Panini’s 2023 Absolute Football is Absolutely Stacked with Stars
The NFL is in a period of transition. Some of the league’s longtime players are close to their final acts, and it’s been fun to witness the changing of the guard with younger players bringing new flair and pop to the game. Panini’s Absolute Football returns to capture the vibrant arrival of the game’s next crop of superstars. The 2023…
The Panini America Quality Control Gallery: 2021 Absolute Football
Panini America's venerable Absolute Football franchise embarks on its 2021 journey today in hobby shops across North America once again equipped to dazzle new and veteran collectors alike with a content-rich recipe rife with autographs, memorabilia and absolutely stunning inserts (Kaboom!, anyone?). In the revealing Quality Control Gallery below, we offer a deep dive into 2021 Absolute Football. On average,…
The Panini America Quality Control Gallery: 2020-21 Crown Royale Basketball
There are precious few products in the history of modern-era trading cards that are as instantly recognizable as Panini America's uniquely crafted Crown Royale Basketball -- a venerable collecting staple bolstered by crown die-cutting, fan-favorite Silhouettes and Rookie Silhouettes, the iconic Kaboom! insert and so much more. And tomorrow, the kingly creation arrives in hobby shops across North America for…
On the Eve of Release Day, Panini America Showcases 2019-20 Prizm Premier League Soccer
When it comes to prestigious premieres in the world of sports cards, they don't get much bigger than the one slated for tomorrow when Panini America's inaugural Premier League Soccer product arrives in a passion-filled, Prizm-powered blaze of glory. It's the beginning of a new era in Premier League trading cards -- and it's going to be stacked. The first…
Exclusive Kabooms, Rookie Cards Highlight 2019 Absolute Football Retail Editions
Panini America's 2019 Absolute Football released in hobby shops and on group-break sites across North America yesterday boasting a bevy of upgrades that were well documented in our Quality Control Gallery post earlier this week. In the 24 hours or so since it went live, the product has generated quite a lot of buzz in hobby circles -- which is…
Panini Rewards Brings Color to Kaboom! for Rare Site-Exclusive Insert Set (Gallery)
Panini America's Panini Rewards platform is about to get a whole lot more rewarding. Beginning Friday afternoon, the Panini Rewards website will deliver its own colorful spin on the company's rare and popular Kaboom! insert with a new 50-card creation featuring a superstar checklist and, for the first time, color Kaboom! parallels. The results of this site-exclusive offering, as you'll see in…
Teaser Gallery: Panini America Cracks Early Boxes of 2016-17 Excalibur Basketball
If you're like most of America, you spent much of the last two or three days taking in some good, old-fashioned fireworks displays to celebrate our country's independence. But here's hoping you didn't get your fill just yet. Friday's release of 2016-17 Excalibur Basketball -- and all of its Kaboom! potential -- will bring a little Fourth of July feel to…
The Panini America Quality Control Gallery: 2016-17 Excalibur Basketball (100+ Images)
The absolute rocket-like ascendency of the Kaboom! insert in Panini America's Excalibur Basketball over the last several seasons has served to steal most of the product's headlines, sometimes overshadowing the fact that Excalibur has so much more to offer. Like the popular, Prizm-powered Crusade chase . . . and strong autograph and memorabilia lineups . . . and a new parallel…
Panini America Goes Kaboom! Exploring the Rare Insert in 2016-17 Excalibur Basketball
Once again this year, there are no signatures. There are no technicolored, multi-break memorabilia pieces. But what Panini America’s captivating Kaboom! insert might lack in the area of autographs and game-worn, it still more than makes up for in all the ways that matter. Like, flashy technology . . . and needle-in-a-haystack rarity . . . and a cult-like following…
Panini America Provides Detailed First Look at 2016-17 Excalibur Basketball (Gallery)
Most trading card products strive to deliver, at the least, that one go-to move; a calling-card staple that, with just a few tweaks from year to year, keeps collectors intrigued season after season after season. Panini America's Excalibur Basketball franchise, however, has two such defining staples: The colorful, Prizm-powered Crusade chase and the explosive, one-per-case Kaboom! insert. In late June, both…