What: 2016 Leaf Trinity football cards
Arrives: Late May
Box basics: Five autographs per box (12 boxes per case)

What's buzz-worthy: Leaf offers "the introduction of Clear technology autographed cards with the goal of improving the overall card grade quality for its customers" in this one while including the biggest autographs from players in the NFL Draft. It's also the final Leaf draft picks release of the year.

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What: 2016 Leaf Sports Heroes trading cards
Arrives: May
Box basics: Three autographs per box (12 boxes per case)

What's buzz-worthy: Leaf puts some of the biggest names from the sports world all in the same box -- a brand that even includes a 27-signature book for the 1972 Miami Dolphins and a triple-auto for The Hanson Brothers from Slap Shot for a few surprises.

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What happens when you take some memorable baseball card designs of the early 1990s, add the latest crop of potential NFL players and autographs?

You get 2016 Leaf Ultimate Draft.

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What: 2016 Leaf Metal U.S. Army All-American Bowl football cards
Arrives: Late April/early May
Box basics: Eight autographs per box (15 boxes per case)

What's buzz-worthy: Leaf returns with a new feel for its All-American Bowl presence with Metal cards and an array of possibilities that includes inscriptions, patch cards and more for this prep all-star showcase event.

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What: 2016 Leaf Signature Series wrestling cards
Arrives: Late April
Box basics: Eight autographs per box (12 boxes per case)

What's buzz-worthy: Some of the biggest names in professional wrestling history will be found on autographs in the third Leaf wrestling release and perhaps the biggest names of them all will be included in Andre The Giant and WWE Chairman Vince McMahon as cut autographs.

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One of the more in-demand autographs in the galaxy is now available.

It's the ink of Star Wars: The Force Awakens star Daisy Ridley and it can be found via Steiner Sports.

The New Rochelle, N.Y.-based autograph memorabilia company offered nine signed photos on Monday night with prices starting at $649.99 for an 8-by-10 image.

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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: Big breaks, spiking prospects, Leaf Ultimate hockey & more

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Topps' presentation at this year's Industry Summit included a few nuggets of info ... here are the most-notable items.

National Baseball Card Day will return this year. ... Topps Supreme baseball (above) will not be made this year. ... Topps Mint baseball will be a new addition to the lineup. ... Japanese star Kenta Maeda's autographs will be coming soon. ... Bowman Chrome and Bowman Draft will have new builds when they arrive. ... No physical football card releases are being planned. ... Topps is still pursuing an autograph deal with Star Wars star Daisy Ridley. ... A high-end 65th Anniversary baseball product is in the works.

Leaf Trading Cards' presentation later in the afternoon included a rundown of the dozen hockey brands, eight package memorabilia brands and four football brands it intends to release this year. ... And Leaf has landed a non-sports big one -- it has signed Star Wars star Daisy Ridley to an autograph deal. Her autographs will appear in Pop Century.

Panini America's session is set for Tuesday afternoon.

What: 2016 ITG Leaf Enshrined hockey cards
Arrives: April
Box basics: Four autograph or memorabilia cards per box (10 boxes per case)

What's buzz-worthy: Leaf takes its In The Game-used brand and ups the ante with a checklist that includes nothing but Hall of Fame players in this all-hits product that "celebrates everything that is magical about Hall of Fame game-used material" and is, according to the company, "the greatest ensemble of hockey legends the industry has ever seen."

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What: 2016 Leaf Q sports cards
Arrives: April
Box basics: Five autographs per box (four boxes per case)

What's buzz-worthy: Leaf Q will present some of the biggest names in the sports world and some of the biggest names from other areas in a multi-sport release that's packed with nothing but the hits.

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When 2015 Leaf Ultimate hockey cards arrive on Wednesday, they'll show up with nothing but the hits in play as the high-end brand packs some of the biggest and baddest pieces of memorabilia in any sport.

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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: Big NFL pulls, big NFL legends, autograph rainbows, new Stan Musial autographs and Japanese 1/1s.

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What: Decision 2016 trading cards
Arrives: March
Box basics: No per-box details released -- but six cards per pack, 24 packs per box, 12 boxes per case.

What's buzz-worthy: The drama of the presidential race gets its first full cardboard documentation here with Decision 2016, which is being distributed by Leaf Trading Cards.

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What's Buzzing Today: Super Bowl 50, Superfractors, SportKings & more.

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What: 2016 Leaf Ultimate Draft football cards
Arrives: March
Box basics: Five autographs per box (12 boxes per case)

What's buzz-worthy: Leaf will offer its second pre-draft football card set next month with Ultimate utilizing some favorite baseball designs from the past for today's newest football stars -- along with future Hall of Famer Tom Brady -- in a limited all-autograph release.

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As part of the unending pre-Super Bowl coverage, fans will inevitably hear more about a guy who's not been seen on cardboard much in recent years.

It's Carolina Panthers tackle Michael Oher -- the subject of The Blind Side, an Oscar-nominated film from 2009 that starred Sandra Bullock and Tim McGraw as his adopted parents.

Oher was a first-round pick out of Ole Miss in 2009 and was a member of the 2013 Baltimore Ravens, which won it all. But since then he's battled injuries and was released by the Tennessee Titans before the Panthers came calling. His story being revisited could spark added interest in his football cards.

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It's February and that means that we're set for the Super Bowl and some mass-marketing from SI.com over the annual Sports Illustrated Swimsuit Issue.

And in reality the hype for both already has begun.

The last time we saw Ronda Rousey, she was suffering the first loss of her UFC career. Up next she'll be in the annual issue for the second year in a row. More publicity won't hurt her already-in-high-demand cardboard. She's one of a long list of athletes to appear in the issue and part of an even longer list of models who appear on cards and have certified autographs and even memorabilia cards for collectors to chase.

For the traditional models, there actually were SI Swimsuit card sets released each year from 2003 to 2009 from Stellar Collectibles and then a later retrospective set. In those sets, we got autographs, memorabilia cards and even paint cards from photoshoots. Meanwhile, for many of the athletes who have appeared in the issue since, there are autograph appearances in sets like Topps' Allen & Ginter (and many other sets) where collectors can also sometimes find the models. Kate Upton and Chrissy Teigen have been found there for example, and they sell very well.

Here's a rundown of a few sports stars who we've seen in the issue.

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What: 2016 Leaf Memorabilia Treasury
Arrives: April 2016
Box basics: Five memorabilia pieces per box.

What's buzz-worthy: Leaf Trading Cards follows up its Memorabilia Vault release of last year at a lower price point while still packing the same type of surprises inside with autographed and notable items from the sports world and beyond.

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Call this week the calm before the storm.

There are just three brands on the schedule for release this week -- one football, one baseball, one gaming -- in advance of 11 coming next week.

For football fans, Panini America presents 2015 Donruss Signature Series, which includes four autographs per box. The base set consists of 400 signed cards and every box includes an autographed rookie jersey -- or a multi-auto booklet, which is found one per case.

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What: 2016 Leaf Babe Ruth Collection baseball cards
Arrives: March 2016
Box basics: 20 packs per box (20 boxes per case) with two boxes per case including a Babe Ruth relic (on average)

What's buzz-worthy: Leaf Trading Cards brings The Bambino to the masses with a retail release that gives everybody a realistic shot at Babe Ruth memorabilia in a box that's just $29.99 suggested retail price.

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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: Rat-bone Relic reactions, 1990s insert cards, 2015 Panini National Treasures baseball cards. 2015 Leaf Ultimate tennis cards and 2015 Panini Select soccer cards.

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What: 2015-16 Leaf Metal Draft hockey cards
Arrives: March
Box basics: Five autographs per box (15 boxes per case)

What's buzz-worthy: Leaf Metal Draft hits the ice with the cardboard debut of 16-year-old CHL star Joseph Veleno -- a promising prospect who has signed an exclusive multi-year deal with Leaf Trading Cards -- while also delivering at least one Jack Eichel autograph in every case, too.

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He may not end up being a top-10 pick, but he'll definitely be a target of collectors.

Alabama junior running back Derrick Henry is headed to the NFL with a formal announcement to come on Friday. This comes on the heels of a Heisman-winning campaign where he led the Crimson Tide to a national championship and set single-season and career rushing records for the program.

Henry is rated as the second-best running back by ESPN behind Ohio State's Ezekiel Elliott in a draft that, based on some projections, may not be super-stocked with collector-friendly offensive players (QBs, RBs, WRs) among the first-rounders.

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What: 2016 Leaf Metal Draft football cards
Arrives: Early March
Box basics: Five autographs per box

What's buzz-worthy: Leaf Metal Draft will include autographs from New England Patriots quarterback Tom Brady in addition to ink from top college stars who are declaring for the NFL Draft.

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What: 2016 Leaf Best of Hockey cards
Arrives: February 2016
Box basics: One buyback card plus one Jack Eichel card

What's buzz-worthy: Some of the greatest cards in hockey history will be found in this buyback brand along with cards of the No. 2 overall pick in this year's NHL Draft, who is a Leaf Trading Cards exclusive.

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