What: 2022 Topps Garbage Pail Kids X MLB
Arrives: Now via Topps.com
Box basics: One chase card per six-card pack ... or the same format in a five-pack box
Checklist: Click here
Order: Click here (when available)

What's buzz-worthy: The Garbage Pail Kids have been taken over by the stars of Major League Baseball in a new online release that's a twist on, well, everything.

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Topps' silver-pack fix to the missing rookie short-prints in 2022 Topps Chrome are now live with the five missing players slowly arriving from these packs in Refractor form.

Breakers started receiving the packs yesterday as noted on the forum -- one for every box purchased -- from Topps. Blowout Cards customers' packs will ship no later than this Tuesday after they arrived here today. Tracking will be emailed the day that silver-pack shipments are processed.

The cards that were inadvertently not put into packs by its printing/packing company are card Nos. 221-225 -- short-printed cards of rookies Bobby Witt Jr., Julio Rodriguez, Spencer Torkelson, Hunter Greene and C.J. Abrams. The silver packs will include these cards inserted randomly with others. These rare cards were late additions to the checklist as SPs but didn't get put into hobby packs.

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What's Buzzing: MLB and NFL chatter, a Topps Gallery blaster delivers big, oldschool ink in 2022 Score, an old problem and opening some new NASCAR.

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What: 2022 Topps X Bobby Witt Jr. Crown Collection baseball cards
Arrives: Live now via Topps
Pack basics: 25 cards per pack (hits every other box)
Checklist: Click here
Order: Via Topps.com; Click here (when available)

What's buzz-worthy: Bobby Witt Jr. gets to curate his own baseball card set that has plenty of big-leaguers, some family ties and more inside every box.

Keep reading for more info and a gallery for this one.

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Topps revealed on Monday night that it will be producing silver packs with shots at missing short-printed rookies from 2022 Topps Chrome.

Blowout Cards announced this morning its plan for fulfillment of those packs to its customers -- one silver pack for every box purchased.

The short print parallel issue affecting 2022 Topps Chrome Baseball Hobby & Jumbo SKUs is unfortunate, but we are pleased that @Topps acted quickly with a response.

Blowout Cards will ship Topps Chrome Silver Packs to customers as soon as they arrive at our shipping facility.

Additional details to follow as information is made available to us. Follow @BlowoutBuzz for additional details.

We will be shipping packs to all of those who ordered and continue to order @Topps 2022 chrome baseball from Blowoutcards.com. Not an ideal situation but the right thing to do for our customers. As soon as we get the packs we will begin to process shipments.

The cards that were inadvertently not put into packs by its printing/packing company are card Nos. 221-225 -- short-printed cards of rookies Bobby Witt Jr., Julio Rodriguez, Spencer Torkelson, Hunter Greene and C.J. Abrams. The silver packs will include these cards inserted randomly with others. These rare cards were late additions to the checklist as SPs but didn't get put into hobby packs. No details were provided on retail in its statement revealed on Monday night.

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Update (Sept. 22): Below is Topps' newest statement in full.

Topps' highest priority is our customers, and we want to provide you all with an update regarding the 2022 Topps Chrome Baseball product. After discussions with our manufacturer, we understand that the planned bonus short print variations of five rookie subjects were incorrectly not included in the collation of select product SKUs. As the short-print variations were originally not part of the set and later added for an additional chase element, there was unfortunately a technical miscommunication about the product mix in the production process.

This issue does not pertain to all 2022 Topps Chrome Baseball products. The short-print rookie variations were included in the Hobby Lite product available only on Topps.com, and the Sonic and Logofractor Edition products, which will both be available at a later date.

For those who purchased the Hobby or Hobby Jumbo products that did not contain the short print rookie variations, Topps is providing 1 additional 4-card silver pack for each 2022 Topps Chrome Hobby and Hobby Jumbo Baseball box purchased through Topps.com, hobby shops or breakers that purchased directly from us. Topps has updated these additional silver packs to include four cards, and the short-print variations will be randomly inserted in these packs. Additional cards may include a mix of 2022 Chrome Baseball base cards, along with inserts and other surprises.

Topps is working directly with every distribution channel of the product to ensure these packs are properly distributed through the original sellers, with shipments starting on Sept. 30, 2022. For eligible customers, here is how you can obtain the silver pack(s):

Topps.com Customers
Topps will be shipping the silver packs directly to customers who purchased product on Topps.com. Topps.com customers do not need to take any further action and they will receive one silver pack per 2022 Topps Chrome Baseball hobby box purchased. Topps Chrome Lite is EXCLUDED from the silver pack program as the short-prints were properly inserted into this product. Value box purchases on Topps.com are not eligible for the silver packs, but are eligible for the retail drawing referenced below.

Local Card Shop / Breaker Customers
If you purchased your 2022 Topps Chrome Baseball hobby/jumbo box through your local card shop or through a break, please reach out to them directly to receive your silver pack. Topps is working closely with our stores and distributors to provide silver packs and confirm that customers receive one silver pack per 2022 Topps Chrome Baseball hobby box purchased. Topps fully expects its hobby partners to distribute silver packs to customers that may have purchased product at local trading card shows and/or through online platforms such as eBay.

In addition to the above mentioned additional four-card silver pack for each 2022 Topps Chrome Hobby and Hobby Jumbo Baseball box purchased through Topps.com, hobby shops or breakers that purchased directly from us, big-box retail customers who purchased the Value Box and/or Monster Box products of 2022 Topps Chrome Baseball will be eligible for a drawing to receive the short print variations. Please visit chromeretailvariants for more details.

Our customers are and continue to be the main focus in everything we do. We appreciate your patience and understanding as we’ve worked to remedy this situation as best we can for customers. If you have any additional questions or issues related to 2022 Topps Chrome Baseball, please reach out to support@topps.com.

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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 box: 2022 Topps Fire baseball cards (hobby box)
Checklist: Click here
Where to buy: Initially at Target (here when available)

Keep reading for a full breakdown and gallery of what was in this one.

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The box: 2021 Topps Heritage Minor League baseball cards (hobby box)
First Buzz preview & checklist: Click here
Where to buy: BlowoutCards.com

Keep reading for a breakdown and gallery of highlights with this one.

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The box: 2022 Topps Clearly Authentic baseball cards
First Buzz preview & checklist: Click here
Where to buy: BlowoutCards.com

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What: 2022 Topps 3D baseball cards
Arrives: Today via Topps.com
Box basics: Eight cards per pack
Checklist: Click here
Order: Click here (when available)

What's buzz-worthy: Topps On Demand's annual Topps 3D baseball card set is live today (at the moment) but we have the basics for this popular release that should arrive in collectors' hands soon.

Keep reading for more info when it's avaialable.

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The box: 2022 Topps baseball cards (hobby factory set)
Where to buy: BlowoutCards.com for this and other formats

Keep reading for a breakdown of the bonus cards in this one.

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What: 2022 Topps Finest Flashbacks baseball cards
Arrives: Aug. 22 (582 Montgomery Club presale) via Topps.com
Box basics: One Refractor per box
Checklist: Click here
Order: Click here (when available)

What's buzz-worthy: This one arrives once again with a throwback look but today's players with ink and more to be found for a number of veterans and newcomers, too.

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What: 2022 Topps Derek Jeter Call Of The Captain baseball cards
Arrives: Now via Topps.com
Box basics: One autograph or Relic per 15-card pack
Checklist: Click here
Order: Click here (when available)

What's buzz-worthy: The New York Yankees icon teams up with Topps once again for a 50-card set that includes nods to players of the past as well as the present with Jeter hits also in the chase.

Keep reading to learn more and see a full gallery of images.

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The box: 2021 Pro Set Baseball cards
Checklist: Click here
Where to buy: Click here

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The pack: 2021 Bowman First Edition baseball cards
Where to buy: BlowoutCards.com (boxes)

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What: 2022 Panini Chronicles baseball cards
Arrives: Aug. 24
Box basics:  Three autographs and one memorabilia card per six-pack box (16 boxes per case) ... FOTL boxes will guarantee same but with one Orange Obsidian auto guaranteed along with one Orange Optichrome parallel (16 per case)
Order: Click here (live soon)

What's buzz-worthy: Panini's all-in-one brand hit the diamond again with some familiar sets as well as some new ones all under one lid.

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

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Fast Five is a quick list that might offer a basic starting point for a themed collection or new focus -- five things that could be fun for a beginner or a new way to add something to your stash if you're a grizzled veteran.

This time? Five MLB rookies who should be on your collecting radar

LEADING THE WAY
Julio Rodriguez -- OF, Seattle Mariners (first MLB prospect cards in 2019; RC logo cards in 2022)
He's played in all but one of his team's games this year and he's looking like a strong candidate for American League Rookie of the Year as we're nearing the All-Star break later this month. As of today, he leads all rookies in hits, runs, homers (tied), RBI (tied), stolen bases and is second in doubles -- and at 21 he's one of the five youngest rookies in the game (all that same age) this year. What do I like here? He's showing 30-30 Club potential (13 homers, 19 stolen bases) and that would be impressive for a young rookie -- Mike Trout did it at 20 and Ronald Acuña Jr. did it at 21. That's good company to be in if he can pull it off. His RC logo cards are still to come this year for the most part while he was among the prospects on the 2021 Bowman's Best checklist, making that his RC by definition.

Keep reading for four more making up the list this time.

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What: 2022 Topps Triple Threads baseball cards
Arrives: Dec. 16
Box basics: Four hits in every two-pack box (18 boxes per case via two inners)
Checklist: Click here
Order: Click here

What's buzz-worthy: Triple Threads is back with its familiar format, a new batch of rookies and plenty of star power from the past and present all in one spot along with the return of All-Star Game Relics.

Keep reading for more and a full gallery of images.

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If you want to collect 'em all, you'll have to hit an MLB team shop.

Topps and MLB Players Inc. revealed this morning that the 2022 Topps Players Clubhouse baseball card line, which will get a pack of cards into your hands if you buy at least $149 in "officially licensed MLB Players products displaying the MLB Players logo, in a single transaction, at this team store location" beginning on selected dates -- starting today -- while supplies last with a limit of one pack per person.

Packs will not be sold at the participating team shops, according to the announcement.

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They weren't on the checklist, but they are in there.

The formal arrival of 2022 Topps Series 2 today unleashes something that collectors might not have expected to see when they previously saw the recently revealed checklist -- short-printed variations for notable newcomers Julio Rodriguez, Spencer Torkelson and Bobby Witt Jr.

And there may be more notables to come as the annual set's rarer finds start trickling into the open market and on eBay.

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What: 2022 Topps Chrome baseball cards
Arrives: Nov. 16
Box basics: 20 packs per hobby box (12 boxes per case)
Checklist: Click here
Order: Click here

What's buzz-worthy: Topps Chrome gets a "galactic spin on Chrome technology" with this new brand in the Topps MLB lineup.

Keep reading for more and a full gallery of images.

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What: 2021 Leaf Trinity baseball cards
Arrives: June/July 2022
Box basics: Six autographed cards per box (12 boxes per case)
Order: Click here (live soon)

What's buzz-worthy: Trinity hits the field once again with a 2021 release packed with young stars and promising prospects all in play ... and it's nothing but hits.

Keep reading for more info.

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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 a few threads about collecting and more that you should check out right now.

What's Buzzing: Jackie Robinson vs. Mickey Mantle, Bobby Witt Jr., throwback unis, questioning bad investments and more.

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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 a few threads about collecting and more that you should check out right now.

What's Buzzing: Tiger Woods, Panini Prizm WWE, MLB Opening Day, Bobby Witt Jr. and more in today's edition.

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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 a few threads about collecting and more that you should check out right now.

What's Buzzing: Julio Rodriguez and Bobby Witt Jr. are big-leaguers now, fan caves, WrestleMania, MLB breaks and more.

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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 a few threads about collecting and more that you should check out right now.

What's Buzzing: WrestleMania, Prizm WWE, MLB chatter up to Opening Day, Bobby Witt Jr. and more in today's edition.

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