Back in Black: Panini America Reveals First Autograph Arrivals for 2013 Black Football
By most accounts, Panini America's premiere installment of Black Football in 2012 delivered some of the most attractive designs of the season, a striking mix of rich, black themes and shimmering foil treatments that created cards that were as fun to look at as they were to pull. For 2013 Black Football, due out in late January, Panini America officials…
Teaser Gallery: Panini America Breaks Four Early Boxes of 2013 Playbook Football
As we prepare to put the final touches on tomorrow's highly anticipated release of 2013 Playbook Football, the time has come for one of our favorite pre-release posts: The revealing Knight's Lance Teaser Gallery. For those who may not know, this is where we grab an early box or four of a new product, break it (or them) them and provide…
The Panini America Quality Control Gallery: 2013 Prominence Football (84 Sweet Pics)
It seems only fitting as we enter one of the most prominent and exciting weeks on the calendar every year (Week 1 of a new NFL season) that we bring you the exciting first glimpses of 2013 Prominence Football, Panini America's newest NFL product that releases nationally one week from tomorrow. Picking up where last year's debut left off, 2013…
The Panini America Quality Control Gallery: 2013 Momentum Football (125 Sweet Pics)
Sure, I could sit here and tell you that 2013 Momentum Football is just as good as last year's debut release. But I'd be lying. Fact is, Panini America's 2013 Momentum Football is better than last year's debut -- and you'll notice in the revealing gallery below that the reasons why are both big and small. The upgrade starts with a…
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…
The Panini America Quality Control Gallery: 2013 Score Football Hobby (106 Images)
I'm man enough to admit when I'm wrong -- and I was wrong about 2013 Score Football. I've said all along that this year's 25th anniversary edition of the product might be one of the best yet. Turns out there's nothing "might" and "one of" about it. In my humble hobby opinion, 2013 Score Football is, quite simply, the best…
Gallery: Panini America’s Fun-Filled Friday at the 2013 NFLPA Rookie Premiere
LOS ANGELES -- At one table, Denard Robinson played "MC Shoelace" and Quinton Patton spun the wheels of steel in a signing room they came to call "Club Panini." At another, Matt Barkley discussed wedding plans across the room from Knile Davis and Tavon Austin, who quietly signed autographs while rapt in their new Panini America Skullcandy Crushers. Minutes later, Manti Te'o free-handed a…
Panini America, NFLPA Team Up for Unique Virtual Signing During Google+ Hangout
On Thursday, May 16 from 4 p.m. to 5 p.m. EST, Panini America will be partnering with the NFLPA to bring you an exclusive digital Score Rookie Card signing on Google+ Hangout with NFL rookies Montee Ball of the Denver Broncos and Matt Barkley of the Philadelphia Eagles during the 19th annual NFLPA Rookie Premiere. Several lucky fans will be…
Huge Score: Panini America Prepares Retail Edition of 2013 Score Football (Gallery)
That uproarious outburst you hear that sounds something like euphoria mixed with celebration is most likely coming from the far back corner of Panini America HQ, where the company's NFL Product Development team is -- at this very moment -- putting the finishing touches on the Quality Control process for the retail edition of 2013 Score Football. Cause for celebration?…
Panini Peek: 2013 Momentum Football
Panini America officials struck a favorable collecting chord last season with the bold reintroduction of the Momentum brand in 2012 Momentum Football. The hit-per-pack product resonated with collectors on many fronts, but perhaps none was as well-received as an RPS Rookie Card that was clearly designed for maximum impact. The good news for late-July's release of 2013 Momentum Football? The…