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First Buzz: 2023-24 Topps Royalty basketball cards (updated)
What: 2023-24 Topps Royalty basketball cards
Arrives: Sept. 25, 2025
Box basics: Four autographs and two Relics per eight-card box (four boxes per case)
Checklist: Click here
Odds: Click here
Order: Click here
What's buzz-worthy: The 2023-24 basketball card season continues with a new high-end brand from Topps taking the court that "combines a clean high-end look and feel with the game’s top players."
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This entry was posted in Basketball, First Buzz and tagged Topps, David Bowie, Dr. Seuss, Manu Ginobili, Steph Curry, Tony Parker, Whitney Houston, Jayson Tatum, George Gervin, Jim Henson, Tom Petty, Salvador Dali, Anthony Bourdain, Drazen Petrovic, Taylor Hawkins, Scoot Henderson, Bob Barker, Jaime Jaquez Jr., Victor Wembanyama, Fred Astaire, 2023-24 Topps Royalty, Barbara Walters, Jim Valvano, Raquel Welch, Stuart Scott on September 2, 2025 by BlowoutBuzz.
Making the Grade (October): Lionel Messi, Anthony Bourdain, Neon Deion, Kate Upton & Billy Ripken's infamous bat knob
Like many collectors, Buzz is a fan of grading and knows that there are many reasons that collectors choose to slab cards. Sometimes it's to enhance the appeal and protect them when selling. Other times it's to protect an investment for the long-term or to protect for sentimental reasons. Or, it might be just for fun or curiosity about a potential grade.
Here's this month's grading diary here on The Buzz ... it's some of all of those.
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This entry was posted in Baseball, Football, Non-sports, Soccer, Errors & Variations, Making the Grade, TV, The National and tagged Beckett Grading Services, BGS, Deion Sanders, Fleer, Lionel Messi, MLB, National Sports Collectors Convention, NFL, Panini America, Topps, 1992 Action Packed Rookie Update, 2012 Topps Allen & Ginter, Action Packed, BGS 9.5, Justin Verlander, Kate Upton, Sports Illustrated Swimsuit Issue, 1989 Fleer Billy Ripken, Anthony Bourdain, 2018 Panini National Convention Escher Squares, 2018 Panini National Convention, 2014 Topps Allen & Ginter, Parts Unknown, 1989 Fleer, 1989 Fleer Billy Ripken error card on October 5, 2018 by BlowoutBuzz.
Now that's some hot cardboard ... World's Hottest Peppers get their own Topps baseball card tributes
One of the unusual inclusions in packs of Topps Allen & Ginter baseball cards this year is the 15-card The World's Hottest Peppers set, which is precisely what it's name indicates.
The Carolina Reaper you see here? It's apparently a modern-day Babe Ruth of heat, a Slambino of the Stomach with its Scoville Heat Units mark at 1.6 million according to its card. But that's just its average score -- apparently it can reach a world-record high of 2.2 million and it broke its own record. Meanwhile, another pepper in the set reportedly tops it but hasn't been recognized by Guiness World Records just yet. (What does really it all mean? Buzz is no expert -- I don't dare go beyond some spicy barbecue sauce -- but "pain" simply comes to mind first.)
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This entry was posted in Baseball, Non-sports and tagged MLB, Sasha Banks, Topps, WWE, Primo, YouTube, 2018 Topps Allen & Ginter, Sean Evans, 2018 Topps Allen & Ginter The World's Hottest Peppers, The World's Hottest Peppers, Hot Ones, Anthony Bourdain, Marc Forgione, Jeff Mauro, Guy Fieri, Daniel Boulud, Pepper X, Carolina Reaper, Trinidad Moruga Scorpion, 7 Pot Douglah, Butch T Trinidad Scorpion, Naga Viper, Ghost Pepper, Komodo Dragon, Trinidad 7 Pot, Infinity Pepper, 7 Pot Barrackpore, Red Savina Habanero, Naga Morich on August 9, 2018 by BlowoutBuzz.

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NEW RELEASES

Baseball (all dates subject to change)
Oct. 1 - 2025 Panini Three & Two
Oct. 1 - 2025 TRISTAR H.T. Gr. Slam
Oct. 8 - 2025 Bowman Chrome Mega
Oct. 22 - 2025 Topps Diamond Icons
Oct. 22 - 2025 Topps Holiday
Oct. 23 - 2025 Pulse Series 2 Retail
Oct. 24 - 2025 Leaf Lumber
Oct. 30 - 2025 Onyx Vintage Extended
Oct. 31 - 2025 Leaf A Bronx Legacy
Oct. TBD - 2025 Leaf Vivid
Oct. TBD - 2025 Pulse All Star
Oct. TBD - 2025 Pulse DSE
Oct. TBD - 2025 Pulse Foundry
Oct. TBD - 2024 Pulse Lumin HSE
Oct. TBD - 2025 Pulse Stratos HHS
Oct. TBD - 2024 Wild Card 5 Card SD
Oct. TBD - 2024 Wild Card Splat

Basketball
Oct. 16 - 2025 Donruss WNBA
Oct. TBD - 2024-25 Prizm Black

Football
Oct. 1 - 2025 Leaf Vivid
Oct. 8 - 2025 Panini Black
Oct. 9 - 2024 Panini Flawless
Oct. 10 - 2025 Panini Certified
Oct. 10 - 2025 Donruss Hobby Tin
Oct. 10 - 2025 TRISTAR H.T. Minis PSE
Oct. 15 - 2025 Panini Impeccable
Oct. 16 - 2024 Panini Eminence
Oct. 17 - 2025 TRISTAR H.T. Jerseys 2
Oct. 22 - 2025 Panini Absolute
Oct. 23 - 2025 Pulse Retail 2
Oct. 24 - 2025 Panini Mosaic
Oct. 29 - 2025 Panini Phoenix
Oct. 31 - 2025 Panini Prizm Draft
Oct. TBD - 2025 Pulse Foundry HSE
Oct. TBD - 2025 Pulse Meridian HSE
Oct. TBD - 2025 Pulse Stratos HSE
Oct. TBD - 2024 TruMystery Chips
Oct. TBD - 2025 Wild Card Comix R&L
Oct. TBD - 2025 Wild Card Metallix PD

Hockey
Oct. 8 - 2024-25 Ultimate Collection
Oct. 15 - 2025-26 UD Series 1
Oct. 29 - 2024-25 UD Premier
Oct. TBD - 2024-25 Engrained Icons

Other/Multi-sports
Oct. 1 - 2025 Topps Triumphant Tennis
Oct. 3 - 2025 Leaf Metal Halloween
Oct. 3 - 2025 Panini Absolute K League
Oct. 3 - 2025 Panini Turn Four Racing
Oct. 3 - 2025 Wild Card Haunted Hits
Oct. 6 - 2025 Futera World Unique 21
Oct. 10 - 2025 Leaf History Book SE 2
Oct. 15 - 2025 S.B. Supercharged 2
Oct. 17 - 2024-25 Panini Noir Soccer
Oct. 17 - 2025 Topps UFC Knockout
Oct. 22 - 2025 Panini Impeccable LIV
Oct. 24 - 2025 Panini Prizm NASCAR
Oct. 29 - 2025 Panini Combat Anth.
Oct. TBD - 2025 AEW SP Game Used

Non-sports
Oct. 1 - Topps Chrome Spongebob
Oct. 9 - Keepsake Invincible S1P
Oct. 10 - Topps Chrome Dune
Oct. 15 - Historic Autos 15th
Oct. 15 - Historic Autos WWII
Oct. 15 - Topps Disney Wonder
Oct. 17 - Pieces of Past Royalty
Oct. 30 - Decision Color Cut SE
Oct. TBD - Keepsake Bob Marley
Oct. TBD - Pieces of Past Asia

Gaming
Oct. 10 - Pokemon ME Build & Battle
Oct. 10 - Pokemon Mega Latias EX
Oct. 10 - Pokemon S&R EX PC
Oct. 10 - Yugioh CD: Fallen & Virtuous
Oct. 24 - Pokemon Trainer's Tool Kit
Oct. 24 - Pokemon Gengar/Diancie
Oct. TBD - Pokemon S&V Pri. Ev. PFC

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