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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Here's this month's roundup of items that have recently caught my eye as a buyer ...

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LEGENDARY INK
The Card: Ichiro Suzuki autographed 2001 Topps Rookie Card (BAS 10 auto)
The Price: Not as much as you might think ... but also not that cheap.
Why it’s Buzz-worthy: Clean copies of this iconic Topps flagship Rookie Card are not easy finds in general with the boxes and sets likely bricked now if they remain unopened -- that means the gloss will be snowy if you're lucky to peel the cards apart at all -- and then the dark green border and high-gloss on soft stock here is always going to be problematic. When I spotted this card among many where Suzuki has signed for literally years (Mill Creek Sports) without a premium price, I bit on this just before his Hall of Fame results hit. (We all knew he was going in ... but I didn't know if his prices were going to rise.) This copy is super clean vs. many cards out there with some very light roughness on maybe one edge and a light touch on the bottom-left corner ... but some of what's seen in my photo is just how the light is reflecting. I generally don't do a ton of bigger buys for my collection, but this one's cost wasn't that much more than some of the hot and plentiful new release hobby boxes. I went with a safe and iconic bet for my (for me) premium spend and went with the sure thing on an iconic card for a living legend. I pulled his ink once from an unlicensed release -- and it was in one of my earliest Making The Grade posts here -- but a signed RC means I'll likely never need to sweat his stuff again. (Might window shop, though, or bite if price is right for a nice certified.) One more fun part of my card? If that label had a simple added line of Beckett/Fanatics witnessed instead of signed for Mill Creek and then slabbed, the price likely would be double what I paid. I wouldn't pay that -- and this one is a win in my book.
Grab a box right here: Nothing for this ... but MLB cards are here.

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What: 2025 Wild Card Decades "One" trading cards
Arrived: Jan. 17, 2025
Box basics: One encased 1/1 autographed card and four other  1/1 encased cards per box (20 boxes per case)
Order: Click here (live soon)

What's buzz-worthy: Wild Card offers up its first official Decades release after a preview set last year -- but this time it ups the ante with a 1/1 card in every pack and a 1/1 autograph card in every box.

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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: 2024 Wild Card Decades National Promo Pack
Where to buy: BlowoutCards.com
First Buzz preview: TBD ... this is for a future release.

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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: 2024 Wild Card Decades National Promo Pack
Where to buy: BlowoutCards.com
First Buzz preview: TBD

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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: 2024 Wild Card Decades National Promo Pack
Where to buy: BlowoutCards.com
First Buzz preview: TBD

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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: Funko Blockbuster Rewind National Lampoon's Christmas Vacation
Where to buy: Will take some looking in toy aisles ... BlowoutCards.com for non-sports cards

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What: 2023 Leaf Art of Sport Solo Edition trading cards
Arrives: January
Box basics: One "premium hit" per box (20 boxes per case)
Order: Click here

What's buzz-worthy: Leaf brings its set loaded with artistic flair to collectors once again -- this time with a solo approach that means one card per box -- as it "expands on that artistic endeavor with new and exciting athletes, artwork and designs" in a release that "is truly a work of art."

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What: 2023 Leaf Pop Century Decadence trading cards
Arrives: Oct. 27
Box basics: Three framed autographed cards per box (three boxes per case)
Order: Click here

What's buzz-worthy: Leaf takes its Pop Century brand of non-sports autographs high-end in this debut edition as it meshes chromium-stock autographs with a framed presentation.

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What: 2023 Leaf Art of Sport trading cards
Arrives: Jan. 26, 2024
Box basics: Four "premium hits" per box (10 boxes per case)
Order: Click here

What's buzz-worthy: Leaf brings some artistic flair to collectors once again with a follow-up to its debut art release -- and this time it "expands on that artistic endeavor with new and exciting athletes, artwork and designs" in a release that "is truly a work of art."

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What: 2023 TRISTAR Signature Series Entertainment
Arrives: Sept. 8
Box basics: Five autographed memorabilia pieces per case
Pre-order: Click here (live soon)

What's buzz-worthy: TRISTAR's Signature Series line turns its focus to the entertainment world after a few years away with a release that includes a pretty good volume of items per case -- just 50 cases will be made -- and has plenty of star power to potentially be found.

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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 Leaf Metal Pop Century 1/1 Pre-Production Proofs
Where to buy: Click 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 box: 2022 Leaf Metal Pop Century 1/1 Pre-Production Proofs
Where to buy: Click here

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What: 2023 Leaf Metal Pop Century trading cards
Arrives: July
Box basics: Four hits (at least three autos) per box (12 boxes per case)
Order: Click here (live soon)

What's buzz-worthy: Leaf's annual celebrity release is back for another Metal go with mix of talents from around the pop culture sphere today as well as some iconic stars from the past.

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What: 2023 Leaf Three Point Play Basketball
Arrives: June 30
Box basics: One signed basketball and two other basketball boxes per box (three boxes per case)
Order: Click here

What's buzz-worthy: This one meshes memorabilia with boxes jam-packed with autographed cards all in one spot with some legends of the game among them.

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What: 2023 Super Glow 1/1 Edition sports cards 
Arrives: Feb. 20
Box basics: One Glow auto and one slabbed 1/1 (auto or base) per eight-pack box (six boxes per case)
Order: Click here (live soon)

What's buzz-worthy: Super Glow offers up another release with a hit and a 1/1 in every box from an array of athletes and others from around the sports world and beyond in the same spot.

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What: 2023 Leaf Superlative Sports
Arrives: Early 2023
Box basics: Two "super-premium cards" per box (10 boxes per case)
Order: Click here (live soon)

What's buzz-worthy: Leaf's high-end line returns with double the number of cards per box in this one with a meaty mix of big-name ink, superstar memorabilia and a range of sports including everything from the stars of the World Cup to the stars of Wrestlemania all in one spot.

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What: 2022 Leaf Metal Pop Century trading cards
Arrives: Late-July
Box basics: Four autograph or memorabilia cards per box (12 boxes per case)
Order: Click here (live soon)

What's buzz-worthy: Leaf's annual celebrity release is back for another Metal go with some mystery autos in the mix this time alongside notable names from Hollywood and standouts from other areas of pop culture, too, all in one spot. And another inclusion? Embedded ticket stub cards.

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What: 2022 Super Glow Opal Edition sports cards
Arrives: March 2
Box basics: One autograph per five-card box (10 boxes per case)
Order: Click here (live soon)

What's buzz-worthy: Super Glow's first planned spot for 2022 includes an autograph in every box and more deluxe hits such as auto-mem and multi-auto cards also found one per case.

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What: 2021 Super Glow Sports Holiday Box
Arrives: Dec. 23
Box basics: One autograph per four-card box (five boxes per case)
Order: Click here (live soon)

What's buzz-worthy: Super Glow's upcoming first sports release gets a preview of sorts with a mini-box format that's arriving just in time for the holidays with a sampling of what's to come and an autograph in every box.

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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: 1992 Star Pics Saturday Night Live
Where to buy: Hunt around ... BlowoutCards.com for newer (better) non-sports

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What: 2020 TRISTAR Signature Series Live Edition
Arrives: Sept. 9
Box basics: One autographed item per pack (eight packs per case)
Order: Click here (live soon)

What's buzz-worthy: TRISTAR's Signature Series returns with just 80 eight-pack cases of authenticated autographed memorabilia with only oversized items being redemptions.

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What: 2017 Historic Autographs Fame & Photo Edition
Arrives: Oct. 25
Box basics: One autographed 8-by-10 photo per pack (20 packs per case)

What's buzz-worthy: Historic Autographs takes to Hollywood with this release that includes big names from Hollywood -- you know, ones found in the tabloids and elsewhere.

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Ty Webb has another round to play -- and that's coming to toy and other hobby shops beginning on Wednesday.

That's when two of the newest Caddyshack Vinimates arrive from Diamond Select Toys -- Webb and the famed gopher from the legendary 1980 comedy add to the previous wave of toys that are small in stature but big on fun.

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What: 2017 Leaf Pop Century Signed Photograph Update Edition
Arrives: Late September
Box basics: One autographed 8-by-10 photo per box (12 boxes per case)

What's buzz-worthy: Leaf's latest autograph product for pop culture arrives with certified autographed photos from the biggest names in Hollywood as well as big names from elsewhere.

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