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Board Buzz: Must-read threads on Blowout Forums (Dec. 23)
What's Buzzing: A good question, a must-see slab, a Steph Curry question, the FTC and much more.
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1 -- Good question

2 -- All your MLB chatter is here ... and here's NFL chatter

3 -- A must-see slab

4 -- One more PSA talker

5 -- A Steph Curry question

6 -- Will the Federal Trade Commission look into the hobby?

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This entry was posted in Baseball, Basketball, Board Buzz, Business Buzz, Football and tagged collecting, MLB, NBA, NFL, PSA, Steph Curry, Fake cards, grading, investing, FTC on December 23, 2025 by BlowoutBuzz.
Buzz Buys ... A LOT: Throwback to an era (somehow?) long ago
Buzz buys a lot of stuff these days and for a few reasons, really. Sometimes it's just bargain-hunting, sometimes it's just something that strikes me. And other times it's a lot -- a group of things -- and that has happened enough lately I figured I'd try something different as a regularly appearing item. Sometimes my lots will be wins, sometimes they won't be ... but I'll let you decide.
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A PC THROWBACK
The Lot: 225-plus cards of former MLB player Nick Swisher (mostly cards from 2004-2010)
The Price: Not much more than a Chrome blaster box in the retail wild (with tax) -- check out Retro Rips here
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This entry was posted in Baseball, Buzz Buys ... A LOT and tagged Bowman, Bowman Chrome, Chicago White Sox, collecting, MLB, Nick Swisher, Topps, Topps Chrome, Topps Heritage, Allen & Ginter, food issues, Oakland A's, Refractors, SPx, Topps Finest, Bazooka, Just Minors, Pinnacle, Cracker Jack, Old Judge, Bowman Heritage, Fleer Ultra, team schedules, team issues, UD Elements on August 20, 2025 by BlowoutBuzz.
Board Buzz: Must-read threads on Blowout Forums (Aug. 21)
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: Big questions, Albert Pujols and 700 homers, new breaks and more in this Sunday edition.
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This entry was posted in Baseball, Board Buzz and tagged Albert Pujols, collecting, MLB, PSA, Topps, card shops, breaks, 700 Home Run Club on August 20, 2022 by BlowoutBuzz.
Board Buzz: Five must-read threads on the Blowout Forums (Nov. 16)

The Blowout Cards Forums are where thousands of collectors converge daily to discuss, well, a little bit of everything. Here are five threads about collecting and more that you should check out right now.
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This entry was posted in Board Buzz and tagged 2015 Topps Chrome, 2015 Topps Chrome football cards, Andrew Wiggins, Atlanta Braves, BlowoutCards.com, collecting on November 16, 2015 by BlowoutBuzz.

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NEW RELEASES

Baseball (all dates subject to change)
Feb. 3 - 2025 Pulse Dual Sig. Edition
Feb. 6 - 2025 Topps Museum Collection
Feb. 11 - 2025 Bowman Draft Sapphire
Feb. 11 - 2026 Topps Series 1
Feb. 12 - 2025 Topps Pristine
Feb. 13 - 2025 Topps Gilded Collection
Feb. 18 - 2025 Panini Prospect Edition
Feb. 18 - 2026 Topps S1 Mega/Super
Feb. 18 - 2025 Topps Stadium Club
Feb. 25 - 2026 TRISTAR HT Auto Bats
Feb. 27 - 2025 Leaf Optichrome
Feb. TBD - 2025 Panini Select HB
Feb. TBD - 2025 Pulse Foundry
Feb. TBD - 2025 Pulse Series 2 Retail
Feb. TBD - 2024 Wild Card 5CD SD

Basketball
Feb. TBD - 2025-26 Topps Finest
Feb. TBD - 2025-26 Topps Three
March 4 - 2025 One & One WNBA
March 13 - 2025 Panini Prizm WNBA
March 18 - 2025-26 Contenders Euro
March 27 - 2025 Leaf Glory of Game

Football
Feb. 5 - 2025 Donruss Optic H2
Feb. 6 - TRISTAR HT Jerseys Plat. HE
Feb. 12 - 2025 Panini Prizm No Huddle
Feb. 18 - 2025 Panini Nat. Treasures
Feb. 19 - 2025 Panini Select
Feb. 20 - 2026 Leaf Paydirt
Feb. 20 - 2025 Panini Auth. Mahomes
Feb. 27 - 2025 Panini Flawless
Feb. TBD - 2025 Donruss Optic HM
Feb. TBD - 2025 Panini Prizm HM
Feb. TBD - 2025 Panini Select H2
Feb. TBD - 2025 Pulse Foundry HS
Feb. TBD - 2024 TruMystery Chips
Feb. TBD - 2025 TruMystery The Draft
Feb. TBD - 2025 Wild Card Metallix PD

Hockey
Feb. 11 - 2025-26 SP Game Used
Feb. 18 - 2025-26 UD Flair

Other/Multi-sports
Feb. 5 - 2026 Topps Chrome P.League
Feb. 6 - 2026 Leaf Super Sport Heroes
Feb. 6 - 2025 Topps Chrome Tennis
Feb. 6 - 2025 Topps UFC Royalty
Feb. 9 - 2025 Keepsake Bruce Lee 85th
Feb. 13 - 2025 Leaf In The Game Used
Feb. 18 - 2025 Panini Impec. LIV Golf
Feb. 18 - 2026 UD Allure Golf
Feb. 18 - 2025 UD Golf
Feb. 19 - 2025 Topps MLS Chrome
Feb. 27 - 2025 Topps WWE Universe
Feb. TBD - 2025 Chrome F1 Sapphire
Feb. TBD - 2025 WC Joker's Wild GB
Feb. TBD - 2025 WC Matte Rookie BB

Non-sports
Feb. 4 - Topps Marvel The Collector
Feb. 9 - Benchwarmer Girls Summer 2
Feb. 11 - Keepsake R. Stone Marley
Feb. 11 - Leaf President's Day
Feb. 13 - Pieces of the Past Person.
Feb. 18 - VeeFriends Spectacular SS
Feb. 25 - Star Trek Connections
Feb. 27 - Keepsake Invincible S1 Holo
Feb. TBD - HA Famous Americans 2
Feb. TBD - Pieces of Past Ancient

Gaming
Feb. 6 - Yugioh Burst Protocol
Feb. 20 - Pokemon Mega Charizard Tin
Feb. 20 - Pokemon Mega Ev. AH
Feb. 20 - Yugioh Maze of Muertos

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