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First Buzz: 2025 Topps Stadium Club baseball cards

What: 2025 Topps Stadium Club baseball cards
Arrives: Feb. 18, 2026
Box basics: One autograph per 16-pack hobby box (16 boxes per case)
Checklist: Click here
Order: Click hereWhat's buzz-worthy: Stadium Club arrives once again with a format where "on-card autographs remain a cornerstone" -- despite being only one per box this year -- while paired with "stunning photography and premium finishes" for collectors.
Keep reading for more and a full gallery of images.
Buzz Break: 2025 Topps Update baseball cards (Super Box)

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The box: 2025 Topps Update baseball cards (retail Super Box)
Where to buy: BlowoutCards.com (other formats)
First Buzz preview & checklist: Click hereKeep reading for a full breakdown and gallery of what was in this one.
MiLB Madness: Ending 2025 with eccentric cards & more
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Minor league baseball cards from the past can include some weird stuff ... sometimes stuff you wouldn't imagine to be found on a baseball card. Here are some some new fun cards and oddities in this latest edition of MiLB Madness.
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The Card: Nate Alleyne 2017 Grandstand San Jose Giants
The Buzz On This: A clubhouse manager isn't somebody you'll find in MLB sets -- and this month's card isn't even this guy's first (or his last) appearance in this series. This card? It's clearly all about enjoying the natural elements of the golf course on the baseball diamond -- err, about some Photoshop -- while his other card in a past month of this series was all about fire. (OK, it's barbecue ... we can get behind that, too.) Joining these? Drink up this run of cards that reinforce the greatness that is MiLB cardboard with no tie to what it's worth. The best part? His weirdest card is still to come ...Keep reading for more examples of some weird or fun baseball cards (and other stuff) you can find in and around MiLB.
Baseball America Best of 2025 Awards issue includes extras

This annual showcase includes another set of commemorative items made just for collectors.
The Baseball America Best of 2025 Awards issue is a jam-packed 74 pages of info and flash as it salutes the standouts of the year and also ranks the top 150 American League prospects as we look forward to a new season. Gracing its cover is Toronto Blue Jays prospect and postseason phenom Trey Yesavage.
Nestled in the center of the issue is a group of four perforated sheets. On the first one, collectors can pull out cards featuring the magazine's award-winners for this year -- Aaron Judge (MLB Player of the Year), Nick Kurtz (Rookie of the Year), Pat Murphy (MLB Manager of the year ... and pocket pancakes mastermind!), Konnor Griffin (MiLB Player of the Year), Jonah Tong (MiLB Pitcher of the Year), Ethan Holliday (High School Player of the Year), Roch Cholowsky (College Player of the Year), Dylan Volantis (College Freshman of the Year) and James Nelson (Independent Player of the Year) -- with their cards recapping why each got the nod. The second sheet recognizes the notable achievements of the year with Julio Rodriguez, Bobby Witt Jr., new 30-30 Club members, Jose Ramirez, Shohei Ohtani, Paul Skenes, Cal Raleigh, Clayton Kershaw, Mike Trout and Yoshinobu Yamamoto all in there for their various highlight moments in 2025.
The final two sheets showcase notable "future prospects" with new draft picks on 18 cards. They include Gavin Fien, Ethan Conrad, Tate Southisene, Sean Gamble, Jordan Yost, Gage Wood, Josh Hammond, Patrick Forbes, Marcus Phillips, Michael Oliveto, Slater de Brun, Mitch Voit, Dax Kilby, Zach Root, Charles Davalan, Jaden Fauske, J.B. Middleton and Brandon Compton with scouting reports and grades on every card.
As with the previous Baseball America sheets, they are perforated to be pulled off as sheets or even broken down to individual cards as part of the double-issue package that carries a $14.99 cover price. They are available in the BlowoutCards.com shop here or in the Baseball America online shop. These sheets have historically only been found in subscriber issues or via these two spots, not in newsstand issues.
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Buzz Break: 2025 Topps Archives baseball cards (blaster)

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The box: 2025 Topps Archives baseball cards (blaster)
First Buzz preview & checklist: Click here
Where to buy: BlowoutCards.com
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Buzz Break: Gems of the Game & CGC MLB repack (MJ Holding)

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The box: Gems of the Game & CGC baseball repack (MJ Holding)
Where to buy: Retail outlets (price will vary depending on store) -- click here for MLB boxesBuzz Break: 2025 Topps Holiday baseball cards mega box

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The box: 2025 Topps Holiday baseball cards (mega)
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Odds: Click here
Where to buy: Click here
Keep reading for a full breakdown and gallery for what was in this one.
First Buzz: 2025 Topps Update baseball cards (updated)

What: 2025 Topps Update baseball cards
Arrives: Nov. 12
Box basics: One auto or Relic per 20-pack hobby box (12 per case) or one auto and two Relics per 10-pack jumbo box (six per case)
Odds: Click here
Checklist: Click here
Order: Click hereWhat's buzz-worthy: The full hobby details for the Update series of Topps' flagship baseball cards are still to come, but the box subject has been teased and it's Chicago Cubs outfielder Pete Crow-Armstrong.
Keep reading for more info and a full gallery of images for this one once they are available.
Board Buzz: Must-read threads on Blowout Forums (Sept. 28)

What's Buzzing: J-Rod, Big Dumper, Russell Wilson, Phillies Karen, college football and NFL Week 4 are today's topics.
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1 -- NFL Week 4 is here
2 -- Checking in on J-Rod chatter after his 30-30 year
3 -- LOL
4 -- College football reactions
5 -- Big Dumper
6 -- Phillies Karen: The new offer stands for a few more days--
Have you spotted a hot thread? Tell us about it in a comment or on Twitter.
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Buzz Break: 2025 Topps Heritage baseball cards (blaster)

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The box: 2025 Topps Heritage baseball cards (blaster)
Where to buy: BlowoutCards.com
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Buzz Break: 2025 Bowman baseball cards (blaster box)

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The box: 2025 Bowman baseball cards (blaster)
First Buzz preview & checklist/odds: Click here
Where to buy: BlowoutCards.com (for a few formats)
Keep reading for what was inside this one ..
First Buzz: 2025 Topps Dynamic Duals baseball cards

What: 2025 Topps Dynamic Duals baseball cards
Arrives: May 22
Box basics: One dual-auto card per box
Checklist: Click here
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.
Keep reading for more info and images for this one.
Buzz Buys (May): Tiffy Time, Little Leo, Big Bo, botched cards, game-used stuff, a Tua steal, lotsa Shotzi, awesome ink & more

Here's this month's roundup of items that have recently caught my eye as a buyer ...
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IT'S ALWAYS TIFFY TIME
The Card: Tiffany Stratton 2023 Panini Immaculate Collection WWE Ruby Memorabilia Autographs (/25)
The Price: A meaty amount (for me)
Why it’s Buzz-worthy: Much like Rhea Ripley rookie autos in 2020, I've focused on trying to find one card from each of the lineups for Stratton's first year of ink in 2023 (RCs in 2022) with cleaner/full sigs on them and this brand was one of my targets for a while. I finally found one that looked good for a price I could pull off. Why chase? Stratton has delivered and figures to do so for some time with her latest big landmark moment being a bruiser of a win over Charlotte Flair at Wrestlemania. "Buff Barbie" is an informal nickname here so far -- they're avoiding trademark claims -- but they're also playing into that more and more with her Wrestlemania debut entrance having a Barbie Dreamhouse/packaging feel before a brawl that left her, in her own words, "looking like a broke down Barbie." That spectacle of an entrance and the match were both proof that the meteoric arrival and win over an all-time great at the biggest event of the year is just the start and the WWE is still fueling that rocket. I've been buying (this was a pre-Mania pick-up) and will keep looking for more somewhat selectively -- since stuff is at times pricey.
Grab a box: WWE cards are here.Keep reading for more interesting items ...
Buzz Break: 2023 Topps Series 1 baseball cards (Super Box)

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The box: 2023 Topps Series 1 baseball cards (retail Super Box)
Where to buy: BlowoutCards.com (other formats)
First Buzz preview & checklist: Click hereKeep reading for a full breakdown and gallery of what was in this one.
Buzz Break: 2025 Topps Series 1 baseball cards (hanger)

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The box: 2025 Topps Series 1 baseball cards (hanger)
First Buzz preview & checklist/odds: Click here
Where to buy: BlowoutCards.com (for a few formats)
Keep reading for a full breakdown and gallery of what was in this one.
Buzz Break: 2025 Topps Series 1 baseball cards (Super Box)

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The box: 2025 Topps Series 1 baseball cards (retail Super Box)
Where to buy: BlowoutCards.com
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Preview Gallery: 2025 Topps Celebration Series 1 inserts

They're not the mascots, but they figure to be in some collections.
Topps' upcoming Celebration boxes for 2025 Topps Series 1 will loosen things up and revisit a number of the inclusions in its old Opening Day brand and, while the checklist isn't yet officially revealed, we do have a sneak peek at a few of the insert sets to be found in this one when it arrives next month.
One set will be Dugout Peeks cards as you can see above -- 10 cards are teased in our gallery -- and they'll be joined by a few other sets. See 'em all after the jump.
Buzz Break: 2024 Topps Heritage baseball cards (giant box)

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The box: 2024 Topps Heritage baseball cards (giant)
Where to buy: BlowoutCards.com (for hobby)
First Buzz preview, odds & checklist: Click hereKeep reading for a full breakdown and gallery for what was found in this one.
Buzz Buys (Feb.): Joe Montana, Jobu, pop art, new Shotzi ink, WWE newcomers, old magazines, Jalen Milroe & much more

Here's this month's roundup of items that have recently caught my eye as a buyer ...
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CROSSING HIM OFF
The Card: Joe Montana autographed 1988 Topps card (BAS slabbed)
The Price: About $65
Why it’s Buzz-worthy: Rewind the clock to the early/mid 1990s and Montana is the unquestioned top QB on cardboard with perhaps only a small number of RBs or WRs even coming close to competing with him for popularity on cards. Back then, in a new era of certified autographs from brands such as Pro Line and Classic or mail-order autographed items, there was ink to chase but Montana was never, ever on my radar. Why? Look at that auto ... there's still not much going on there that would have sparked me to pay a premium price for a glorified initialgraph with a slight more added on. Fast-forward to now and the Hall of Famer still has all those rings and all those MVP awards, but he's been surpassed on the stat sheets and cards ... it happens. The 68-year-old has done a lot of signing for Leaf for its releases and buyback brands -- I think this was one from there -- in recent years and it had been on my radar for literally months as I really like the look of many of his 1980s Topps cards. A relatively clean copy with an on-card auto is a no-brainer if the price is right and I got this one for about half of the asking price of man identical copy I'd been watching. All these years later, I can cross Montana off my ink-needed list.
Grab a box right here: Nothing for this ... but NFL cards are here.Keep reading for more interesting items ...
Making the Grade (Jan.): Stranger Things, newer stars, older mags, legendary ink and more star power as we hit a new year

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 ...
THEY'RE BACK ... SOMETIME SOON
The Item: Stranger Things Season 1 Target-exclusive Blu-ray set (2016)
The Reason Bought: How many Netflix series these days get a physical DVD release of any kind? How many get chain store-exclusive variant versions? Not that much of anything TV gets a physical release, really, not at least anywhere near the volumes of the past and that thought, along with the fact that the final season of this franchise is finally dropping sometime this year, got me looking here. I really liked the feel of this DVD set that's made to look like an old 1980s VHS sleeve that's had plenty of wear and tear and I also liked the idea of a graded item with that feel -- one where its actual flaws can blend in well and not stand out as glaring reasons why an item didn't grade higher.
The Grade: CGC 9.4 (A+ seal)Grade 7.0 7.5 8.0 8.5 9.0 9.2 9.4 9.6 9.8 9.9 10.0 Total Population 0 0 0 0 0 0 1* 0 0 0 0 1* Reality Check: There are definitely other* copies of this one graded, but a pop report doesn't yet appear to be live for CGC Home Video (or it was down when I prepped this) and my number didn't come up on the verification search, either. That's OK for me as slabbed movies and games aren't as high on my radar in slabs as cards and magazines in terms of a "commodity" ... these are more the kind of shelf item with maybe some longer-term potential substance to them. To me they're more of a name-your-price novelty -- and, as an aside, I do like CGC's cases a lot more than others in this realm. This was a relatively cheap addition as well -- less than a lot of retail card boxes -- and over time affordable items can build a collection. One scary part? This is not far away from being 10 years old ... time flies.
Keep reading for more of this month's pick-ups and new slabs for Buzz.
Buzz Break: 2024 Topps Holiday baseball cards tin

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The box: 2024 Topps Holiday baseball cards (tin)
Checklist: Click here
Odds: Click here
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Buzz Break: 2024 Topps Holiday baseball card tins (two)

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The boxes: 2024 Topps Holiday baseball cards (tin)
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Why two? Keep reading for a full breakdown and gallery for what was in this pairing.
First Buzz: 2024 Topps Triple Threads baseball cards

What: 2024 Topps Triple Threads baseball cards
Arrives: TBD
Box basics: Two autographs and two Relics in every two-pack box (10 boxes per case)
Checklist: Click here
Odds: Click here
Order: Click here (when live)What's buzz-worthy: Triple Threads returns after a year on the bench with just the basics known so far via the checklist and odds.
Keep reading for more and a full gallery of images.
Buzz Break: 2024 Topps Holiday baseball cards tin

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The box: 2024 Topps Holiday baseball cards (tin)
Checklist: Click here
Odds: Click here
Where to buy: Click here
Keep reading for a full breakdown and gallery for what was in this one.
First Buzz: 2024 Topps Brooklyn Collection baseball cards

What: 2024 Topps Brooklyn Collection baseball cards
Arrives: Dec. 11
Box basics: Two autographs per seven-card box (20 boxes per case)
Checklist: Click here
Odds: Click here
Order: Click here (when available)What's buzz-worthy: Brooklyn Collection returns for another year with a new but colorful oldschool-style look, autographs in every box, and then some new and past stars showcased on cardboard once again.
Keep reading for more.




































