2010-11 Totally Certified Basketball: The Highly Anticipated Debut of Panini HRX
Panini America’s newest basketball product — 2010-11 Totally Certified — was guaranteed to command collector attention based on its captivating core content and unparalleled parallel structure.
But the recent announcement that the company will also be adding its pioneering Panini HRX video trading cards to the late-June release simply ensures that the product will make headlines all over the world, too.
Late Wednesday afternoon, Panini America revealed preliminary details on 2010-11 Totally Certified, which will include 204 Panini HRX video trading cards — 51 each featuring the company’s four exclusive NBA spokesmen: Kobe Bryant, Blake Griffin, Kevin Durant and John Wall.
Each superstar will appear on 40 base Panini HRX video trading cards, 10 Autographed versions and one Gold Autographed version (made with authentic 14-karat gold). For more, check out the following 15-second video and one of the most monumental introductions in trading card history.
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To be sure, the history-making debut of Panini HRX injects Totally Certified with an unprecedented level of signficance and broadens its appeal to countless new sports fans. But make no mistake: The product will still deliver the collectible nuts and bolts that hardcore collectors have come to expect from Panini America.
Each five-card pack carries a $20 SRP and each six-pack box will deliver 30 cards, among them six autograph or memorabilia cards (including at least two autographs numbered to 599 or less), two Mirror Red parallels numbered to 499 and four additional inserts numbered to 499 or less.
Other Totally Certified highlights include:
- A 185-card base set with 35 Rookie Cards numbered to 599
- Five serial numbered parallel sets, featuring short-printed Totally Gold (numbered to 25), Totally Green (numbered to 5) and Totally Black (numbered to 1)
- On-card signatures for every Rookie Card
- More than 525 one-of-one cards
- Totally Red Autographs (numbered to 99), Totally Gold Autographs (numbered to 25), Totally Green Autographs (numbered to 5) and Totally Black Autographs (numbered to 1)
- A case-hit roster that includes either a) an autograph from Bryant, Griffin, Durant or Wall, b) a 1/1 card or c) an autograph numbered to 5 or less
You can find additional details on the history-making Panini HRX here, here and here. Stay tuned to The Knight’s Lance for all the latest updates on 2010-11 Totally Certified and Panini HRX.