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: Huge pulls from 2017 Panini Immaculate Collection and Topps Clearly Authentic, vintage MLB photos and "Mike Foltynewicz is the next Max Scherzer."

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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 Panini Football cards (blaster box)
Where to buy: BlowoutCards.com

Packs per box: 11
Cards per pack: 8
Cards in this box: 88
Base set completion: 
64 of 100 (64 percent)
Duplicates: 0

Notables on base cards – Derek Carr, Matthew Stafford, Marcus Mariota, Carson Wentz, Julio Jones, Ben Roethlisberger, Von Miller, Andrew Luck, Khalil Mack, Mark Ingram, Richard Sherman, Dak Prescott, Todd Gurley, Rob Gronkowski, Cam Newton, Odell Beckham Jr., Jameis Winston, Aaron Rodgers, Antonio Brown, Eli Manning, Russell Wilson, Tom Brady

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Goldin Auctions has a new director of marketing and business development -- and he comes from the trading card portion of the industry.

Jim Stefano will take on the role, according to Goldin Auctions founder Ken Goldin.

Stefano had spend the last four years as the senior director of product development at Panini America in Dallas, Texas. He previously worked seven years at Fleer/Skybox as its VP of product development and before that with Score Board and TRISTAR Productions.

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With Giancarlo Stanton's six homers in his last six games, he's helped everybody re-focus on players who aren't those two rookies with all those home runs and he only needs two homers in his next two names to tie a major-league record.

The Miami Marlins slugger has an MLB-leading 44 homers on the year -- a pace that's actually right with Roger Maris' pace in 1961 -- and that's a career-high as well as a Marlins franchise record with plenty of games still left to play. (Yet, ironically, Stanton reportedly just cleared waivers -- so some of those games left could come in a different uniform.)

But that's not the only enigma that is Stanton, and it's something that you can see on his earliest cards like this one from 2008 Donruss Elite Extra Edition when you compare them to today. What is it?

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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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What: 2017 Panini Contenders football cards
Arrives: Early December
Box basics: One autograph or memorabilia card per five-pack blaster box (20 boxes per case)

What's buzz-worthy: We've got early word on what you should expect to find in blaster boxes and other formats at retail for this one.

Keep reading for more info as well as some early images.

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What: 2017 Panini National Treasures Collegiate football cards
Arrives: Sept. 13
Box basics: Six autographs or memorabilia cards per seven-card box (four boxes per case)
Checklist: Click here to view

What's buzz-worthy: National Treasures returns to the college gridiron for a third year with notable college stars from the past showcased with plenty of ink and memorabilia.

Keep reading for more and a full gallery of images.

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You'll have to wait until 2018 for his official Rookie Cards, but, don't worry, he's got plenty you can collect for now.

His name is Rafael Devers and he's also got six home runs in his first 62 at-bats for the Boston Red Sox and, most importantly, three of those have come in his last two games against the New York Yankees.

The 20-year-old third baseman is hitting .339 with 12 RBI, 11 runs and a stolen base in his first 16 games -- and he's got to be among the league leaders in pre-RC cardboard, too.

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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 future Hall of Famers, debating NBA legends, a collecting quest done after nine years, Superfractors & big pulls and a booklet in a blaster box.

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What: 2017 Panini Spectra football cards
Arrives: Sept. 13
Box basics: Four autographs and seven memorabilia cards per four-pack box (eight boxes per case)
Checklist: Click here to view

What's buzz-worthy: We'll have another season of the high-end Prizmatic rainbow with plenty of autographs and memorabilia in this brand.

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

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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 questions and a big Hall of Fame acquisition.

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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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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 Donruss Optic baseball cards (blaster box)
Where to buy: BlowoutCards.com

Packs per box: 6
Cards per pack: 5
Cards in this box: 30
Base set completion: 
13 of 100 (13 percent)
Duplicates: 0

Notables on base cards – Kris Bryant, Frank Thomas, Giancarlo Stanton, Yadier Molina

Rookie Cards (3) – Yoan Moncada, Braden Shipley, Alex Reyes

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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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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 Panini Select NASCAR cards (blaster box)
Where to buy: BlowoutCards.com (for hobby)

Packs per box: 3
Cards per pack: 5
Cards in this box: 15
Base set completion: 
11 of 100 (11 percent)
Duplicates: 0

Base cards – Chase Elliott, Joey Logano, Kasey Kahne, Kyle Larson, Brennan Poole, Ryan Sieg, Erik Jones, Ross Chastain

Rookie Cards (3) – Daniel Suarez, William Byron, Kaz Grala

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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 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 the first of a few "picks" to come in the next few days.

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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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What: 2017-18 Panini Select soccer cards
Arrives: Early December
Box basics: 20 cards per hanger box (20 boxes per case)

What's buzz-worthy: Select comes to the retail aisle for the first time in a bit of a premium hanger box format.

Keep reading for more info.

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What: 2017 Panini Chronicles baseball cards
Arrives: Mid/late November
Box basics: One Absolute Rookies Blue card per blaster with autographs or memorabilia cards found one in every fourth box (20 boxes per case)

What's buzz-worthy: We've got early word on a new line coming to the retail aisle just in time for Thanksgiving sales and it will pack some big, big names in today's hobby -- Aaron Judge, Cody Bellinger and Mickey Mantle for starters -- on a number of designs/brands in the Panini baseball portfolio that help update the season's offerings all in one place.

Keep reading for more info and a visual teaser of two cards to come.

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