The Panini America Quality Control Gallery: 2015-16 Excalibur Basketball (100+ Pics)
One week from tomorrow, Panini America's popular Excalibur Basketball brand -- with its Kaboom! inserts and Crusade parallels and rich autograph and memorabilia content -- makes its long-awaited hobby debut with the arrival of 2015-16 Excalibur Basketball Premium. The product that debuted last season as a Target-exclusive is ready for its hobby closeup, equipped with the calling-card inclusions that served…
The Panini America Quality Control Gallery: 2015-16 Clear Vision Basketball (100+ Pics)
Panini America first introduced the unique, all-acetate Clear Vision concept to football collectors last season as a different-by-design idea that placed a premium on maximizing the design impact of acetate card stock and delivering a tough-to-pull-but-top-notch autograph checklist. Clearly, the concept resonated with collectors -- which is why Clear Vision will officially crossover to the NBA hardwood one week from today. One…
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,…
Revolution Uncut: Panini America Offers an Early Look at 2015-16 Revolution Basketball
Panini America Brand Manager Cory Hollingsworth stopped me in the hallway late last week and told me to stop by when I had a chance. He had something cool to show me. So I intentionally wasted roughly five minutes (so as not to seem too anxious) and headed his way. Turns out what he had to show me was pretty…
Examining 2015-16 Court Kings Basketball’s One-Per-Case Aurora Chase (Gallery)
Panini America's 2015-16 Court Kings Basketball is a trading card work of art in and of itself; a colorful, compelling, perpetually popular entry on the NBA collecting landscape filled with subtle and not-so-subtle artistic elements. And one of those elements in particular, the one-per-case Aurora insert, is worth appreciating just a little bit more. Indeed, for a product that is…
A Special Edition of Panini Unwrapped: The Must-See 2015 Video Highlight Reel
As we prepare to bid a fond farewell to a simply magnificent 2015, we present for your viewing pleasure the fifth annual Panini Unwrapped Year-in-Review Highlight Reel. From provocative player interviews to special appearances to impact-powered promotions to Super Bowls, All-Star Games and rookie photo shoots, it’s all here in a true must-see video sure to leave you smiling in reflection of…
Panini America Offers Another Immaculate Look Inside 2015 Immaculate College
Let's put this out there for starters: The more we see of the upcoming 2015 Immaculate College multisport release, the more we like. We loved what we saw here over the weekend and it can be argued that we love what we see below even more. To be sure, Panini America's first foray into the high-end college trading card arena…
The Panini America Quality Control Gallery: 2015-16 Complete Basketball (72 Images)
It's fitting, really, that today is Thursday. In social media circles, Thursday is better known by its hash-tag acronym "#TBT," Twitterspeak or Instagramese for "Throwback Thursday." And when it comes to NBA trading card sets, it doesn't get much more #TBT than Panini America's new 2015-16 Complete Basketball. From its price point ($1 a pack) to its card stock (the matte…