What: 2016 Topps Series 2 baseball cards
Arrives: June 15, 2016
Box basics: One autograph or Relic in every 36-pack hobby box (10 cards per pack, 12 boxes per case)

What's buzz-worthy: The second series of the 2016 Topps flagship includes all of the things found in Series 1 but also some new inclusions such as rip cards and tributes to Ichiro Suzuki as he nears the 3,000-hit club and Ken Griffey Jr. as he'll likely be in Cooperstown not long after this one arrives next summer.

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The fifth Blowout Black Friday Doorbuster Preview this year is one where the greats of the gridiron from the past and the present can be found.

A hobby box of 2007 Topps Triple Threads football cards will include one Triple Relic and one Autographed Triple Relic with a rookie class that includes Calvin Johnson and Adrian Peterson. This one will be one of the dramatically discounted Doorbuster deals on Black Friday (Nov. 27) at BlowoutCards.com.

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If you've done some cardboard hunting at the retail aisle, you may have passed right by the home of some of the hottest baseball cards available in stores like Target.

The card above? It's a 2015 Topps Chrome Update Black Refractor of reigning National League Rookie of the Year Kris Bryant and it was only found in a 2015 Topps Update Mega Box -- a retail box with five Update packs and two exclusive Chrome Update packs inside.

It's serial-numbered to 99 copies and sold for $100 on eBay. Because there are only two Chrome packs per box, these have been selling quite well because key guys aren't simple every-box pulls even for their base cards. (You can find boxes and cases at Blowout right here, though.)

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Who will be signing for 2015 Bowman Draft? That's a question that's been ongoing and  Topps has been trickling out names via the BowmanCards Twitter account.

The first two signers will be Dansby Swanson and Brendan Rodgers but they'll now be joined by a few others.

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The NFL's newest emerging name -- Seattle RB Thomas Rawls -- ran for 209 yards and a touchdown and added three catches for 46 yards and a score. But -- and this is a big but for collectors -- he doesn't have a single legitimate NFL card, so we're stuck with this guy. It turns out that "this guy," aka Tampa Bay Bucs QB Jameis Winston, had a record-setting day for his team with five touchdowns and 246 yards passing in a 45-17 win over the Eagles. Is he that good -- or are they that bad? Doesn't matter on cardboard as he'll continue to be one of the rookies collectors hope to find in this year's football boxes.

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With Black Friday nearly here, the number of new releases this week is low -- just five products are on tap for arrival this week.

The biggest release of the week for football is 2015 Panini Immaculate Collection, which will bring a new crop of high-end autographs and memorabilia cards to collectors. This one will include five autograph or memorabilia cards per box -- all from a selection that includes multi-player autos, massive patches, cleat laces and much more.

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The third Blowout Black Friday Doorbuster Preview this year is one that will make a case for buried treasure and cinematic greatness all in one pretty large package.

Autographs of Harrison Ford, George Lucas and Stephen Spielberg aren't the easiest pulls in the world, but they all can be found in Topps Indiana Jones Heritage. An eight-box case of this one will be one of the dramatically discounted Doorbuster deals on Black Friday (Nov. 27) at BlowoutCards.com.

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Amari Cooper has out-produced every other rookie receiver in the NFL this season with 50 catches for 732 yards and four touchdowns. While those aren't exactly Jerry Rice numbers, he's perhaps the hobby's focal point on a Raiders team (along with QB Derek Carr) that seems like it's improving. This week they've got the lowly Lions, so this seems like a good time to say things look golden for Cooper.

Keep reading for four more guys to watch on Sunday.

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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.

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An annual tradition since 1960 is the Topps MLB All-Star Rookie Team and, no surprise, this year's squad is paced by the reigning American League and National League Rookies of the Year.

Topps revealed the team of players on Friday who will have the Rookie Cup adorning their 2016 Topps baseball cards.

NL ROY Kris Bryant is one of three Cubs to make the team, while AL ROY Carlos Correa was the lone Astro.

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Not long ago, Bryce Harper was a hyped high-schooler on the cover of Sports Illustrated, then a dropout who got his GED early to hit junior college for a year before being taken No. 1 overall in the MLB Draft.

Now, four years into his MLB career, he's the unanimous National League MVP.

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What: 2015 Historic Autographs Casey's Juggernaut Originals
Arrives: Dec. 9
Box basics: One PSA-encapsulated vintage baseball card and cut autograph combo display per box.

What's buzz-worthy: The New York Yankees dominated MLB from 1948 to 1955 with five consecutive World Series victories within that seven-year span for manager Casey Stengel -- this product focuses on player and cards from that era. Oh, and there are five 1951 Bowman Mickey Mantle Rookie Cards inside this product, which is comprised of only PSA-authenticated autographs and cards inside a Historic Autographs display.

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Who will be signing for 2015 Bowman Draft? That's a question that's been on the minds of many collectors the last few months and Topps provided two answers on Thursday morning.

The first two signers will be Dansby Swanson and Brendan Rodgers.

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We're less than three months away from the arrival of the industry's longest-running and most-heavily collected baseball card brand of the year seemingly every year.

It's 2016 Topps.

And among the unusual inclusions in that one is the honeycombed creation you see above.

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Mike Trout is among MLB's active elite and his first standard Bowman Chrome autograph is topped by only one card in the Chrome world -- a much-rarer Albert Pujols 2001 auto limited to only 500 copies.

So, naturally, one question comes to mind seeing this Refractor parallel of Trout's debut card, which is on eBay right now. Just how much can this sell for?

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Buzz hasn't yet seen how a typical box breaks down or the odds, but the first wave of 2015 Topps WWE Undisputed cards on eBay say one thing -- it looks like an instant classic.

With an autograph in every pack, a massive checklist of signers, a ton of on-card autos from past and present greats, the first high-end release in WWE card history could be one that prompts many to collect 'em all.

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Add Ichiro Suzuki to the list of signers for 2015 Topps Dynasty.

Topps teased the inclusion of the Japanese icon and future Hall of Famer on Tuesday with the three 1/1 cards seen here highlighting each of the teams the 15-year MLB veteran has played for.

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They've been the reigning Rookie of the Year award-winners for less than 24 hours, but there are already six new collectibles noting their wins.

They are Kris Bryant and Carlos Correa -- and they are the National League and American League winners who already have Topps prints commemorating their new-found status.

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What: 2015 Topps Tribute Special Edition baseball cards
Arrives: Dec. 16
Hobby box basics: Each pack contains at least two autographs and two Relics and every box (case) includes 12 packs. 

What's buzz-worthy: Remember 2015 Topps Tribute -- the early season release that was recalled because of issues with autograph quality due to problems with printing? Well, it's back with a new configuration. Every autographed card has been "inspected, treated, re-signed and slabbed" and new autographs of Kris Bryant and Carlos Correa have been added to the lineup. Every case will include 24 autographs and 30 Relics.  On top of this, there will be Hot Boxes (cases) that have up to 36 memorabilia cards inside.

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The Fistograph -- a combination of a hand print and an autograph -- was first found in 2012 Topps UFC Knockout and handprint cards have been made for other sports, too.

They're just one of the inclusions in 2015 Topps WWE Undisputed, which is the first high-end card brand in WWE card history and arrives on Wednesday.

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It's inevitable that the shocking demand for Holly Holm's Topps UFC cards will come down a bit after her knockout of UFC women's powerhouse Ronda Rousey on Saturday night, but Holm's biggest card -- and one of her rarer ones, too -- is still available.

It can be yours for just $25.

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Holly Holm shocked the MMA world on Saturday night by knocking out Ronda Rousey to become the UFC women's bantamweight champion, dethroning the champ who has been a force in the Octagon and on Topps trading cards.

Holm? Well, she's just getting warmed up.

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After a few heavy weeks for new releases -- and with Black Friday still to come later this month -- this week's schedule for new products just feels lighter. But it still packs some punch.

For football collectors, 2015 Topps Chrome is set to arrive on Wednesday with one rookie autograph in every 24-pack hobby box. It comes on the heels of Topps Finest's colorful and delayed arrival and Panini Prizm's expanded rainbow hitting last week, but the allure of Superfractor autos has been among the strongest out there for football cards in recent years.

It's also not the only heavyweight coming.

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The Pittsburgh Steelers will likely be without quarterback Ben Roethlisberger on Sunday when they take on the Cleveland Browns and that team's likely QB is our pick for a prime player to watch on Sunday. He's "Johnny Football," Johnny Manziel, who completed 15 of 33 passes for 168 yards and a touchdown in a 31-10 loss on Nov. 5.

Could a decent game against an AFC rival be enough to spark interest -- or at least some optimistic hype -- in a guy who was an unquestioned top rookie on cardboard last year? And what about a good game? Buzz thinks that could re-ignite some serious interest.

Keep reading for four more guys to watch on Sunday.

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