Topps has its promo cards for this year's National Sports Collectors Convention ready to go.

The show, set for Aug. 1-5 in Cleveland, will begin with its VIP Party presented by Topps with autograph guests including Calvin Murphy, Mike Hargrove and Luis Tiant. The VIP ticket-holder gift bags will include a previously revealed 1983 Topps promo set. 

And now we have a teaser for the wrapper redemption plans for the show.

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The box: 2018 Bowman Platinum baseball cards (collector's box)
Where to buy: Initially only at Walmart; Click here
Checklist: View here

Packs per box: 20
Cards per pack: 5
Cards in this box: 100
Base set completion: 
45 of 100 (45 percent)
Duplicates: 0

Notables on base cards – Mike Trout, Justin Verlander, Gary Sanchez, Cody Bellinger, Kris Bryant, Carlos Correa, Giancarlo Stanton, Andrew Benintendi, Alex Bregman, Mookie Betts

Rookie Cards (9) – Shohei Ohtani, Rafael Devers, Victor Robles, Chance Sisco, Dominic Smith, Harrison Bader, Clint Frazier, Ryan McMahon, Alex Verdugo

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What: 2018 Onyx Baseball Clubhouse Lumber Edition
Arrives: Sept. 3
Box basics: One autographed or game-used bat per box
Order: Click here

What's buzz-worthy: This MLBPA-approved product arrives once again from Onyx Authenticated and includes bats from top young names as well as some established veterans.

Keep reading for more info, including a full checklist.

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The box: 2018 Bowman Platinum baseball cards (collector's box)
Where to buy: Initially only at Walmart; Click here
Checklist: View here

Packs per box: 20
Cards per pack: 5
Cards in this box: 100
Base set completion: 
45 of 100 (45 percent)
Duplicates: 0

Notables on base cards – Aaron Judge, Andrew Benintendi, Carlos Correa, Giancarlo Stanton, Justin Verlander, Gary Sanchez, Kris Bryant, Mike Trout, Cody Bellinger, Mookie Betts, Joey Votto

Rookie Cards (9) – Shohei Ohtani, Rafael Devers, Nick Williams, Francisco Mejia, Victor Robles, Chance Sisco, Dominic Smith, Harrison Bader, Clint Frazier, Ryan McMahon

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Do you like Buzz Breaks? Today's your day then as we launch 12 in 12 -- a series of a dozen breaks of wax boxes and wax packs in a dozen hours. We'll post one every hour all day long ... this is Hour 3.

The packs: 2018 Bowman baseball cards (six jumbo packs)
Where to buy: BlowoutCards.com (for a few formats)

What's inside this one? Keep reading ...

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What: 2018 Bowman Platinum baseball cards
Arrives: This week/next week initially only at Walmart
Box basics: Two autographs per Collector Box
Checklist: Click here

What's buzz-worthy: Bowman Platinum returns to the retail aisle for another summer with the same formats as last year -- Collector Boxes, blaster boxes and jumbo packs -- with some of this year's biggest young names inside as well as MLB veterans and rookies.

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The box: 2018 Topps Pro Debut baseball cards (hobby box)
Where to buy: BlowoutCards.com
Packs per box: 24
Cards per pack: 8
Cards in this box: 180
Base set completion: 
162 of 200 (81 percent)
Duplicates: 0

Base cards of note – Erik The Peanut Guy, Todd "Parney" Parnell, Bo Bichette, Ronald Acuna, Michael Kopech, Vladimir Guerrero Jr., MacKenzie Gore, Hunter Greene, Adam Haseley, Gleyber Torres, Jo Adell, Austin Beck, Brendan McKay, Jake Burger, Pavin Smith, Cristian Pache, Nick Senzel, Mike Soroka, Kacy Clemens, Austin Riley, Dylan Cozens, Mickey Moniak, Juan Soto, Fernando Tatis Jr., Tyler O'Neill, Yu-Cheng Chang

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What's Buzzing Today: Inside 138 2018 Bowman Mega Boxes, first Rip Cards and more chatter.

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What: 2018 Topps Heritage Minor League baseball cards
Arrives: Sept. 26
Box basics: One autograph and one Relic per 19-pack box (12 boxes per case)
Checklist: Click here
Order: Click here

What's buzz-worthy: Collectors can turn back the clock to 1969 for a final time this season with this trip down to the minor leagues where baseball's hopefuls get a big-league look on this popular line and one lucky collector will get a chance to suit up on a one-day contract.

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

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The box: 2018 Bowman baseball cards (five jumbo packs)
Where to buy: BlowoutCards.com (for a few formats)

Packs per pack: 4 (three standard packs, one Camo parallels pack)
Cards per pack: 35 (10 per standard, five in Camo pack)
Cards in this lot: 175

Set completion: 
43 of 100 (43 percent)
Duplicates: 0
Prospect set completion: 43 of 150 (29 percent)
Duplicates: 0
Chrome Prospect set completion: 
30 of 150 (20 percent)
Duplicates: 0

Notables on base/prospect cards – Juan Soto, Dylan Cozens, Nick Senzel, Alex Faedo, Bryce Harper, Kris Bryant, Mike Trout, Giancarlo Stanton, MacKenzie Gore, Luis Robert, Vladimir Guerrero Jr., Gleyber Torres, Cal Quantrill, Nick Gordon, Jeren Kendall, Jo Adell, Gleyber Torres, Fernando Tatis Jr.

Rookie Cards (23) – Notables include Shohei Ohtani, Rhys Hoskins, Amed Rosario, Rafael Devers, Clint Frazier, Walker Buehler

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What's Buzzing Today: New old wax stashes, Vladdy 2.0's dominance, big breaks, CFL news & more.

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The packs: 2018 Bowman baseball cards (six jumbo packs)
Where to buy: BlowoutCards.com (for a few formats)

Packs per pack: 4 (three standard packs, one Camo parallels pack)
Cards per pack: 35 (10 per standard, five in Camo pack)
Cards in this lot: 210

Set completion: 
49 of 100 (49 percent)
Duplicates: 1
Prospect set completion: 40 of 150 (27 percent)
Duplicates: 14
Chrome Prospect set completion: 
31 of 150 (21 percent)
Duplicates: 5

Notables on base/prospect cards – Vladimir Guerrero Jr., Jake Burger, Gleyber Torres, Eloy Jimenez, Luis Robert, Pete Alonso, A.J. Puk, Nick Senzel, Jo Adell, Nick Gordon, Kyle Wright, Cristian Pache, D.J. Peters, Dansby Swanson, Anthony Rizzo, Kris Bryant, Gary Sanchez, Carlos Correa, Buster Posey, Manny Machado, Albert Pujols, Andrew Benintendi

Rookie Cards (18) – Notables include Shohei Ohtani, Ozzie Albies (2), Rhys Hoskins, Walker Buehler, Miguel Andujar

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What's Buzzing Today: Pondering MLB futures, a pitcher picking up heat, busting 2018 Bowman Mega Boxes (already) and big pulls to head into the weekend.

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The box: 2018 Bowman baseball cards (five jumbo packs)
Where to buy: BlowoutCards.com (for a few formats)

Packs per pack: 4 (three standard packs, one Camo parallels pack)
Cards per pack: 35 (10 per standard, five in Camo pack)
Cards in this lot: 105

Set completion: 
25 of 100 (25 percent)
Duplicates: 0
Prospect set completion: 27 of 150 (18 percent)
Duplicates: 0
Chrome Prospect set completion: 
18 of 150 (12 percent)
Duplicates: 0

Notables on base/prospect cards – Aaron Judge, Dansby Swanson, Byron Buxton, Nolan Arenado, Cody Bellinger, Scott Kingery, Hunter Greene, Ronald Acuna, A.J. Puk, Cristian Pache, Cal Quantrill, Jake Burger, Jeren Kendall, Dylan Cozens, MacKenzie Gore

Rookie Cards (9) – Rhys Hoskins, Dustin Fowler, Tomas Nido, Jack Flaherty, Sandy Alcantara, Francisco Mejia, Anthony Banda, Andrew Stevenson, Zack Granite

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Remember last year? Well, they're back ...

They're the 2018 Bowman Mega Box and they'll be among the hunted treasures at Target stores beginning next Wednesday. Topps revealed the details on Tuesday and there will be plenty to look for with some of the biggest young names in the game to be found inside. (Click here for the checklist.)

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What's Buzzing Today: Big pulls and one simple collecting question to start the week.

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Do you like Buzz Breaks? Today's your day then as we launch 12 in 12 -- a series of a dozen breaks of wax boxes and wax packs in a dozen hours. We'll post one every hour all day long ... this is Hour 1.

The packs: 2018 Bowman baseball value packs (six)
The cost: $9.98 apiece 

What's inside this one? Keep reading ...

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What's Buzzing Today: James Paxton's no-hitter, Matt Harvey's trade, Vladimir Guerrero Jr. and some big pulls in today's edition.

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Future Toronto Blue Jays slugger Vladimir Guerrero Jr. gets the nod as the second in an occasional series of graphic looks at players in the game today here on The Buzz.

Check it out ... and chase his autographs here.

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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: Vintage baseball photos, big pulls, faces in new places and more.

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The box: 2017 Bowman Chrome Mini baseball (factory set & bonus packs)
Where to buy: BlowoutCards.com

Packs per box: 3
Cards per pack: 10
Cards in this box: 303 (273 cards in set, 30 bonus parallels)
Base set completion: 
273 of 273 (100 percent)
Duplicates: 0

Notable players on base cards – Aaron Judge, Cody Bellinger (2), Kevin Maitan, Yoan Moncada, Nick Senzel, Alex Bregman, Rhys Hoskins, Ronald Acuna, Vladimir Guerrero Jr., Mickey Moniak, Rafael Devers, Gleyber Torres, Andrew Benintendi,, Eloy Jimenez, Dansby Swanson ... and nearly all other rookies and prospects from 2017 Bowman and 2017 Bowman Chrome

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What: 2018 Topps Pro Debut baseball cards
Arrives: May 23
Box basics: Two autographs and two Relics per 24-pack box (12 boxes per case)
Checklist: Click here

What's buzz-worthy: Minor League Baseball's stars get the big-league treatment with the 2018 Topps flagship design carrying the colors and energy of the teams before the big leagues.

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

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The box: 2017 Bowman Draft MLB cards (jumbo)
Where to buy: BlowoutCards.com

Packs per box: 12
Cards per pack: 32
Cards in this box: 384
Base set completion: 
200 of 200 (100 percent)
Duplicates: 71

First Bowman cards & base cards of note – Jo Adell, Jake Burger, MacKenzie Gore, Brendan McKay, Keston Hiura, Austin Beck, Alex Lange, Alex Faedo, Royce Lewis, Gavin Sheets, Joe Perez, Taylor Walls, Matthew Whatley, Carl Stajduhar, Colton Hock, Cole Brannen, Quentin Holmes, Sam Carlson, Drew Waters, Logan Warmoth, David Peterson, Luis Campusano, Cal Mitchell, Vladimir Guerrero Jr., Gleyber Torres, Tyler Ivey, Nick Raquet, Pavin Smith, Hans Crouse, Blayne Enlow, Will Gaddis, Cash Case, Ricardo De La Torre, James Marinan, Connor Uselton, Drew Ellis, Jeter Downs, Eloy Jimenez, Brendon Little, Adam Haseley, Heliot Ramos, Kevin Merrell, Charlie Barnes, Seth Elledge, Kevin Smith, Trevor Stephan, Ryley Widell, Caden Lemons, Brian Miller, Mark Vientos, Peter Solomon, Quinn Brodey, J.J. Matijevic, Connor Seabold, Daniel Tillo, Jacob Pearson, Kevin Maitan, Ronald Acuna, Bo Bichette, Kyle Wright, Shane Baz, Wyatt Mills ... and everybody else.

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What's Buzzing Today: A big vintage find, new MLB breaks, Aaron Judge, Vladimir Guerrero Jr., The National & more ...

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Game-used memorabilia from this year's All-Star festivities will be hitting the auction block via MLB Auctions this week and the stars of the All-Star Futures Game are batting lead-off.

Game-used batting helmets, game-used baseballs, game-used caps, used batting practice jerseys and a game-used base are already up for grabs from the prospect showcase that the United States won, 7-6, over the World squad on Sunday evening.

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