What's Buzzing: All eyes on the NFL today, new pulls, wrestling chatter, That Skenes Card and 2025 Topps in this Sunday edition.

1 -- Postseason NFL talk is here

2 -- New NFL pulls pile up

3 -- New MLB rips

4 -- Wrestling chatter on a busy weekend ... inside a NT WWE case

5  -- That Skenes Card still has 'em talking ...

6 -- 2025 Topps is coming ... read more here

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What's Buzzing: NFL chatter, 2025 Topps, That Skenes Card, NFL pulls and plenty more in this Saturday edition.

1 -- Pulls from some Leaf cases

2 -- The NFL adds its oldest head coach

3 -- New NFL pulls are here

4 --- Postseason NFL chatter continues

5  -- It still has 'em talking ...

6 -- 2025 Topps is coming ... read more here

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What's Buzzing: New pulls, 2025 Topps, That Skenes Card, Olympic autos and postseason NFL chatter.

1 -- Going for the gold

2 -- The latest postseason NFL talk

3 -- It still has 'em talking ... 

4 -- From a new MLB case

5  -- New basketball pulls

6 -- 2025 Topps is coming ... plus read more here

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What's Buzzing: New Hall of Famers, NFL chatter, new pulls, a grading question, a big pull and 2025 Topps remains on collectors' minds.

1 -- Talking new Hall of Famers

2 -- The latest NFL chatter

3 -- Check out these new pulls

4 -- What would you do?

5  -- Whee!

6 -- 2025 Topps interest remains strong ... and read more here

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A good rookie, a good at-bat, a good ball ... that was one pitch away from history.

This month's entry in the Collecting Game-used series is another that came to me via a blind grab bag where all I knew was the date of the game ... and yet this was another win. The player? Jackson Merrill, the runner-up in the National League Rookie Of The Year behind winner Paul Skenes, and a name I didn't expect to land for a price lower than many a retail mega box of cards.

And, to top it all off, this wasn't some meaningless ball in the dirt or a ball just watched -- well, it kind of was -- it was something more for a low price and that's perfect. It's kind of how I roll most of the time with these items.

Keep reading to see the details this time ... and the ball in action.

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What: 2024 Panini Prospect Edition baseball cards
Arrives: Feb. 28, 2025
Box basics: Six autographed cards per six-pack box (20 boxes per case)
Order: Click here

What's buzz-worthy: A new line in the Panini America lineup echoes other releases with inclusions that should be familiar to veteran collectors as this one takes a look at baseball's newcomers.

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What makes Buzz's Fantastic Four each time? Simple, they're cards or collectable items for names in the headlines -- or from new releases -- that came to mind for this veteran collector. Maybe they're good fits for your collection, too? Let's find out together ... 

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THE SAFE ADDITION ... 
The Card: Patrick Mahomes 2017 Donruss Rookie Card
The Price: A variety of eBay asking prices between base and parallels
Why It’s Buzzworthy: Today's modern card collectors have tons of choices -- it's not like the old days where a player had one, maybe two Rookie Cards in a year. But, if you had to choose which of Mahomes' RCs is the most iconic the simple one, Donruss, might get that nod from many collectors. Today's top QB appeared on roughly 2,000 different cards back in 2017 and that's thanks to plenty of inserts and parallel cards in plenty of releases. Of those, almost 40 qualify as a RC by the standard definition and Donruss -- or maybe its higher-end brother, Optic (at right) -- are arguably the iconic cards where many can afford to chase. If you don't have one, it can be as easy as grabbing a Donruss factory set that guarantees you can land Mahomes -- and everybody else.
The BlowoutCards.com Chase: 2017 Donruss NFL
The BlowoutForums.com Chatter: Mahomes threads

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What: 2024 Leaf Vivid baseball cards
Arrives: March 2025
Box basics: Five autos per seven-card box (10 per case)
Order: Click here (live soon)

What's buzz-worthy: The third edition of this colorful Leaf line includes some new creations such as a classic combo from the reel world seen above as well as plenty of the stars of the past and present on the field.

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What: 2024 Panini Three & Two baseball cards
Arrives: Feb. 12, 2025
Box basics: One autographed card and one slabbed memorabilia card per five-card box (10 boxes per case) + same for FOTL with exclusive parallels there
Order: Click here (live soon)

What's buzz-worthy: The third release for this brand delivers young stars and all-time greats all in one premium spot.

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

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The box: 2024 Topps Holiday baseball cards (tin)
Checklist: Click here
Odds: Click here
Where to buy: Click here

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The boxes: 2024 Topps Holiday baseball cards (tin)
Checklist: Click here
Odds: Click here
Where to buy: Click here

Why two? Keep reading for a full breakdown and gallery for what was in this pairing.

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What: 2025 Leaf Seasons In The Sun baseball cards
Arrives: April 30
Box basics: Two autos and two memorabilia cards (typically) per box (10 boxes per case)
Order: Click here

What's buzz-worthy: A new baseball season will get a new line from Leaf with stars from the past and present all in play and with some of the biggest surprises possible within its "premium" hits-only boxes.

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And the award goes to ... those who open this one to find the cardboard treasures inside.

Baseball America's Best of 2024 Awards issue is here and just like its Draft Preview it's jam-packed with everything one needs to know -- and it once again includes bonus collectibles.

Beyond the annual awards, this double issue also features player profiles and scouting reports for 150 top prospects in the American League -- but the bonus insert should add to its demand. The inserts are similar to Sports Illustrated for Kids trading cards, which are heavily collected and, in the case of iconic stars and newcomers, often quite valuable.

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What's Buzzing: A crazy Sapphire box, talking past box prices, new pulls, case hits, Cody Bellinger and, of course, NFL chatter.

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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.

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What: 2024 Topps x Chris Berman -- Boomer's Baseball cards
Arrives: Dec. 12
Box basics: Autographs found in every other 60-card (six-pack) box on average.
Checklist: TBD
Order: Click here (when live)

What's buzz-worthy: The iconic ESPN broadcaster and sports nickname guru gets his own take on baseball cards coming this week from Topps.

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Soon, it will be time.

Packs of 2023-24 Topps Mercury Victor Wembanyama will be in collectors' hands along with C.J. Stroud Topps Now autos, pricey new Marvel and Disney Chrome boxes and even fresh shots at key Rookie Cards for Patrick Mahomes, Shohei Ohtani and Luka Doncic. Oh, and there can be prospect gems for Paul Skenes, Jackson Holliday and others on collectors' minds these days, too.

How? They're all part of the 2024 Blowout Cards Holiday Edition MegaMix (click here) which began shipping early -- this week instead of Dec. 18. It's a mixed-box case where, at worst, you'll land a mix of 20 blaster boxes but every third case ups the ante with some bigger stuff and a little less of the smalls.

Among the biggest finds? There's a wide array of bonuses from a $5,000 Blowout Site Credit or a $1,000 Blowout Site Credit as well as cases of Select NFL, National Treasures, Exquisite Collection and Topps Chrome, which is also the home to other pricey cards of the NBA's reigning Rookie Of The Year. (Cases and credits will be issued as a redemption scratch-off page as was done in past years and will ship free of charge once redeemed ... and you'll still get a number of blaster boxes, too.) If you don't land one of those, there's always a chance you might land hobby boxes of landmark Prizm years (you know, the years with That Mahomes Guy and Doncic) or power-packed Bowman Draft boxes among others. There's even some Dynasty Formula 1 to be found as well as plenty of Chrome.

That's just part of the lineup for this one you see above ... get your 2024 Blowout MegaMix box now. 

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The box: 2024 Topps Holiday baseball cards (tin)
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What: 2024 Bowman's Best baseball cards
Arrives: Dec. 27
Box basics: Four autographs per 12-pack box (eight boxes per case)
Checklist: Click here
Odds: Click here
Order: Click here

What's buzz-worthy: Bowman's Best arrives for another year with its familiar format and plenty of colorful cardboard for fans of rookies and prospects.

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It's BBWAA Awards Week for Major League Baseball and one of the most-notable winners made his way into my game-used collection this year ... well, sort of.

This month's ball in the Collecting Game-used series is another that came to me via a blind grab bag where all I knew was the date of the game ... but this time that wasn't to my advantage as, well, the baseballs pitched by the now-reigning National League Rookie Of The Year, Paul Skenes, command a 15x premium price over the rest of baseballs from this day and this game. Despite that, I rolled the dice, hoping for a possible inventory error or something interesting from what was still a Skenes start ... and I got just that.

Keep reading to see the details this time ... and the ball in action.

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What: 2024 Topps Definitive Collection baseball cards
Arrives: Jan. 10, 2025
Box basics: Six autos and two Relics per eight-card box (two boxes per case)
Checklist: Click here
Odds: Click here
Order: Click here

What's buzz-worthy: Definitive returns for an eighth edition for MLB fans with plenty of the high-end inclusions that collectors expect.

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What: 2024 Leaf Futures Multi-sport trading cards
Arrives: Dec. 27
Box basics: Six autographs per six-pack hobby box (12 per hobby case); One autograph per blaster box (20 per case)
Order: Click here

What's buzz-worthy: Leaf takes an all-encompassing look at the future of the sports world with stars from all directions all in one spot with ink and more in every single hobby pack.

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The box: 2024 Topps Update baseball cards (blaster)
First Buzz preview & checklist/odds: Click here
Where to buy: BlowoutCards.com (hobby & jumbo)

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What's Buzzing: Paul Skenes is the National League Rookie Of The Year, NFL Week 12, NFL QBs, new pulls and more.

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What's Buzzing: Taysom Hill and NFL Week 11 reactions, Paul Skenes cards, new pulls and more as we start a new week.

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