Pokemon turned 20 years old this year and the popular animated series and trading card game has had its share of fans and collectors through all those years -- collectors from around the world.

And that's where Blowout reached out to land a pair of items from the Japanese market that are now available to fans here in the United States.

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What: Yu-Gi-Oh! Invasion: Vengeance Special Edition
Arrives: Dec. 9
Box basics: Three packs, one Super Rare and one preview card per deck, 10 decks per display  (12 displays per case)

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What: Yu-Gi-Oh! Destiny Soldiers
Arrives: Nov. 18
Box basics: Five cards per pack, 24 packs per box (12 boxes per case)

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What: 2016 Afterworld Genesis trading card game
Arrives: Sept. 30
Box basics: 20 10-card packs per box (12 boxes per case via two inner cases)

What's buzz-worthy: Panini America unleashes a new TCG, which we'll let them sum up like this: "In the Afterworld, the greatest champions from the civilizations of Atlantis, Viking legend, Ancient Egypt, and Ancient Japan are pitted against each other for dominance. With stunning original artwork and exciting gameplay, Afterworld offers players the best of both worlds, a complete and compelling game experience with the fun of chasing rare cards to enhance the experience."

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What: Yu-Gi-Oh! Invasion: Vengeance
Arrives: Nov. 4
Box basics: Nine cards per pack, 24 packs per box (12 boxes per case)

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What: Yu-Gi-Oh! Dragons of Legend -- Unleashed
Arrives: Aug. 19
Box basics: Five cards per pack, 12 packs per box (12 boxes per case)

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The third series of Topps Star Wars Galactic Connexions arrived in Walmart stores yesterday and there's one color besides gold that you'll want to see inside packs of the collectable gaming discs.

Imperial Red.

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There has been plenty of Star Wars merchandise in the last year -- and there's still more to come along with plenty of movies -- but there are few Star Wars items that are as rare as the Topps Star Wars Galactic Connexions gold discs.

Just five copies of the Slave Leia disc were made for the first series of Connexions -- and they are found via redemptions since they are made of 14-karat gold. Just two of the five have been found -- a collector named Mike was the latest as seen above -- and there are five more in Series 2.

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What: Yu-Gi-Oh! starter deck - Yuya
Arrives: May 27
Box basics: 43 cards per deck (10 decks per display)

What's buzz-worthy: According to Konami, this one is "specially crafted to gear up new duelists for the stage as well as adding new support cards" in what is a pre-constructed deck. ... According to the company, there are 10 new cards in this one. ... The starter deck will contain 35 common cards, three Super Rare, two Ultra Rare and three Token cards.

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What: 2016-17 Topps UEFA Champions League Match Attax soccer gaming cards
Arrives: Sept. 29
Box basics: Six cards per pack and 50 packs per display box (16 boxes per case)

What's buzz-worthy: Topps brings its international trading card game to the world of Champions League soccer with a four-pronged attack on how to play the pitch -- booster boxes, display boxes, multi-packs and starter packs.

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What: Yu-Gi-Oh! Shining Victories
Arrives: May 6, 2016
Box basics: nine cards per blister pack (240 blister packs per case)

What's buzz-worthy: According to Konami, this new core booster "marks the return of Blue-Eyes White Dragon and a plethora of specially crafted Blue Eyes monsters and support cards to help crush non-believers of Kaiba."

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Call this week the calm before the storm.

There are just three brands on the schedule for release this week -- one football, one baseball, one gaming -- in advance of 11 coming next week.

For football fans, Panini America presents 2015 Donruss Signature Series, which includes four autographs per box. The base set consists of 400 signed cards and every box includes an autographed rookie jersey -- or a multi-auto booklet, which is found one per case.

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It's a week for hockey fans and non-sports/gaming collectors as that is all that's on tap this week  with just five releases on the schedule.

Set to arrive on Wednesday from Upper Deck is the latest NHL brand, 2015-16 SP Game-used, which will include five cards per box -- and all of them will be autograph or memorabilia cards. There will be a mix of rookies, patches, Stadium Series cards, gloves, pads and more in this high-end product.
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What: Yu-Gi-Oh! Millenium Pack
Arrives: April 15, 2016
Box basics: 36 packs per box, five cards per pack (12 boxes per case)

What's buzz-worthy: According to Konami, a five-card pack will contain "a mix of revamped and new cards" as an "easy way for all fans to get ahold of awesome cards" in this release that gives a new look to old favorites from the original Yu-Gi-Oh! television series.

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Star Wars Galactic Connexions fans will need to eat fresh to collect them all beginning tomorrow.

Topps' second series of packs for the collectible disc game arrives tomorrow only in Walmart stores, but that's not the only reason that a fan would have to hit the retail giant.

There are also Connexions discs found only at Subway shops that are located inside of Walmart stores.

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What: Yu-Gi-Oh! Premium Gold Infinite Gold
Arrives: March 18, 2016
Box basics: three packs per box with 15 cards  total -- six Gold Secrets and nine Gold Rares

What's buzz-worthy: According to Konami, a five-card mini-pack contains two Gold Secrets "each card a brand-new, never- before-seen card including several powerful monsters for your Extra Deck."

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