2013-14 National Treasures Hockey Stars in a Must-See Episode of Panini Unwrapped
Yesterday afternoon from the cozy confines of the front lobby at Panini America HQ, Chris Barr and Tracy Hackler sat down with a few boxes of the live-today juggernaut known as 2013-14 National Treasures Hockey for this special episode of Panini Unwrapped. In addition to exploring some of the manifold brilliance housed inside the glossy black boxes of the product,…
Panini America Shares Another Pre-Release Look at 2013-14 National Treasures Hockey
Treasured Steel. Buried Treasure. Spectacular booklet cards. Notable Nicknames. Sweeter by the Dozen 12-piece memorabilia cards. Booklet cards with 24 pieces of memorabilia. Flawless inserts embedded with real diamonds. Treasured Twigs autographed game-used stick cards. A splendid ensemble of cards honoring the historic #PaniniDoubleRookieClass. Make no mistake about it: If 2013-14 National Treasures Hockey truly is the last Panini America…
Teaser Gallery: Panini America Cracks Early Boxes of the New 2013-14 Prime Hockey
As the Hobby Marketing Manager for Panini America, I'm supposed to appreciate all of our products in any sport equally. But when it comes to hockey, I have a confession to make: There's not on an NHL product on our roster that I love more than Prime Hockey. It's one of my favorite products across all sports year in and…
The Panini America Quality Control Gallery: 2013-14 Prime Hockey (81 Must-See Pics)
It's hard to believe that almost an entire week has passed since Panini America Hockey Brand Manager Chris Barr captivated the collecting masses with another vaunted takeover of the Panini America Twitter account for last week's must-see packout of 2013-14 Prime Hockey. If you're like most of us inside Panini America HQ, you haven't stopped drooling in the six days…
Panini America Offers Additional Details on 2013-14 National Treasures Hockey
Under normal circumstances, our first look at any new Panini America product begins with a Panini Peek post right here on The Knight's Lance, using information and images from the product information sheet (PIS) our sales team uses to solicit the product. After that, we typically follow up throughout the creation and production processes with frequent updates so you can…
Loaded 2013-14 Contenders Hockey Stars in Must-See Episode of Panini Unwrapped
Late last week, just one day prior to the Fourth of July, Panini America's Chris Barr and Tracy Hackler sat down with two boxes of 2013-14 Contenders Hockey for a little pre-holiday fireworks display of their own that included an explosive 13 total autographs. You can check out all of the action in the video below. After you've watched the…
Panini America Bringing Game-Used Blades to 2013-14 National Treasures Hockey
Sometimes, the term "cutting edge" can be a figurative description; sometimes, it's meant to be literal. In the rarest of circumstances, though, it's both -- and that's certainly the case with Panini America's 2013-14 National Treasures Hockey. One of the most anticipated trading card releases of this or any other year has generated considerable pre-release buzz already -- and the…
Teaser Gallery: Panini America Breaks Two Early Boxes of 2013-14 Contenders Hockey
Word on the street (and by street, we mean social media channels and our very own Product Development and Sales departments) is that 2013-14 Contenders Hockey is, well, loaded. Typically, "loaded" can be a hard-to-define term that tends to vary from collector to collector. But what we can report as it relates to the two random boxes we just opened…
The Panini America Quality Control Gallery: 2013-14 Rookie Anthology Hockey (84 Pics)
Panini America NHL Brand Manager Chris Barr was it again earlier this week, dispensing his own unique brand of hockey hobby hysteria throughout the social media universe with another of his riveting takeovers of the Panini America Twitter account. This time, Barr kicked off our Monday morning by providing live Twitter coverage of the packout process for 2013-14 Rookie Anthology…
The Panini America Quality Control Gallery: 2013-14 Playbook Hockey (117 Sweet Pics)
Thanks to the nimble Tweeting fingers of Panini America Hockey Brand Manager Chris Barr, last week's packout for 2013-14 Playbook Hockey was largely -- pardon the pun -- an open book. Throughout the afternoon last Thursday, Barr took control of the Panini America Twitter account to provide real-time coverage of what he was seeing live from the floor of the…