What's Buzzing: WWE chatter, new MLB pulls, soccer cards, collecting regrets, non-sports cards and ... "is set collecting still a thing?"

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1 -- Several WWE call-ups seem eminent 

2 -- Vintage: "Is set collecting still a thing?"

3 -- Inside two MLB boxes

4 -- Non-sports cards

5 -- All your soccer card chatter

6 -- "No ragrets"

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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 packs: Toy Monster WWE Champs vinyl figures (two packs)
Where to buy: Will take some looking ... BlowoutCards.com for WWE cards

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What: 2026 Leaf Metal Presidents' Day
Arrives: February 2026
Box basics: Three autographed cards and one The Presidents card per box (10 boxes per case)
Order: Click here

What's buzz-worthy: The Metal holiday release approach once again put the focus on a single day and this one offers up some political history, some patriotic salutes and plenty of star power from around the sports world -- and beyond -- all under one lid.

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What's Buzzing: NFL chatter, NBA breaks, non-sports cards, Allen & Ginter X, one to see and ... Wade Boggs or Tony Gwynn?

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1 -- Wade Boggs or Tony Gwynn?

2 -- All your football chatter is here

3 -- NBA breaks

4 -- Plenty of non-sports chatter

5 -- Reacting to Ginter X box changes

6 -- One to see

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What: 2025 Bowman's Best baseball cards
Arrives: March 11, 2026
Box basics: Four autographs per box (eight boxes per case)
Checklist: TBD
Order: Click here

What's buzz-worthy: Bowman's Best drops for another year with its familiar format but some new inclusions, too, as it showcases notable veterans and prospects of this past season.

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What: 2025 Topps Chrome tennis cards
Arrives: Feb. 6, 2026
Box basics: Two autos per 12-pack hobby box (12 boxes per case) or five autographs per 12-card breaker box (12 per case)
Checklist: TBD
Order: Click here

What's buzz-worthy: Topps Chrome hits the court for tennis collectors once again with a lineup packed with colorful flash, top stars' autographs and plenty more only found here.

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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 pack: 2025 Leaf Metal Pop Century 1/1 Pre-Production Proofs 
Where to buy: Click here (these are box-toppers in Pop Century boxes)

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What: 2025 Topps Pristine baseball cards
Arrives: Feb. 4, 2026
Box basics: Two autographs and one auto Relic per six-pack, 48-card box (six boxes per case)
Checklist: Click here
Order: Click here

What's buzz-worthy: This release returns for another year on the diamond with a meaty base set, plenty of colorful flash and autographs from both past and present stars all possible in the same box.

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What: 2025 Wild Card MATTE Rookie Multi-Sport Edition trading cards
Arrives: Jan. 30, 2026
Box basics: One auto and two 1/1 cards per 20-pack brick box (12 boxes per case)
Order: Click here

What's buzz-worthy: Wild Card is back with a multi-sport release that has player packs and plenty to chase as it looks at young stars frown around the sports world all in the same spot.

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What's Buzzing: Here's one more name-dropping edition for this Sunday showcase of who has 'em talking.

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1 -- Sandy Koufax

2 -- Kazuma Okamoto

3 -- Brock Bowers

4 -- Zion Williamson

5 -- Caitlin Clark

6 -- Arman Tsarukyan

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What's Buzzing: Nothing but name-dropping in this Saturday edition.

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1 -- Shohei Ohtani

2 -- Nick Kurtz

3 -- Tom Brady ... Drake Maye

4 -- Jalen Hurts

5 -- Wemby 

6 -- Cooper Flagg or Kon Knueppel?

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What: 2025 Topps Stranger Things trading cards
Arrives: March 10, 2026
Box basics: One autographed card and one memorabilia card per 10-card box (10 boxes per case)
Checklist: Click here
Order: Click here (when live)

What's buzz-worthy: The hit series may have ended, but there's still more cardboard to come with a mix of oddities such as Upside Down variations (above) and screen-used Relic cards (and plenty more) as seen below.

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What: 2025 Topps Marvel The Collector trading cards
Arrives: Feb. 4, 2026
Box basics: Three encased cards per three-pack box (four boxes per case)
Checklist: TBD
Order: Click here

What's buzz-worthy: The Marvel lineup takes an Infinity Gauntlet twist with a high-end lineup here that would make The Collector proud.

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What's Buzzing: Love-hate players, college football madness, custom cards, new pulls and more in this first edition of a new year.

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1 -- Beloved by one, hated by another

2 -- College football has 'em talking

3 -- A year of custom card creations 

4 -- Check out NBA pulls

5 -- Non-sports pulls

6 -- This one has 'em talking 

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Like many collectors, Buzz is a fan of grading ... so here's this month's grading diary.

MJ's MOMENT
The Card: Michael Jordan 2008 Goudey Hit Parade of Champions
The Reason Graded: This moment turns 35 this year and this insert card is one that ... came out of a box of baseball cards. It's a throwback to a 1951 set with stars from a little bit of everywhere in this Goudey version. These cards are smaller -- allowing for them to bounce around inside the wrappers -- but the only even close to deterring issue for grading with this copy was an irregular spot in the card stock itself ... but you can't even see it in this image. This finally made it into a grading submission of mine last year because it's an iconic moment for one of biggest names in sports history. The moment? This was Jordan's first championship.
The Grade: CGC 9

Reality Check: Behold! The worst of the four graded. Doesn't matter to me ... I just like the card and nines are fine.

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It's a book with many chapters and, if you ask me, this is one big piece of the story when it comes to the last year.

That's how I'd describe the sixth item in this memorabilia series that's all about match-used and event-used stuff from Shotzi Blackheart and it's something legendary that I landed directly from the Indy God.

How? I ponied up and won it at auction via one of her Whatnot streams -- simple as that -- to end 2025 with one of my weirdest yet big match-used pieces yet, and it's one I can document every step of the way thanks to all of the online action in today's pro wrestling world. Why do that when I already know it's real? Just for fun. The research and verification of an item's use step by step always makes things more interesting -- and, get this, I landed this one-of-a-kind piece for a steep price that was still substantially lower than a 2025 Topps Chrome WWE hobby box. (Get your WWE cards here, by the way.)

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