What: 2018 Panini Contenders Draft Picks football cards
Arrives: April 11
Box basics: Six autographs per six-pack box (12 boxes per case)
What’s buzz-worthy: The hit-per-pack approach to NFL Draft hopefuls’ new cardboard continues with this one, which will also include past college greats.
Keep reading for more info as well as some early images.
What: 2017 Panini Flawless football cards
Arrives: March 21
Box basics: Two gems, six autographs and two memorabilia cards per 10-card box (two boxes per case)
What’s buzz-worthy: Flawless returns for another ultra-high-end season with some new touches and some new signers from NFL’s recent past.
Keep reading for more and a full gallery of images.
What: 2017 Panini National Treasures football cards
Arrives: March 7
Box basics: Three autographs and three memorabilia cards per eight-card box (four boxes per case)
What’s buzz-worthy: Panini America’s highly collected high-end brand returns with an array of big hits from the NFL’s past as well as the biggest names of the NFL at present. (Click on the card up top for a closer view.)
Keep reading for more info as well as a gallery of early images.
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The box: 2017 Donruss Optic NFL cards (Mega Box)
Where to buy: BlowoutCards.com (for hobby)
Packs per box: 10
Cards per pack: 4
Cards in this box: 40
Base set completion: 16 of 100 (16 percent)
Duplicates: 0
Notables on base cards: Tom Brady, Aaron Rodgers, Derek Carr, Philip Rivers, Russell Wilson, Julio Jones, Marshawn Lynch, J.J. Watt
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The box: 2017 Donruss Optic NFL cards (Mega Box)
Where to buy: BlowoutCards.com (for hobby)
Packs per box: 10
Cards per pack: 4
Cards in this box: 40
Base set completion: 16 of 100 (16 percent)
Duplicates: 0
Notables on base cards: Dak Prescott, Julian Edelman, Andy Dalton, David Johnson, Le’Veon Bell
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The box: 2017 Donruss football cards (Mega Box)
Where to buy: BlowoutCards.com (for hobby)
Packs per box: 10 (three hobby, seven retail)
Cards per pack: 10 per hobby, eight per retail
Cards in this box: 86
Base set completion:
57 of 300 (19 percent)
Duplicates: 0
Notables on base cards – Johnny Unitas, Cam Newton, Marcus Mariota, Franco Harris, David Johnson, Ezekiel Elliott, Eddie George, Todd Gurley, Peyton Manning, Derek Carr, Randy Moss, Matthew Stafford
What: 2017 Panini Select football cards
Arrives: Feb. 21
Box basics: Two autographs and one memorabilia card per 12-pack box (12 boxes per case).
What’s buzz-worthy: Once again, the colorful rainbow and prime memorabilia cards that Select is known for return to the gridiron with more than one insert card per pack — and the first cards of 2018 NFL Draft hopefuls, too.
Keep reading for more info and a full gallery.
What: 2017 Panini Encased football cards
Arrives: Feb. 14
Box basics: One graded on-card autograph, one standard autograph and two memorabilia cards per five-card box (eight boxes per case)
What’s buzz-worthy: Encased returns for a sophomore season with the same striking look it had as a rookie and a new class of new stars — as well as all-time greats.
Keep reading for more info and a full gallery.
What: 2017 Panini Vertex football cards
Arrives: Jan. 24
Box basics: Four autographs and two memorabilia cards per three-pack box (eight boxes per case via two inners)
Checklist: Click here to view
What’s buzz-worthy: A new NFL brand with a familiar look if you’re also a basketball collector arrives in January with plenty of hits per box and often multiple swatches per card, too, as part of a product that “showcases a variety of printing technologies to deliver distinct, jaw-dropping inserts.”
Keep reading for more and a full gallery of images.
What: 2017 Panini Rookies & Stars football cards
Arrives: Nov. 27
Box basics: Two autographs and two memorabilia cards per six-pack box (14 boxes per case)
Checklist: Click here to view
What’s buzz-worthy: Rookies & Stars arrives on Cyber Monday, giving NFL fans their first new product to rip after the big Black Friday blowout.
Keep reading for more and a full gallery of images.
What: 2017 Panini Contenders football cards
Arrives: Dec. 20 for hobby — Nov. 29 for blaster boxes
Box basics: Five or six autographs per 24-pack box (12 boxes per case)
Checklist: Click here to view
Order: Click here for boxes & click here for cases
What’s buzz-worthy: Contenders returns with another season of Rookie Tickets and plenty more for collectors of the long-running brand.
Keep reading for more and a full gallery of images.
What: 2017 Donruss Optic football cards
Arrives: Dec. 13
Box basics: One autograph per 20-pack hobby box (12 boxes per case)
Checklist: Click here to view
What’s buzz-worthy: Optic takes to the gridiron with a familiar look for 2017 Donruss NFL fans and a familiar format for those who ripped into this brand hard last season.
Keep reading for more info as well as some early images.
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What’s Buzzing Today: Nothing but big pulls from collectors in this Saturday edition.
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: Big NFL injuries, big NFL pulls and more from the collecting world.
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 Donruss football cards (Mega Box)
Where to buy: BlowoutCards.com (for hobby)
Packs per box: 10 (three hobby, seven retail)
Cards per pack: 10 per hobby, eight per retail
Cards in this box: 86
Base set completion:
57 of 300 (19 percent)
Duplicates: 0
Notables on base cards – Franco Harris, Randy Moss, A.J. Green, Phil Simms, Derrick Henry, Julio Jones, Amari Cooper, Derek Carr, Von Miller, Carson Wentz, David Johnson, Matthew Stafford, Todd Gurley
What: 2017 Panini Preferred football cards
Arrives: Dec. 6
Box basics: Four autographs and one booklet memorabilia card per box (10 boxes per case)
Checklist: Click here to view
What’s buzz-worthy: Preferred returns to the gridiron with a new crop of players but plenty of the autographs, memorabilia and booklet cards that collectors expect.
Keep reading for more and a full gallery of images.
Texas just might be the home to the NFL’s hottest new rookie.
That was certainly the case on Sunday as Houston Texans QB Deshaun Watson lit things up with five touchdowns — four in the air, one on the ground — as part of a record-breaking day for his team.
The Texans put up 57 points — a new team record — while Watson’s TD total tied the NFL record for a rookie quarterback. And, according to the team, he’s the first rookie QB to throw four and rush for one since Hall of Famer Fran Tarkenton back in 1961.
What: 2017 TRISTAR Hidden Treasures Game Day Greats Football Jersey Edition
Arrives: Nov. 8
Box basics: One autographed football jersey per box (five boxes per case)
What’s buzz-worthy: TRISTAR’s Hidden Treasures line tries on jerseys for a new football season with a lineup of past and present greats from the NFL as well as some new stars from the college ranks.
What: 2017 Panini Illusions football cards
Arrives: Nov. 22
Box basics: One autographed memorabilia card, two autographs and two memorabilia cards per 10-pack box (16 boxes per case via two inners)
Checklist: Click here to view
What’s buzz-worthy: A new brand for the gridiron arrives with plenty of foilboard and color with plenty of rookies, autographs and a pairing of a present player and a past player on every base card.
Keep reading for more and a full gallery of images.
What: 2017 Panini Immaculate Collection football cards
Arrives: Nov. 8
Box basics: Five autographs or memorabilia cards per six-card box (six boxes per case)
Checklist: Click here to view
What’s buzz-worthy: Immaculate returns to the gridiron for another new season with on-card autographs and more full-sized memorabilia cards than ever.
Keep reading for more and a full gallery of images.
What: 2017 Panini Prizm football cards
Arrives: Oct. 25
Box basics: Three autographs per 12-pack box (12 boxes per case)
Checklist: Click here to view
Order: Click here for hobby & retail
What’s buzz-worthy: Prizm returns to the gridiron with “plenty of sizzle and shine,” according to the company, with a product full of color as well as a Randy Moss tribute set.
Keep reading for more and a full gallery of images.
What: 2017 Panini Phoenix football cards
Arrives: Oct. 18
Box basics: Two autos and one mem card per 12-pack box (16 boxes per case via two inners)
Checklist: Click here to view
What’s buzz-worthy: The Phoenix rises once again for a second season for NFL collectors, guaranteeing a rookie auto jersey and plenty more in every box.
Keep reading for more and a full gallery of images.
There were surprises and new arrivals on the NFL rookie front — and that’s just Week 1.
Six newcomers stepped up with none perhaps more surprising the Kansas City RB Kareem Hunt, who helped the Chiefs pull off a dominating 42-27 win over the defending Super Bowl champion New England Patriots on Thursday night. He had 17 carries for 148 yards and a touchdown — and seven catches for 133 yards and a 75-yard score. Not bad for a third-rounder out of Toledo.
As you should already know from last week, he already appears on more than 450 different cards with nearly 300 of those being certified autos. He’s got 15 RCs so far by the standard (non-insert) definition and nearly 140 memorabilia cards and is found in most 2017 releases — just like most of our other notables from Sunday.
Who made the cut? Keep reading.
What: 2017 Panini Impeccable football cards
Arrives: Sept. 27
Box basics: Five autographs per eight-card box (three boxes per case)
Checklist: Click here to view
What’s buzz-worthy: This high-end NFL brand arrives for a sophomore season with at least one rookie patch auto per box and a healthy mix of stars from the past and present.
Keep reading for more and a full gallery of images.
If you’re a dedicated collector or even a casual one, you already own a piece of the action from this year’s NFLPA Rookie Premiere found in a pack of cards.
But there’s also another way to get memorabilia from a crop of notable new NFL rookies from the event as Fanatics is auctioning event-worn jerseys, cleats and gloves from a number of the players right now.
What: 2017 Panini XR football cards
Arrives: Sept. 20
Box basics: Two autos and one memorabilia card per box (15 boxes per case)
What’s buzz-worthy: Panini XR arrives as a new football card line that offers a colorful look at the NFL with plenty of autographs and memorabilia.
Keep reading for more and a full gallery of images.
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The box: 2017 Panini Football cards (blaster box)
Where to buy: BlowoutCards.com
Packs per box: 11
Cards per pack: 8
Cards in this box: 88
Base set completion:
64 of 100 (64 percent)
Duplicates: 0
Notables on base cards – Derek Carr, Matthew Stafford, Marcus Mariota, Carson Wentz, Julio Jones, Ben Roethlisberger, Von Miller, Andrew Luck, Khalil Mack, Mark Ingram, Richard Sherman, Dak Prescott, Todd Gurley, Rob Gronkowski, Cam Newton, Odell Beckham Jr., Jameis Winston, Aaron Rodgers, Antonio Brown, Eli Manning, Russell Wilson, Tom Brady
What: 2017 Panini National Treasures Collegiate football cards
Arrives: Sept. 13
Box basics: Six autographs or memorabilia cards per seven-card box (four boxes per case)
Checklist: Click here to view
What’s buzz-worthy: National Treasures returns to the college gridiron for a third year with notable college stars from the past showcased with plenty of ink and memorabilia.
Keep reading for more and a full gallery of images.
What: 2017 Panini Spectra football cards
Arrives: Sept. 13
Box basics: Four autographs and seven memorabilia cards per four-pack box (eight boxes per case)
Checklist: Click here to view
What’s buzz-worthy: We’ll have another season of the high-end Prizmatic rainbow with plenty of autographs and memorabilia in this brand.
Keep reading for more and a full gallery of images.
What: 2017 Panini Absolute football cards
Arrives: Sept. 6
Box basics: Three autographs and two memorabilia cards per three-pack box (10 boxes per case)
Checklist: Click here to view
What’s buzz-worthy: Absolute returns with some big new memorabilia cards, the Tools of the Trade, plenty of autographs and even some Glass inserts.
Keep reading for more and a full gallery of images.
A new line of football cards from Panini Instant will give collectors a chance to get their hands on something a bit different for 13 top NFL rookies.
They’re the 2017 Panini Instant Impressions cards and they’re oversized cards that offer a player’s handprint, autograph and in some cases an inscription and the first wave of these cards on sale on the Panini Instant website now (launched at 2 p.m. Central).
Do you like Buzz Breaks? We recently launched 12 in 12 — a series of a dozen breaks of past wax boxes and wax packs in a dozen hours. This is a faster break in that style — but not the launching of a new 12 in 12. (We’ll just had one this week and we’ll have another next month. Click the logo below to see the previous posts in the series.)
The pack: 2017 Donruss Elite football (Walmart blaster box)
The cost: $29.98 (click here for hobby)
What’s inside this box? Keep reading …
What: 2017 TRISTAR Hidden Treasures Football Mini Helmets
Arrives: Aug. 30
Box basics: One autographed mini helmet per box
What’s buzz-worthy: TRISTAR’s Hidden Treasures football brand returns to the field for another season with some new NFL names and some of the biggest names from the past.
What: 2017 Historic Autographs Autographed Jersey National Edition
Arrives: July 26
Box basics: One autographed jersey per tin
What’s buzz-worthy: Historic Autographs readies this one for the National Sports Collectors Convention and the company will be offering incentives for those who pop a tin to trade in or trade up while at the show.
Keep reading for more information.
Panini America unleashed the first looks at its 2017 National Sports Collectors Convention VIP set on Friday and it’s nothing but rookies from the NFL, college basketball and baseball.
It’s just the start of the cardboard plans that the company has for the NSCC, which is set to begin on July 26 in Chicago.
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