Board Buzz: Must-read threads on the Blowout Forums (Aug. 11)

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 breaks, long-term collecting projects completed and a big collecting question — buy a Judge auto or wax? — as we head into the weekend and Topps National Baseball Card Day tomorrow in hobby shops.

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

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: Chasing Judge autos in Finest, pondering Bowman Mega Box questions, big breaks and NSCC prep discussions.

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Cryptozoic reveals at least one surprise coming in Orphan Black

BlowoutBuzz-Orphan-Black-s1-auto-Tatiana-Maslany-HelenaThe unique structure of the Orphan Black story — one where lead Tatiana Maslany plays not one but five characters — is sure to prompt some creative twists from Cryptozoic as it readies its Orphan Black Season 1 set.

orphan-black-s1-auto-tatiana-maslany-sarahThe first twist can be seen above.

As Cryptozoic released teaser images of it signers for the forthcoming product, it also provided to Buzz a look at a variation autograph of Maslany as Helena. This comes in addition to her standard autograph as Sarah Manning.

Could three more autographs be coming? We’ll learn more in the weeks before this one is set to arrive. Keep reading for more on what’s been revealed about the product so far.

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