What: 2025 TRISTAR Hidden Treasures Autographed Full-size Helmets Season Edition
Arrives: Nov. 7
Box basics: One autographed full-size replica helmet per box (three boxes per case)
Order: Click here

What's buzz-worthy: This staple within TRISTAR's Hidden Treasures lineup of autographed memorabilia releases arrives for another time this year with a new batch of full-size helmets that are inked by some of the game's greatest players today as well as top newcomers and past greats.

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What: 2024 Topps Signature Class football cards
Arrives: May 16, 2025
Box basics: Five autographs per 12-pack hobby box (six boxes per case)
Checklist: Click here
Odds: TBD
Order: Click here

What's buzz-worthy: A new brand from Topps offers up Chrome and acetate action with five autos in a hobby box but different approaches in other formats that all showcase rookies and then past greats together.

Keep reading for more and a full gallery of images.

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What: 2024 Donruss Optic football cards
Arrives: April 2, 2025
Box basics: One autograph per 20-pack hobby box (12 boxes per case)
Order: Click here (live soon)

What's buzz-worthy: Optic drops for a new year as a flashier take on Donruss football cards with 20 Rated Rookies cards per box for starters and even more to chase.

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What: 2024 TRISTAR Hidden Treasures Autographed Full-size Helmets Season Edition
Arrives: Nov. 29
Box basics: One autographed full-size replica helmet per box (three boxes per case)
Order: Click here

What's buzz-worthy: This staple within TRISTAR's Hidden Treasures lineup of autographed memorabilia releases arrives for a second time this season with a new batch of full-size signed helmets that are inked by some of the game's greatest players today as well as top newcomers and past greats.

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What: 2024 Score football cards
Arrives: July 10
Box basics: Four autographs per 10-pack box (12 boxes per case)
Order: Click here

What's buzz-worthy: Score once again kicks off Panini's 2024 NFL lineup soon with new rookies, plenty of stars, all those familiar inserts and more in a meaty big box of everything for football collectors.

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

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What: 2023 Historic Autographs Ink'd Threads Signed Jerseys
Arrives: April 5
Box basics: One autographed custom jersey per box (14 per case)
Order: Click here

What's buzz-worthy: Historic Autographs turns its attention to memorabilia with this multi-sport release that will include autographs from around the sports world -- and Hall of Famers in every other box.

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Buzz buys and busts a lot of boxes right here for Buzz Breaks, but one of my goals is to rip a little less and talk more about cardboard that I -- and you -- might like. One way to do that? Simple show and tell -- present a few pick-ups and say why they captured my attention.

So, with all that said, here are a few Buzz Buys.

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A FIRST FOR ME ...
The Card: Bo Bichette 2020 Topps Archives Snapshots Autographs
The Price: More than I like to admit ... but less than a lot of his autos out there
Why it’s Buzz-worthy: This guy has almost become my default go-to player recently for MLB, but since he's popular, on a rising team and been on cardboard for some time I haven't really gotten in stuff on on the lower side of things. That's OK -- I don't need a third "personal collection" guy in my cardboard lifetime to do the chase-heavy approach. I'll just dabble. What is this? It's my first autograph for Bo Bichette in a small-but-growing stash that has plenty of typical raw pulls but also plenty of slabs (including a fun one of his brother) to go along with a game-used ball (a past post here) and then even a signed game-model bat for his dad somewhere in my stash. It'll be a while before I add a Bo Bichette game-used bat based on the price, but I could see it happening sometime down the line. (I dabble in a lot of directions.)
Grab a box right here: 2020 Topps Archives Snapshots

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From time to time, Buzz will break a box of something and break down 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 packs: 2005 Topps football cards (two rack packs)
Where to buy: Will vary BlowoutCards.com for newer NFL

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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 wax boxes and wax packs in a dozen hours. We'll post one every hour all day long ... this is Hour 7.

The box: 2009 Upper Deck Philadelphia football cards (hobby box)
The cost: Click here

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

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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 wax boxes and wax packs in a dozen hours. We'll post one every hour all day long ... this is Hour 5.

The box: 2006 Upper Deck Legends football cards
The cost: Click here

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

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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: 2001 Fleer Tradition NFL blaster
The cost now: $12
The cost then: $13.99

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

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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 1.

The box: 1997 Pro Line football (hobby)
The cost: $19 (originally $2.79 per pack; $78.12 per box)

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

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We're a day away from the Pro Football Hall of Fame revealing its 2016 class of inductees, and there's been plenty said about a group that includes Brett Favre, Ken Stabler, Terrell Davis, Terrell Owens and other finalists as the hours click down to Saturday night.

And that's when there will be even more said.

But Buzz was wondering about college ties for the big names this year and noticed something else -- many of the candidates come from big schools with a number of Hall of Famers already enshrined. That got Buzz thinking about which schools have the most players in Canton -- and whether this year's class might shake things up in the record book.

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The Pro Football Hall of Fame is an odd one in terms of who gets in and who doesn't -- many memorable names from the past have yet to make the cut and many who do you might not know because of the positions they played and their relative lack of cardboard.

Part of that's on the hobby, but part of that is on the voters.

Buzz briskly scoured the record books to select five players who you probably have in your collections who aren't in Canton. Check 'em out ...

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