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 packs: 2024 Leaf Metal Women of Sport 1/1 Pre-Production Proofs (two)
Where to buy: Click here for regular boxes (when available)

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

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What's Buzzing: Megan Rapinoe plans to retire, the Futures Game, a cautionary tale for investors, The National, new pulls and more in today's edition.

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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: Showing off USA Soccer stars, Trevor Lawrence, 2021 Bowman Chrome, NFL breaks and more.

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Black Friday is almost here and a simple discount over on the site (hit that link) is in play right now, right here Buzz is kicking off the Blowout contests right here in simple form.

There's just one Buzz Box giveaway this year but I think it's a pretty solid one with every card limited to just 25 serial-numbered copies.

What's a Buzz Box? How can it be yours?

Keep reading to get all of the details.

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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: When an Optic run turns into the mother lode of hot wax, computerized grading, 2020 Topps, new NBA breaks and plenty more.

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The World Cup-winning team and its highlights have new cardboard ... Instantly.

The U.S. Women's National Soccer Team is the subject of new Panini Instant cards -- both a new championship set and a standalone cards, too.

They'll all be printed to order after one week after the ordering window closes, while the a number of the autographed cards made available via Panini America are already sold out.

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We've previously already gotten a look at Panini America's wrapper redemption cards (and the VIP set) for this year's National Sports Collectors Convention here on The Buzz, but now it's time for more details.

As in what gets what -- which boxes need to be busted to land those sought-after silver packs at the five-day show, which begins Wednesday in Chicago.

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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 five threads about collecting and more that you should check out right now.

What's Buzzing Today: First cases, big sale breaks delivering big results, busting BBM True Heart, USA Soccer, Ben Simmons hauls and more.

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With all of the high-end releases from Panini America this week, it's this one that might have the most global appeal -- with a lower price, too.

It's 2016-17 Panini Black Gold soccer, and it's a brand that includes stars from around the world inside its boxes, which arrives in hobby shops beginning today.

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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 Panini Americana trading cards (hobby box)
Where to buy: Shop around online.

Packs per box: 10
Cards per pack: 5
Cards in this box: 53
Base set completion: 
33 of 73 (45 percent)
Duplicates: 0

Notables on base cards – Al Pacino, Shannon Elizabeth, Molly Ringwald, Sylvester Stallone, Paula Abdul, James Earl Jones, Eliza Dushku, Danica McKellar, Katrina Bowden, John C. McGinley, Vanilla Ice, Kelly Rowland, Nick Cannon

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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 five threads about collecting and more that you should check out right now.

What's Buzzing Today: Another day of nothing but the breaks ... with some variety.

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What: 2016-17 Panini USA Soccer cards
Arrives: Oct. 12
Box basics: One autograph and one memorabilia card per 75-card box set (10 boxes per case).

What's buzz-worthy: Panini America spotlights the stars of the USA Soccer squads -- b0th the men's and the women's National Teams -- in this annual box set that's jam-packed with inserts atop the standard cards.

Keep reading for more info and a full gallery.

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One of the surprises in last year's Topps baseball card set was First Pitch, a collection of celebrities seen throwing out the ceremonial first pitch at MLB games.

It's back for 2016 Topps Series 1 -- a set that's just 13 days away -- and it's still a secret as the checklist has not yet been revealed. (Nor has the design -- so you can settle for last year's Jessica Alba card above.)

But Buzz has done some research to perhaps discover who'll be in this year's set. We don't know how many cards there might be, but they'll be found a few times per box.

Keep reading for the possibilities.

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This week's new release schedule is a bit icy, a bit historic and a bit patriotic despite there being just six products set to arrive in hobby shops.

Coming on Wednesday is 2015-16 Upper Deck Trilogy hockey, which will include one rookie autograph, one memorabilia card and one "premium" autograph per box. Among them will be Tryptichs like you can see above and variations based on stats and debut seasons. The wide mix of possibilities should make these eight-pack boxes ones that get ripped quickly.
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