Here's this month's roundup of items that have recently caught my eye as a buyer ...

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IT'S ALWAYS TIFFY TIME
The Card: Tiffany Stratton 2023 Panini Immaculate Collection WWE Ruby Memorabilia Autographs (/25)
The Price: A meaty amount (for me)
Why it’s Buzz-worthy: Much like Rhea Ripley rookie autos in 2020, I've focused on trying to find one card from each of the lineups for Stratton's first year of ink in 2023 (RCs in 2022) with cleaner/full sigs on them and this brand was one of my targets for a while. I finally found one that looked good for a price I could pull off. Why chase? Stratton has delivered and figures to do so for some time with her latest big landmark moment being a bruiser of a win over Charlotte Flair at Wrestlemania. "Buff Barbie" is an informal nickname here so far -- they're avoiding trademark claims -- but they're also playing into that more and more with her Wrestlemania debut entrance having a Barbie Dreamhouse/packaging feel before a brawl that left her, in her own words, "looking like a broke down Barbie." That spectacle of an entrance and the match were both proof that the meteoric arrival and win over an all-time great at the biggest event of the year is just the start and the WWE is still fueling that rocket. I've been buying (this was a pre-Mania pick-up) and will keep looking for more somewhat selectively -- since stuff is at times pricey.
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Cactus Jack is headed to Wrestlemania 41.

No, not the WWE Hall of Famer known as Mick Foley -- this Cactus Jack is the brand from entertainer and WWE superfan Travis Scott and will arrive as part of Wrestlemania weekend beginning tomorrow at WWE World, the multi-day fan interactive experience before the big show this weekend.

Beginning at noon Pacific time, 2025 Topps Chrome WWE Cactus Jack x Wrestlemania will be live.

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What: 2024 Topps Allen & Ginter baseball cards
Arrives: Oct. 30
Box basics: Three hits in every 24-pack hobby box (12 boxes per case)
Checklist: Click here
Odds: Click here
Order: Click here

What's buzz-worthy: Allen & Ginter arrives once again -- this time after the season -- with all the eccentricities, plenty of baseball players and a new retro design based on some of the 1880s tobacco card designs that helped bring some of the first baseball cards to the masses long, long ago.

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Have you looked at your 2024 Bowman card backs yet?

It's fine if you haven't -- we know you're busy looking for the new big names, their colorful Chrome parallels and, of course, their autographs -- but for years now there have been tons of trivial nuggets that appear on cards that can be downright odd.

They're found on the "Up Close" blurbs across all base and prospect cards in this release -- and plenty of past ones -- and after ripping my first blaster of the year I did my check for them ... and again they delivered ... even with a small sample size.

The Adley Rutschman card above was perhaps the standout of the small bunch in my box with "bountiful hugs," the origin of "Rooster" as part of a Top Gun: Maverick name-drop and a nod to family sports, too. They're not all that jam-packed, but every card has Up Close details from what I've seen this year.

Let's take a look at 20 more card backs from 2024 Bowman cards ...

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What: 2023 TruMystery Edition boxes
Arrives: Oct. 18
Box basics: One card (buyback or Tru), one Tru box & one signed memorabilia piece -- and sometimes more -- per box (three boxes per case)
Order: Click here (live soon)

What's buzz-worthy: TruCreator turns its focus to memorabilia for a first mystery box that's packed with pop culture names and more all in one spot along with some of the basics from the company's previous releases.

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