The Panini America Product Development and Creative teams collaborated last season to breathe bold, new life into the venerable Donruss Elite Football franchise, ushering in an exciting new chapter in Elite’s proud history. The complete overhaul included everything from a new product logo to new parallels to a bevy of well-executed new designs. The product was met by collectors with a warm embrace — and almost immediately heightened expectations for next year.
Well, next year is now — and 2017 Donruss Elite Football is set to arrive in hobby shops across North America in two short days. As you’ll see in the revealing Quality Control Gallery that follows, last year’s revamp continues to serve the product so well. On average, each hobby box of 2017 Donruss Elite Football (five cards per pack, 20 packs per box) will deliver two autographs, one memorabilia card, eight inserts, six parallels and three Rookie Cards (numbered to 499).
At first glance, Panini America’s Unparalleled name seems like a misnomer for a football product that has so many parallels. But dig a little deeper and you come to find — as many collectors did last season during the brand’s debut — that it’s unparalleled not because it’s devoid of parallels but because there’s no other football product quite like it.
And when 2017 Unparalleled Football arrives in hobby shops across North America in early August, it will wield a similarly dazzling array of parallels and a new configuration that delivers two autographs and one memorabilia in every box (eight cards per pack, eight packs per box, 16 boxes per case).
In an effort to keep collectors updated on the status of those Panini America redemption cards that are currently being processed, we’ll post a list every week, like the one included in the attachments below, detailing the most recent cards being fulfilled this week.
The following list is intended to inform collectors about which redemption cards from which products are being processed this week. We’ll update this list every week so stay tuned next week if you don’t see your card here.
Having a (Lonzo) Ball: The Sights, Sounds of Panini America’s 2017 NBA Draft Pre-Party
NEW YORK — On Tuesday night in New York City, just a few long Steph Curry 3-pointers or so away from Times Square, Panini America welcomed a few new members to the family during the company’s inaugural NBA Draft Pre-Party inside the impressive National Basketball Players Association corporate facility. The entertaining night featured special appearances from new Panini America athletes Lonzo Ball, Jayson Tatum, Jonathan Isaac and Lauri Markkanen— and veteran leadership provided by Knicks legend John Starks.
In addition to signing some autographs for upcoming Panini America products and projects, the rookies in attendance — representing last night’s second (Ball), third (Tatum), sixth (Isaac) and seventh (Markkanen) overall picks — shot some hoops with party guests, and helped Michael Hodges of STL Sports Cards and Bryan Gavin from Ultimate Box Breaks, crack a few early cases of 2016-17 Spectra Basketball.
During tonight’s electric 2017 NBA Draft, history will be made and dreams will come true on a breathtaking night In New York — and Panini America will be ready to celebrate by making a little trading card history of its own. Earlier today, the Panini Instant website launched Panini Instant 2017 NBA Draft cards for 19 top draft prospects, including Lonzo Ball and Markelle Fultz. Later tonight and one by one, the cards will be updated in real-time as each selection is made, meaning each new draftee’s first trading card with his new team will be available just minutes after his name is called.
The cards are available now on the Panini Instant website and will be changed to reflect real-time images from tonight’s draft as soon as action gets underway. Enjoy the 2017 NBA Draft tonight and and stay tuned to The Knight’s Lance and the Panini America social feeds for additional coverage.
There’s just something about Panini America’s bold Spectra brand. No matter the year, no matter the sport, Spectra continues to impress with each new release, bolstered from the beginning by an irresistible combination of colors, content and construction. So as the company prepares to release 2016-17 Spectra Basketball next Wednesday, it should comes as absolutely no surprise that the key brand tenets return vibrantly intact.
On average, each box of 2016-17 Spectra Basketball will deliver two base cards, one parallel, four autographs and three memorabilia cards. The new-this-year Nebula 1/1 parallel is a spectacular addition to the product and the usual arsenal of rainbow chases return with their dazzling surface variances. Ink and prime-memorabilia specimens abound again as well.
When Golden State Warriors superstar Kevin Durant led his team to an NBA championship over the Cleveland Cavaliers earlier this month, KD etched his name forever in the NBA record books — and added one of the most desirable inscriptions imaginable to his already-in-demand autograph: “NBA Champion.” To celebrate Durant’s championship ascendancy, Panini Authentic recently added several new pieces to the Kevin Durant collection that are being pre-sold now.
Among the new championship-themed collectibles are three NBA Finals photographs, two basketballs featuring “16-17 NBA Champ” inscriptions and two jerseys bearing the “16-17 Champ” inscription. The items are available to order now while supplies last and are limited to just 135 pieces each. You can check them out now at the Panini Authentic website.
