Panini Unwrapped Goes Old School Again with 2002 Playoff Honors Football
[youtube https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BzB53upblnI&w=480&h=390] Join Panini America's Tracy Hackler for this full-bleed, ultra-glossy glance back at 2002 Playoff Honors Football, a former Beckett Football award-winner that, in this case, yields a sweet piece of some guy named Brett Favre.
Panini Unwrapped World Premiere Video: 2010 National Treasures Football
[youtube https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=umn3aUH1_kA&w=560&h=349] Join Panini America's Ben Ecklar and Tracy Hackler for this stirring world premiere break of 2010 National Treasures Football, the most anticipated NFL trading card product of the season. What will the dynamic duo pull? More importantly, how can you win it. Stay tuned to find out.
Panini Unwrapped Old School: 2002 Playoff Absolute Memorabilia Baseball
[youtube https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ndl5b9o_F2k&w=480&h=390] We continue mining Panini America's moving-day memory vault with a nine-pack mini-box bust of 2002 Playoff Absolute Memorabilia Baseball. Despite being fancily foiled and a little on the busy side, the base design stands the test of time. As for our memorabilia card hit in this box, well, let's just say it's a big hurt.
Panini Unwrapped Old School: 2002 Playoff Piece of the Game Baseball
[youtube https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6s_R3xwPz14&w=480&h=390] It's amazing the things you uncover during the course of a corporate relocation, especially when that corporation is Panini America moving offices for the first time in more than a decade. Some things, like my checkered personnel file, brought back bad memories. Other stuff, like unopened boxes of bygone baseball products, generated decidedly different emotions. (more…)
The Knight’s Lance Weekend Rewind
Look, it's no secret that America's affinity for online surfing typically takes the weekend off -- like the rest of us -- and then picks back up first Monday morning when everyone returns to the office. The Knight's Lance, however, rarely takes a day off. So while most of the blog's loyal readers were busy soaking up this past weekend,…
A Special Farewell Episode of Panini Unwrapped: 2010-11 Crown Royale Hockey
[youtube https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dC7B-gTClAA&w=480&h=390] Join Panini America's Tracy Hackler and Scott Prusha for the historic final episode of Panini Unwrapped . . . at least the final episode in Panini America's old office. On Monday, the company will be operating in spectacular new digs just a few miles up the road. One of the final acts of business in the old building…
Striking Gold . . . Again: Second 2010 Playoff Contenders Golden Ticket Claimed
[youtube=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9r6AMmUAPhU&w=480&h=390] 2010 Playoff Contenders' frenzied first week on the market has been bolstered by an industry-wide phenomenon surrounding the product's pioneering Golden Ticket redemption cards. Last week, collector Michael Keller became the first to possess a live Golden Ticket card. In this exclusive video, watch as longtime Dallas-area shop owner Gil Montalvo -- of Gil's Infield in Duncanville, Texas -- becomes…
Panini Unwrapped: 2010-11 Playoff Contenders Patches Basketball
[youtube=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nyja6l6DDHI&w=480&h=390] Join Panini America's David Porter, Scott Prusha and Aik Tongtharadol as they enjoy the fruits of the first box of 2010-11 Playoff Contenders Patches Basketball, due in hobby shops everywhere next week. This special episode of Panini Unwrapped also is heavy on exclusive revelations, including information on short prints, the future of gold in basketball and the newest exclusive member…
Panini Unwrapped: 2010 Playoff Contenders Football (with the Golden Ticket Reveal!)
[youtube=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pc2PuL--jf0&w=480&h=390] Join Panini America's Ben Ecklar, Tracy Hackler and Carlos Torrez as they bust one of the first boxes of 2010 Playoff Contenders Football. In addition to addressing the thorny issue of whether or not there are Rookie Card variations in the product, this revealing video provides the exclusive first look at the history-making Golden Ticket solid-gold trading cards. (more…)
Quality Controlling . . . 2010-11 Playoff Contenders Patches Basketball (video)
The Panini America basketball team -- Mike Payne, David Porter and Aik Tongtharadol -- spent most of Monday morning taking the good, hard, first looks at 2010-11 Playoff Contenders Patches Basketball, a re-imagined take on a company classic that adds a contemporary twist to the brand's trademark Rookie Ticket autographs. That thread-bearing twist comes in the form of striking manufactured…