL and vintage chatter, Michael Harris, 1952 Topps and ... are custom cards overrated?

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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 3-D baseball cards
Where to buy: BlowoutCards.com

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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: NFL pulls and preseason talk, WWE finds, MLB Hall of Famers sound off, showing off Steph Curry cards and more.

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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: J-Rod's getting paid, Aaron Judge keeps homering, a juicy rumor, Hard Knocks, new pulls and "the Rookie Card to have is ..."

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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: Chasing the Triple Crown, Aaron Judge, 50 top MLB prospects, NFL chatter, Chet Holmgren and "is Shohei Ohtani overrated?"

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