What: 2016 Topps Doctor Who Extraterrestrial Encounters trading cards
Arrives: Nov. 9
Box basics: Two autographs or Relics per every 24-pack hobby box (12 boxes per case)

What's buzz-worthy: The latest wave of trading cards for the multi-generational, multi-series sci-fi staple from Topps includes booklet cards, more than a dozen new signers including late-night TV host James Corden.

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What's Buzzing Today: Flawless baseball, Flawless soccer, The National, one kid's strong first wax box, Nolan Patrick exclusivity & 10 packs, 10 Joe Namath autos.

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This year's MLB All-Star Game FanFest is just a couple weeks away and Topps will be there with exclusive cardboard for collectors at the event.

Both today's stars and at least one San Diego icon will be among those featured on a series of cards available at the event beginning on July 8.

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When 2016 Topps Update arrives in October, it will include the finale for the hobby's flagship design with the newest names in the game and some highlights still to come.

While the First Look preview came back in May (click here for that), Topps disclosed today that there will be three retail-only inserts to come in Update.

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Topps is following up on its first high-end WWE set with a sequel less than a year later and we're just two weeks away from the arrival of 2016 Topps WWE Undisputed, which is now set for a July 6 release.

That means the final checklist is here.

There won't be as many autographs in every box this time around, but there will be plenty of autographs that should be in demand with a crop of new signers and young stars filling those high-end packs.

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What's Buzzing Today: Big collections, big questions, big pulls, big goals and the biggest card show of them all.

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The box: 2016 Topps Series 2 baseball cards (hobby box)
Where to buy: BlowoutCards.com

Packs per box: 36
Cards per pack: 10
Cards in this box: 360
Base set completion: 
321 of 350 (92 percent)
Duplicates: 0

Notable players on base cards – Stephen Strasburg, Prince Fielder, Yoenis Cespedes, Albert Pujols, David Price, David Ortiz, Francisco Lindor, Madison Bumgarner, Ichiro Suzuki, Steven Matz, Alex Rodriguez, Addison Russell, Yu Darvish, Byron Buxton.

Rookie Cards (44) – Notables include Adam Duvall, Kenta Maeda, Max Kepler, Raul Mondesi.

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The box: 2016 Topps Tier One baseball cards
Where to buy: BlowoutCards.com (for hobby)

Packs per box: 1
Cards per pack: 3
Cards in this box: 3
Base (Relic) set completion: 
1 of 76 (1.3 percent)
Duplicates: 0

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June 22 Update: The card sold 2,763 copies.

The No. 1 overall pick in this year's MLB Draft signed his first professional contract with the Philadelphia Phillies on Monday.

Today he has his first baseball card.

Mickey Moniak is among five players who have Topps Now baseball cards available now -- but only for 24 hours -- via Topps.com.

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What: 2016 Topps UFC Museum Collection MMA cards
Arrives: Nov. 30
Box basics: One auto, one auto Relic and one Relic per 8-card box (12 boxes per case)

What's buzz-worthy: After several years as inserts, Topps brings its Museum Collection brand to UFC collectors with a new format for the brand with three hits in every single-pack box.

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So, what's the best card of one of Major League Baseball's top two players worth?

You could find out soon as Mike Trout's Superfractor from 2009 Bowman Chrome Draft is on the auction block. The asking price? A mere $500,000 Buy it Now -- or best offer.

(No, seriously, go look.)

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What: 2016 Bowman Draft baseball cards
Arrives: Dec. 7
Box basics: Three autographs per 12-pack box (eight boxes per case). For Super-jumbos, there will be five packs of 120 cards in each box with a total of five autos (six boxes per case).

What's buzz-worthy: One of the hobby's heavyweights returns is back for another year with nearly 400 cards per box and "better autograph value, revamped MLB Draft content and additional autograph Refractors."

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With the first pitch he saw as a big-leaguer, Willson Contreras delivered and that might spark more future deliveries for collectors as he's not got that much cardboard just yet unlike all of those other young Chicago Cubs stars.

His first pitch resulted in a pinch-hit two-run homer -- and that's resulted in his first MLB Rookie Card, a Topps Now card available right now and only for the next 20-plus hours.

But it's not his only card -- or his only card to come.

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The box: 2016 Topps Series 2 baseball cards (blaster box)
 Where to buy: BlowoutCards.com (for hobby)

Packs per box: 10 (plus one medallion pack)
Cards per pack: 10
Cards in this box: 101
Base set completion: 
79 of 350 (23 percent)
Duplicates: 0

Notable players on base cards – Stephen Strasburg, Prince Fielder, Yoenis Cespedes, Albert Pujols, David Price.

Rookie Cards (10) – Kenta Maeda, Pedro Severino, Guido Knudson, Miguel Almonte, Scott Alexander, Luke Maile, Keith Hessler, Jorge Lopez, Ariel Pena, Ramon Cabrera.

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What's Buzzing Today: Nothing but breaks ... and The National.

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If you don't know the name Steve Gleason, you're probably not alone -- but plenty more people will know his story soon.

He played seven seasons in the NFL -- all as a New Orleans Saint. He started just one of those contests and has a career stat sheet that includes two fumble recoveries and 59 total tackles.

His cardboard resume is even smaller with just 11 cards -- 10 from the 2006 Topps Total set and one from a team-released set.

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Colby Lewis flirted with throwing a no-hitter and the 24th perfect game in MLB history on Thursday in Oakland, but settled for a complete-game two-hit victory as his Texas Rangers beat the Athletics 5-1.

He struck out four in the game. The last gem was Kenny Rogers' perfect game back in 1994.

For collectors, and particularly Texas Rangers fans, an uptick in his play could be an interesting development as the 36-year-old right-hander has got very little cardboard.

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Being on a baseball card might be the most exciting thing that has ever happened to me @ToppsCards @Mets pic.twitter.com/JQGJ136l2s

— Jimmy Kimmel (@jimmykimmel) June 16, 2016

A few of the celebs found on Topps' First Pitch cards have started to react to their cards via Twitter. Late-night host Jimmy Kimmel wasn't the only one, but here you go.

You might expect it to make the air tonight, which probably would entice a few of his non-collecting regular fans to go find one. If you haven't seen them all, click here for a full gallery and checklist.

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Ten collectors who recently purchased card No. 100 in Topps' real-time card program, Topps Now, were surprised to find a certified autograph version of the Brandon Crawford card that they ordered instead of a regular one.

It wasn't an accident.

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What's Buzzing Today: Scenes inside fan caves, Topps NBA chips, big breaks, big blasters & the National Sports Collectors Convention.

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You may need to hit a bookstore for your next Star Wars trading card fix thanks to a new promotion from Topps.

The company revealed this week that it will be teaming up with Star Wars Insider magazine for the rest of the year.

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What's Buzzing Today: Bad cardboard, Doom autographs, 2016 Topps Series 2, The National & more ...

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What's Buzzing Today: Big breaks, The National and Preacher.

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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 five threads about collecting and more that you should check out right now.

What's Buzzing Today: Tier One rips, show off your Superfractors, 2016 Topps Series 2, worst announcers and The National.

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The second series of the hobby's flagship baseball card set officially arrives on Wednesday, but that hasn't stopped retail hunters from tracking down some 2016 Topps Series 2 packs and tearing in.

First Pitch celebs are back and tribute sets for Ichiro Suzuki and Ken Griffey Jr. are included, but that's just the start for the product that includes one autograph or Relic per hobby box with one guaranteed in every jumbo. 

There will, of course, there will be short-printed variations and a selection of much-rarer photo variations. Among those? Yoenis Cespedes and one of his alternative modes of transportation back during spring training.

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