This year's National Sports Collectors Convention is just days away -- it's set for July 24-28 in Cleveland -- and Upper Deck has revealed its promotional plans for the event.

The company will produce a wrapper redemption set for starters with a meaty checklist that includes an array of subjects from its sports and autographs from some legends of the past, too.

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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: NBA and WWE chatter, The National, Connor McDavid, Fun Face and more in this Monday 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: Four case hits in one box, Topps Heritage, MLB chatter and pulls, a collecting question and more.

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From time to time, Buzz will break a box of something and break down 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: 2020-21 UD Allure hockey cards (blaster)
Where to buy: BlowoutCards.com (all years of Allure) 

Keep reading to see a full breakdown and gallery from this one.

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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: The Shohei Ohtani scandal, Jackson Holliday is sent down, card photography, new pulls and more.

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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: 2023-24 Upper Deck Series 2 hockey cards (blaster)
Where to buy: Click here

Keep reading to see a full rundown of what was in this one.

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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: 2021-22 Parkhurst hockey cards (blaster)
Where to buy: Click here (when available)

Keep reading to see a full rundown of what was in this one.

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What: 2022-23 Topps NHL Sticker Collection
Arrives: Dec. 16
Box basics: 50 five-sticker packs per box (16 boxes per case)
Checklist: Click here
Order: Click here

What's buzz-worthy: Topps takes to the ice with a collection that's focused on the NHL's stars and a number of events during this past season and includes nearly 700 stickers in the set.

Keep reading for more as well as a gallery of images.

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What: 2021 Leaf Slab-Mania sports cards
Arrives: Jan. 29
Box basics: Seven slabbed cards per box
Order: Click here (live soon)

What's buzz-worthy: A new buyback brand focuses solely on graded cards with multiple cards per box and some legendary names among the possibilities.

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What: 2020 Super Break One Time Hockey Series 1
Arrives: Dec. 17
Box basics: One or two buybacks per box
Order: Click here (when available)

What's buzz-worthy: Super Break takes to the ice with "the hottest graded rookies, Hall of Fame autographs, multi-autos and 1/1s" in a release limited to only 150 serial-numbered boxes.

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What: 2018 Super Break Hockey Super Packs
Arrives: Sept. 6
Box basics: One to three buyback cards per box
Order: Click here

What's buzz-worthy: Super Break returns to the ice with a mix of big names from the past and present possible in this one.

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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 Today: Big pulls and big waits for the next high-end releases to arrive.

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Do you like Buzz Breaks? Today's your day then as we launch 12 in 12 -- a series of a dozen breaks of past wax boxes and wax packs in a dozen hours. We'll post one every hour on the hour all day long today ... this is Hour 8.

The box: 2015-16 Upper Deck NHL Series 1 tin
The cost: Click here

What's inside this one? Keep reading ...

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If you want to try a little something from everywhere in the sports world with serious high-end potential but not break the bank, then a new product line from Blowout Cards might be for you.

It's 2017 Blowout Cards Fire & Ice -- and it's delivered very well for some collectors digging in on Thursday via BlowoutTV. The four cards above? They were all found in the first eight boxes of his high-end buyback box.

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What: 2016-17 O-Pee-Chee Platinum hockey cards
Arrives: March 15
Box basics: One autograph per 20-pack box (16 boxes per case via two inners)

What's buzz-worthy: The rainbow of parallels returns once again with a modern-retro feel and some new touches that add to the overall legacy of the brand.

Keep reading for more and a full gallery of images.

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The Cup is here and the biggest rookie of them all is here, too, with big asking prices on eBay.

The rookie is, of course, Edmonton's Connor McDavid and his rookie patch autos from Upper Deck's 2015-16 The Cup are something in high demand. We all knew that would be the case months ago.

But, now that they are here, the asking prices on early finds are jaw-droppers.

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

What's Buzzing Today: Another day of nothing but the breaks ... with some variety.

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Upper Deck is encouraging collectors to hit their hobby shops on Small Business Saturday and as part of that it has created a bonus card set available to those who make a visit.

It's the 2016 Upper Deck Winter promotion and it includes 10 top names in the game.

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If you want an autographed Connor McDavid puck, jersey or photo in the future, there's only one place to get it.

Upper Deck Authenticated.

This adds onto the overall deal for autographed trading cards that Upper Deck has had since McDavid was drafted by the Edmonton Oilers.

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Funko is ready for the next NHL season with a new wave of Pop! figures for hockey's notables.

The company unleashed the details on a line of 15 figures heading collectors' ways in November, which includes some Canada-only variants.

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We're less than two weeks away from the arrival of 2015-16 Ultimate Collection from Upper Deck and all of its high-end inclusions that include highly sought-after NHL Shields like the Connor McDavid seen above.

It's not alone in the product.

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This year's NHL Draft is set to start on June 24 and Upper Deck will be ready for the event with a set of trading cards available to collectors.

Cards of past draft picks since, you know, those strict rules about Rookie Cards are still in play.

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What: 2015-16 Metal Hockey Pre-Production cards
Arrives: May
Box basics: Three 1/1 encapsulated cards per box (20 boxes per case)

What's buzz-worthy: Leaf releases its proof cards from a popular brand in a traditional way with each card found in a BGS slab as part of a very limited-production release.

Keep reading for more and a full gallery of images.

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What: 2016-17 Upper Deck Artifacts hockey cards
Arrives: Sept. 28
Box basics: Three autograph, memorabilia or Aurum cards per eight-pack box (20 boxes per case via two inners)

What's buzz-worthy: Artifacts returns for another season with new Aurum gold cards alongside the memorabilia cards and other inclusions collectors have come to expect. Also in the mix? Lord Stanley’s Legacy Relic and autographs of players who have reached the pinnacle of the game.

Keep reading for more and a full gallery of images.

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It's retro, but it's not -- and it's arriving in hobby shops tomorrow.

It's 2015-16 O-Pee-Chee Platinum and the hockey cards will have several colors and textures in a rainbow of autographs found one per hobby as well as a checklist that includes some of the biggest names in the game today.

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