Board Buzz: Must-read threads on the Blowout Forums (Jan. 31)

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: Collectors react to James Harden’s big game, the big NFL trade and its fallout and today’s arrival of 2018 Topps Series 1 baseball cards.

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First Buzz: 2017 Panini Plates & Patches football cards


What:
 2017 Panini Plates & Patches football cards
Arrives: Feb. 7
Box basics: One autograph, one memorabilia card and one printing plate per five-card box (12 boxes per case)

What’s buzz-worthy: Plates & Patches is back with two hits and a printing plate in every single box and there’s more to be found beyond that. Oh, and there will be autographed printing plates found one per case.

Keep reading for more and a full gallery of images.

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First Buzz: 2017 Panini Rookies & Stars football cards


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.

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First Buzz: 2017 Panini Prizm NFL


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.

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Panini Instant Impressions set offers rookies’ unique marks on game

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).

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