And So It Begins: Panini America Preparing 2012-13 Classics Signatures Hockey Autos

The often-arduous journey to producing a predominantly hard-signed trading card release can be a grueling, obstacle-filled test of patience and production. But the payoff, both for collectors and all of us here at Panini America, is a compelling set that stands the test of time -- which is a perfect summation of the upcoming 2012-13 Classics Signatures Hockey.

The often-arduous journey to producing a predominantly hard-signed trading card release can be a grueling, obstacle-filled test of patience and production. But the payoff, both for collectors and all of us here at Panini America, is a compelling set that stands the test of time — which is a perfect summation of the upcoming 2012-13 Classics Signatures Hockey.

The newest addition to the Panini America NHL roster, Classics Signatures is a timeless tribute to the greatest and most popular retired hockey players of all time that packs an old-school design aesthetic and tons of on-card autographs.

Yesterday afternoon, after a huge shipment of freshly printed Classics Signatures cards were delivered to Panini America HQ, the company’s NHL team began the massive undertaking of preparing those cards for shipment to the vast and varied list of former NHL stars who will sign them.

What follows is a quick peek behind the scenes at the sprawling spread of Classics Signatures cards as it appeared yesterday afternoon in the hallway leading to the Acquisitions department — before all of the counting, cataloging, second-checks and packing began.

We’ve also provided a few closeups of some of the cards, just to give you an idea of what to expect from Panini America’s first all-retired NHL product. Enjoy.

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20 Replies to “And So It Begins: Panini America Preparing 2012-13 Classics Signatures Hockey Autos”

  1. Love the design and look of these cards. The names that you have shown are pretty cool as well. Can’t wait to try and collect this set.

  2. Showing Taylor the respect he deserves featuring him with all the other greats alreadys scores points in my book . Looks like another great Panini hockey product. Guaranteed sell out on release.

  3. Cant wait to get my hands on some! Plus just lately i got into Hockey after all these years of collecting, so its been refreshing for me like a deep breath of fresh air!!! And also thanks Tracy and Panini for the Prime u guys sent me for winning that contest! It deff made my day!!!

  4. Nice..see a few HOFrs in there too..wish Messier was in a Rangers uni though..are there multiples of players in different team jerseys ? What is the pack configuration ??

  5. You never realize how much of a process it is to do a product til you see it. You originally think yep, they hit the print button and the machines do the work. But looking at these pics and all of the sorting and collating and so on..wow just blows your mind. Thanks for the behind the scenes peek!

    And great looking product so far as well.

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