As the collecting world anxiously awaits the arrival of Panini America's powder-keg conclusion to the 2012-13 NBA collecting season (first with the arrival of Flawless Basketball next Friday followed a few weeks later by Immaculate Basketball), the product developments for those two releases keep getting better and better.
As the collecting world anxiously awaits the arrival of Panini America’s powder-keg conclusion to the 2012-13 NBA collecting season (first with the release of Flawless Basketball next Friday followed a few weeks later by Immaculate Basketball), the product developments for those two releases keep getting better and better.
Late last week, Panini Authentic’s Brian Bayne traveled to Las Vegas for an extensive signing session with the incomparable Kobe Bryant, one of Panini America’s exclusive superstar spokesmen. In addition to autographing several new items for Panini Authentic, Bryant also added his priceless penmanship to every last one of his autographs slated for 2012-13 Immaculate Basketball.
The following gallery provides a tip-of-the-iceberg peek into these collection-making monuments. We’ll have plenty more to preview on Immaculate in the coming days and weeks right here on The Knight’s Lance. But today, is all about the immaculate — and the Immaculate — Kobe Bryant.
Enjoy.
Wow, those are some awesome Kobe cards.
When is Immaculate and Flawless set to release? Lately the rumors are both are delayed again?
Thats SICK!!
Thank you Mr. Bryant! And Panini, delay all you need if it means no redemptions but lets get real this should have a 13/14 date on it.
Sick KOBE’s!!!! nice work panini 🙂
wow, i’m speechless. that’s a lot of kobe bryants in one product. kobe’s hand must get tired signing all these.
Yes! TheBlackMamba! Super Idol!
Nuff said…..
Thanks Tracy!
Hopefully he added his signature to the rest of the redemptions everyone has been waiting this year on. It would be nice if outstanding redemptions were taken care of before new product were done.
Still waiting on momentum monumental marks and im sure other people are waiting on others.
Redemptions should be done away with.
And if its one of your spokesman. There should not be a redemption for their card. Those should be signed and in packs on release day.
agreed, i am also waiting for my /25 innovation ink gold kobe… hopefully it will get fulfilled, also i am still waiting for my kd 12-13 gold standard auto (saw in previews updates) that newer products have been fulfilled… btw, can i request to have it replaced with another kd auto that is readily available ?
Better than Flawless, amazing stuff
Hate to be the one to tell you but photo (17) inscriptions 88/99 doesn’t have his black mamba nickname like the other one shown does–hope this was caught before packing!
Only two of the cards had the Black Mamba written. The others did not feature his nickname
Lots of people saying that Flawless is being pushed back again, after Oct 25. True/False?
Oh no way! I have to have one of those MPLS ones! Amazing
Flawless releases next Friday, October 25 and our last 12/13 basketball product –
Immaculate will definitely release on 11/13
These look great, stellar addition to the Immaculate lineup. Still digging those gold on black signatures. Thanks Tracy!
Wow! Overall great. However, I like it more when the picture of the athlete matches the swatch on the card. Example-the powder blue swatches with Kobe pictured in his yellow uniform don’t match. Minor complaint, I know.
With that said, any Kobe jersey/patch/auto would be sick to get out of a pack!!
would give anything to pull any one of them
Wow these are the best yet!!!!
Wow! Wished I had a kobe auto!
Nice cards! Very Exquisite-like and the gold on black very UD Black-like. Still looks good though.