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What's Buzzing Today: Pondering the worst starting QB in the NFL and highlights from several big pulls from around the collecting world.
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 box: 2018 Championship Collection NASCAR repack (MJ Holding)
Where to buy: Walmart ($19.98) Click here for NASCAR cards
Packs per box: 9 plus one bonus item and eight extra cards
Cards per pack: Varies by brand
Notables on base cards – See gallery for highlights
Have you seen the latest cool or interesting items on eBay? If not, you just might see some of those here every week as we're launching a weekly version of our eBay Buzz pieces that pop up from time to time. We’ll spotlight some items that have a story or just wow us with how much interest it might have — and we’re not just talking baseball cards, either.
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THE LATEST ROOKIE ARRIVAL
The Item: 2018 Panini XR Calvin Ridley Rookie Patch Auto Laundry Tag NFL shield 1/1
The Price: $999.99 Buy-It-Now
Why it’s Buzz-worthy: This Atlanta Falcons rookie arrived big-time in a shootout with the New Orleans Saints last Sunday with seven catches for 146 yards and three touchdowns. That firmly put him on the radars for a few more collectors although many were probably already watching this first-round pick anyway. This brand is loaded with all kinds of nice cards like this one and he's got plenty of other high-end feeling cards from products without high-end prices. It's these prime cards that could be the most-volatile on the high-end if dominance continues from the rookie.
Similar Pieces: Other Calvin Ridley autographs on eBay
The BlowoutCards.com Hunt: Click here for Panini XR boxes
Keep reading for four more interesting items in this week's roundup ...
What: 2018 Panini Prime NASCAR cards
Arrives: Nov. 14
Box basics: Three autographs and three memorabilia cards per seven-card box (eight boxes per case)
Order: Click here
What's buzz-worthy: Panini America brings this hit-driven product to the track with a high-end product that Panini says "will deliver the most jumbo-prime memorabilia hits of any NASCAR product yet" and "the most on-card autographs of the 2018 season."
Keep reading for more info and a full gallery of images released so far.
She just turned 17 last month, but she's out-selling many of the guys when it comes to NASCAR cards.
Her name is Hailie Deegan, and she's a NASCAR newcomer who is the daughter of a racer and motocross rider (one among the most-successful X Games competitors ever) and her card appearances in Panini America's first three racing sets this year are in relatively big demand.
Deegan is in her debut season as part of the NASCAR K&N Pro Series and has a handful of top-five finishes so far this season in 14 races -- generating enough fan interest that the 2018 Donruss Next In Line Cracked Ice insert above, a relatively standard card limited to 999 copies, sold on eBay for $27.95. (Boxes don't cost much more than that.)
But her first autographs are generating even more interest.
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 box: 2018 Donruss NASCAR cards (hobby)
Where to buy: BlowoutCards.com
Packs per box: 24
Cards per pack: 10
Cards in this box: 242
Base set completion: 172 of 175 (98 percent)
Duplicates: 16
Notables on base cards – Pretty much everybody from the past and present can be found in this one ...
Rookie Cards (6) – Bubba Wallace, Cole Custer, Spencer Gallagher, Christopher Bell, William Byron (2)
The wrapper redemption programs at the National Sports Collectors Convention are a challenge, a pastime and a must-do for many attendees every year.
But there are drawbacks, too, hence that challenge part. There can be long waits -- depending on how long the lines are and, more importantly, how early you got in them -- and there's the possibility that your line could get cut off before land your treasures.
But the wait can be worth it with the surprises in your packs -- or your boxes you grab to get said packs -- and that's what Buzz opted to try a few times this year. Now up? The Panini America program.
If you're headed to this year's National Sports Collectors Convention in Cleveland, odds are you have a few bucks in your pocket.
We want you to earmark $10 for a little something something at the show -- whatever you want from wherever you want, whatever you think is cool.
Why? We've got a package of 10 cards (see our gallery) that can be yours if you participate in the Blowout Buzz $10 NSCC Challenge.
Keep reading for the details.
NASCAR fans at this year's National Sports Collectors Convention have a reason to dig into new boxes of 2018 Panini Certified racing cards at the show.
Panini America revealed on Sunday that it has readied a special National racing promo pack that they'll get for each box of Certified they open at the company's booth during the show that's set for Aug. 1-5 in Cleveland.
Buzz doesn't hit The History Channel that often -- unless there's maybe an American Pickers marathon on -- but there was a little bit of oldschool Americana there for three hours late Sunday night.
A show called Evel Live brought a little bit of daredevil insanity that felt right out of the 1970s as motorsports star Travis Pastrana successfully replicated three of Evel Knievel's biggest stunts all on live TV -- without any of the broken bones that the late star suffered in his Caesar's Palace jump that ended in jarring fashion that's been seen countless times in painful slow-motion.
Pastrana used an Indian Scout motorcycle -- a 340-pound beast much heavier and stiffer than his motocross equipment where he's done some insane stunts -- to jump 143 feet over 52 crushed cars, 192 feet over 16 buses and 149 feet to clear the fountains at Caesars Palace in Las Vegas. Before that last one, he wound his way through the crowded strip posing for selfies and high-fiving fans stuck in traffic in a way that would make Johnny Blaze proud.
You might not expect either of them to have a lot of cardboard -- and they don't -- but you can find certified autographs of each with some hunting.
What: 2018 Panini Prizm NASCAR cards
Arrives: Sept. 19
Box basics: Four autographs per 12-pack box (12 boxes per case)
Order: Click here
What's buzz-worthy: Panini America brings Prizm back out on the track after a season in the garage and it returns with on-card autographs and a new array of features.
Keep reading for more info and a full gallery of images released so far.
Do you like Buzz Breaks? Today's your day then as we launch 12 in 12 -- a series of a dozen breaks of wax boxes and wax packs in a dozen hours. We'll post one every hour all day long ... this is Hour 7.
The box: 2016 Panini Prizm NASCAR (retail jumbo packs)
The cost: Click here for hobby (when available)
What's inside this one? Keep reading ...
Panini America is readying its Father's Day promo packs for the seventh season and has begun teasing what's to come.
So far, we've gotten a look at the basics for the release as well as some of the inserts.
Do you like Buzz Breaks? Today's your day then as we launch 12 in 12 -- a series of a dozen breaks of wax boxes and wax packs in a dozen hours. We'll post one every hour all day long ... this is Hour 7.
The box: 2006 Press Pass Legends NASCAR (retail blister packs box)
The cost: Will vary (click here for hobby when available)
What's inside this one? Keep reading ...
Do you like Buzz Breaks? Today's your day then as we launch 12 in 12 -- a series of a dozen breaks of wax boxes and wax packs in a dozen hours. We'll post one every hour all day long ... this is Hour 10.
The box: 2017 Panini Absolute Racing (hobby)
The cost: BlowoutCards.com
What's inside this one? Keep reading ...
What: 2018 Panini Certified NASCAR cards
Arrives: July 27
Box basics: Two autographs and two memorabilia cards per 10-pack box (12 boxes per case)
Order: Click here
What's buzz-worthy: Panini America takes Certified out on the track once again after a season in the pits and it returns with on-card autographs and plenty of memorabilia.
Keep reading for more info and a full gallery of images released so far.
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 box: 2017 Panini Absolute Racing (hobby)
The cost: BlowoutCards.com
Packs per box: 4
Cards per pack: 5
Cards in this box: 20
Base set completion:
10 of 100 (10 percent)
Duplicates: 0
Base cards – Kevin Harvick, Joey Gase, Tony Gibson, Denny Hamlin, Ernie Iran, Joey Logano, Kyle Busch (car)
Rookie Cards (3) – Gray Gaulding, Erik Jones, Daniel Hemric
What: 2018 Panini Victory Lane NASCAR cards
Arrives: May 23
Box basics: Two autographs and two memorabilia cards per four-pack box (16 boxes per case via two inners)
Order: Click here
What's buzz-worthy: A new NASCAR line brings some new textures to the track with cards with holographic stock, etched metalized stock and one called C2S.
Keep reading for more info and a full gallery of images released so far.
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 box: 2016 Panini Certified NASCAR (blaster box)
Where to buy: BlowoutCards.com
Packs per box: 3
Cards per pack: 5
Cards in this box: 15
Base set completion:
12 of 100 (12 percent)
Duplicates: 0
Base cards – Brad Keselowski, Danica Patrick, Kevin Harvick, Jeb Burton, Michael Annett, John Hunter Nemechek, Clint Bowyer, Dylan Lupton, Ned Jarrett, Jack Ingram
Rookie Cards (2) – Nicole Behar, William Byron
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 box: 2018 Donruss NASCAR cards (blaster)
Where to buy: BlowoutCards.com (for hobby)
Packs per box: 6
Cards per pack: 10
Cards in this box: 60
Base set completion: 47 of 175 (27 percent)
Duplicates: 0
Notables on base cards – Tony Stewart, Carl Edwards, Kyle Busch, Martin Truex Jr., Kasey Kahne, Kyle Larson, Chase Elliott, Dale Earnhardt Jr., Rusty Wallace, Bobby Labonte, Bill Elliott, Matt Kenseth, Jimmie Johnson, Bobby Allison
Rookie Cards (1) – Cole Custer
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 box: 2012 Press Pass Ignite NASCAR (hanger)
Where to buy: BlowoutCards.com (for hobby)
Packs per box: 2
Cards per pack: 5
Cards in this box: 11
Base set completion:
8 of 70 (11 percent)
Duplicates: 0
Base cards – Casey Mears, Aric Almirola, Juan Pablo Montoya, Justin Allgaier, Aric Almirola (Top Speed), Ricky Stenhouse Jr. (Top Speed), Trevor Bayne (Top Speed), Martin Truex Jr. (Top Speed)
Do you like Buzz Breaks? Today's your day then as we launch 12 in 12 -- a series of a dozen breaks of wax boxes and wax packs in a dozen hours. We'll post one every hour all day long ... this is Hour 9.
The box: 2017 Panini Absolute Racing (hobby)
The cost: BlowoutCards.com
What's inside this one? Keep reading ...
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: Nothing but breaks in today's edition -- Heritage, UFC, Encased & more.
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 box: 2013 Press Pass NASCAR (blaster)
Where to buy: BlowoutCards.com (for a few formats)
Packs per box: 4
Cards per pack: 8
Cards in this box: 32
Base set completion:
28 of 100 (28 percent)
Duplicates: 0
Base cards – Notables include Dale Earnhardt Jr., Jeff Gordon, Kevin Harvick, Jimmie Johnson, Joey Logano, Kyle Busch, Kurt Busch, Kasey Kahne, Ty Dillon
You may not see a lot of NHRA cardboard in packs these days, but there are plenty of fans out there who love the spectacle that is high-speed and high-intensity -- without any left turns.
One of its drivers -- a two-time season champ who has the fifth-best career-win total in NHRA Funny Car history -- is Cruz Pedregon, a driver and team owner who has also had two brothers involved in racing and all have had their share of card and diecast appearances in the past.
Buzz recently caught up with Pedregon for a quick Q&A about stuff for collectors, his take on all of that stuff as a driver and owner, what it's like to be behind the wheel at more than 300 miles per hour and what he collects (Spoiler: it's something NFL.) among few other things.
Keep reading for the Q&A and how you can get your hands on a set of four autographed cards straight from the champ himself that you see here.
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Basketball
Oct. 24 -- 2018-19 Panini Hoops
Oct. 31 -- 2017-18 Panini Flawless
Nov. 7 -- 2018-19 Donruss
Nov. 14 -- 2018-19 Flawless College
Nov. 14 -- 2018-19 Panini Certified
Nov. 30 -- 2018-19 Panini Absolute
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Football
Oct. 24 -- 2018 Panini Prizm
Oct. 26 -- 2018 Leaf Auto FS Helmets
Nov. 7 -- 2018 Panini Immaculate
Nov. 21 -- 2018 Panini Obsidian
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Hockey
Nov. 8 -- 2018-19 Upper Deck Series 1
Nov. 9 -- 2017-18 Leaf
Nov. 28 -- 2018-19 UD Black Diamond
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Other/Multi-sports
Nov. 2 -- 2018 Leaf Memorabilia Vault
Nov. 14 -- 2018 Topps WWE Series 2
Nov. 14 -- 2018 Panini Prime racing
Nov. 15 -- 2018 Sport Kings
Nov. 28 -- 2018 UFC Museum Coll.
Nov. TBD -- UEFA Match Attax
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Non-sports
Oct. 24 -- Lost In Space Archives S.2
Oct. 31 -- Marvel's Defenders
Oct. 31 -- Stranger Things
Oct. 31 -- Marvel Masterpieces
Nov. 14 -- Star Wars Galaxy
Nov. 14 -- Cryptozoic Outlander S.3
Nov. 21 -- Rittenhouse X-Files S.10-11
Nov. 28 -- Topps Finest Star Wars
Nov. TBD -- The Walking Dead H&H
Nov. TBD -- Ant-Man & The Wasp
Nov. TBD -- Benchwarmer 25 Years
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Gaming
Oct. 19 -- Yu-gi-oh! Soul Fusion
Oct. 19 -- Pokemon Dragon Majesty
Nov. 2 -- Yu-gi-oh! Advent Calendar
Nov. 2 -- Yu-gi-oh! Zombie Horde
Nov. 2 -- Pokemon Sun & Moon LT
Nov. 2 -- Pokemon Island Guardians
Nov. 2 -- Pikachu & Eevee PokeBall
Nov. 16 -- Yu-gi-oh! Hidden Sum.
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Note: Retail/blaster boxes typically arrive one week after posted hobby date. Check the main release calendar page for those details and a longer-range list.
