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: "The Hobby Genie grants you three wishes" ... and more hot topics from the boards.

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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 9.

The box: 2016 Panini Prestige football cards (blaster)
The cost: $14.99 (get hobby here)

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

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

Packs per box: 11
Cards per pack: 8
Cards in this box: 88
Base set completion: 
66 of 200 (33 percent)
Duplicates: 0

Notables on base cards – Odell Beckham Jr., Drew Brees, Larry Fitzgerald, Calvin Johnson, Aaron Rodgers, Tony Romo, Adrian Peterson, Todd Gurley, Cam Newton, Marcus Mariota, Matthew Stafford, Richard Sherman

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What: 2017 Leaf Autographed Football Helmets
Arrives: August
Box basics: One autographed full-sized replica helmet per box (four boxes per case)

What's buzz-worthy: Leaf offers another edition of this one with every box yielding either a Hall of Famer, past legend, current NFL star or rookie.

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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: A few collecting questions and some MLB & NFL breaks worth a look

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What: 2017 Historic Autographs Ink'd Threads
Arrives: May 3
Box basics: One autographed jersey per box (12 boxes per case)

What's buzz-worthy: Hall of Famers from baseball, football and basketball will join some notable stars from today and some surprise non-sports inclusions in a product that includes nothing but signed jerseys.

Keep reading for more information.

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If you want to try a little something from everywhere in the sports world with serious high-end potential but not break the bank, then a new product line from Blowout Cards might be for you.

It's 2017 Blowout Cards Fire & Ice -- and it's delivered very well for some collectors digging in on Thursday via BlowoutTV. The four cards above? They were all found in the first eight boxes of his high-end buyback box.

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Do you like Buzz Breaks? We recently launched 12 in 12 -- a series of a dozen breaks of past wax boxes and wax packs in a dozen hours. This is a faster break in that style -- but not the launching of a new 12 in 12. (We'll perhaps have one of those next month. Click the logo below to see the previous posts in the series.)

The pack: 2016 Panini Classics football (blaster box)
The cost: $19.99

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What: 2017 Leaf Autographed Football Jersey Edition
Arrives: July
Box basics: One autographed custom jersey per box (eight boxes per case)

What's buzz-worthy: Leaf once again brings the fabric of the game to the blind-wrapped football memorabilia market with "the widest selection of NFL stars, hot rookies, NFL Hall of Famers, legends and more."

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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 8.

The pack: 1998 Bowman football wax pack (hobby)
The cost now: $6
The cost then: $2.50

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What: 2017 Leaf Autographed Football Mini Helmets
Arrives: June
Box basics: One autographed mini-helmet per box (eight boxes per case)

What's buzz-worthy: Leaf brings a new batch of autographed mini-helmets to the masses here with some surprises in the mix, too. One of them? Polk High School's Al Bundy aka Ed O'Neil.

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The high-dollar auctions aren't just for high-grade Mickey Mantle cards.

While "The Mick" has dominated the auction block in recent years -- and did so again last weekend via Heritage Auctions -- there were two six-figure NFL sales of note in that Heritage sale, too.

And they weren't alone as a number of graded football cards topped the $10,000 mark.

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We're a week away from a rematch between the Alabama Crimson Tide and the Clemson Tigers in the College Football Playoff -- and we're less than a week away from the newest college football cards from Panini America.

No, you haven't missed any First Buzz previews -- we're talking about promo cards for those attending the big game.

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It's still more than a month away but Panini America's latest edition of Black Gold will pack some high-energy punch when it comes to its autographs.

And we have the gallery here to prove it.

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He was honored in Indy this weekend and his card sold for a big price. This 1998 Peyton Manning autographed card closed at $52,580: pic.twitter.com/pE4GUKU7A6

— Joe Orlando (@JoeOrlandoPSA) November 21, 2016

Sometimes a big sale speaks for itself, but a PSA 10 copy of one of Peyton Manning's top autographed Rookie Cards might say even more.

That's not a typo -- $52,580 for a card that's less than 20 years old. (Not bad.)

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What: 2016 Panini Plates & Patches football cards
Arrives: Feb. 8
Box basics: One on-card autograph or rookie patch auto, one patch card and one printing plate per five-card box (12 boxes per case).

What's buzz-worthy: Plates & Patches returns after a five-year break with a 1/1 card in every box while also carrying a lower-end suggested retail price for a brand that has every card limited to no more than 99 copies.

Keep reading for more info and a full gallery.

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Peyton Manning SB50 Football - 2016 Panini Eternal Memorabilia Card #PE-PM1 - 1/1 – September 7 $2,499.99

First there was Panini Instant. Now there's Panini Eternal.

Panini America has a new take on real-time cardboard and the program was officially unveiled today with the announcement that a Peyton Manning Super Bowl 50 card coming on the heels of the teams' rematch tomorrow night.

“Just as trading cards themselves continue to evolve, so, too, do the ways in which they’re brought to market. Panini Eternal is on the cutting edge in both regards,” said Mark Warsop, Panini America CEO. “Panini Eternal is about capturing history — game-specific memorabilia from the milestone moments in sports – and sharing it directly with fans and collectors. There’s nothing else quite like it in the NFL collectibles arena and we’re excited to begin this landmark journey with a tribute to Peyton Manning, the Denver Broncos and Super Bowl 50.”

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First there was Panini Instant. Now there's Panini Eternal.

Panini America is teasing another take on real-time cardboard via its website with a section for these cards alongside Instant.

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It's not been pretty on the quarterback front for the Denver Broncos in 2016 with the exit of a legend, Peyton Manning, the exit of his long-term understudy, Brock Osweiler, and the preseason messes of Mark Sanchez.

But there is a highlight with the arrival of Trevor Siemian in the starting spot in Denver.

No, really.

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What: 2016 Panini Prizm football cards (jumbo box)
Arrives: Oct. 26
Box basics: Three autographs and 10 serial-numbered Prizm cards per 12-pack box (12 boxes per case)

What's buzz-worthy: Prizm is back for a new season with a familiar look and all the new names while including Tribute sets to a pair of retired legends, Peyton Manning and Charles Woodson and "more Prizm content than ever before."

Keep reading for more and a full gallery of images.

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What: 2016 Leaf Autographed Football Helmets
Arrives: October
Box basics: One autographed full-sized helmet per box (three boxes per case)

What's buzz-worthy: Leaf offers "the return of one of the most popular and innovative packaged memorabilia items of all time" with every box yielding either a Hall of Famer, current NFL star or rookie, past stars and even "a few more surprises."

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: 2016 Panini football cards
Where to buy: BlowoutCards.com (for blasters) 

Packs per box: 24
Cards per pack: 10
Cards in this box: 240
Base set completion: 
144 of 200 (72 percent)
Duplicates: 0

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When 2016 Donruss football cards arrive on Wednesday from Panini America, its packs will include a return of Fans of the Game -- a set that has brought plenty of star power to football cards as well as other sports.

This year's batch includes celebs as well as a pair of Peyton Manning tribute sets -- and each of them can be found with autographs, too.

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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 Panini Clear Vision football cards (hobby box)
Where to buy: BlowoutCards.com

Packs per box: 6
Cards per pack: 3
Cards in this box: 18
Base set completion: 
12 of 100 (12 percent)
Duplicates: 0

Players found on base cards – Carson Palmer, Joe Flacco, Luke Kuechly, Joe Haden, Peyton Manning, J.J. Watt, Adrian Peterson, Mark Ingram, Jerry Rice, Kurt Warner, Terry Bradshaw, Joe Montana

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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 Panini Certified football cards (hobby box)
Where to buy: BlowoutCards.com

Packs per box: 10
Cards per pack: 5
Cards in this box: 50
Base set completion: 
26 of 100 (26 percent)
Duplicates: 0

Notable players found on base cards – Jameis Winston, Drew Brees, Peyton Manning, Amari Cooper, Odell Beckham Jr., Eli Manning, Calvin Johnson, Matthew Stafford

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