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The box: 2025 Topps Series 2 baseball cards (hanger)
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Where to buy: BlowoutCards.com (a few formats)

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What's Buzzing: World Series resumes tonight, NFL injuries and reactions, Nick Mangold and more in this Monday edition.

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1 -- World Series chatter as we await Game 3 ... still talking Yamamoto

2 -- NFL Week 8 reactions

3 -- NFL collectors remember Nick Mangold ... and Doug Martin

4 -- Ripping new MLB boxes 

5 -- A PSA grading thought or two

6 -- Topps NBA continues to spark discussion

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What's Buzzing: Yoshinobu Yamamoto dazzles for Dodgers in Game 2, NFL Week 8, Topps NBA, V.J. Edgecombe and more.

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1 -- Yoshinobu Yamamoto throws a gem for Dodgers in Game 2

2 -- NFL Week 8 is here

3 -- Showing off Yamamoto cards

4 -- The NBA gambling scandal is still on their minds

5 -- Topps NBA keeps 'em talking

6 -- Watching V.J. Edgecombe cards

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What's Buzzing: Addison Barger makes some history in Jays' World Series opener, the NBA gambling scandal, Topps NBA and more in this Saturday edition.

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1 -- Addison Barger makes some history in Jays' Game 1 win

2 -- Check out collectors' new pulls here

3 -- Talking about the NBA season so far

4 -- The NBA gambling scandal

5 -- Topps NBA arrives

6 -- NFL Week 8

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What's Buzzing: The NBA's gambling scandal, the World Series, showing off Shohei Ohtani cards, Topps NBA, NFL Week 8, authentic vintage cards and could there be an MLB lockout in 2027?

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1 -- The World Series is here: Blue Jays vs. Dodgers

2 -- An NBA gambling problem?

3 -- "Should more vintage cards be graded just as Authentic?"

4 -- Showing off Shohei Ohtani cards ... Could there be an MLB lockout in 2027?

5 -- Topps NBA arrives

6 -- NFL Week 8

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It's a new era -- or at least the return of one -- as Topps' first NBA release under its new deal with the league license dropped this week with the arrival of 2025-26 Topps.

It's the first Topps release since its abbreviated 2009-10 campaign when Panini America took over the league license on an exclusive basis, ending a non-exclusive Topps run that had began in 1992-93. Before that, Topps NBA cardboard happened for a 1957-58 set and then continuously from the 1969-70 edition to the 1981-82 release before it bowed out. While there have been plenty of stops and starts for basketball and a number of players on the cardboard court, this run appears to be a long-term deal as Fanatics is amassing licenses with the major leagues when it comes to collecting -- MLB and the NBA now as well as the NFL beginning next year. So far, big rollouts have included NBA Debut patches worn by rookies in their first games as well as gold Logoman patches for award-winners to go from their unis and later into cardboard -- but both of those are too new to be an in-pack reality for this release.

The company's slogan for its turn with the ball is "it's our game now" -- as subtle as a Shaquille O'Neal rebounding elbow -- but the people are, so far, showing that it's their game and their cardboard world -- and Topps is living in it (while making their cardboard). The auction action is heavy after just one day with big asking prices, big pulls, some big sales and some big demand for some names from this release with a big print run that's helping make sure everybody gets a little piece of the action if they want some.

There have been release parties with VIP guest appearances, corporate SWAG and other prizes -- all one would and should expect for a new-license rollout -- and there's also been a little bit of cardboard controversy so far, too, that's really just more of a head's up scenario for collectors to know about more than anything truly salacious as people tear into packs looking for the first Lakers autographs of LeBron James (he had been an Upper Deck exclusive with no NBA-licensed ink since it bowed out with the Panini deal), the first Spurs autographs of Victor Wembanyama and, of course, the new No. 1 pick on the box, Dallas Mavericks rookie Cooper Flagg.

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What: 2025 Topps Dynasty Formula 1 racing cards
Arrives: Nov. 19
Box basics: One encased autographed card per box (five boxes per case)
Checklist: TBD
Order: Click here

What's buzz-worthy: This high-end brand hits the track once again for the Formula 1 racing ranks with a familiar formula of what's included and some of the biggest possible finds for cards -- with everything limited to no more than 10 copies.

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The box: 2024 Topps Heritage High Number baseball cards (blaster)
Where to buy: BlowoutCards.com
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What's Buzzing: V.J. Edgecombe makes his debut without much ink, the World Series, Topps NBA, NBA gambling, NFL chatter and more.

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1 -- V.J. Edgecombe makes a big splash ... and he doesn't have much ink 

2 -- The World Series is set: Blue Jays vs. Dodgers

3 -- Topps NBA arrives

4 -- An NBA gambling problem?

5 -- Even more basketball talk

6 -- NFL Week 8

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The packs: 1989 Bowman baseball cards (two)
Where to buy: Will take some looking ... BlowoutCards.com for other Retro Rips

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What's Buzzing: Talking Topps NBA, the World Series, NFL Week 8, fake cards and even more in today's edition.

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1 -- Topps NBA arrives

2 -- The World Series is set: Blue Jays vs. Dodgers

3 -- NFL Week 8

4 -- Talking fake 1991 Topps Desert Shield baseball cards

5 -- Is "overpay" a thing if you really want it?

6 -- Talking old Kobe Bryant ink

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Late one night back in August -- literally just as I was unplugging for the day -- Buzz got an email.

The subject? That part was totally familiar -- Creepy KOFY Movie Time -- but the sender's name was one I needed to check as I thought I recognized it ... but I needed to check a profile. I did just that and I saw the account was now following me. It was a message from a collector, of course, and he wasn't alone contacting me about this cardboard -- it happened quite a few times.

But this one? Well it was a little different.

This story from back in June was one that got a lot of attention -- only Black Friday topped it in terms of attention over the past year -- and that's because it's all about a small card set that was a surprise to me ... and also apparently a surprise to many others. After I picked up my jaw, the email got a quick reply from me 20 minutes later ... and then I waited.

For a few days, I was living in a mix of shock and awe -- like a tank had hit me (or something) -- and then I waited. Then, about a week later, business picked up.

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What's Buzzing: The World Series, awaiting Topps NBA, Shohei Ohtani, Vladdy Jr., Labubu and more in today's edition.

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1 -- The World Series is set: Blue Jays vs. Dodgers

2 -- NFL Week 8

3 -- All the Labubu Chrome chatter is here

4 -- Talking Vladdy Jr.

5 -- Still talking Shohei Ohtani

6 -- Topps NBA formally arrives tomorrow

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What's Buzzing: NFL & MLB chatter, Jalen Hurts and Tua Tagovailoa, card-grading, Shohei Ohtani and Topps NBA drops this week.

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1 -- All your ALCS reactions are here

2 -- Talking Jalen Hurts & Talking Tua

3 -- Grading is on their minds

4 -- Still talking Shohei Ohtani 

5 -- NFL Week 7 reactions

6 -- Still talking Topps NBA

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What's Buzzing: Shohei Ohtani's big night still has 'em talking, Big Dumper and the ALCS, NFL Week 7 and more.

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1 -- All your ALCS chatter as it could end tonight

2 -- Still talking Big Dumper

3 -- Checking in on the Shohei Ohtani thread & talking his new Topps Now cards

4 --Showing off Shohei Ohtani cards

5 -- NFL Week 7 reactions

6 -- Still talking Topps NBA

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What's Buzzing: Eugenio Suarez has himself a night, Shohei Ohtani has an even bigger one, Big Dumper, WWE, new Bowman Chrome pulls, NFL Week 7 and Topps NBA.

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1 -- NLCS chatter ... ALCS chatter

2 -- Still talking about Big Dumper

3 -- WWE has 'em talking

4 -- Highlights from some new mega boxes

5 -- NFL Week 7 is here

6 -- Still talking Topps NBA

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What: 2025 Topps Mint Disney trading cards
Arrives: Oct. 31
Box basics: One encased card and one 10-card pack per box (10 boxes per case)
Checklist: TBD
Order: Click here

What's buzz-worthy: A new release debuted at New York Comic Con and it's one that "brings the bold, imaginative world of Disney to life through a premium trading card experience," according to Topps.

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What's Buzzing: Scherzer goes mad, MLB  and NFL chatter, inside a case of Bowman Chrome, Topps NBA and more in this Friday edition.

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1 -- NLCS chatter ... ALCS chatter

2 -- NFL Week 7 is here

3 -- Inside a case of Bowman Chrome

4 -- Roki Sasaki makes a little history 

5 -- Topps Chrome Update reactions

6 -- Still talking Topps NBA

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What: 2025 Topps Chrome Update baseball cards
Arrives: Dec. 10
Box basics: One autograph per 20-pack hobby box (12 per case) or three autos per 12-pack jumbo box (eight per case)
Checklist: Click here
Odds: Click here
Order: Click here

What's buzz-worthy: Chrome's second edition of the season returns for a new year with plenty of star power, colorful parallels and more in store for collectors based on just the early teasers as it "closes out the season with signature shine and a full-throttle checklist packed with rookie call-ups, All-Star moments and future franchise faces."

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What's Buzzing: Vladimir Guerrero Jr. and MLB postseason chatter, an old Michael Jordan card, a PSA question, NFL Week 7 and still talking Topps NBA.

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1 -- NLCS chatter ... ALCS chatter

2 -- NFL Week 7 is here

3 -- Checking in on the Vladdy Jr. thread

4 -- Talking up an old Michael Jordan card ... 

5 -- A PSA question ...

6 -- Still talking Topps NBA

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Somebody in Bikini Bottom really, really, really loves Superfractors.

A quick look at eBay -- and only eBay -- shows nearly 40 completed auctions for those golden 1/1s from 2025 Topps Chrome SpongeBob SquarePants and the prices would pay for many a Krabby Patty.

How much? Well, the top card sold for a cool $50,000 -- and it's not alone. And, well, that one might not even be the biggest card of the bunch from the recent Topps release.

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The box: 2025 Topps Series 2 baseball cards (hanger)
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Where to buy: BlowoutCards.com (a few formats)

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What: 2025-26 Topps NBA basketball cards
Arrives: Oct. 23
Box basics: One autograph or Relic per 20-pack hobby box (12 boxes per case); One auto and one Relic per 10-pack jumbo box (eight per case) with other formats noted below.
Odds: Click here
Checklist: Click here
Order: Click here

What's buzz-worthy: Topps returns to the NBA hardwood for the first time since 2009-10 as it tips off a lengthy new deal with the league that it first made cards for back in the 1950s. "It's our game now," read a company tease and reveal of the inclusions this time around.

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What: 2025 Topps Cosmic Chrome baseball cards
Arrives: TBD
Box basics: 20 packs per hobby box (eight boxes -- with four autographs -- per case)
Checklist: TBD
Order: Click here (when live)

What's buzz-worthy: Topps Chrome gets a fourth run with a "galactic twist on the Chrome you know and love" in the Topps MLB lineup with this one with early details noting that "every pack is loaded with parallels and out-of-this-world inserts."

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What: 2025 Topps Chrome Labubu 10th Anniversary trading cards
Arrives: Dec. 18
Box basics: Five cards and one keyring case per box
Checklist: TBD
Order: Click here

What's buzz-worthy: Topps' mission to Chrome the world takes on one of the hottest blind-bag plush crazes of today -- one that's actually hitting its 1oth anniversary this year -- and that's Labubu.

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