Panini America Offers Detailed First Look at 2015-16 Immaculate Basketball (Gallery)

One of the sports card industry's most revered brands is gearing up for another bold season in the NBA and when Panini America's 2015-16 Immaculate Basketball releases in late August, longtime brand loyalists will find many of the captivating components that make the product an instant MVP (Most Valuable Product) candidate every year. For those checklisting at home, that means a…

Panini America Takes Last Pre-Release Look at 2015-16 National Treasures Basketball

This time next week, the basketball collecting world will be one full day into National Treasures madness. Indeed, with the 2015-16 edition of one of the industry's most coveted releases set to arrive next Wednesday, hobbyists throughout North America and beyond are anxiously counting down the days. In the last week or so, we've pulled the curtain back ever so…

Signature Sunday: Panini America Examines 2015-16 National Treasures Basketball Ink

The month of May has arrived and with it, continued anticipation for Panini America's 2015-16 National Treasures Basketball that will land in hobby shops across North America on May 11. Earlier this week, we offered a gallery appreciation of some of the product's majestic memorabilia cards. Today, we're delivering a special Sunday sneak peek at some of NT's hard-signed handiwork.…

Base Team, Photo Variations Fan the Flames of 2015-16 Gold Standard Basketball

One of the most interesting — but perhaps less-heralded — aspects of Panini America’s Gold Standard Basketball brand during its first five years in existence has been the inclusion of veteran base-set variations that have created feeding frenzies for the rarest versions among impacted player collectors. The phenomenon began with that inaugural 2010-11 Gold Standard Basketball release and featured Pete Maravich,…

Panini America Delivers a Final Pre-Release Peek at Eminence Basketball (Gallery)

I ventured over to the Panini America production facility late last week to catch the final stages of packout for the highly anticipated Eminence Basketball product. I almost got there too late. Indeed, by the time I arrived, our very own David Porter, Keith Hower, Jeremy Johnson and Stephanie Carlson were putting the finishing touches on the final few hand-packed…

Into Eminence: Panini America Offers Long First Look at New High-End Release

It's pretty clear from the buzz still reverberating throughout the sports card industry that last week's teaser video offering the tantalizing first glimpse of Panini America's Eminence Basketball struck a major chord. To be sure, the 71-second trailer served as a dramatic tone-setter for a high-end product the likes of which we've never seen. Now that you've had a week…

The Panini America Quality Control Gallery: 2015-16 Prizm Basketball (100+ Pics)

In seven short days, the newest installment of Panini America's Prizm Basketball, annually one of the NBA's most colorful and captivating trading card products, will arrive in hobby shops across North America -- and it will do so boasting the trademark blend of vibrantly hued Prizm parallels and stacked autographed checklist that has made the brand a collecting staple. In the…

Panini America Provides an Epic First Look at Upcoming Eminence Basketball (Video)

That sizable buzz you heard reverberating throughout the sports card world yesterday -- and the one you no doubt still feel today -- can be largely attributed to 71 seconds worth of epic video content that was stealthily delivered by Panini America officials to key hobby distributors. The total package -- the video-embedded thumb drive and the box it came…

Front . . . Back . . . In Between: Three Unique Looks at Panini America’s Kaboom! Insert

Collectors across the country finally started getting their first live look at Panini America's Target-only 2014-15 Excalibur Basketball earlier this week as the product began making its way to store shelves in certain parts of the country. But there's one dazzling aspect of Excalibur -- the super-rare, super-cool, super-hero inspired Kaboom! insert -- that likely has not yet been appreciated…
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