What: 2024 Topps Finest Formula 1 racing cards
Arrives: April 3, 2025
Box basics: One or two Relics per six-pack box (eight boxes per case)
Checklist: TBD
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What's buzz-worthy: Finest takes to the track for the stars of Formula 1 racing with its colorful and flashy looks, some higher-end chases and, of course, hits showcasing top names.

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What: 2024 Topps Dynasty Formula 1 racing cards
Arrives: Feb. 7, 2025
Box basics: One encased autographed card per box (five boxes per case)
Checklist: Click here
Odds: Click here
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What's buzz-worthy: This high-end line hits the track once again for the Formula 1 racing ranks with a familiar formula of what's included and some of the biggest possible finds for cards.

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What: 2024 Topps Paddock Pass Formula 1 racing cards
Arrives: Dec. 13
Box basics: TBD per hobby box (eight boxes per case); One Relic per blaster case (40 boxes)
Checklist: TBD
Order: Click here (live soon)

What's buzz-worthy: The Club takes to the Formula 1 ranks with a different moniker -- Paddock Pass -- but with some of the same energy, familiar designs and more for the racing fan.

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What: 2024 Topps Chrome Formula 1 racing cards
Arrives: Nov. 22
Box basics: 12 eight-card packs per hobby box (12 boxes per case) or 16 four-card packs per Qualifying Lap box (20 boxes per case)
Checklist: Click here
Odds: Click here
Order: Click here

What's buzz-worthy: Formula 1 takes a fifth lap on the Topps Chrome track with this one having two box formats to choose from this time around.

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What: 2023 Topps Chrome Formula 1 racing cards
Arrives: Feb. 16, 2024
Box basics: Eighteen four-card packs per hobby box (12 boxes per case)
Checklist: Click here
Sapphire Checklist: Click here
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What's buzz-worthy: Formula 1 takes a fourth lap on the Topps Chrome track with this one with the only guarantees this time around being a Checker Flag parallel and one dual-color parallel per hobby box.

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The special day is once again going global ... and it's expanding its lineup this year.

Topps revealed on Friday that Aug. 5 will be International Trading Card Day in hobby shops around the world with Major League Baseball stars in packs along with Bowman U college football stars, Athletes Unlimited stars, UEFA Champions League stars, Formula 1 stars and even the Garbage Pail Kids on tap.

What will it mean? Keep reading ...

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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 ...

TICKET TO HISTORY ...
The Ticket: Woodstock (Aug.15-17, 1969) -- three-day ticket ($24)
The Reason Bought: There are more than a dozen different styles of tickets for this historic event in music and pop culture history and none of them are all that rare -- and that makes for an interesting grading market. High-grade tickets can be priced like they're non-existent yet about 60 percent of the full tickets that are slabbed check in at a PSA 9 or 10 and raw tickets (assuming they are real ... but there's a chance they might not be) can be found on the cheap under $100. I knew quite awhile back that I wanted one in a slab and I was patient with my window shopping until I spotted this one. I wanted a three-day style but there are single-day tickets that are very traditional-looking and I finally spotted this one at a good price (just under $100) vs. the same thing with asking prices for 9s and 10s that are as high as $1,000. Actual sales for higher grades are typically anywhere from $200 to $700 on eBay with a lot of irregularity -- and BINs just under the $200 mark quite often. In short, they're findable.
The Grade: PSA 8

Reality Check: More than 3,750 different full tickets have been slabbed for Woodstock and this version -- one of three types in the PSA pop report for a three-day ticket -- is the easiest and the only one with more than 1,000 copies slabbed. In fact, the number of 10s for this style is higher than all but two of the entire slab totals for other styles. I didn't sweat the grade as the flaws on this one seem minor -- I'm imagining some minor black ink "snow" on there perhaps dropped it a grade but generally everything here is clean to the eye with no obvious flaws. That's good enough for me as beginner or one-time dabbler. Modern tickets for big artists can be quite pricey when slabbed as availability is often an issue, but I'm assuming a bulk "find" of these happened at some point back in the day given the high-profile event and all that went into it.

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What's Buzzing: Big pulls, big discussions, inside a Formula 1 case, Bobby Witt Jr. and more in today's edition.

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What: 2022 Topps Dynasty Formula 1 racing cards
Arrives: March 1, 2023
Box basics: One encased autographed card per box (five boxes per case)
Checklist: Click here
Order: Click here

What's buzz-worthy: This high-end line hits the track for the third time for the Formula 1 racing ranks with a familiar formula of what's included and some of the biggest possible finds for cards.

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What: 2022 Topps Chrome Sapphire Edition Formula 1 racing cards
Arrives: Today via Topps.com
Box basics: Eight four-card packs per box
Checklist: Click here
Order: Click here (when available)

What's buzz-worthy: Formula 1 gets a Sapphired run on the Topps Chrome track with this one, which is live with a high-end price and just four parallel cards per box.

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What's Buzzing: MLB and NFL chatter, inside a Prizm case, a big baseball pull and more in this Saturday edition.

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What: 2022 Topps Chrome Formula 1 racing cards
Arrives: Dec. 28 for hobby/Jan. 20 for LITE
Box basics: Eighteen four-card packs per hobby box (12 boxes per case); Sixteen packs per LITE box (16 boxes per case)
Checklist: Click here
LITE Checklist: Click here
Order: Click here

What's buzz-worthy: Formula 1 gets a third lap on the Topps Chrome track with this one, which will arrive in a couple of hobby formats with each packing plenty of racing energy.

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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 Turbo Attax Formula 1 trading cards (display box)
Where to buy: Made for UK/Germany release ... BlowoutCards.com for other F1 boxes

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What's Buzzing: New QBs arrive in the NFL, new breaks, Antonio Inoki, Formula 1 and new autographs free with purchases.

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Even if you didn't land The Big One ripping Formula 1 last year, it might be time to be checking back in on those cards.

Why?

Oscar Piastri, a 21-year-old Australian star who's presently a F1 reserve but a F2 champion, will be joining the McLaren team next season in the F1 ranks. He's, according to one ESPN analyst, "the best young driver to enter F1 since the 2019 rookie class of Lando Norris -- who will be his teammate in 2023 -- George Russell and Alex Albon."

And the good news is that he's already had Topps cards to look out for.

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What: 2021 Topps Formula 1 racing cards
Arrives: Sept. 14
Box basics: 20 eight-card packs with possible box-toppers (12 boxes per case)
Order: Click here (live soon)

What's buzz-worthy: Formula 1 gets a flagship release for a second season with a meaty base set, race-used firesuit Relics and more for fans to chase.

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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: New Star Wars, new F1 and MLB pulls, The National and more in this Friday edition.

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What's Buzzing: NBA Finals chatter, some serious NFL threads worth a look, Project100 business, Formula 1 and more.

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If you want to collect -- or already collect -- Topps Formula 1 cards, then you might want to check out a member of the BlowoutTV squad who will be on location this Saturday for a marquee event.

The breaker is BuffsBreaks and he'll be in Miami for the Formula 1 Miami Grand Prix 2022 with a breaks steam conducted live from the Loupe shop beginning at 5 p.m. Eastern after qualifying for the big race.

New users who download the Loupe App using loupe.cards/buff will get $20 toward their first purchase. He'll have plenty of F1 cards available in all formats as well as giveaways on the Loupe App.

The Miami Grand Prix is set for Sunday with a pre-race show at 2 p.m. Eastern on ABC with the race set for approximately 3:25 p.m.

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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: Deebo Samuel, Ben Affleck ink, Formula 1 (and more) breaks, Wander Franco, riding the Prizm WWE wave and Topps Inception says "Hold my Beer."

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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: Lewis Hamilton Superfractor chatter, $100,000 cards sitting in packs, Prizm WWE, Japanese Chrome cards 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: Finishing up a five-year project, Prizm WWE, Formula 1 card chatter, new NASCAR cards 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: Showing off Formula 1 cards, NBA chatter, altered NBA cards, MLB breaks and more baseball as we await Opening Day.

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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 Topps Formula 1 racing cards (hobby box)
First Buzz preview & checklist: Click here
Where to buy: BlowoutCards.com

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What: 2021 Topps Chrome Formula 1 racing cards
Arrives: Feb. 23
Box basics: Eighteen four-card packs per hobby box (12 boxes per case); Sixteen packs per LITE box (16 boxes per case)
Checklist: Click here
Order: Click here

What's buzz-worthy: Formula 1 gets it second lap on the Topps Chrome track with this one, which will arrive in a couple of hobby formats with each packing a boatload of parallels.

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