First Buzz: 2017 Panini Chronicles baseball cards (early retail details)

What: 2017 Panini Chronicles baseball cards
Arrives: Mid/late November
Box basics: One Absolute Rookies Blue card per blaster with autographs or memorabilia cards found one in every fourth box (20 boxes per case)

What’s buzz-worthy: We’ve got early word on a new line coming to the retail aisle just in time for Thanksgiving sales and it will pack some big, big names in today’s hobby — Aaron Judge, Cody Bellinger and Mickey Mantle for starters — on a number of designs/brands in the Panini baseball portfolio that help update the season’s offerings all in one place.

Keep reading for more info and a visual teaser of two cards to come.

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Board Buzz: Must-read threads on the Blowout Forums (May 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: Pondering game-used vs. player-worn and other hobby questions.

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

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The 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: Nothing but breaks today and a single Spectra box above leads way.

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

psagradedyankee911ticketsThe 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: The day the game was canceled, big breaks and … fake Kobe Bryant Rookie Cards?

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First Buzz: 2016-17 Panini Prizm basketball cards

panini-america-2016-17-prizm-basketball-kyrie-irving-5th-anniversaryWhat: 2016-17 Panini Prizm basketball cards
Arrives: Nov. 2
Box basics: Two autographs per 12-pack box (12 boxes per case)

What’s buzz-worthy: Prizm returns for its fifth season with some new additions to the rainbow as well as new inserts and parallels

Keep reading for more info and a full gallery of images released so far.

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Board Buzz: Must-read threads on the Blowout Forums (July 10)

2015-Topps-ChromeThe 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: An all-breaks look at the chatter on the boards.

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Buzz-worthy Bargain Break: Making a case for five discounted boxes

2013-14-panini-crusadeIf you hadn’t noticed, there are a number of boxes with discounted prices this weekend and for the next week or so over on the mothership and they were dramatic enough that Buzz had to sit down and ponder the possibilities in many of them.

So much so here are five boxes that caught this collector’s eye.

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Board Buzz: Must-read threads on the Blowout Forums (May 15)

Carlos-Correa-AflacThe 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: Colorful 2016 Bowman autos in a case, Carson Wentz in Prime Signatures, long-gone Correas and more.

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First Buzz: 2016 Panini Prizm Draft Picks football cards

16_Prizm_Draft_Elliott3What: 2016 Panini Prizm Draft Picks football cards
Arrives: March 30
Box basics: Five autographs per 12-pack box (12 boxes per case)

What’s buzz-worthy: This year’s top college stars will be found in the Prizm rainbow with Panini America’s second college football release for the brand. Every box will contain plenty of ink along with 60 draft picks cards, 10 Prizms, six more draft pick Prizms, two stained glass and two die-cut inserts per box.

Keep reading for more and a full gallery of images.

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