Board Buzz: Must-read threads on the Blowout Forums (Dec. 13)

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: Nothing but breaks from around the collecting world.

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Board Buzz: Must-read threads on the Blowout Forums (Oct. 29)

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: Avoiding ugly autographs, World Series chatter and big pulls in this Sunday edition … check ’em out.

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Board Buzz: Must-read threads on the Blowout Forums (Oct. 28)

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: World Series chatter, repeated card photos and big pulls.

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Board Buzz: Must-read threads on the Blowout Forums (Oct. 24)

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: Nothing but big pulls and collector reactions in today’s edition.

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Board Buzz: Must-read threads on the Blowout Forums (Oct. 22)

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 waits, big pulls, Valyrian Steel and the starting point for World Series chatter on the boards.

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First Buzz: 2017 Rittenhouse Game of Thrones Valyrian Steel trading cards

What: 2017 Rittenhouse Game of Thrones Valyrian Steel trading cards
Arrives: Oct. 4
Box basics: One “big hit” card, two metal character cards and one tech card per pack; three packs per box (20 boxes per case)
Where to buy: Click here

What’s buzz-worthy: Big hits in this one will include dual autographs, Valyrian autos, Gold autos, character sketch cards, pin relics, costume relics, scene sketch cards and Artifact cards (/25). There will be at least two autographs per box.

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Board Buzz: Must-read threads on the Blowout Forums (June 17)

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 pulls, Judge at The Fantastic Store, the NSCC & more.

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KISS & Vampirella? That showdown isn’t only pop culture crossover coming from Dynamite this month

KISS and Vampirella — seems like an unusual yet still natural crossover, right?

That’s just one of the comic books arriving this month — this one specifically today — via Dynamite Entertainment, a Mt. Laurel, N.J.-based publisher that has a tie to something beyond the typical realm of comic book characters.

KISS/Vampirella arrives with six different covers for issue No. 1 — all seen in a gallery below along with a sketch cover — and that’s a common trait for other series from Dynamite, many of which come with ties to movies, video games, famous book and comic strip characters, Internet stars and more.

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Gwendoline Christie autographs coming from Topps

Captain Phasma autographs are coming to Topps Star Wars packs.

The company announced on Friday that Gwendoline Christie autographs will be coming in future releases for the legendary movie franchise.

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Board Buzz: Must-read threads on the Blowout Forums (April 24)

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: Who would you want to sign for Americana or Pop Century? Plus big pulls and other talkers from the boards.

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First Buzz: 2017 Rittenhouse Game of Thrones Season 6 trading cards

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What: 2017 Rittenhouse Game of Thrones Season 6 trading cards
Arrives: April 19
Box basics: Two autographed cards per 24-pack box with some boxes also including memorabilia or sketch cards (12 boxes per case)

What’s buzz-worthy: The latest set for this hit franchise arrives with an array of autographs, inserts and more for the sixth season with “lots of first-time signers” and what the company says are the first memorabilia card for Daenerys Targaryen (Emilia Clarke).

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Meryl Streep’s Golden Globes speech gets a Garbage Pail Kid

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The Golden Globes meet the Garbage Pail Kids — and that means Meryl Streep‘s speech gets visualized.

That means Donald Trump gets an up-close look at her trophy.

That scene is one of five sticker pairs available in the 2017 Topps Garbage Pail Kids Golden Groans set available for just one week from the company and only initially available on Topps.com.

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Rittenhouse Archives reveals full Game of Thrones Season 5 autograph lineup (gallery)

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Rittenhouse Archives‘ latest Game of Thrones set arrives on June 8 with nearly 50 autographed cards in the brand and more than 20 of those are first-time signers for the popular HBO series’ trading cards.

While the lineup for the Game of Thrones Season 5 set has been known since its announcement (see our First Buzz preview here), the company revealed images of all of the signed cards as it released the final checklist.

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Board Buzz: Must-read threads on the Blowout Forums (May 7)

Ginter-WoodThe 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: Ginter Woods, political autographs, Game of Thrones, WWE and Devers vs. Moncada.

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First Buzz: 2016 Rittenhouse Game of Thrones Season 5 trading cards

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What:
 2016 Rittenhouse Game of Thrones Season 5 trading cards
Arrives: June 8
Box basics: Two autographed cards per 24-pack box with some boxes also including memorabilia or sketch cards (12 boxes per case)

What’s buzz-worthy: The popular show gets a new set with many of the biggest names possible signing on for the fifth season’s recap.

Keep reading for more.

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