Like many collectors, Buzz is a fan of grading ... so here's this month's grading diary.

MJ's MOMENT
The Card: Michael Jordan 2008 Goudey Hit Parade of Champions
The Reason Graded: This moment turns 35 this year and this insert card is one that ... came out of a box of baseball cards. It's a throwback to a 1951 set with stars from a little bit of everywhere in this Goudey version. These cards are smaller -- allowing for them to bounce around inside the wrappers -- but the only even close to deterring issue for grading with this copy was an irregular spot in the card stock itself ... but you can't even see it in this image. This finally made it into a grading submission of mine last year because it's an iconic moment for one of biggest names in sports history. The moment? This was Jordan's first championship.
The Grade: CGC 9

Reality Check: Behold! The worst of the four graded. Doesn't matter to me ... I just like the card and nines are fine.

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The box: 2025 Topps Update baseball cards (retail Super Box)
Where to buy: BlowoutCards.com (other formats)
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The box: 2025 Topps Holiday baseball cards (mega)
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The box: 2025 Topps Holiday baseball cards (tin)
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The box: 2024 Topps Heritage High Number baseball cards (blaster)
Where to buy: BlowoutCards.com
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What: 2025 Topps T205 baseball cards
Arrives: TBD
Box basics: Four packs per 40-card box ... one autograph in every four boxes
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Order: BlowoutCards.com (when available)

What's buzz-worthy: Topps revisits old-timey tobacco cards with a T206 companion that carries a little more color, the T205 series, but with the same general approach of past editions.

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What: 2024 Topps Dynasty baseball cards
Arrives: June 25, 2025
Box basics: One encased autographed card per box (five boxes per case)
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What's buzz-worthy: Topps' high-end line will return soon and we've got a meaty gallery of the rarest of the rare that will appear in this one.

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What: 2024 Topps Inception baseball cards
Arrives: June 18, 2025
Box basics: One autograph or autographed Relic per seven-card box (eight boxes per case)
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Order: Click here (when live)

What's buzz-worthy: Topps Inception will return for another colorful run with plenty of energy, new rookies and more all in one spot and, while it's not yet been formally unveiled, we do have a meaty gallery of preview images.

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What: 2025 Topps Dynamic Duals baseball cards
Arrives: May 22
Box basics: One dual-auto card per box
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Order: Click here (when live)

What's buzz-worthy: This brand looking at prolific pairings "showcases enticing player combinations featuring top MLB stars both past and present" with some other surprises also in the mix.

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The box: 2025 Topps Series 1 baseball cards (hanger)
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Where to buy: BlowoutCards.com (for a few formats)

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What's Buzzing: Val Kilmer dies at 65, Jackson Merrill gets paid, talking Topps Heritage, autographed books and more.

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1 -- Batman, Iceman & Jim Morrison all in one: Val Kilmer dies at 65

2 -- Jackson Merrill gets paid

3 -- New pulls are here

4 -- All your MLB chatter is here

5 -- Checking in on the autographed books thread

6 -- Still talking Heritage High Number

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What: 2025 Topps Chrome Black baseball cards
Arrives: April 30
Box basics: One autograph in every box (12 boxes per case)
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Order: Click here (when available)

What's buzz-worthy: This brand returns for a sixth time with the same approach of the past -- an encased autograph and more in every box -- and some new looks and signers in play.

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What's Buzzing: Whatever, whoever, whenever ... yada, yada, yada ... read them or don't in today's edition.

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1 -- Him?

2 -- Whoopee!

3 -- Whatever.

4 -- Who?

5 -- That guy?

6 -- Really? Only a blaster?

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The box: 2024 Topps Heritage High Number baseball cards (blaster)
Where to buy: BlowoutCards.com
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What: 2025 Topps Tribute baseball cards
Arrives: April 23
Box basics: Three autographs and three Relics per six-pack box (four boxes per case)
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What's buzz-worthy: Tribute is up next in the Topps MLB lineup with its familiar high-end approach the same but it having a smaller case size this year.

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What: 2024 Topps Heritage High Number baseball cards
Arrives: March 26, 2025
Box basics: One autograph or Relic per hobby box (12 boxes per case)
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What's buzz-worthy: Topps will turn back the clock to 1975 one last time with this one -- an end-cap to the throwback series that arrived last year with plenty of colorful duality on every card.

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The box: 2025 Topps Series 1 baseball cards (hanger)
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Where to buy: BlowoutCards.com (for a few formats)

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What: 2024 Panini Select baseball cards
Arrives: March 21, 2025
Box basics: Two autographs and one memorabilia card per 12-pack hobby box (12 boxes per case)
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What's buzz-worthy: Select hits the diamond once again with some legendary signers in the mix as well as plenty of star power from today in both selected veterans and promising prospects.

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The box: 2025 Topps Series 1 baseball cards (hanger)
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Where to buy: BlowoutCards.com (for a few formats)

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What: 2024 Panini National Treasures baseball cards
Arrives: April 2, 2025
Box basics: Eight autograph or mem cards per box (four boxes per case); eight autograph or mem cards and one bonus FOTL auto (/5) per FOTL box (four per case)
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What's buzz-worthy: The 11th edition of National Treasures baseball cards arrives with a handful of today's young stars, other notables from the prospect ranks and many icons from rich history of the game's past all in one spot.

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A good rookie, a good at-bat, a good ball ... that was one pitch away from history.

This month's entry in the Collecting Game-used series is another that came to me via a blind grab bag where all I knew was the date of the game ... and yet this was another win. The player? Jackson Merrill, the runner-up in the National League Rookie Of The Year behind winner Paul Skenes, and a name I didn't expect to land for a price lower than many a retail mega box of cards.

And, to top it all off, this wasn't some meaningless ball in the dirt or a ball just watched -- well, it kind of was -- it was something more for a low price and that's perfect. It's kind of how I roll most of the time with these items.

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The boxes: 2024 Topps Holiday baseball cards (tin)
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What: 2024 Topps Transcendent Collection baseball cards
Arrives: Jan. 22, 2025
Box basics: 10 hits and more per 42-card box
Checklist: TBD
Order: Click here

What's buzz-worthy: Transcendent returns via a different approach with "careful crafting and elegant touches" for its super-premium VIP product experience -- and with only 100 VIP party invitations now randomly inserted into the run and a second rarer VIP party package to be found, too.

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The box: 2024 Topps Update baseball cards (hanger)
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Where to buy: BlowoutCards.com (a few formats)

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What: 2024 Topps Archives baseball cards
Arrives: Jan. 8, 2025
Box basics: One auto per 10-pack Collector's Box Lunch Box (10 boxes per case); Two autos per 24-pack hobby box (10 per case)
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What's buzz-worthy: Topps Archives will arrive in two formats as noted above once again as it revisits past looks and past stars along with plenty of the notables from today's game, too.

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