What: 2017-18 Donruss Optic basketball cards
Arrives: April 4
Box basics: One autograph per 20-pack hobby box (12 boxes per case)
What’s buzz-worthy: Optic arrives with an on-card autograph for every Rated Rookie and a rainbow parallel that should make for some rim-rocking reactions.
Keep reading for more info and a gallery of what’s to come.
Some recently released NBA cardboard with extra international appeal could make its way into your collection soon.
It’s the 2017-18 Panini Revolution Chinese New Year’s Edition wax and it will be arriving over at BlowoutCards.com this week when its U.S. arrival date hits on Friday.
(Update: Boxes and cases can be pre-ordered now at the link above.)
A number of NBA rookies have left their mark on some new Panini America cards in a way beyond just penmanship.
The new Panini Instant Instant Impressions cards combine an autograph with a handprint on oversized cards that have been released in waves. The second and final wave arrives on the Instant site today at 3 p.m. Eastern.
What: 2017-18 Panini Contenders basketball cards
Arrives: Feb. 21
Box basics: Two autographs per 12-pack box (12 boxes per case)
What’s buzz-worthy: Panini America’s Contenders arrives on the NBA hardwood with many of the notable names found earlier this season in their college colors but this time with their pro threads.
Keep reading for more info and a gallery of images.
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.
The box: 2017-18 Donruss NBA blaster
The cost: BlowoutCards.com (for this one in a few formats)
What’s inside this one? Keep reading …
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: 2017-18 Donruss basketball cards (hobby)
Where to buy: BlowoutCards.com (a few formats)
Packs per box: 24
Cards per pack: 10
Cards in this box: 240
Base set completion: 200 of 200 (100 percent)
Duplicates: 13
Notable players on base cards – LeBron James, Karl-Anthony Towns, Kevin Durant, Kristaps Porzingis, Russell Westbrook, Kawhi Leonard, Andrew Wiggins, Stephen Curry, Kyle Lowery, Kemba Walker, Blake Griffin, John Wall, Jimmy Butler … and everybody else.
Rookie Cards (54) – All 50 of them with dupes, including Lonzo Ball, Markelle Fultz, Frank Ntilikina, De’Aaron Fox, Zach Collins, Dennis Smith Jr., Zhou Qi, Jonathan Isaac, Wayne Selden Jr., Dwayne Bacon, Tyler Dorsey, Malik Monk, Luke Kennard, Jayson Tatum, Sindarius Thornwell. Ivan Rabb and Dillon Brooks to name a few.
What: 2017-18 Panini Status basketball cards
Arrives: Jan. 31
Box basics: One autograph per 10-pack box (20 boxes per case)
Checklist: Click here to view
What’s buzz-worthy: A new NBA line arrives with a low price, an autograph every time and a new look that uses some vibrant color schemes as part of a well-rounded package.
Keep reading for more info.
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: 2017-18 Donruss basketball cards (blaster)
Where to buy: BlowoutCards.com (a few formats)
Packs per box: 11
Cards per pack: 8
Cards in this box: 88
Base set completion: 76 of 200 (38 percent)
Duplicates: 0
Notable players on base cards – Karl-Anthony Towns, Kevin Durant, Kristaps Porzingis, Russell Westbrook, Kawhi Leonard, Andrew Wiggins, Stephen Curry, Kyle Lowery, Kemba Walker, Blake Griffin, John Wall, Jimmy Butler
Rookie Cards (17) – Lonzo Ball, Markelle Fultz, Frank Ntilikina, De’Aaron Fox, Zach Collins, Dennis Smith Jr., Zhou Qi, Jonathan Isaac, Wayne Selden Jr., Dwayne Bacon, Tyler Dorsey, Malik Monk, Luke Kennard, Jayson Tatum, Sindarius Thornwell. Ivan Rabb, Dillon Brooks
What: 2017-18 Panini Chronicles basketball cards
Arrives: Jan. 17
Box basics: Three autograph or memorabilia cards per three-pack box (10 boxes per case)
Checklist: Click here to view
What’s buzz-worthy: Panini offers a look at the newest crop of NBA rookies on a number of designs/brands from the recent past and present all in one place.
Keep reading for more info and a gallery of images.
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: The World Series ends tonight, Five Star arrives, big questions, big pulls & big steals.
What: 2017-18 Panini Absolute basketball cards
Arrives: Dec. 20
Box basics: Two autographs, two memorabilia cards and two “uncirculated” cards per two-pack box (10 boxes per case)
Checklist: Click here to view
Order: Click here for boxes & click here for cases
What’s buzz-worthy: Absolute returns with nothing but hits and encased cards in its three-card packs.
Keep reading for more info and a full gallery of images released so far.
Update: The jersey — yes, the torn one — sold for $45,000.
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LeBron James‘ first game-used jersey of the year is heating up the auction block for a good cause.
It’s part of an auction from the NBA, Turner Sports and the Cleveland Cavaliers to support hurricane relief efforts via OneAmericaAppeal.org, and it’s one of nearly 60 gamers presently up for grabs via NBA Auctions.
What: 2017-18 Panini Court Kings basketball cards
Arrives: Dec. 6
Box basics: One autograph and one memorabilia card per 10-card box (16 boxes per case)
Checklist: Click here to view
What’s buzz-worthy: The colorful release that is Court Kings is back with a simple approach that packs the artistry of the game on a variety of cards inside every box — a set that Panini says is “the most-artistic cards in the world.”
Keep reading for more info and a full gallery of images released so far.
What: 2017-18 Totally Certified basketball cards
Arrives: Dec. 13
Box basics: One autograph and one memorabilia card per eight-pack box (16 boxes per case via two inners)
Checklist: Click here to view
What’s buzz-worthy: One of Panini’s more colorful foil-board creations is back for another year with on-card autos of top rookies and some new designs.
Keep reading for more info and a full gallery of images released so far.
What: 2017-18 Panini Prizm basketball cards
Arrives: Nov. 15
Box basics: Two autographs per 12-pack hobby box (12 boxes per case)
Checklist: Click here to view
What’s buzz-worthy: The full details are here for the newest edition of Prizm, which will include all of the new rookies and plenty of color.
Keep reading for more info.
What: 2017-18 Panini Ascension basketball cards
Arrives: Nov. 22
Box basics: One autograph per 12-pack box (12 boxes per case)
Checklist: Click here
What’s buzz-worthy: Panini reveals a new line that it says is “one of the most distinct and colorful sets to hit the hobby.”
Keep reading for more info.
What: 2017-18 Panini Prizm basketball cards
Arrives: TBD
Box basics: Details below
What’s buzz-worthy: We’ve got early word on some of the retail inclusions to come in Panini America’s newest version of Prizm and its various pack formats away from the hobby shop.
Keep reading for more info.
The first Lonzo Ball autographs are almost here.
Panini America‘s real-time sports card platform, Panini Instant, will be the place to be at 1 p.m. (Eastern) today as it launches Instant Access autograph cards for four big names from this year’s NBA Draft.
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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