First Buzz: 2017 Super Break Holiday Edition

What: 2017 Super Break Holiday Edition
Arrives:
 Nov. 24
Box basics: One buyback card and two memorabilia items per box (three boxes per case)

What’s buzz-worthy: Super Break’s newest arrival drops on Black Friday with a mix of cards and memorabilia for Hall of Famers, rookies and stars from around the sports world.

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Buzz Break: 2017 Topps Archives Signature Series Active Player Edition baseball cards


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: 2017 Topps Archives Signature Series Active Player Edition baseball cards
Where to buy:
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Packs per box: 1
Cards per pack: 1
Base set completion: 
N/A

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First Buzz: 2018 Leaf Best of Sports

What: 2018 Leaf Best of Sports
Arrives: January
Box basics: One buyback and one Leaf Best of Sports card per box (10 boxes per case)
Order: Boxes here & cases here 

What’s buzz-worthy: Leaf’s buyback brand takes on all of the sports world all in one place with a smaller print run than past “Best of” releases.

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First Buzz: 2017 Leaf Greatest Hits baseball cards

What: 2017 Leaf Greatest Hits baseball cards
Arrives: November/December
Box basics: Four graded or encased buyback cards and one 1990 Leaf Greatest Hits buyback per box (three boxes per case)

What’s buzz-worthy: This Leaf high-end buyback brand includes some of the greatest hits in all of baseball card history along with stamped buybacks from the iconic 1990 set.

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Board Buzz: Must-read threads on the Blowout Forums (Aug. 8)

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: Retro and new rips, big questions and a collector’s best pull.

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First Buzz: 2017 Leaf Rookie Retro sports cards


What:
 2017 Leaf Rookie Retro sports cards
Arrives: October/November
Box basics: One graded/authenticated buyback Rookie Card and one Leaf Rookie Retro card per box (four boxes per case)

What’s buzz-worthy: Leaf’s newest buyback product revisits memorable Rookie Cards from throughout the sports world.

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First Buzz: 2017 Topps Archives Signature Series Postseason Edition

What: 2017 Topps Archives Signature Series Postseason Edition baseball cards
Arrives: Oct. 4
Box basics: One encased buyback autograph per box (20 boxes per case)
Player list: Click here to see who signed

What’s buzz-worthy: Topps brings its buyback line to the collecting masses once again with a focus on the stars of MLB’s postseasons of the past.

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First Buzz: 2017 Super Break Super Charged Series 2

What: 2017 Super Break Super Charged Series 2
super_break_logoArrives: April 11
Box basics: Five (and sometimes more) items per box

What’s buzz-worthy: Super Break’s second series of this one includes a mix of everything with themed boxes, hot boxes and plenty of other surprises from throughout the sports world, entertainment and political memorabilia.

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First Buzz: 2016-17 Leaf Best of Basketball


What:
 2016-17 Leaf Best of Basketball
Arrives: May/June
Box basics: One graded buyback card plus one new Leaf card per box (five boxes per case)

What’s buzz-worthy: The elite basketball cards from the past will be found here in buyback form accented with new creations featuring a beloved Hall of Famer.

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First Buzz: 2017 Super Break Super Charged

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What: 2017 Super Break Super Charged
super_break_logoArrives: Jan. 10
Box basics: Five (and sometimes more) items per box

What’s buzz-worthy: Super Break’s first product of a new year includes a mix of everything with themed boxes, hot boxes and plenty of other surprises.

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First Buzz: 2016 Graffiti baseball cards

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What: 2016 Graffiti baseball cards
Arrives: Out now
Box basics: One Hall of Fame certified ago and one Graffiti art card per box (eight boxes per graffiti1case)

What’s buzz-worthy: This buyback product includes nothing but Hall of Famer ink with 90 percent of them being on-card autos. At least one box per case will include a deluxe (case hit) type of auto that’s an elite name or a 1/1 card. … Among the autos to be found here? Ted Williams, Joe Dimaggio, Willie Mays, Hank Aaron, Sandy Koufax, Ernie Banks, Kirby Puckett and Stan Musial. … For more info visit @graffiti_cards on Twitter.

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Buzz Break: 2016 Topps Archives Signature Series baseball cards + contest to win our autograph

2016tparchivesbbv2From 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: 2016 Topps Archives Signature Series baseball cards
Where to buy:
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Packs per box: 1
Cards per pack: 1
Base set completion: 
N/A

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First Buzz: 2016 Super Break Frozen Heirlooms Hockey

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What:
 2016 Super Break Frozen Heirlooms Hockey
Arrives: June 22
Box basics: Three autographed buybacks per box (25 boxes per case)

What’s buzz-worthy: Super Break takes to the ice with a product that includes all teams and a healthy mix of unique items and key cardboard spanning 80 years of hockey history worked into the mix, too.

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First Buzz: 2016 Leaf Best of Hockey cards

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What: 2016 Leaf Best of Hockey cards
Arrives: February 2016
Box basics: One buyback card plus one Jack Eichel card

Lesf-BestofHockeyWhat’s buzz-worthy: Some of the greatest cards in hockey history will be found in this buyback brand along with cards of the No. 2 overall pick in this year’s NHL Draft, who is a Leaf Trading Cards exclusive.

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First Buzz: 2016 Leaf Best of Basketball

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What:
 2016 Leaf Best of Basketball
Arrives: February 2016
Box basics: One buyback or redemption card plus one new Leaf card per box.

What’s buzz-worthy: The elite basketball cards from the past will be found here in buyback form accented with new creations featuring Hall of Fame-enshrined players.

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Be ready for buyback cards inside 2016 Topps baseball packs

Check out Topps’ teaser video for its buybacks to be found in 2016 Topps Series 1. They will have five shades of foil-stamping to denote their scarcity.

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First Buzz: 2015 Leaf 25th baseball cards

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What: 2015 Leaf 25th baseball cards
Arrives: Dec. 30
Hobby box basics: Four autographed cards per box, 12 boxes per case

LogoLeaf25thWhat’s buzz-worthy: Leaf Trading Cards takes a look back at the popular 1990 Leaf baseball set with this autograph-driven brand that enlists all of today’s printing techniques while looking back at the famed design with today’s prospects and some legends of the past.

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Everybody missed out on Nikita Kucherov autos in his rookie year — but now you can find them

Nikita-Kucherov2015-16-UpperDeck-BuybacksNikita Kucherov might be a bit of a hobby anomaly these days as one of those players who didn’t have a signed Rookie Card — or at least something — signed and available shortly after he hit the ice.

But now, two seasons after his debut and a season after he scored 65 points and earned his first All-Star nod, he finally has signed RCs — his only certified autographs — that can be found in packs of 2015-16 Upper Deck Buybacks.

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