Day 5 Begins in iCollectPanini.com’s 13 Days of Christmas Sale (50% Off 2013 Football)

iCollectPanini.com, the official online store of Panini America, is getting into the holiday spirit in a huge “Ho, Ho, Ho!” kind of way with its “13 Days of Christmas Specials” initiative that will provide 13 unique, one-day offers between now and December 20. Each special offer will be available for 24 hours only (or while supplies last). Today, collectors can…

Voting Begins for 2013 Week 3 Pepsi NEXT NFL Rookie of the Week (Gallery)

Want to know who gets more excited than Panini America and NFL collectors about NFL Rookie performances each week during the season? Pepsi NEXT with its NFL Rookie of the Week initiative. So it comes as no surprise that once again this season — for the third straight year — Panini America and Pepsi would join forces to help promote Pepsi NEXT Rookie of the Week voting and Panini America NFL Rookie…

Panini America Sheds Light on Inscriptions Autograph SPs in 2013 Elite Football

The Rookie Inscriptions Autographs insert that has provided so many memorable pulls for collectors of 2013 Elite Football during the product's first few weeks on the market has so much going for it. But unlike the captivating acetate card stock on which those cards are signed, the differing quantities of Inscriptions' ink-color variations haven't been so transparent. So today, we…

Panini America Presents 2013 Elite Football in an Unwrapped Scavenger Hunt Special

How excited are all of us here at Panini America about today's release of 2013 Elite Football? So much so that we've produced two different episodes of Panini Unwrapped starring the product. We brought you the first one, featuring Panini America's own Scott Prusha and Cincinnati Bengals rookie running back Rex Burkhead, on Wednesday. Today, we deliver a more thorough…

Teaser Gallery: Panini America Cracks Open Two Early Boxes of 2013 Elite Football

Although tomorrow's official release date for 2013 Elite Football is now just hours away, we literally just received our Marketing Allotment of boxes from the Panini America production facility about 30 minutes ago. So as has become custom here at The Knight's Lance, we grabbed the first two boxes we could get our hands on, expeditiously broke them open and…

Rex Burkhead, 2013 Elite Football Shine in a Special Episode of Panini Unwrapped

Cincinnati Bengals rookie running back Rex Burkhead dropped by Panini America headquarters yesterday to sign some autographs, to open some 2013 Elite Football and, as a nice byproduct, to make Scott Prusha's year. Prusha happens to be an unabashed fan of the Nebraska Cornhuskers; Burkhead, of course, is one of the greatest running backs in Huskers history. So after the…

Panini America Offers 40-Card First Look at 2013 Elite Football’s Top Rookie Cards

Next Wednesday, a revamped 2013 Elite Football will greet football collectors across the country packing an abundance of whiz-bang technological twists and a new-look Rookie Card design unlike any the venerable brand has offered in quite some time. Todaywe're going to preview that design by showcasing the RCs of the 40 players who attended the 2013 NFLPA Rookie Premiere in May. The…

Panini Peek: 2013 Elite Football

Panini America's memorable 2012 NFL collecting season will finish with a furious bang in the next few weeks with the releases of 2012 Totally Certified Football (out Friday) followed closely by the landmark launches of 2012 Playbook Football and 2012 National Treasures Football. All the while, Panini America is setting the stage for a blockbuster 2013, too. We've previewed 2013…