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: Nothing but highlights and big pulls from boxes and cases from all around the collecting world.

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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: Pondering Kyler Murray in the NFL, showing off one Hall of Famer's cards as well as big pulls from MLB, NFL and the wrestling world.

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What: 2017-18 Leaf Pearl hockey cards
Arrives: March
Box basics: 11 hits per box (two boxes per case)
Order: Click here

What's buzz-worthy: Leaf's ultra-high-end brand arrives on the ice with a number of legendary inclusions there as well as some lofty additions from both history and pop culture.

Keep reading for more as well as a full gallery of images released so far.

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What: 2019 Leaf Draft football cards
Arrives: March
Box basics: Two autographs per 20-pack retail box; three autographs per premium hobby blaster (20 boxes per case for both formats)
Order: Click here

The Basics: These boxes will showcase cards and autographs for potential NFL Draft selections. Each version will include five cards per pack -- so 100 base cards and then the autographs in both formats. It appears that at least the extra autograph in the premium hobby blaster will be from players not in retail boxes -- and there may be more. Both formats will be available via hobby channels with the standard box also arriving at retail locations for $19.99. ... According to Leaf, the overall case production will be lower than previous years. 

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Between everyday Buzz Breaks and the near-monthly Buzz 12 in 12 marathons, Buzz busted a lot of packs in 2018.

How many? Well, Buzz is almost afraid to count -- though it was seemingly news to me that the 12 in 12 marathons actually started early last year. (That's even more proof there's been a lot of wax to get these hands ... it's all a blur.)

It was a year of memorable pulls for me at times with some icons' autographs found in my packs. It also was fun one ripping into really old packs, too, with some cheap thrills there.

Breaks are among the most-popular items seen here nearly every day and Buzz knows that. So look for plenty of breaks in 2019 -- but, before that time comes, keep reading for links to not one, not 18, but 25 memorable breaks from 2018.

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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: Nothing but big pulls in this Sunday 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 Today: Big pulls, fake cards, taking "The Luka Doncic Experiment," 582 Montgomery Club ... and a Rookie Card five decades later?

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What: 2018 Leaf Flash baseball cards
Arrives: Late January/early February
Box basics: Six autographs per box (12 boxes per case)
Order: Click here

What's buzz-worthy: Leaf's new line takes its color and flash to the baseball diamond with even more ink than its football counterpart and a lower print run than Leaf's popular Metal baseball line.

Keep reading for more and a full gallery of images.

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Millions of people probably knew her as "Laverne" from her years on a hit sitcom, but Penny Marshall was a ground-breaking director who hit movie-making plateaus for the first time with Big and then gave baseball fans one of their all-time great films in A League Of Their Own, which helped tell the story of the All-American Girls Professional Baseball League.

But people might not know that she was also a serious collector of sports memorabilia -- one of the people profiled in a book with lofty standards, Smithsonian Baseball. (Click here to watch a past ESPN video about her stash that's worth a look.) In that piece, she notes that the Baseball Hall of Fame will be getting some of her collection in the future and talks about her fandom, which went beyond just baseball.

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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 wax boxes and wax packs in a dozen hours. We'll post one every hour all day long ... this is Hour 9.

The box: 2018 Leaf Metal Pop Century 1/1 Pre-Production Proof Box
The cost: Click here

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

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What: 2018 Leaf All-American Football Vault football cards
Arrives: January 2019
Box basics: One past box and a 2018 Leaf Metal All-American Bonus Box (12 boxes per case)
Order: Click here

What's buzz-worthy: Leaf revisits the U.S. Army All-American Bowl once again with a limited-edition release that revisits past years of the prep all-star event via full boxes of those past products combined with newer bonus cards.

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What: 2018 Leaf Legends of Wrestling cards
Arrives: Jan. 25
Box basics: Eight autograph cards per box (12 boxes per case)
Order: Click here

What's buzz-worthy: Leaf takes to the ring once again with some new names from the squared circle -- as well as a few stars from the Octagon as bonuses -- and nothing but autographs inside its boxes as part of what the company says is "likely its best wrestling issue of all time."

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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: 2016-17 Leaf Hockey Pre-production Proofs (two case-topper packs)
Where to buy: Click here

Cards per pack: 1
Base set completion: 
N/A
Duplicates: 0

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What: 2018 Leaf Pop Treasury memorabilia boxes
Arrives: December
Box basics: Three memorabilia pieces per box (three boxes per case)
Order: Click here

What's buzz-worthy: Leaf Trading Cards turns its attention to pop culture for its latest memorabilia product with just 66 cases of this one being made.

Keep reading for 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: 2018 Leaf Metal Pop Century 1/1 Pre-Production Proof Box
Where to buy: Click here

Cards per box: 3
Base set completion: 
N/A
Duplicates: 0

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What: 2018 Leaf Autographed Jersey Multi-sport Edition
Arrives: January
Box basics: One autographed custom jersey per box (eight boxes per case)
Order: Click here

What's buzz-worthy: Leaf once again expands the collecting landscape for its newest autographed-jersey-in-a-box release with this one -- and it includes some team-signed and surprise inclusions once again.

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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: Nothing but breaks and big pulls in today's 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 Today: Nothing but highlights from breaks as we continue a holiday weekend.

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A giant in the field of comic books is gone.

Stan Lee -- one of the creators behind a number of iconic super heroes and teams such as Spider-Man, The X-Men, The Incredible Hulk, Black Panther, Daredevil, The Fantastic Four, Thor, Iron Man, Silver Surfer and so many more -- has died. He was 95.

For years, Lee was a writer, editor and the publisher at Marvel Comics and in recent years he had worked in film, TV and other pop culture realms as a creator while also being king of cameos in many of the Marvel Studios films. His comic book career began in 1939.

"I used to think what I did was not very important," Lee told the Chicago Tribune in 2014. "People are building bridges and engaging in medical research, and here I was doing stories about fictional people who do extraordinary, crazy things and wear costumes. But I suppose I have come to realize that entertainment is not easily dismissed."

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What: 2017-18 Leaf Stickwork hockey cards
Arrives: Late December
Box basics: Four memorabilia cards per box (10 boxes per case)
Order: Click here

What's buzz-worthy: This memorabilia-loaded brand focused on one of the key pieces of a hockey player's equipment arrives just in time to get a new dose of legendary names into collectors' hands.

Keep reading for more as well as a full gallery of images released so far.

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What: 2018 Leaf Metal Sports Heroes trading cards
Arrives: Jan. 25
Box basics: One sealed autograph card per hobby box (20 boxes per case) or three sealed autos per jumbo box (12 per case)
Order: Click here

What's buzz-worthy: Leaf tries a new format for its multi-sport, ink-driven release with a pair of box formats for collectors to choose from as it presents some of the biggest names across the sporting world all in one place.

Keep reading for more and a selection of images.

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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: 2018 Leaf Metal Pop Century 1/1 Pre-Production Proof Box
Where to buy: Click here

Cards per box: 3
Base set completion: 
N/A
Duplicates: 0

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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: 2017 Leaf U.S. Army All-American Football Vault
Where to buy: BlowoutCards.com (when available)

Boxes per box: 2
Cards per pack: 4 in bonus box; varies in standard box
Cards in this box: 16
Base set completion: 
N/A
Duplicates: 0

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Have you seen the latest cool or interesting items on eBay? If not, you just might see some of those here every week as we're launching a weekly version of our eBay Buzz pieces that pop up from time to time. We’ll spotlight some items that have a story or just wow us with how much interest it might have — and we’re not just talking baseball cards, either.

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A LITTLE EXTRA
The Item: Johnny Damon 2018 Topps Five Star patch auto (/25)
The Price: $179.95 Buy-It-Now (or best offer)
Why it’s Buzz-worthy: This brand is loaded with impressive cardboard and some crazy patches but this one comes with a little extra included -- as you can see that's a PSA/DNA authentication sticker for the jersey where this patch came from. That notes that this jersey was signed with a game-used 2011 inscription -- something you'll know from just this swatch but not any of the other 24 that exist. A simple and fun item. There are some nice cards coming out of these boxes -- check out the link below -- and get your box at the link below that.
Similar Pieces: Other 2018 Topps Five Star autos on eBay
The BlowoutCards.com Hunt: Click here for 2018 Topps Five Star boxes

Keep reading for four more interesting items in this week's roundup ...

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What: 2018 Leaf Valiant baseball cards
Arrives: Jan. 25 (2019)
Box basics: Four autographs and one graded autograph card per box (12 boxes per case)
Order: Click here

What's buzz-worthy: Leaf Valiant returns for a new season on the diamond with a slabbed card in every box as well as some of the biggest prospects in the game today.

Keep reading for more and a full gallery of images.

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