Buzz Break: 2016 Donruss Optic football cards (blaster box)

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The box: 2016 Donruss Optic football cards (blaster box)
Where to buy: Click here

Packs per box: 6 (all cards from box in gallery below)
Cards per pack: 4
Cards in this box: 24
Base set completion: 
18 of 200 (9 percent)
Duplicates: 0

Veteran base cards – Todd Gurley, DeMarco Murray, Frank Gore, Randall Cobb, Demaryius Thomas, Carlos Hyde

Rookie Cards (12) – Tyreek Hill, Maliek Collins, DeForest Buckner, Carl Nassib, Jonathan Bullard, Kendall Fuller, Myles Jack, Wendell Smallwood, C.J. Prosise, Cody Kessler, Tajae Sharpe, Rashard Higgins

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Buzz Break: 2010 Topps Prime football cards (blaster box)

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The box: 2010 Topps Prime football cards (blaster box)
Where to buy: BlowoutCards.com (for hobby)

Packs per box:
 8
Cards per pack: 7
Cards in this box: 56
Base set completion: 
51 of 150 (34 percent)
Duplicates: 0

Notables on base cards: Aaron Rodgers, Brett Favre, Larry Fitzgerald, LaDainian Tomlinson, Randy Moss, Calvin Johnson, Carson Palmer, Reggie Bush, Andre Johnson, DeMarcus Ware

Rookie Cards (18) – Dez Bryant, Rolando McClain, C.J. Spiller, Riley Cooper, Dexter McCluster, Jahvid Best, Trent Williams, Colt McCoy, Ed Wang, Andre Roberts, Damian Williams, Sean Lee, Brandon LaFell, Jordan Shipley, David Reed, Emmanuel Sanders, Toby Gerhart, Eric Decker

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Buzz 12 in 12: Busting a 2013 Crown Royale football retail box (Hour 12)

Do you like Buzz Breaks? Today’s your day then as we launch 12 in 12 — a series of a dozen breaks of past wax boxes and wax packs in a dozen hours. We’ll post one every hour on the hour all day long today … this is our finale for today.

12in12-logo-smallerThe box: 2013 Crown Royale football (retail)
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Buzz 12 in 12: Busting a 2015 Topps Chrome NFL Mega Box (Hour 6)

Do you like Buzz Breaks? Today’s your day then as we launch 12 in 12 — a series of a dozen breaks of past wax boxes and wax packs in a dozen hours. We’ll post one every hour on the hour all day long today … this is Hour 6.

12in12-logo-smallerThe box: 2015 Topps Chrome football Mega Box (retail-only release initially)
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Buzz 12 in 12: Busting a 2016 Donruss Optic football blaster box (Hour 1)

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

12in12-logo-smallerThe box: 2016 Donruss Optic football cards
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Buzz Break: 2013 Topps football cards (retail box)

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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.

2013-topps-peyton-manningThe box: 2013 Topps football cards (retail box)
Where to buy: BlowoutCards.com (for hobby) 

Packs per box:
 16
Cards per pack: 12
Cards in this box: 192
Base set completion: 
162 of 440 (37 percent)
Duplicates: 0

Notable players found on base cards: Andrew Luck, Adrian Peterson, Russell Wilson, Dez Bryant, Ben Roethlisberger, Peyton Manning, Larry Fitzgerald, Cam Newton

Rookie Cards (45) – Notables include Le’Veon Bell, Desmond Trufant, Tyrann Mathieu

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Buzz Break: 2014 Panini Prizm football cards (super value rack box)

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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: 2014 Panini Prizm football cards (super value rack box)
Where to buy: BlowoutCards.com

2014-panini-prizm-carrPacks per box: 12 (each pack contains three standard Prizm packs and one three-card Red, White and Blue Prizm pack)
Cards per pack: 15
Cards in this box: 180
Base set completion: 
82 of 200 (41 percent)
Duplicates: 0

Base cards of notable players – Tom Brady, Michael Irvin, Frank Gifford, Bo Jackson, Terry Bradshaw, Fran Tarkenton, Brett Favre, Russell Wilson, Ben Roethlisberger

Rookie Cards (short-prints) pulled (36) – Austin Sefarian-Jenkins, James White, L’Damian Washington, C.J. Mosley, Ahmad Dixon, Jerick McKinnon, Kony Ealy, T.J. Jones, Carlos Hyde, Brandon Coleman, Mike Evans, Mike Davis, Khalil Mack, Louis Nix III, Justin Gilbert, Kelvin Benjamin, Cody Hoffman, Jeff Janis, Sammy Watkins, Connor Shaw, Calvin Pryor, Jalen Saunders, Matt Hazel, Devin Street, Martavis Bryant, LaMarcus Joyner, Lache Seastrunk, Michael Campanaro, Dei Archer, Dee Ford, James Wilder Jr., Derek Carr (two versions), Logan Thomas, Allen Robinson, Tevin Reese, Taylor Lewan

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Topps readies Super Bowl 50 commemorative football cards

Screen Shot 2016-01-25 at 11.38.50 AMSuper Bowl 50 is less than two weeks away, but the commemorative cardboard is already here.

Topps revealed on Monday a pair of Super Bowl 50 team sets — 5-by-7 jumbo cards for each team that will be limited to just 50 serial-numbered copies per set.

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