What's Buzzing: 2025 Topps arrives, Luka Doncic, bad slabs, NFL chatter, new pulls and more.

1 -- All the chatter as 2025 Topps arrives

2 -- Checking in on the Luka Doncic thread

3 -- One to see

4 -- Postseason NFL chatter continues 

5  -- Some non-sports breaks to see

6 -- Ripping into some Topps Heritage

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What: 2024 Topps Finest football cards
Arrives: March 7, 2025
Box basics: Two autos per six-pack box (eight per case) or three autos per one-pack breaker box (eight per case)
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What's buzz-worthy: Finest hits the football field once again with plenty of color and flash for selected newcomers and plenty of retired stars all in one spot.

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What's Buzzing: Jalen Hurts is your Super Bowl MVP, talking Patrick Mahomes cards, Aaron Rodgers, 2025 Topps and more in this Monday edition.

1 -- Super Bowl LIX reactions

2 -- Checking in on the Jalen Hurts thread

3 -- Talking Patrick Mahomes cards

4 -- Adios, Aaron Rodgers ...

5  -- Plenty of baseball chatter is here

6 -- 2025 Topps arrives soon

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What's Buzzing: Super Bowl LIX is here, new pulls, Jayden Daniels, Shedeur Sanders and more as we await the big game.

1 -- Eagles vs. Chiefs in Super Bowl LIX

2 -- A lot of NFL ripping

3 -- Football is on their minds

4 -- Jayden Daniels ROY reactions

5  -- Talking Shedeur Sanders

6 -- 2025 Topps arrives soon

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What's Buzzing: Super Bowl LIX, NFL chatter, talking Topps Black and more in this Saturday edition.

1 -- Football is on their minds

2 -- Eagles vs. Chiefs in Super Bowl LIX

3 -- Talking Topps Black

4 -- All your MLB chatter is here

5  -- A lot of NFL ripping to come

6 -- 2025 Topps arrives next week

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What: 2025 Topps Finest X-Men '97 trading cards
Arrives: Feb. 26
Box basics: One Refractor per 12-pack box (eight boxes per case)
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What's buzz-worthy: The Finest brand meets the popular X-Men cartoon series with a tiered set approach and a lot to chase.

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What's Buzzing: New Pro Football Hall of Famers, Super Bowl LIX chatter, Josh Allen is your MVP and more in this Friday edition.

1 -- Your new Pro Football Hall of Famers

2 -- Eagles vs. Chiefs in Super Bowl LIX

3 -- Josh Allen is your NFL MVP

4 -- Even more NFL chatter

5  -- A lot of NFL ripping to come

6 -- 2025 Topps arrives next week

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What's Buzzing: Pete Alonso stays, signed books, Super Bowl chatter and picks ... plus 2025 Topps is on the way.

1 -- Pete Alonso returns to the Mets

2 -- Eagles vs. Chiefs in Super Bowl LIX

3 -- Who do you want to win it?

4 -- Even more NFL chatter

5  -- Checking in on the signed books thread

6 -- 2025 Topps arrives next week

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What: 2024 Topps Star Wars Hyperspace trading cards
Arrives: Feb. 19, 2025
Box basics: Two autographs per 12-box case -- four serial-numbered parallels per box
Checklist: TBD
Odds: TBD
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What's buzz-worthy: Topps takes a planetary approach to Star Wars with "a first-of-its-kind product celebrating the many different planets in the Star Wars Universe." This time? Naboo, Kashyyyk, Hoth, Bespin and Mustafar.

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What's Buzzing: New pulls, Chrome WWE, Luka Doncic reactions, Super Bowl LIX and, of course, 2025 Topps.

1 -- Chrome WWE breaks are popping

2 -- New basketball pulls are here

3 -- Check out new MLB pulls here

4 -- Luka Doncic is a Los Angeles Laker now ... even more NBA chatter/reactions

5  -- Eagles vs. Chiefs in Super Bowl LIX

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

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What's Buzzing: Luka Doncic traded to the Lakers, WWE chatter, new pulls, Super Bowl LIX and more.

1 -- Luka Doncic is a Los Angeles Laker now ... even more NBA chatter/reactions

2 -- Checking in on the Wemby thread

3 -- New MLB pulls are here

4 -- All your 2025 Topps Chrome WWE chatter is here 

5  -- Eagles vs. Chiefs in Super Bowl LIX

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

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Like many collectors, Buzz is a fan of grading ... so here's this month's grading diary here on The Buzz.

GETTING EVEN BETTER?
The Card: Victor Wembanyama 2023-24 Panini Haunted Hoops -- Rookie Card
The Reason Graded: I'm basically casually ripping at best when it comes to NBA these days -- just can't collect it all at today's prices (and might not want to with that) -- but the holiday-flavored version of Hoops got me to bite a few times since it's got a good volume of stuff in a box and a pair of Wemby RCs on the checklist. Is this a big card in the big scheme of things? Nah, but the printing and cutting here was so clean I knew I needed to grade it. Why?
The Grade: CGC 10

Reality Check: Because this should be the result more often than not as long as the centering is there ... and the stats here show that to be the case roughly half the time. The phenom seems to be getting better with time and once the wax dries up for even stuff like this there could be interesting trends that buck the idea that stuff is overproduced these days -- it is ... but not when there's increased demand for a popular player. I need to scout singles more for this guy and cards I like ... I think there's more potential here over time than people might think based on soft prices for raw cards. (Even if boatloads of his cards are already graded.)

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The box: 2025 Topps Chrome WWE wrestling cards (hobby)
First Buzz preview & checklist/odds: Click here
Where to buy: BlowoutCards.com (all formats)

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What's Buzzing: Topps Chrome WWE arrives, Super Bowl chatter, 2025 Topps and more in this Friday edition.

1 -- All your 2025 Topps Chrome WWE chatter is here 

2 -- Chrome breaks will start popping soon

3 -- New MLB pulls are here

4 -- Basketball chatter and more 

5  -- Eagles vs. Chiefs in Super Bowl LIX

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

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What's Buzzing: Super Bowl thoughts, 2025 Topps chatter, new pulls and more in this mid-week edition.

1 -- 2025 Topps is coming ... read more here

2 -- Pondering Topps NBA cards

3 -- Eagles vs. Chiefs in Super Bowl LIX

4 -- New MLB pulls

5  -- Throwing it back to 2001

6 -- Still talking about That Skenes Card

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What's Buzzing: The Super Bowl, 2025 Topps, new pulls, a question of values and ... are pitchers now "Hobby Good?"

1 -- "So, are Pitchers Hobby Good now or what?"

2 -- 2025 Topps is coming ... read more here

3 -- Eagles vs. Chiefs in Super Bowl LIX

4 -- A question of values

5  -- Results from some Prizm ripping

6 -- New MLB pulls

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This year's first installment of Topps baseball cards is almost here in the form of 2025 Topps Series 1 and with some sleuthing, we've made our picks for 12 standard cards that are stand out from the pack this time.

Sure, there will be more to chase -- and likely even more interesting photos among the planned variations -- but here are some notables from the base cards we've seen so far in advance of its Feb. 12 arrival -- get yours at the link above.

BACK TO SCHOOL 
Taylor Ward -- OF, Los Angeles Angels
This is a pretty standard photo maximizing the looseness of a horizontal frame and yet it's still properly cropped and clean. Why would a simple image make the list? His Players' Weekend Victus No. 2 pencil bat, of course -- see it in action here.

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What's Buzzing: Eagles vs. Chiefs in Super Bowl LIX, Jalen Hurts, MVP cards, new pulls, 2025 Topps and more.

1 -- Eagles vs. Chiefs in Super Bowl LIX

2 -- New NFL rips are here

3 -- Talking a new MVP set ... 

4 -- Jalen Hurts ... overlooked?

5  -- New MLB pulls

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

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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: Jayden Daniels, Will Howard, 2025 Topps, non-sports, new pulls and a car rip for the win.

1 -- Car rip for the win

2 -- Non-sports discussions are here

3 -- Checking in on the Jayden Daniels chatter

4 -- A Will Howard question

5  -- The latest postseason NFL chatter

6 -- 2025 Topps interest remains strong ... 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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What's Buzzing: Ichiro Suzuki awaits his Cooperstown call, NFL chatter, new pulls, Shohei Ohtani, Wemby and 2025 Topps in this one.

1 -- Awaiting this year's Hall of Fame results

2 -- Fresh NFL perspectives

3 -- Check out these new pulls

4 -- Talking Shohei Ohtani cards

5  -- Checking in on the Wemby thread

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

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The box: 2024 Bowman Chrome University football cards (blaster)
Where to buy: BlowoutCards.com
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