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: Meeting Chipper Jones, big pulls, Byron Buxton RCs, the rise and fall of Mastro Auctions & more as we start a new week.

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If you're in the camp that sports novelties just weren't quirky and fun enough, then Forever Collectibles has something you might like.

They're caricature bobbleheads.

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A funny thing happened recently when I ripped into a box of 2016-17 Panini Studio basketball cards.

I pulled cards of Joe Namath and Bo Derek.

No, really. My Derek was an autograph and my Namath was a patch card from a Los Angeles Rams jersey -- cards that I'd always eyed here and there but didn't expect to be able to land from a box of NBA cards.

How'd it happen? I pulled them via Panini Rewards points.

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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, NBA collections and ripping 1986-87 Fleer ... or not.

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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 in today's edition -- check 'em out.

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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 & big (fake?) autograph finds to start a new week.

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If you hadn’t noticed, there are a number of boxes with discounted prices this weekend and for the next week or so over on the mothership and they were dramatic enough that Buzz had to sit down and ponder the possibilities in many of them.

So much so here's another of a few "picks" to come in the next few days.

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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 and pondering the Aaron Judge bubble as the clock ticks down on Topps National Baseball Card Day.

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Forty aspiring NBA rookies are in New York this week to sign their first autographs for Panini America's 2017-18 basketball brands and to pose for their first photos in their professional uniforms.

While those first in-uniform cards are already on sale via Panini Instant -- even before the images hit the cards -- there are plenty of signed cards coming soon from this year's NBA Rookie Photo Shoot in Tarrytown, N.Y.

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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 breaks, long-term collecting projects completed and a big collecting question -- buy a Judge auto or wax? -- as we head into the weekend and Topps National Baseball Card Day tomorrow in hobby shops.

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If you thought you had to wait until the first 2017-18 NBA brands for new rookies in their new uniforms, think again.

They'll arrive this week via Panini Instant as the company takes part in this year's NBA Rookie Photo Shoot in Tarrytown, N.Y.

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What: 2016-17 Panini Impeccable basketball cards
Arrives: Sept. 14
Box basics: Five autographs per eight-card box (three boxes per case)

What's buzz-worthy: This newer high-end brand arrives on the hardwood with "a wide array of autographs and memorabilia of rookies, veterans and NBA legends."

Keep reading for more and a full gallery of images.

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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: Supplies vs. wax, NBA pulls, opening that last box, sketch card controversy, Mayweather vs. McGregor & 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 Today: Retro and new rips, big questions and a collector's best pull.

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The Panini VIP Party NBA roster is up to three.

Panini America revealed the fourth and fifth guests for its upcoming exclusive event set for Saturday night and the two newest stars are Latrell Sprewell and Glen Rice.

The event coincides with the National Sports Collectors Convention, which begins today in Chicago and runs through Sunday.

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What: 2017 Leaf Autographed Jersey Multi-sport Edition
Arrives: October/November
Box basics: One autographed custom jersey per box (eight boxes per case)

What's buzz-worthy: Leaf expands the collecting landscape for its newest autographed-jersey-in-a-box release with this one that includes tough autographs from some of the biggest stars in sports history ... like Andre The Giant.

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The Panini VIP Party how has a point guard.

Panini America revealed the third guest for its upcoming exclusive event set for Saturday night and it's the Chicago Bulls' Kris Dunn. 

The event coincides with the National Sports Collectors Convention, which begins Wednesday in Chicago and runs through Sunday.

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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, 2017 Allen & Ginter, storage tips -- and real fake news hits the hobby.

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We've previously already gotten a look at Panini America's wrapper redemption cards (and the VIP set) for this year's National Sports Collectors Convention here on The Buzz, but now it's time for more details.

As in what gets what -- which boxes need to be busted to land those sought-after silver packs at the five-day show, which begins Wednesday in Chicago.

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What: 2017 Panini Contenders Draft Picks basketball cards
Arrives: Aug. 30
Box basics: Six autographs per six-pack box (12 boxes per case)
Checklist: Click here to view
Where to buy: Click here for boxes & click here for cases

What's buzz-worthy: The stars of the college game are back once again in a product that's reconfigured to include an autograph in every pack as Panini America tips off the 2017-18 card season with this release -- one that does include some NBA visuals, too.

Keep reading for more info and a full gallery of images released so far.

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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 breaks, big collecting questions, big games, big hits and the big question of today ... "Will O.J. Simpson walk?"

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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 past wax boxes and wax packs in a dozen hours. We'll post one every hour on the hour all day long today ... this is Hour 11. (Yes, we dropped this one a little early.)

The packs: Five 2016 Panini Cyber Monday promo packs
The cost: Click here

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

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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: In the (Stadium) Club, a huge Walking Dead pull at retail, NBA breaks, Aaron Judge and awaiting Donruss Optic and The National.

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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 breaks, autopen chatter, awaiting Allen & Ginter & the National.

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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 abound as we roll deeper into the week.

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